The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-01-14
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Brief Points from Various Sections of the
Great Badger State.

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when employees opened the store, over
which the family lived. The double
murder and suicide was the result OF
family trouble that began several years
ago and eliminated in q suit for di-
vorce. Slimm had threatened to kill
his wife, and she had applied to the
court for protection from him. The
body of the child was in the bed, the
body of Mrs. Slimm was lying on the
sitting-room floor, and the body of the
murderer, with the revolver half sub
merged in a pool of his own blood, lay
on the bedroom floor. Four shots were
fired and several persons heard them,
but did not investigate.
E. A. Shores, ST., and E. A. Shores,
Jr., have each made an assignment at
Ashland to ex-Gov. W. H. Upham, of
Marshfeld, of their individual prop
erty. The assets of E. A. Shores, ST.,
amount to $155, 900, and the liabilities
to less than $4,000, and he is in
dorsed on the paper of E. A. Shores,
Jr., for $4,000. The assets of E. A..
Shores, Jr., are $40, 900, and the liza
bilities consist of $4,000 only, being
the same property Endorsed by E. A.
Shores, Sr. This assignment, it is said,
in no way affects the standing of the
Shores Lumber company, the Shores
Mining company or the Shores Build
ing association.
Joseph Kruger, dry goods mer-
chant of Milwaukee, was married Sun
day afternoon at Maennerchor hall
under bonds of 900. In the midst Of
the ante-nuptial celebration at the
home of the bride, Miss Esther Oralo
WITT, two deputy sheriffs walked in,
armed with an order from the circuit
court demanding the body of the groom,
When he read the order Joseph Krue
ger tore his beard and berated Solomon
SandrOWitz, a wholesale dry goods
dealer. Then he explained the situa-
ton to the bride and entered one Of
the carriages at the door and was
taken to jail. Early Sunday morning
he secured his release under bonds of
$4,000. The wedding in the afternoon
was attended by several hundred
guests. Six months ago Kruger
bought some goods of Sandrowitz and
did not pay him. The men quarreled,
and Sandrowitz told Kruger he would
get even. He waited until late Satur-
day afternoon, and at the last minute
secured an order for Krueger's arrest
on the charge of obtaining goods under
false pretenses. He held the order
until late in the evening and then
turned it over to the sheriff with the
demand that Kruger be arrested at
once.
For the first time in many months
the police of Milwaukee have a mys-
terious murder on their hands. The
body of Martin Braasch was found in
the river Sunday nude and mutilated,
the throat being cut from ear to ear.
A post-mortem examination shows that
the man was dead when the body was
thrown into the water. Braasch left
his home on the afternoon of Nov. q
and had about 800 in his pockets at
the time. He has been traced through
several saloons, and was last seen in
John Wandt's place in East Water
street. The barkeeper says Braasch
became very noisy and remained in the
saloon until 1870 o'clock, when he left
alone. His disappearance was report
ed to the police Dec. 2, and they have
been looking for him ever since. 1t
was their verdict that he had left the
city.
An unsuccessful attempt was made at
Green Bay Sunday morning to wreck
the north bound Chicago passenger
train on the Chicago & Northwestern
railway, due there at 4:15 o'clock. Ties
and cedar posts were piled on the
track within the southern city limits.
The obstruction was struck by a
freight train, fortunately with little
damage.
Thomas Reynolds, 81 years old, was
drowned while skating on the bay at
Sturgeon Bay. He was a school
teacher in Hainesville and nephew OF
Charles Reynolds, member OF the re-
publican state central committee.
Ole Oleson, a mail carrier between
Franksville and North Cape, aged =
years, was injured in runaway aid
died in short time.
Alfred Rank, of Milwaukee, was
drowned in the Kinnickinnic river
while skating.
The First Baptist church of Portage
was destroyed by fire.
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