The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-10
BAILEY LOSES
STAR AT ZION
Tire-Shooting Motor Cop
at Zion ''Fired" From
the Force.
REASON IS NOT GIVEN
Chief Becker of Zion Is Silent
Regarding Reason for Dis
missal of Officer Bailey.

Motorcycle Officer Elmer L. Bailey
of Zion, the speed cop, who several
months ago shot up all of the tires on
the large touring car of w. H. Shu-
feldt, wealthy Milwaukee man who
was enroute to- Kenosha, has lost his
police star Bailey has been fired,
according to reports which have reach
ed Kenosha from Zion and which are
not denied by the Zion police depart
ment.
Bailey, it is recalled, successfully
fought extradition when Shufeldt
brought charges in this county against
him inasmuch as the tire shooting cpl
sode had occurred just across the
county line in Wisconsin and since
that time has been desk sergeant at
the Zicn police station. His sudden
discharge came late last week when
Chief of Police Becker of Zion told
him that he wanted him to turn in his
star, gun and club, that his services
were no longer required by the de-
partment.
Bailey Turns in Star.
Accordingly, Bailey knowing that
the chief meant what he said, walked
over toward the police station, met
the chief and surrendered his star
and club and forthwith ceased to be a
member of the department.
Chief Becker was out of town Sat
urday and therefore the exact cause
for Bailey's discharge could not be
learned. There was something rather
mysterious about it and efforts to dis
cover what was back of it all, that is
what precipitated it so suddenly, were
futile. Members of the police de-
partment in Zion were very retlcent,
in fact would not discuss it at all.
officer 10 Months. /
Bailey has been on the police de-
partment about one year and half.
He first served as a motor cop and it
was there where he met his waterloo.
1t is recalled that one night Mr..
Shufeldt and Deputy Sheriff Pabst OF
Milwaukee, were driving through Zion.
According to Bailey's story he order
ed them to stop because they were
driving too fast but Shufeldt went on
ard Bailey overlook him north of the
state line. E
Bailey was not riding motorcycle
but was in police car. Shufeldt
maintained that he thought for this
reason that Bailey was an auto bandit
and therefore he did not halt or allow
him to catch him with his car until
after he was forced off the road on the
Wisconsin side of the state line.
The story was that he ordered Shu-
feldt's return to Zion but Shufeldt
would not do so, declaring that he was
in the boundaries of Wisconsin.
Thereupon and the charge was never
denied by Bailey, he drew his gun
and shot all Ave tires of the Shufeldt
car full Of holes.
This action precipitated serious
trouble, for Immediately upon his re-
turn to Milwaukee, Shufeldt got out
a warrant for Bailey's arrest and the
governor of Wisconsin asked Govern
or Small to allow the extradition OF
Bailey to Wisconsin,.
A hearing was held in Springfield,
Governor Small granted the extradi-
ton but the higher courts ruled
against it and therefore Bailey was
never taken out under that action.
Got Another Warrant.
However, later Shufeldt got out an
other warrant and started another &C
ton but that never was contaminated.
But, Bailey had come to realize that
he had put his foot in it and there
fore never ventured into the Wiscon-
sin boundaries. From that time on
whenever he was riding a motorcycle
or when he started to drive he never
went over the Illinois line.
| Following the episode in question,
Bailey was taken off the motorcycle
and put on the desk at night in the
Zion police station. The Zion police
and also the city council backed him
up in his tight with Shufeldt but re-
port has it that several other things
developed since then that put Bailey
in bad with the department and the
summary action that Chief Becker
came as an aftermath of number of
these incidents. Just what they are
the Zion policemen refuse to say. The
Shufeldt incident took place about q
year ago. Bailey went on the force
about Is months ago.