The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-11-26
BULLET HALTS
BOOZE RUNNER
F. M. Tylius, Tanck Ave-
nue., Arrested for Trans
porting Liquor.
CAUGHT AFTER CHASE
Sergeant Meissner and Detec-
tive Tusler Make a
Spectacular Arrest.

With a bullet just below his left
shoulder and his arm hanging like
dead wing, Frank M. Tylius, 1865 Tanck
avenue, decided that the race is to
the swift and the battle to the strong"
and fell into the hands of the police as
a much-wanted bootlegger after an aus
tomobile chase of over a mile and q
half in and out OF city streets. on the
west side before midnight Tuesday.
Fifty-eight gallons of alcohol were
found in the car which he was driving
at the time.
His wound was not so serious but
that he could spend the night as
guest of the city in the lookup last
night, and there he awoke this morn-
ing and awaited the pleasure of the
police.
The arrest was made by Sergeant
Emil +. Meissner and Detective Perry
F. Tusler Of the police department
after a chase of many blocks, Tylius in
Dodge coupe and officers in the
police Ford touring car, during which
two gun loads of bullets were emptied
at Tylius and at his car as he refused
to halt at the demand Of the sergeant.
Tylius was brought into court CHS
morning, charged with unlawful trans
portation Of alcohol. He pleaded gull
ty. and his case was continued to De-
cember 5, bonds $500.
MeissrersSpots the Car.
Sergeant Meissner and Detective
Tusler were making the rounds Of the
west side together about -ten-thirty
o'clock Tuesday night when they
spotted a car which they recognized
as one s'wanted" by the police. The
stranger car was Dodge coupe, IL
cense number d 49-917 Wis. rs. This
car, the police detectives knew, had
been listed in their office by federal
agents as a "bootlegger car" and as
such had been posted by Chief LogasA
in police halletins as one to "get".
The police officers were in Ford
but they quickly got to the heels of
the Dodge, which came from the east
on Middle street and turned north on
Rowland avenue. The Dodge turned
around at the corner of Rowland and
lakewood avenues and went south on
Rowland avenue, stopping in front OF
2O3 North Rowland avenue. The
headlights of the car were burning
but no taillight. Sergeant Meissner
decided to stop the car for this minor
violation as soon as it was in mos
ton. The police car parked on Mid.
die street facing east, when the Ford
came down Rowland avenue again
and crossed Middle street, going
south.
"Stop, in the name of the law!"
IL hn
took a squirt and drove along the
Dodge parallel with the driver. The
only reply the driver of the coupe
made was to "step on it" and jump
into the lead, increasing his speed so
both cars were travelling at rate of
forty miles an hour. Detective Tusler
manned the wheel of the police Ford
while Sergeant Meissner stood on the
running board and made war upon
the fleeing car. Again he shouted
to the driver of the Dodge to halt
and again the driver put on speed.
A bullet shot under the fender OF
the Dodge, fired by Meissner at q
tire, but instead it was tin can that
was hit, for presently the evidence"
came trickling down beneath the car.
A five gallon can Of alcohol was
then thrown out by the driver Of
the Dodge, perhaps thinking that thu
police would stop to investigate this,
or perhaps expecting that the "pesky
little Ford" would fall over it and
turn over. But Tusler's skillful driv-
ing avoided a catastrophe so that on
flew the Dodge and on flew the Ford
in pursuit.
The Dodge reached Garden street.
turned west at SIS miles an hour to Eide
ward street; south on Edward to
Pearl, east on Pearl 70 Rioge. The
Dodge was taking chances in headlong
fashion, leaping curbs, riding side
walks side-swiping cars, while the 20
lice car in chase had to observe due
discretion. In the hands of Perry Tus-
Ter. the Ford plunged ahead, little
daredevil, unerringly driven. 1t was
this cool-headed driving, Sergeant
Meissner afterwards declared, which
WOE the race.
Shot Hits Shoulder.
Meanwhile standing on the running
board of the Ford, Sergeant Meissner
emptied one shoe after another into
the car ahead. He emptied his own
gun and then took Tusler's.
At the intersection of Ridge street
and Pearl, at the bend, the Dodge
turned over on the north side of Pearl
street in front of Ford truck. The
driver IF the Dodge crawled over the
top of the car and started to run
across an empty lot, the police after
him. A bullet sent singing into tire
air by Sergeant Meissner caught tie
fugitive in the lett arm below tne
shoulder and he dropped, falling along
side Of number TIP Pearl street.
The chase was over The prisoner,
Frank M Tylius, was taken to the
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