Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-25
A Telephone Man In Trouble.

In relation to the trouble of Geo.
Gay with his partner Charley Minor
and the Grant County Telephone Co.,
the facts are as follows: Messrs Cav &
Minor are firm working under con-
tract for the Grant Co. Telephone Co.
OF Bloomington. Gay & Minor received
a stated sum for doing the job and
pay their own expenses. The line
men are working towards Fennimore
and have been boarding with Adam
Boil at the Park Hotel in that village.
The firm had been going into debt
some for board and wages to workmen
and were expecting money from the
company. On Friday Gay came to
Lancaster, and got check for 1914
from MARROW & Holford which he had
cashed, went to the Lancaster house,
where they had stopped when in Lam
caster, packed into a single grip all
the most valuable telephone appurten-
ances such as push buttons. bells. etc.
told Landlord Divall that he needed
them up the line, and that he had GOT
no money yet, but gave him an order
on the telephone company for what he
and Minor owed him for board, check
ed the grip of yaluables to Fennimore,
went himself on the train, and when
he got there he checked the grip back
to Lancaster At the Park hotel he
met his partner, Minor. whom he in
formed that he had not got any money
or check while at Lancaster. On Sat
urday morning Minor took the force
and went out on the line to work. He
had cut his knee or leg day or two
before while hewing knot off of a
pole and after working an hour or
two his leg became so sore from
climbing that he told the boys he
would go back to Fennimore and send
Gay out TO stretch the remaining six
miles of wire to Boscobel When
Minor went into the Park hotel he
met Gay coming out with two valises
and ',all dressed up In surprise he
asked him where he was going and
Gay answered that he was going down
to Poto i to fix some phones. Minor,
growing suspicious, telephoned to
MARROW who answered that he had
sent the money to Gay. Minor inn
mediately telephoned to Sitter and
Gay was arrested when he arrived
there on the train from Fennimore and
brought before Justice Louis Briel
On his leaving with Briel $50 as bond
for his appearance in court the next
Tuesday, he again boarded the train
and came to Lancaster.
Mr.. Minor supposed Gay was trying
to skip out with the money; but that
vas not the trouble The sheriff of
Green county was after him and the
telephone man ''felt it in his bones.'
Gay is married man and his wife
resides at Monroe. While out on the
| line he had been little sweet on
other young ladies, and this coming
to His wifes ears caused her to send
the sheriff after her sugary spouse.
1t is believed that a woman in Fenni-
more was going away with him. for
working boy there said 10 the reporter
that when the lady heard of his arrest
at Sitter 'she tainted away and had
fits and everything"
Landlord Geo. Divall was at the
phone in his hotel Office Saturday
morning and overheard one person tell
ing another that GAY was arrested at
Sitter. With the board bill ranking
in his bosom he went to Sitter and
learning that Gay had gone his own
bonds (Which is not lawfully he garn-
isheed the $50 and brought it home
with him
The yalise full Of telephone fixtures
came back to the depot in Lancaster
MIR. Divall. in the name of Charley
Minor, served notice on the agent here
and when Gay tried to get the valise
at the depot Mr.. Decker would not let
him have it. Then Gay vanished.
Officers are after him.
4. Accident at Potosi
On Tuesday last in the afternoon
distressing accident occurred in Potosi.
Mrs Amos a widow about sixty years
/ Of age residing in Dutch Hollow in