Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-06

claimed to be going out on the lake to
give people the idea that he was drowned.
He left large family in destitute crcum-
stances.
Ed Baker, the Hurley bank robber,
whom the supreme court practically de-
cided shall serve out his term in state
prison, has written letter which is on
file in the clerks office at Ashlar l. In
this Baker throws up the sponge and an
nounces his desire to make application
Charles Secor and Melvin Chaplin,
two Fond du Lac young men, have been
arrested on charge of burglary. At the
preliminary examination they pleaded not
guilty. They were remanded to the coun-
ty jail to await trial.
Mrs. Mary Mayer, the woman who
was acquitted of the charge of having
given poison to her husband, Herman
Groenke, at Racine, presented Max Heck,
one of her attorneys, with gold watch.
Frederick Reikauf, so years of age
and residing at Racine, swallowed a
piece of match. 1t lodged in his wind
pipe which produced hemorrhage, and
he will die.
Richard II. Green died at his home
in Oshkosh of heart disease, aged 70
years. He resided at Princeton from
1912 till 1879.
A chattel mortgage for $1,000 on the
furniture and fixtures of the Park Hotel,
John +. Hitler, who became noted
February 23, 1894, by marrying Miss
Grace Washburne, handsome Blooming
ton. ILL.,. girl, upon twenty-four hours ac-
quaintance, and who was soon thereafter
arrested in Chicago upon the charge of
bigamy, brought by her mother, was
found guilty of bigamy as charged and
sentenced to one year in Joliet peniteu-
tiary and fined 500. The principal wit
ness against Hitler was Miss Meyers. an
Appleton girl, who was married to Hiler
after an acquaintance of two days.
Some time last winter the Rev. Mr..
Cady, of Lake Geneva, lost a roll of bills
containing $50. He advertised for it
and hunted for it but had given it up as
lost. A few days ago while making fire
in the furnace he had to rake up the last
bits of coal in the bin and there he found
his wad.
The trial of Mrs Mary Mayer,
charged with the murder of her first hus-
band, Herman Groenke. has cost Racine
County about $4,000. The verdict of ac-
quittal met the approval of a majority of
the residents of Racine.
Special rates of Il fare and q third
have been granted by the railroads for
the biennial saengerfest of the North
western Saengerbund and the biennial
meeting of the Upper Mississippi Schuet-
zen Bezirk to be held at La Crosse July
II to ID, the rates being given from points
in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota with
in 100 miles of La Crosse. The same
rate is granted on account of the German
NJ. Z. campmeeting. to be held ut Water
town Junction, June Is TO 20.
An Appleton barber has given notice
that he intends TO break the Sunday clos
ing agreement, and the other BARRIERS say
that if he does so they will prosecute him
under the state law.
Clarence Hysell, accused of robbing
the house of eX-Mayor Pettingill of Iron
River. was found guilty in the circuit
court at Washburn and sentenced to four
years at Waupun.
A man giving his name as Andrew
Nicholson. who had escaped from the
Northern Hospital at Oshkosh was found
wandering about the streets at Marinette.