Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-13

defective sidewalk.
Leonard Hansen. a farmer boy of 1G
years. who had been running amuck with
Il revolver and threatening to kill neigh
bors in the town of Union. was brought
to Eau Claire, bound hand and foot
and arraigned before Judge Blum.
Sam Green, river foreman of the
StearnS Lumber Company. was run over
and killed by north-bound freight train
at Odauah. The body was ground into
small fragments. Green probably lay
down on the track aond fell asleep.
\. II. Mlligan. who ran away with
Florence Groves from Chicago on Jan
10 and agreed to commit suicide with
her at the Blatz Hotel in Milwaukee,
which compact he lodged after the girl
had killed herself was sentenced to
Waupun. He pleaded guilty to man
slaughter in the first degree and was Civ
en- the maximum sentence, ten years at
hard labor.
William Johannsmeyer who shot and
killed Joseph Obermeyer during Il boy
ish quarrel Feb. Is, was fined $500 and
costs by Judge Brace in the municipal
court in Milwaukee. He had been found
guilty of manslaughter in the fourth de-
gree several weeks ago Leniency was
shown, as the court explained. because
of the excellent character which the de-
PENDANT bore as well rs because of the
fact that a recommendation for leniency,
signed by the twelve jurors which tried
the case. was presented to the court.
The sawmill owned by Blakely &
Sprague was burned in Washburn. The
mill originally cost about $4,000 includ-
ing tranfways. etc, with only $4,000 in
surance. The estimate of lumber burned
is from $4,000 to $4,000. fully insured.
Most of the lumber belonged to the Ed
ward Hines Lumber Company of Chi
cago A light wind and the fact that
the lumber on all the Washburn docks
was green, prevented a general confa-
grafton. Ashland and Bayfield, tugs
fought the fire for twelve hours
The case of Malcolm n MacLaren
versus Dorothy MacI.aren. for modfi-
cation of decree in divorce which
gave Mrs. McLareu the custody of the
10-year-old boy, Malcolm Neil MacLare,i.
Jr., during a certain period of the year.
reached Il settlement in the Circuit Court
in Fond du Lac Maurice McKenn the
wOmans attorney, announced that he
and Mr.. MacLaren's attorney had agreed
on four months year as the time for
the father to have the boy and the other
eight months he was TO remain with the
mother.
While bathing i'll Colman's slough on
the Black river near La Crosse, Theo-
dore Wright, aged IA years; Henry
Wright, aged u years, and Ellie As
sym, aged years. drowned The first
intimation of the accident was near 6
o'clock in the afternoon. when Mrs
Wright went to the river bank. She dis
covered that one Of their boats was gone
Walking further on she spied the float
ing body of her son Henry Not mind
ing the danger she plunged in the water
and brought the corpse to shore She
carried it home and there for the first
time told others of the drowning. col
lapsing Immediately after telling her
story. About one hundred men went in
search of the other bodies, but their
work Saturday night and Sunday was
in vain.
A masked man entered the grocery of
Chris G. GILES in kenoshs and. holding
three men under cover of a revolver.
rifed the safe of the store, securing cash
to the amount of 800 and several
checks. Later Edward Hensel. a mem
Der of one of the best known families
in kenosha was arrested Hensel at
first denied his guilt Hensel, the police
say, stated that the hold-up had been
carefully planned. He had gone to RAJ
,-'r faN hnf
chased the revolver aud. returning on the
next train. he had notified Frank Sneider
and William Meyer that he was going
to bold up the store and asked them to
join him. The two boys have been held
as accomplices. The money has been
returned. Hensel's father was so shock
ed at the crime of his son that he suf-
fered an attack of heart disease.
Miss Zoa Grace, daughter of Attorney
II. II. Grace of Superior. has been cho-
sen as sponsor for the new freighter Su-
perior. to be launched at the Detroit
shipyards.
\ tire on one of the drivers of a pas
senger engine. just after leaving Pen
saukee, split suddenly and large piece
flew in through the cab window, badly
Rev. Rowland Hanson. who has re-
signed as pastor Of the First Baptist
church of Beloit. has received a call
from the First Baptist church of Des
Moines, Iowa, and will accept
The bank examiner has issued char
ter for the Farmers State bank of Sui
livan, with a capital of $4,000. The in
corporatorS are John c. Rachel. Paul II.
Mckee, T. NJ. Blackman. John r. Erie
del. John +. Mclaughlin and William
II. Friday.
Mrs. August ludwig, painting and al
most crazed with fright ran into Athens.
telling a story Of finding human skele-
ton in the woods while searching for a
COW Her foot prints were followed for
a long distance by searching party. but
no trace has been found Of the bones.
Four or five years ago Philip ReSch.
aged 10 years. disappeared from that
locality.
Carl Anderson. a farm hand. 81 years
old was probably fatally injured in Ke-
nosha by being bitten by big dog. with
which he was sleeping on a pile Of hay.
The dog became enraged and jumped at
the man. tearing great pieces Of flesh
from his arms. face and head.
Rollo Stickles Of Mukwonago shot two
wolves in the big Mukwonago marsh
and captured two more alive. Mr.
Stickles accidentally stumbled into the
wolves nest in a hollow log They were
all young ones. The mother wolf return
ed and attacked the hunter, who had
left his gun some feet away. He es-
capped injury, but did not succeed in
shooting the animal.