Complex sentence: Saltis, by now extremely wealthy from bootlegging, purchased a residence in Winter, Wisconsin which, employing over half of the town's sixty citizens, later tried to have the town named Saltisville in the town's general election but failed by one vote.
Split into simpler sentences: Saltis, by now extremely wealthy from bootlegging, purchased a residence in Winter, Wisconsin. Employing over half of the town's sixty citizens, Saltis later tried to have the town named Saltisville in the town's general election, but failed by one vote.