Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-06
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

Undersheriff John Sealey was shot
and killed by Geo Greenwood in Hurley
last Wednesday morning, the latter an
operator in the Wisconsin Central Ry
depot, mistaking the officer for burg
lar. Sealey was formerly sheriff OF
Iron county and with the district at
tOrney was removed from Office by
Gov. La Toilette on charges of laxity
in enforcing the law against dive keep
ers.
An account of severe wind storm
that swept over Meridian, Miss, in
volving great loss of life, will be found
on an inside page, Ray Meehan, son
of James Meehan, and brother of Mrs.
E. j. Pfffner, of this city, is in business
at Meridian. His relatives and friends
here have heard nothing from him
since the storm and are quite anxious as
to his safety. 1t was near this town that
James Meehan and S. X. Rounds were
recently heavily interested in the lum-
Der business.-Stevens Point Journal.
Mrs. Albert Petersen was badly in
jured Saturday morning. While de-
scending stairway in her home at No.
3l8 N. Third avenue, she tripped on a
gate at the head of the stairs, put there
for the purpose of keeping the baby
from falling down. She fell, and while
falling struck the point of wire nail,
with the result that cash several
inches long and quite deep was cut in
her throat. A physician was sum-
moned, as was also her husband, who
is connected with the Wausau Furni.
ture and Undertaking Co. The physi-
clan found it necessary to take eight
stitches to close the wound, which was
a particularly painful and dangerous
one. 1t was lucky that the jugular
vein was not severed.
Conrad Schuetz died Saturday morn
ing at his home, III Forest street OF
stomach trouble and other complica.
tions. He had been feeling unwell for
long time but for the past five weeks
had failed rapidly The funeral was
held this afternoon from st. PauPs
church, the Rev F. Schaer conducting
services. Mr.. Schuetz was an old resi-
dent of this city. He was born in Ger
many Feb. 5th, 1853, and emigrated to
this country with his parents when
nine years of age. He was married
twenty-five years ago and is survived
by his wife and four children, Leo, Ada,
Agnes and Leander. His parents live
on farm in the town of Wasau and he
also has two brothers, Rudolph, of the
town of Texas, and Carl, of the town OF
Wausau. For some time past he had
been engaged in the grocery business
with his son, Leo, at the head of Grand
Ave.
Walter Frelix, charged with forgery,
was brought here from Rhinelander
yesterday, and entering plea of guilty
was sentenced to serve two years in
the state prison in Waupun FreliS
received SIC on check for S62 alleged
to have been paid him by the Robbins
Lumber Co, He had formerly worked
for that company and while so EN-.
ployed blank checks disappeared from
the office. Most of these checks have
since turned up as forgeries. After
committing the forgery Frelix went tc
Racine, where he was arrested and
while confined in Jail there, awaiting
the arrival of Rhinelander officers, he
destroyed some more forged paper by
burning it in a cold air shaft, filling the
Jail with smoke and soaring the other
prisoners. He is said to have a very
bad reputation and at the time of com
mitting the forgery was out on bail on
charge of having been guilty of the
crime of theft from he person.
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