The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-03
CAUGHT WITH
GOODS IN ROOM
Sidney Luke, Alias Lynche,
Caught in Ruse Planted
by Sheriff Here.
HAD $1,000 In LOOT
Kenoshan Believed to Have
Been One of Robbers
of Antioch Studio.

officials of Lake county ever since the
robbery of the Walter Studio at An
tioch, ILL.,, last Friday night, was
solved by clever ruse planted by
Sheriff Frank Willems here/late Wed
nesday afternoon. Sidney Luke, IS
26O Sheridan road, is in the county
Jail charged with grand larceny. and
loo valued at over $1,000 has been
restored to the owners of the Walter
Studio at Antioch.
The arrest of the Kenosha man was
made only after considerable detec-
tive work in tracing his whereabouts
with nothing for a clue but the fact
that the man or men who committed
the bold burglary in Antioch last Fri
day night had Chandler car.
Clever Ruse Worked.
Sheriff Ed. Ahlstrom, at Waukegan
notified Sheriff Willems last Sat
urday morning of the robbery and
asking the Kenosha county's sheriff
cooperation in experimenting the
perpetrators.
The only clue offered was the word
of some one in the neighborhood de-
scribing a Chandler car with a Wis
consin license that was seen in Antioch
on the evening of the robbery. The
loot missing from the place was
described by Walter Knudson, proprie-
to- of the studio, as consisting of a
large supply of Photographic materials
studio apparatus and several cameras
valued at several hundred dollars.
Notified Photographers.
Sheriff Willems Immediately notified
every photographer in Kenosha to be
on the lookout for anyone who should
attempt to ell any Photographic ma
terials, and to notify the sheriff at
once if anyone should appear in any
Kenosha studio for that purpose.
Then the sheriff began to work on
the slender clues offered him. He
made a trip to Grays Lake where a
Chandler such as that reported was
seen in the village Friday night. The
car was traced to Kenosha from Grays
Lake where the driver had told the
proprietor of gas filing station that
he was on his way to Kenosha. At two
o'clock Wednesday morning the sheriff
returned to Kenosha with little more
assurance that his man was in the city.
Tried to Sell His Stuff.
In the meantime man had ap-
peared at the studio of Arthur Priddis
at 315 Main street, representing him.
self to be & photographer He de-
clared that he wanted to buy some
Photographic materials and had others
he wanted to exchange and still others
he wanted to sell. The mans actions
aroused Priddis' suspicious and Prid-
dis told him to come back on We'd
nesday afternoon.
Priddis notified the sheriff as soon
as the man left and gave him a
description of the man. The sheriff
then planted his ruse with Priddis.
When the man should return Wednes-
day afternoon Priddis should telephone
the sheriff and say "This is Priddis,
the photographer" The sheriff would
then answer that he had the wrong
number and Priddis would hang up,
Then the sheriff would come to his
studio and get the man.
Find Loot In His Room.
1t worked Luke was arrested and
taken to the county Jail. He gave his
address and Undersheriff Joseph Knip-
fer, Deputy Sheriffs Nick Otto and
Nick Erickson, went to his home and
found the loot in large trunk, all
packed neatly away as if in prepara-
ton for a long, trip. They took the
material to the sheriff's office, and no
tilted the Waukegan officials. Knudson
came to Kenosha and identified the
material as that stolen from his place
last Friday night.
Subsequent investigation revealed
the fact that Luke was also mixed
up in robbery of the Help Yourself
Garage in Kenosha, where he had
taken a spotlight, some auto robes
and other material.
Burglar Tools In Car.
His Chandler car was found and in
the side pockets the sheriff discovered
glass cutter, several small saws,
anG a jimmy.
Luke will not be arraigned on the
charge of grand larceny, the sheriff
said today, until other Investigations
are concluded. The sheriff believes
that Luke is implicated in othe,
'jobs" committed in the city and
county recently. A package of small
printed business cards read Sidney
Ly1che, photographer, 405 Park street
Kenosha, Wis" There is no such
number on Park street.
The belief was expressed at Antioch
that three men took part in the rob.
berry there and Si.erif Willems de.
clared that h had a tip which might
bring in another party for question
ING in this case