The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

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John Funck, died in Michigan ON Friday,
the 23d inst He resided in Port Washing
ton, Wis, but had been in Michigan for
time for the benefit Of his health. He was
about As years of age.
Two boys, whose names we suppress
from consideration of the feelings of their
parents, were brought befole Justice Slater
last Saturday evening, charged with enter
ing Maria Jensen's house and taking
bracelet, watch charm and handker-
chief. They were convicted and sent to the
county Jail for five days. Mrs. Jensen was
away from nome washing. leaving her little
boy in the house. Boys must be taught to
realize that entering other peoples houses
and carrying off goods is serious matter.
The new gas works are nearing compile
ton The apparatus for manufacturing,
illuminating gas out of fuel gas is all in and
the work will begin very soon. Illuminat-
ing gas is all that will be manufactured for
a time and that will require some patience
at first. The large purifiers cannot be put
in place until the old retorts are taken out
aud they could not be removed until the
new plant was ready to begin work. The
work of tearing out the old retorts and put
ting in the large purifiers will take some
time but when that is done the gas will be
of as good quality as the best. Mr.. David
Vaughn has been engaged as Superinten-
dent Of the Gas Works and VIC may expect
careful attention and energy in his depart
lnent. "A good man in charge is one Of the
most important factors in the operation Of
the work and the Gas company, with Mr..
Vaughn as Superintendent will get the
best service possible.
! Last Thursday night some of our local
members OF the burglar profession resumed
operations. They entered the residence of
Mr.. q. G.. Simmons and carried off his hat,
oyercoat and shoes. Mr.. Simmons was
aroused by their presence in the house but
supposed it was some member of the family
and called to know what was wanted. This
alarmed the criminals and they took a
hastily departure leaving other things in the
house untouched. They went down town
and prepared themselves for further work
by entering Matt Bradys blacksmith shop
and taking tools and implements to break
open doors. They then went to Mr.. Lewis
Bain's and proceeded to prepare for the
dangers of future raids by breaking into his
hardware store and appropriating a show
case full of revolvers and ammunition. They
entered through the window at the back Of
the store. No clew seems to have been OBJ
to the identity Of the maranders.
The case of Mrs. Violette Mann, ar
ranged before the United States court at
milwaukee, for obtaining pension under
false pretenses was tried the latter part of
last week and the first of this. Messrs.
Jas. Cavanagh, W. W. Wright, D. B. Bene-
dict, Fl H. Tarbell, Frank White and Mrs.
Mann were before the Grand Jury. The
results of the testimony have not been made
public, and it cannot be stated positively
what conclusions the Grand Jury arrived at
Mr.. Frank White was arrested Tuesday
morning and Mrs. Mann in the evening. 1t
looks as though indictments had been found
against them but no one can say. The case
of Mr.. Tarbell came before the same jury
but when the facts came out he was reliev-
OF all suspicion as not single man man
out of twenty-four juryman thought there
was any evidence that Mr.. Tarbell had
been implicated in the AFFAIR These facts
are stated in justice to Mr.. Tarbell and to
efface any wrong impression that might have
been left by the article that appeared in the
Milwaukee Sentinel
The unknown man who died at the
Commercial Hotel about the middle of last
November, was buried Monday afternoon
by Mr. Thomas Hansen, who, under in
structions from the County Agent, placed
thebody of the unknown in decent coffin
and buried him in the potters field The
man claimed to have come from Madison,
Wis, but alter thorough investigation no
evidence of his ever having been at Madi-
son could be found. There was nothing on
his person by which a stranger could iden-
tifY him. Only few cents were found in
his pockets, and the reporters theory is
that he came here with the intention o
concealing his name and the names of his
friends and relatives, if he had any, and
that post norton examination would have
disclosed that which will always remain in
doubt, j. e., that the unknown came to his
death by poison administered by his own
hand Mr.. Hansen embalmed the body at
his own expense, has had the face photo
graphed, and made many and various at
tempts to identify the unknown, but with
out being in any way successful The name
given at the hotel is without doubt an as
sumed che, and Madison not the name of
the city from which he came. He was
about 65 years OF age; gray hair, full gray