Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
A FISH STORY
In Which Game Wardens Play a
Prominent Part.

Prominent Part.
Perhaps the largest haul of illegal
fishermen that game wardens have TINS
far made belongs to the credit OF Geo
L. Redmond, of Neil.svifle aud Alex
Johnstone, of Chippewa Falls and was
made in this county. The gentlemen
have been at work ia this vicinity for
about week and with the assistance
of citizens who desire TO see the game
laws observed and the game protected
they have been enabled 10 secure testi-
mony against lot of net, spear and
dynamite fishermen the number of
which is swelling as each arrest Is made.
The testimony is of the most conclusive
sort, and before the wardens get through
a great many will suffer. Some time
ago, Mr.. Redmond was called here and
after brief investigation found the
work he had to do so extensive that he
called to his assistance Warden John
stone. Saturday night they in com
pauy with several others drove down to
Schofield a3d following the river up a
distance, where they expected to run
across some of these fishermen they
were not disappointed. They discov-
cred three fellows in a boat with jack
light, spearing fish. They called on the
party to come to shore, but the fellows
put out their light and rowed away, the
wardens firing several shots to stop
them but without success. They were
enabled, however, to recognize them
Next morning they drove down again
and found them shooting rice hens.
This time the officers were more sue
cessfnl and secured the boat, a gun,
jack light and other paraphernalia they
bad no business with. These boys
were brothers aud appeared in court
Monday morning, and plead guilty to
hunting Aquatic fowls out of season
aud were fined $50 each and costs max
ing a total of $50 81. which was paid by
the bows father. Other warrants were
served later and it kept Judge Miller
busy all day disposing of eases
Alex Zastrow, who was charged with
buying dynamite for crowd of fisher
men bad his case continued to May H.
Frank Wendorf, the Schofeld saloon
keeper, another alleged dynamiter did
likewise.
VIM Sporting, who conducts resort
on the road to Schofield was dismissed.
Joe Sporting was found guilty of fish
ing with net and fined S25 and costs
Fred Kummerow, who had been fish
ing with a net secured continuance
to MAY 18th
Harry Cayo. young lad of eighteen,
who through association with older
heads was drawn into the meshes of the
law for dynamiting fish at the Schoheld
dam, had his case held over until May
11th While the boy admits that he is
guilty he ought to be dealt with leni-
emily He has widowed mother and
several smaller brothers and sisters to
support by his work in the Brooks q
Ross mill and takes his arrest keenly.
Jos Phieger was arrested with Cayo
for the same offense. He plead not
gritty and his case was continued to
lday 18th. Pflieger is of boastful dis
position, stating that the wardens,
would have no easy matter in proving
anything against him and further that
the latter in their travels had better not
get too far down the river intimating
that something might happen to them
By this time it was four o'clock and
Judge Miller desired to 90 home and so
no more arrests were made for the day
though the officers had warrants in
their pockets for about as many more,
and as the day passed people who had
heretofore been backward gained con-
tidence and came forward and fur
nished the wardenS with information
that will make Judge Miller's court
busy place some day not far distant
As the district attorney was ill the
wardens deemed it advisable to work
in other localities for few days but
they are liable to drop in here at any
time and will be here May 18th to pros
ecute those whose cases are set for that
day and also others who will be arrested
at that time.
1t is astonishing how fragrant the
violations of the game laws are and as
to their nun, Der one can run into illegal
fishermen or hunters in any direction he
chooses to go. That prosecutions may
be more numerous in this section in the
future this information is given out:
Any one who discovers a person
violating the fish and game laws, if he
will but report the matter to warden,
will be protected and his name kept
secret, and the punishment of the guilty
parties will follow.
In stroll down the Wisconsin river
Sunday morning the officers lifted and
destroyed fonr wing nets, two chain
nets, one trammel net one small seine,
two boats and about 1000 feet of set
line. Over on the Eau Pleine river last
week one of them destroyed 300 feet of
net he found in the river in front of a
mans house There is great amount
of work cut out for game warden in
this county aud the extent of that work
which will follow hereafter with its
resultant prosecutions will be startling
to some.