Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-12-21

The jury in the Circuit Court in Fond
du Lac found John Riley guilty of as
saut With intent to murder Dan NJ.
Schaefer.
LYLE Bones. son of Supervisor Court
iand Bones of the town of Caledonia,
fell frcni wagon, and it is feared he
sustained fatal internal injuries.
An OLD deserted shack in La Crosse,
the rendezvous Of a gang of boys has
been raided by the police and proved to
be yertable breeding place Of crime.
Willie in anger, it is alleged, Victor
fauver threw barrel stav.. 1T jacob
l-indsdan in Neenah. striking him il. the
right eye, the sight of which is totally
destroyed
Willie backing in on some cars in the
Milwaukee yards in GAINESVILLE Brake
man William Copeland Of Chicago lost
one Of his legs and part of one hand
was cut off
In Fond du Lac a verdict was return
cd in the case Of Nicholas Kuhn. finding
INN guilty Of passing a forged check for
! $l4.I3. May Mitchell was tire complain
ing witness
| John Miller Of the firm of Miller &
! Reimer, Of Racine. while running q corn
shredder. had his left arm torn OH on
the farm Of William Braid and may die
from the shock.
While w. \. Bailey of Davenport,
Iowa. and Il. w. Davis of Madison were
/ hunting on Lake Kegonsa the boat upset
and they were three hours in Ike water
before being rescued.
IiSs Nellie Masters, aged %, was kill
ed. younger sister was fatally injured,
and two other sisters hurt seriously when
their carriage was struck by Wisconsin
| Central train az Weyauwega.
| Mary FiaIa. age II years. Of Milwau-
kee is dead and her father, Joseph F'iala,
and sister Rose are preeariously i'll from
eating raw chopped pork TriclIinosis
| was the cause of death and illness.
Theodore Hapke. the GAINESVILLE beet
sugar man, has Incorporated rhe Dane
County Beet Sugar Company. which is
to erect a factory near Madison The
capital is 100000 and the factory win
have capacity Of 500 tons of beets
day
| Hattie Kennedy, aged Is. saved the
| lives of Mrs. BarIass, - years old, and
| FIVE children. in a FIRE which destroyed
| the $1,000 residence Of David McIay,
Il horse importer in Janesville. The Ken
needy girl carried Mrs. BaFlass down
! fight of burning stairs that gave way as
she stepped from the last step. and then
rode in her niglltgown TO neighbors for
aid in putting out the flames
| The police force are searching to find
the mysterious incendiary whose crimes
have thrown the property owners of the
residence district of La Crosse in terror.
| They believe the several fires IN the past
/ few weeks. which have destroyed thou
sands of dollars worth of residence prop
| erty, We're set by a crazy woman, dressed
III mans clothes. Such a character was
| seen escaping from the 0sJJLcS r':I-
donee.
Judge NJ f. ellison, president Of the
State TAX commission, has given an opin-
| ion declaring. the election of Herman
| Stein Of AliShicott as assessment super
visor. of the county Illegal an5f void. be-
| cause Stalin was, member of the county
beard at the time Nels Haugerl, another
member of the commission, sastains this
| opinion and holds that the county board
has no right to hold special election in
| view of the statutes providing that the
office must. be supplied at the original
meeting.
The charge. against former, Alderman
| Charles 5. Haveno of tie Fourth Ward
in Milwaukee concerning. $500 involved
| in an alleged transaction with the Run
| dle-Spence Company regarding special
/ privilege requested by this company Of
tile Common Council and affecting its
property in the Fourth Ward. HAS been
dismissed by Judge Tarrant of the Cir
cult Court in accordance with a motion
mad6 by District Attorney Bennett. who
has found that the alleged act took place
more than three years ago and is eonse-
lqnentiY outlawed
The deepest mystery surrounds the
murder of d.. a. DeTle; q prominent eiti-
zen and real estate man of View Au-
burn. who was numbered by an nridenti-
fed person. Sheriff .Aciviey ana District
Attorney Cook lave returned from the
scene and state there is. not the slightest
clew to throw suspicion upon anyone.
1.-THE citizens of New Auburn .tne pIan1fng
to raise reward 10 assist in the capture
of the murderer The people of New
Auburn are much aroused over the muir
der: which was discovered by Frank
NacellBergar: Doyle was shot while milk
ing COW, die bullet being fred through
Il barn window.
-Four years in the penitentiarX was the
Duuishment melted ont to Hugo Dnnnefs-
tag by Judge Paris of Rhinelslnder for
Killing his father Louis Donnerstag He
i, was found guilty of manslaughter in the
tuird degree on evidence offered by mem
hers of the family. QuarreLs between
father and son over the presence of Sadie
Slack in the household led to the 1Aur-
der Once tB elder DOnnerstag is sand
TO have chased her from the house with
n butcher knife. He injected to his
sons attentions to the woman. Don
nerstag was killed the latter part OF
Septenber nj his home in the wilderness
rear Manson lake. Sadie Slack and
Clara ponuerstag were taken into Gus
todv on suspicion Of hrving knowledge
| of the supposed murder The defendant
S,as arrested at Woodboro while awaiting
- letter from his sister. The elder Don
u.r>tag was shot and his bead mutiiated
wirh an az. The I0nnerstags had an
uonlcasant reputatieAt. Even the girls
| Of the family were rcputed to be expert
. shots. and no tax assessor ever vcnturec
, near the home. The dead man had serv
, | ,-I time for killing II 500 line brakeman
} | and was credited with resisting the ON
GERS who came to arrest his son for theft
One man was instantly killed and foul
, others seriously injured che OF whom
. viii probably die. by the falling of &
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