Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-18
Within Our Borders.

w lllam Bartel. young German, -
years of age who has been in this coun-
try but one year, has suddenly disap.
peared at Appleton.
The Blanchardville postoffice was en-
tered by burglars. the safe blown and
$40 in stamps AMI other valuatles TAX
en-. There is no clue.
Mrs. Benjamin f. Head. wife of for
mer Postmaster Head and mother OF
Abner o. Head. cashier of the German
bank of ShebOygan Falls, died, aged 90
ye;ers.
a mail pouch was stolen at Dunbar
The pouch, riied of its contents. was
found in a brush pile. There is no clue
to the robbers 1t is said the contents
were valuable
Thomas Gleason, a Mazomania labor
er, died while shingIing the roof. He
was 80 years old. At an inquest the
coroner's jury brought in Il verdict of
death due to heart failure.
Peter Nelson. engineer in the power
plant of the Beloit Electric Company.
was instantly killed. An emery wheel
in the dynamo room lo0sened. struck him
on the head and crushed his skull
Ira Stewart. who was charged with
murder of his sOn-in-law Fred Miller.
at Stanley, on Jan. 2S. 1901. was grant
ed new trial by the Supreme Court
He had been sentenced to Waupun for
life.
Lars Osley, aged 40 years. attempted
suicide in Galesville by hanging Mem
bers of the family found him suspended
from raftcr in shed. He was not
dead when cut down and will recover.
Poor health is presumed to be the cause
of his action.
Herman Meyers. the 16-year-old boy
who shot his companion, Harry Thomas,
while hunting near Kenosha, viii not be
prosecuted Thomas died at the Keno
sha hospital. but his parents feel con-
WINGED that the killing of the boy was
an accident
While sitting in carriage Mrs.
Amanda West. a rich Appleton widow,
was examined by a jury aud found in
sane. She had refused to leave the car
rage. and when Sheriff Mitchell attempt
ed to remove her she gave up after re-
ceiving a black eye.
Mrs. George Hamilton, for whom a
bench warrant was issued some time
ago. suddenly appeared in Appleton. gave
her 10-months-old daughter TO the care
of four girls. each about 13 years of age.
and then disappeared. The child is be
ing cared for by the police.
E. ChristianSon. aged "a years. living
on a farm near Stevens Point has been
found dead in Il well after being missed
for nearly week The last seen of him
was when he started to fix pump in
one of the wells on a farm. He had
evidently fallen sixteen feet down the
well and drowned.
During an inspection of Company /.
W y c.. III Neenah, Capt J. 4. Schnel-
Ter stopped the proceedings and ordered a
member of the company dishonorably
discharged for being drunk.
Hanging to a rafter in the barn the
body of John Kautz. pioneer of Glib
son, was found by HIS wife. he having
committed suicide while temporarily de-
ranged. Kautz was 90 years of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry HalverSon and
their daughter. Is years Of age. were
overcome by coal gas at their home in
Kenosha. They We're discovered in an
unconscious condition by neiShbors and
5he prompt arrival Of doctors saved their
lives.
Seven years ago three blank cheeks
were stolen from the sherman House in
Appleton They have now all been re-
turned to tie hank with Manager John
Conway's name forged to them 4 care
ful lookout had been kept for several
years. One cleck was for 500
J. Earl 0atnaan. president Of the Nil
Eoaaires' Club. an organization Of young
men Of Oshkosh. was sentenced 90 the
Green Bay reformatory for eInbezzle-
ment The Buck staff Edwards Furni-
ture Company. in whose Office be was
employed. was loser 10 the extent Of
several thousand dollars. Ten years ago
0atman was bootblaes IN lseaI bar
Der shop.