Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-28

"uJ O'Sno 10 puhisndole Oy HNe years
Imprisonment with any and all extern
uating circumstances.
Henry Grebe has been employed at
the livery barn of OFT Stevens in this
city and was working there at the
time he was arrested. After coming
from Clinger's he put on his Sunday
clothes and when discovered in the
hayloft by Gus Posey, who notified
McGonigal, was apparently waiting
for darkness and an opportunity to
skip" Saturday morning he was
brought before Justice w. f. McGoni-
gal. District Attorney Lowry APP
peared for the state and Attorney d.
Needham in defense of the prisoner.
On application Of defendant the case
was continued to Thursday. May 2S,
at a. M, with bond fixed st 81 ,000
Not being able to furnish bond he
is now in Jail.
The HERALD reporter interviewed
all parties concerned and we give be-
low their stories OF the affair substan-
TALLY as they will be given ia court
tomorrow, leaving the reader to draw
his own conclusions. John Ginger is
man of little means, but he is in
dustrious and bears good name.
Alta Ginger. the girl abused. is tall,
slim person, rather pretty, timid. with
general school-girlish appearance.
She looks to be IA or Is years old.
She keeps house for her father and
little sister Clara as her father and
mother do not live together. Henry
Grebe is hard-working young man,
is intelligent enough, dresses well,
and looks and acts like a town young
man with enough of the country air
about him to keep down the "dude y
There is nothing agains. the man in
his past life. He is engaged to be
married soon to young lady who
has visited him at the jail several
times since his arrest. Parties inter-
ested are trying to drag in shortcom-
ings Of relatives on both sides, as is
usual when persons get into trouble.
John Ginger, interviewed, said:
4 was working in rock quarry between 4
and 5o'clock Friday afternoon. The quarry
is about 200 yards west of the house. / had
started to the spring to get drink when my
little girl Clara came running ana crying to
me and said: Pa. there is a man up at the
house trying to throw Alta down on the floor
| and hurting her. Iran to the house. stepped
onto the porch looked through the northeast
window and saw Grebe. He heard me step
onto the porch and Jumped up. | ran into
| the northeast door ard he ran out Of the
southwest door He was bareheaded and in
his shirt-sleeYes. 1 made grao for him as
he went out the door and got only piece of
his shirt He ran up the hill to the gate and
| toward town. His team was standing loose
| at the southeast corner of the house-where
/ could not see it from the rock quarry--and
took the team to Stevens livery stable in
| Lancaster where 1t belonged. and swore out
| warrant before Justice VIM. McGonigal /
picked Grebe's hat up out of the dirt where
he had dropped it in the tussle and brought
it to town and gave 1t to Lowry. MY daugh-
ter Alta was born April 10. 1888. was mar
ried to her mother Is years ago. My little
daughter Cara is years old and my wife is
81 years old.
Alta Ginger told the following story;
About clock Henry Grebe drove up to
our house with two horses hitched to the
running gear of a lumber wagon with a
hay rack or wood rack on 1t. He came into
the house and stood and talked a minute.
He asked if Clara was going to the spring
| for she had the bucket in her hand and was
starting for the spring to meet father who
would bring back a bucket of water for her
as he came to his supper. Then he grabbed
me. ftried to get away from him. He held
both of my hands with one of his and with
the other hand he done as he pleased. He
threw me down on the door and
did what he pleased We tussled some time
before he accomplished his purpose. Faith
ers coming interrupted him. l think. from
putting me into delicate condition. knew
Grebe by sight as had seen him FEW times
when he came out to Grandpa McCartney's
to see Eva Cook or the boys; but 1 never
had anything to do With him APP con-
siderably hurt. and sick enough at heart"
The reporter visited Henry Grebe
ct the Jail Monday morning. He re-
fused to answer any questions for or
against she girl or for or against him
Eself.
Did you ever go with Alta before
thiss' asked the reporter.
No answer.
is she q bad girl and did you have.
any encouragement from her to do
thing Of this kind?"
81 don't want to say any thing about
her."
''She must have coaxed you or
thrown out some sort of an indication
to induce you to g down there?"