The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-10-08

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a suit for damages. The case was
tried twice before in the circuit court.
the plaintiff receiving verdict each
time, but through some technicality the
Supreme court sent it back each time
for new trial. The jury again brought
in a verdict for $500
Charles Holden, a self-confessed
house burner, pleaded guilty to the
charge of arson before Judge Parish at
Ashland. His act and his story form
one of the strangest criminal cases that
has ever occurred in Northern Wlscon-
sin. Last week the Northern Wiscon-
sin sanitarium burned to the ground,
having supposedly caught from the
forest fires. Chief Schwartz arrested
Holden on the strength of statements
made by the latter and was astounded
to hear him Immediately plead guilty.
His alleged motive was to get into
state prison.
The club house of the Omro Gun
club, situated on Lake Poygan, with
it's contents, including furniture, bed
ding, decoys and hunting accounter-
ment, was destroyed by fire. The loss
is about 5000, 5000 on the building and
$400 on what it contained. 1t is be-
lleved that the fire was set by pot
hunters and the club has offered re-
ward for evidence leading to convic-
ton.
Sheriff. O'Conner. of Villas County,
was in Marinette and says that Nose
Granville, quite we'll known on the Me-
nominee river as Billy" Granville,
was killed at Minocqua, that county,
in a saloon row, by blow ON the neck
dealt by man with whom he quarreled
The latter is now in jail awaiting trial.
Two prisoners escaped from Under
sheriff Daggett while being taken from
the municipal courtroom to the county
Jail at Madison. They are Terrence
Fitzpatrick, sentenced to ten days in
jail for disorderly conduct, and John
Bunsel, sentenced to thirty days in jail
for assault and battery.
A painful and peculiar accident hap
pened to Brakeman William Lumrey
on the Spooner train near that city.
He got off at Richardson to throw the
switch. While running his foot struck
a stone, no larger than a hens egg,
which bounded up and struck his knee
breaking the cap.
Mrs. Halvor Morkved sued for di-
vorce from her husband at La Crosse.
After being served with the notice the
husband dropped dead ofheart disease.
The state fish car Badger has prac-
tically finished it's work for the season.
The car may distribute few loads of
lake trout later in the season. During
the past eight weeks the car has trav-
eled $4,000 miles and has collected
157 900 black bass. These bass were
from two to four inches in length and
were secured in the sloughs along the
Mississippi river. They were planted
in the inland lakes.
A very old deed was put on record at
the county registers Office in Marin
cite. 1t was made out in 1873 and
conveys a good chunk of the present
site of the city of Marinette. 1t was
from Samuel Bailey, G.. r. Capron and
Jefferson Sinclair, of Chicago, and
GAINESVILLE, to Nelson and Harrison
Ludington and Daniel Wells, Jr., of
Milwaukee.
Christian Holshuter, of Deerfeld,
secured a judgment in the circuit court
at Madison, of $1,000 against the Chi
cago & North Western Railway COM
pany for the death of his 12-year- old
daughter, Antonio, who was struck by
a train while crossing the company's
tracks in Deerfeld August 90, 1895,
and died from her injuries the same
day.
Bert DeVinney, who was found in
his bed at Oshkosh, unconscious from
two bullet wounds in his right temple,
died at the Oshkosh hospital. He
lived nearly twenty-four hours after
the wounds are supposed to nave been
inflicted, but did not regain conscious
ness.
Allen, the 14-year-o son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Koch, of the town of
West Bend, was taken to the hospital
at Oshkosh, for treatment. The young
man suffered sunstroke some time
last summer and since that time his
mind has been impaired.
Fred Shiplenski, the man who es-
capped from the Outagamie county jail,
last August while working in the jail
yard, was caught by Deputy Sheriff
Waite and sent back to Jail for six
months on the charge of breaking Jail.
Warren Mason; a Nashville boy 49,
years old, was shot in the abdomen
with shotgun at Marshfeld. He en-