Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-07

| tracts when Mr. McMllIen denied ever
existed. The ease was holly contested.
with an array Of able attorneys on both
| sides.
| been appointed superintendent c. the
state hospital for insane in place of J.
G. Hughes, of Plymouth. resigned
Burglars blew the door off the big
town safe in Albion, Dane County. They
put in such q charge of powder that the
the room. 1t was i'll +. B. Collins store
and for the first time in a year the safe
was empty. The robbers did not get &
cent for their trouble. They got tools to
crack the safe from neghborlng black-
smith shop
r. C. Holman, a fireman on the Wis
consin Central. had his arm broken while
at Stevens Point.
Charles French. Sr appeared before
Judge Parish at Ashland and handed him
the following: Il appear before you IN
behalf of my son. William q. French.
and demand the Immediate and uncon-
ditional discharge of my son from custody.
and that this demand be placed on the
records of this court on the following
grounds" The grounds for release We're
given by quoting from Article . OF the
federal constitution. which gives persons
accused of crime the right of speedy
trial. Judge Parish ordered the clerk to
file the demand. and formally denied the
same. French himself was in court
Fred Schneider. of Neenah, an en-
ploye of the Chicago y North-W estern
Railway Company, who left home Sunday
morning. claiming that he was gong
on a fishing trip on Lake Winnebago. has
not yet returned nor can any trace or nm
be found. 1t is thought by many that ne
has left his family, and that he only
give people the idea that he was drowned.
He left a large family in destitute circum-
stances.
Ed. Baker, the Hurley bank robber
whom the supreme court practically de-
cided shall serve out his term in state
prison, has written Il letter which is on
file in the clerks Office at Ashland. In
this Baker throws up the sponge ana an
nOunces his desire to make application
for pardon.
The old Touring mill Of w. P. Mas
suere 4 Co.. at Arcadia, Wis, has been
purchased by West Superior parties ana
will be fitted with new and improved
machinery.
z. G.. Simmons, a Kenosha merchant,
was awakened about 3 o'clock IN the
morning, and found himself conlrontteo
with burglar, the latter covering MI.
Simmons with Il revolver. The burglar
told the merchant to keep quiet as he
only wanted what money there was aDout
the place He proceeded to help hlmselt
to Mr.. Simmons diamond studs and tax
ing half a dozen pairs of trousers Lott the
place. The trousers were found the next
day about Il quarter of Il mile distant. A
pocketbook containing $50 and SOME val
liable papers was taken. Mr.. Simmons
described his unwelcome visitor as a
short thick set man with dark halr ana
dark complexion. He was no doubt a
professional.
Edwin Burt, who was recently ar
rested at Rockford, Ill., on a charge OF
having stolen a horse ut Clinton, Rock
County, in 1881, was found guilty in the
circuit court at GAINESVILLE. He was re-
manded to jail to await sentence. BURT
stoutly protested his innoeence.
Charles Secor and Melvin Chaplin
two Fond du Lac young men, have been
arrested on a 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 a gold watch.
Frederick Reikauf, 80 years OF age
and residing at Racine, sWaloWed a
piece of 4 match. 1t lodged in his wlnSt-
pipe which produced Il hemorrhage, and
he Will die.
Richard II. Green died at his home
in Oshkosh Of heart disease. aged 20
years. He resided at Princeton from
1872 till 1879.
A chattel mortgage for $1,000 on the
furniture and fixtures of the Park Hotel,
gainesville. has been foreclosed