The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-03
BANDITS MAY BE
NEAR KENOSHA
Chicago HOld-Up Men Be.
lieved to Have Escaped
Into Wisconsin.
-KIDDED COP In ROOM
Two Men Get $500 FROM
Real Estate Office With
Cop Waiting in Front.

Beliefsthat the two bandits who held
up the real estate office of G. w. Droll-
niger g. Son in Chicago Tuesday after
noon and escaped with $1,000 in cash
and jewelry headed for Wisconsin, was
expressed in calls sent to Sheriff Will
LENS office here from Chicago, asking
that watch of highways leading into
Kenosha from the south be kept DUR
ing the night. The two men who per-
petrated the hold-up are described as
the boldest and calmest bandits that
ever worked in broad daylight in Chi
cago.
One of the men, polite, pop-eyeds
pint-size bandit with a sawed-off shot
gun under his coat, seemed to be the
leading light in the venture, while his
companion, tall man, well-dressed,
with a brogue BETTING a college pro-
fessor, knew his part perfectly. The
short fellow was not over five feet four
inches tall, while the big fellow was
over six feet tall.
The story of the holdup is full of
thrills. 1t was about four o'clock when
the little man entered the Office, ac-
cording to stories told by persons
working at the time. Stenographers
were pounding away on typewriters
while bookkeepers were pouring over
gbooks and statesmen were figuring up,
their days work. He attracted no at
tention at first, but moment later he
agew back his Loaf and drew put
@FeKea 4looking sawed+otf ahotgur.
srStiTk EN- up, ana chat means every
bodyls he said ig piping sort Of
vcictt Everybody heard. One or two
looked at the door, but there stood the
tall man. He was we'll dressed There
was patient light ia his eyes and
there was stoop to his shoulders, but
there was revolver in his right hand.
Fifteen employees raised thirty hands.
One Girl Does Faint.
At the comprand Of the small one
they marched into the rear room.
While the little one held the shotgun.
his accomplish searched pockets. Ftom
Willis O. Bliss he took $3.50 ring
and $50. From John 7. Case he took
rs cents, with the remark that it
wasn't much but would help.
Clyde Brown, the office manager,
was asked about the coordination to
the safe. He asserted that he lidn't re-
member it. Then the lanky man called
for the cashier. Miss Violet Ninow
stepped out. AS Ethel Kannin, the
telephone operator, tainted the man
led Miss Ninow into the front office.
The little man stayed with his shotgun
and his guests.
Miss Ninow showed the big man
where the money, about $1,000, was
lying, in the cashiers sage. He took
it, thanked her for her trouble, and
marched her back.
Big Boy Finishes Job.
"You go out and watch" he said te
the little one while fms the job"
Hardly had the small one taken his
station at desk when in walked Peter
]. Gallagher. He wanted to- see the
manager, he averred.
30, yes; you're Mr.. JONES'" said
the bandit.
"I'm Gallagher" was the reply.
"My memory's bad" said the bandit.
"Sure, you can see him. Walk right
into the back room. Or you can wait"
Gallagher decided to wait Next
came Wade H. Mcclure, motorcycle
policeman attached to the Illinois
state highway forces. He was in full
uniform and there was revolver sus-
pended in it's holster from his belt.
He wanted to see the manager and pay
him $50, he told the bandit.
Then The Fun Began.
"He's busy, but just in a minute or
two he'll be Free" was the reply.
Mcclure was satisfied. He waited
until the tall man came out and an
nounced tint the manager was still
busy. After the pair departed Nc
Clure and Gallagher began to hear
noises nj the rear. Then the held-up
Is emerged and pandemonium began.
The bandits were seen to step into
sedan in which confederate was
waiting and sped. away, but not with
out accident. The driver caught one
of the doors Of the car against am
other automobile and tore it from the
hinges. They left it - what was one
door as against an estimated $1,000
loot and the fun they'd had.
Later someone reported seeing
short and tall man speeding towards
Wisconsin
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