, 1874-07-26

IDuhNA4-la14E hCANDAA-AON0EE
4 reporter for an indecent morning newspape
in Chicago has been trapAinS about Wisconsin
between Madison and Baraboo, for two or thrc
days, to get at the details Of alleged scar
dal about nel-known Milwaukee lawye
and d married woman WHO happene
to be at tho same hotel at Devils Lake, sum
mer-resort near Baraboo. Il is probable that tn
reporter, to crafty the taste OF his employer
will string out some lecherouS story to which to
mauv people are always ready to contribute.
may be III we'll, therefore, to state that the scan
dal has occasioned no excitement whatever, ei
ther in Milwaukee or Baraboo. and il not cred
tied The publication Of It would, consequently
be SERIOUS injustice to ali parties concerned
be entertained by any other journal III this coun
| try than the indecent Ch!cayo paper which ha
been at such pains 10 nose it out.
CRIMINAL
There have been rs many murders In this CT +
during tho past two weeks as during the preced-
ing TWO yeu1s /; that is to say, two. What thit
remarkable outbreak of ferocity can have beer
occasoned by il marvel to our people, who dt
not like such things, and have not yet grown &C
customed to them under the benignani sway oi
Chief OF Police Beck, who las been running The
criminal cusses Of Milwaukee for tho best par
OF quarter Of a contury,-a man apparently in
the prime of life, al hard as iron and tough AZ
steel yet. Full particulars Of these two re-
cent murders have been duly telegraphed tc
TnE TRIBUNE Iu connection with them
line or two recalling the tragedies that have
occurred the past few years will be read with
interest by Milwaukee people.
The last that can be remembered with any
| certainty took place III 1867 when young man
named Tesch WAS murdered By Elias H. Reed
| and Andrew Howard two men of Milton Juuc-
| ton. OF rough character, who lad strayed into
Chicago. got *'busttd" aud wero on their way
| to milwaukee, tramplng, when they met young
IcscL, who was going home to spend sunday,
LII the deep railroad cut near the roling-mllls as-
| sanlted aud killed him, and stole his watch.
| They we're pursued and eventually arrested. aud
| on May9, 1865 sent to prison tor life.
In 1870, Adam Ehlhart murdered one Mr.
| Baker. On tho 18th Of September Of that year
| the parties were drinking in SALOON. and got
into row. and on ELllart going homo he was
pursued by lake r, aud stabbed on his own door
! step. lie died from the effects OF the stab. Ths
murderer WAS sent to prison for seven years.
On April ~. 1871 John Schlatter was arrested
for causing the death Of ono Ulrich, BY poison.
It WAS supposed that sch!atter was egged OIL by
Ulrich's wife, but that part Of the story has al
Why's been strouded in mystery. All that was
certain that Ulrich died violent death. and
Schlatter had hand in it, for which he vas sent
to State Prison for life.
On Sept. &, 1872, Louis Fetke murdered bis
WIFE This Was brutal affair. Fetkc was a
miserable cuss, in the words Of the police, and,
III perfectly causeless rage with his wife,
hacked her To death with Ill axe, she having his
Child in her arms at the time. He was sentenced,
Dec. 81, 1879. to prison for life.
These were all the murders, except one, Blnce
19G7 until the two Of last week and the week De-
fore 1t II doubtful If any city in the Union of
similar sizo can sAoH such record. It il co:1-
mon practice for ladies to walk about the shady
streets at hight, Tor the sake Of the cool eyen-
Ing air. They are never 1nolestod. Nobody ever
dreams Of being attacked by rouyhs. Your
correspondent had n talk with Mr.. Back on ths
subject OF the extraordinary freedom Of crime
in Milaaukee AZ compared to her great neigh
Dor, Chicaso. Although one would say the
Chief has every reason to be proud OF his
authority, he il, IN reality, man who has not
word 10 say in self-praise One cannot get him
to talk half enough The only explanation
he pretcnds to offer for the siugular1ty is the
fact that all the thieves and rascats have paid
Milwaukee visit and been INSTANTLY driven out
and now give the city wido borth. The
dangerous classes are well known to the police,
who have been on duty SO many years tha: they
arc familiar with the history of every profession
al tramp and dangerous character in tho couu-
try. Tho derots aud steamboats, are carefully
watched by officers in citizens attire. ANY man
who il suspected il AlwarB carefully shadowed
until his true character is discovered, when, il
bad oue, he is suddenly seized and brought be-
waras him 10 he OIL, and never visit the city again.
aud then has HIM quietly shipped. The houses of
ill-fame and gambling are all under constant
watch and surveillance. Whenever gambler
or unfortunate woman comes TO town, be or she
il brought before the Chief and warned that the |
official eye is on them, aud that their true in-
teress is to quit, but il they won't quit, to mind
their p's and o.. 1t is almost an unknown !
thing to have row in either OF the class OF |
denominations mentioned. As for our own !
OF 1.-THE Chief" that he generally slips of to
Eome other city before be il matured in I
the Ways Of vico. The Chief has two
treatments Hendricks and Shaushnessy, who
understand exactly the policy of Mr.. Beck and |
carry it out go implicitly that we shall learn
We are not an innocent rural community until
tie three OF them die.
THE STATE FAIR.
Arrangements for the State Fair next Septem-
Der are bout completed. The railroads have
oil articles and animals for exhibition FREQ to
and from every part OF this State. Passenger
rates will be reduced GO per cent. Special
trains viii be Fun. The Fair will bo the largest
yet held in this State
POLITICAL.
The following are the candidates for county
oficcrs to the latest date: For Sheriff, tho pres
ant Deputy: MIR. Kelly, Charles Holzhauer; Su-
3ocrvisors Orth aud Charles Larkiu. For County
treasurer, Richard Roauey, School Commits
''oner: is the only prominent opponent Of tho
Incumbent. For County Clerk, the opponent of
he incumbent il Courad Meier, present Clerk Of
te Board OF Public Works. For Clerks of Coun-
. and Circuit Courts, D. N. Kasson, the late
Deputy, against the present incumbent; for Dis
r1ct Attorney, ex-District Attorney Martin
Sainss the present incumbent.
STATISTICS.
The following are the farming statistical re-
urns made up By the County Clerk this even
Of acres of wheat, s,274;
ats, 1884, corn. 1,181; barley, So; rye, "a
l,905: oats. 1884; corn,
81; barley, 1l,, so3; -, re, asl; hops, 40. Wan
a1iey 1ia rx 9si oats, hds. 1885, corn 12s
sheat, a,Sod oats. 81; corn, 1,l55 .oarley,
p; rye, 1888; hops, III. Oak Cfeek-Whoat' +