The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-15
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest Prom all Parts of This
Great SLase

the MenhSha trainwreckers, arrested
for placing Instructions on the Hilbert
branch of the st. Paul railroad last
summer pleaded guilty at Chiffon and
were each sentenced to one year IN
state prison Louis Ullrich was con
victed Of simple assault and was SEN
fenced to three months ia the county
Jail
An old man named Stroinski, a Po-
lander. went to the residence of Aid.
femme at Berlin and broke nineteen
lights of glass; then to the residence OF
Poor Commissioner Chatield and broke
six large lights. He next visited the
home of Mayor Wood, but was arrested
before doing any damage. He desired
to be sent to the poor house.
The fire steamer, hose cart and mem
bers of the Green Bay fire department
were sent to Stiles to assist in extin-
gushing a fire in the yards of the An
son Eldred company at that place.
The fire was confined to the lumber
piled in the yards of the company, and
about 100000 feet were destroyed,
worth between So 900 and $4,000.
The will of Mary Phillips, wife of
Senator A. J.. Phillips, deceased, was
contested in the county court at Racine
by I'll. Green, of Bennington, Vt, who
is relative. The estate is worth
$4,000. In her will Mrs. Phillips be-
Queathed $500 to several nieces and
nepheWs and the balance to her sister.
Mr.. Green was left out.
After being out for two hours jury
in the circuit court at Marinette
awarded Chief of Police Sellevold 6
cents damages against Philip Mahoney.
The latter who is Waterman at the
orchard of Fred Carney, ST., wealthy
lumberman, was charged with saying
that the chief had stolen apples from
the orchard.
William Munroe, a photographer,
was sentenced to eight years in the
penitentiary by Judge Vinje at Chip
pewa Falls. He pleaded guilty to the
charge of criminal assault. He was
arrested six months ago. Munroe's
was the only criminal case on the
October calendar.
A man about q years old was ar
rested in Portage having in his pos
session an Andrae bicycle bearing the
number 1918, from which the name
plate had been removed. He came in
on a blind baggage and when searched
at the calabOOse the missing plate was
found.
"A man named Clark was taken to
Chippewa Falls from Flambeau with Il
badly crushed leg He was engaged
on hay presser in the capacity of a
tramper, and while tramping hay
into the machine his leg was caught
and badly injured.
Michael ScanlOn was arrested at
Neenah on charge of attempted as
sault upon Mrs. Kate Childs, an aged
woman living near the city. The case
was adjourned until October TO-
The two-StOry frame dwelling Of
Mrs Barbara Faber at Oshkosh was
destroyed by fire. Loss, 81, 200. W. B.
Jewett's residence was damaged to the
extent of $500.
Joseph Reiter who raised postoffice
order In Chippewa Falls, WAS sentenced
to one year in the house Of correction
by Judge Bum at Madison.
j. w. Mcintyre, the brakeman run
over by the cars at Monco, died at his
home in Amigo. His remains were
taken to Tomah. He leaves a wife and
large family of small children.
Quite a sensation was caused in
Sturgeon Bay by Mrs. Lizzie Wer-
keiser going before Justice Dehos and
making affidavit to the effect that the
testimony which she gave at the late
session of the circuit court and on
which her father, John Roder, was
sentenced TO ten years in the peniten
tiary by Judge Hastings, was entirely
without foundation and falsehOod from
beginning to end RoGer was arrested
on complaint of Mrs. Werkeiser, on a
criminal charge with the result stated
Since ROder was taken to the penten-
tiary three weeks ago the woman has
been fOrsaken by relatives and friends
and she and her baby are now inmates
of the county poorhouse. 1t is no
doubt this treatment has caused her to
repent An effort will be made to Sc
cure a new trial for the condemned
man, who is a well-to-do farmer OF
SebaStOpOl and an old resident of the
county.
Frank Case, travelling salesman for
the B. Wild branch of the American
Biscuit & Manufacturing company,
committed suicide at Fond du Lac. He
shot himselfin the left side, the bullet
ranging upward through the heart.
Death was instantaneous. The deed
was committed in barn at the rear of
his residence and the surroundings in
dioatad that he made careful Dren9ra-