Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-11
HAS A BAD RECORD
Jacobson Re.Arrested For AT.
tempting to Pass a Forged
Chsck.,.Will Probably Plead
Guilty.

UulIty.
Scarcely out of Jail, yea, even be.
fore the legal time had expired and
while confined in the narrow cells OF
the county bastile, man by the name
OF jacobson, contrived to get blank
check on the First National Bank. OF
Marshfield, and without any hesitancy
forged the, name of the Upham Mfg.
Co., OF that city, and endeavored to
find local merchant who would cash
it to the amount of sl5.65.
His first attempt was on Mr.. Boards.
ley, First street merchant. Failing
here he went first to Albert Arndt,
then to Max Steinberg, and so on
down the street. At the first store,
however, the suspicious of Mr.. Boards
ley were aroused and the operation
was watched until Officer Garihee was
notified that trouble was b. ewing and
started IN search of the unknown who
was on the way to the Green Bay de-
pot.
When Officer Garahee went into Ted
& Jim's saloon in search of the man
be was standing in dark corner, and
as soon as the officer asked for his
party he walked leisurely out of the
door, quietly tore up the check and
scattered the pieces to the four winds.
he then started for the depot as stated
above, but was overtaken and placed
behind prison bars to await develop
ments.
AS the officer arrested him, he did
not offer resistance, but with the sar-
castle, self-Satisfied smile that he used
IN court when convicted for carrying
concealed weapons sixty days ago, he
remarked, And how long can l get
for this?'
Since the arrest of jacobson, who is
now confined in the county jail awaiting
the disposition of his case, his history
almost complete has been unraveled.
At the time of his arrest sixty days or
more ago for carrying concealed
weapons, an effort was made to find
out something about the man, but to
all the questions put to him, he only
smiled a sarcastic smile and re-
sponded; that is my business.
Yesterday, however, the facts came to
light.
A number of years ago the family
of the accused man lived on a farm on
the Vesper road in the town of
Rudolph. The man who is now in the
shadow of the states prison for a
serious offense was then small child.
Later the family moved to Rhine
lander, where they now live on a farm
about two miles from the city. The
family, including the younger son,
are industrious and well behaved
people, but this one who is about
twenty-one years old, has always been
the bane of their existance. From
the time he was a child up to the pre-
sent he has been continually in
trouble, and only about year ago
he was released from the Green Bay
reformatory. In 1901 he was arrested
and sent up for breaking into home
steader's cabin and stealing a gum
Shortly after his release,-or more
accurately, about July fourth, he
broke into bicycle store in the city
of Rhinelander and oletwo revolvers,
one of which it is supposed, he
threatened to use on A. :. Hasbrouck
when arrested the first time in this city.
He was chased by the police and when
well on the outskirts of the city, he
emptied the contents of the revolver at
the officer in persuit. Fortunately
none of the bullets took effect, and the
man made good his escape. For
about two weeks it is stated he hid in
the woods near that city, and when
his hiding place was discovered he
left for parts unknown.
1t would seem that he came to this
city Immediately instead of going west
as his folks at Rhinelander supposed,
to visit sister who lives
in this county. He was here only a
few days, however, when he rented a
rig from A. J. Hasbrouck, and went
out into the country and tried to sell
it to farmer. In some manner Mr..
got word of the little game
he sought to play, and took after him.
1t was when caught in the country
that he pulled the gun on Mr.. Has
brouck, and which he no doubt in
tended to use if pressed.
Jacobson's given name is Turrivale,
and his character in Rhinelander has
earned for him the nickname of
Terrible. He has been known ever
since he was small boy in that city
by the latter name, and it would seem
in the light of the present facts, that
the former and not the latter is a mis-
homer. He is about twenty-one years
old; about five feet and seven inches
tall: smooth face and sandy COM
plexion. His general demeanor is that
OF the asenine egotist and the general
opinion of those who have come in
contact with him is that he is
dangerous man to be at large.