Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20


du Lac found John Riley guilty of as
sault with intent to murder Dan NJ.
Schaefer.
Lyle Bones, son of Supervisor Court
land Bones of the town of Caledonia,
fell from a 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 a veritable breeding place of crime.
While in anger. it is alleged, Victor
Fauver threw a barrel stave at Jacob
Lindsdau IN Neenah, striking him in the
right eye. the sight of which is totally
destroyed.
While 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 verdict was return
ed in the case of Nicholas Kuhn. finding
him guilty of passing forged check for
$14.T5. May Mitchell was the complain
ing witness.
John Miller of the firm of Miller &
Reimer. of Racine. while running corn
shredder, had his left arm torn off on
the farm of William Braid and may die
from the shock.
While w. n. Bailey of Davenport,
Iowa. and Il. w Davis of Madison were
hunting on Lake Kegonsa the boat upset
and they were three hours in the water
before being rescued.
Miss Nellie Masters, aged 30, was kill
ed. younger sister was fatally injured,
and two other sisters hurt seriously when
their carriage was struck by Wisconsin
Central train at Weyauwega.
Mary Fiala, aged p years, of Milwau-
kee. is dead and her father, Joseph Fiala,
and sister Rose are precariously i'll from
eating raw chopped pork. Trichinosis
was the cause of death and illness.
Theodore Hapke, the GAINESVILLE beet
sugar man, has Incorporated the Dane
County Beet SUGAR Company, which IS
to erect a factory near Madison. The
capital is 100000 and the factory will
have capacity of 800 tons of beets a
day.
Hattie Kennedy. aged Is. saved the
lives of Mrs. Barlass, u years old, and
five children, in a fire which destroyed
the $4,000 residence of David McLay,
a horse importer in GAINESVILLE. The Ken
nedy girl carried Mrs Barlass down a
flight of burning stairs that gave way as
she stepped from the last step, and then
rode in her nightgown 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, were set by crazy woman, dressed
i'll mans clothes. Such a character was
seen escaping from the Osborne resi-
dence. ..,x
Judge NJ. f. Gibson. president Of the
State tax commission. has given an opin-
ion declaring the election of Herman
Stein Of Mishicott rs assessment super
visor of the county Illegal and void, be-
cause Stein was a member of the county
board at the time. Nels Haugen, another
member Of the commission, sustains this
opinion and holds that the county board
has no right to hold a special election in
view of the statutes providing that the
Office must be supplied at the original
meeting.
The charge against former Alderman
Charles S. Havenor of the Fourth Ward
ir Milwaukee concerning $500 involved
in an alleged transaction with the Run
dle Spence Company regarding a special
privilege requested by this company of
the Common Council and affecting its
property in the Fourth Ward, has been
dismissed by Judge Tarrant of the Cir
cult Court in accordance with motion
made by District Attorney Bennett, who
has found that the alleged act took place
more than three years ago and is conse-
quently outlawed.
The deepest mystery surrounds the
murder of ID. A. Doyle, prominent citi-
zen and real estate man of New Au-
burn. who was murdered by an unidenti-
fed person. Sheriff Ackley and District
Attorney Cook have returned from the
scene and state there is not the slightest
clew to throw suspicion upon anyone.
The citizens of New Auburn are planning
of the murderer. The people of New
Auburn are much aroused over the muir
der. which was discovered by Frank
Nagellberger. Doyle was shot while milk
ing cow the bullet being fred through
a barn window.
-Four years in the penitentiary was the
punishment melted out to Hugo Donners-
tag by Judge Paris of Rhinelander for
killing his father, Louis Donnerstag He
was found guilty of manslaughter in the
third degree on evidence offered by mem
bers of the family. Quarrels between
father and son over the presence of Sadie
Slack in the household led to the muir
der Once the elder Donnerstag is said
to have chased her from the house with
n butcher knife He objected to his
sons attentions to the woman. Don
nerstag was killed the latter part Of
September at his home in the wilderness
near Manson lake. Sadie Slack and
Clara Donnerstag were taken into GUS
t0dy on suspicion Of having knowledge
of the supposed muraer. The defendant
was arrested nj Woodboro while awaiting
a letter from his sister The elder Dom
nerStag was shot and his head mutilated
with an ak. The Donnerstags had an
unpleasant reputation. Even the girls
of the family were reruted to be expert
shots, and no tax assessor ever ventured
near the home. The dead man had serv-
ed time. for killing 500 line brakeman
and was credited with resisting the Off
GERS who came to arrest his son for theft
One m-n was instantly killed and four
Others seriously injpred, one Of whom
will probably die, by the falling Of &
scaffold at the Briggs House in Appleton,
where additions arr being made on the
building.
William Stewart, Frank Witzisteiner,
Edward Christensen and William
O'Brien We're held in $500 bonds each
for assault with intent to Sin andrew
Goggins. a former 0mro resident. now