Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
AMONG OUR NE1aHRoRs.

Fremont Gardner was accidentally shot
and killed while hunting near Tomahawk.
| Liyerymen Of Lake Geneva have adj
vanced prices owing to increased cost of
hay and feed.
Stein Nelson, aged 6, and Hans Hanson,
aged 8, were drowned in Lake st. Crox
| while skating.
Warren Denny of Abbottsford, excited
| by running into herd of deer, fell dead
| from heart disease.
| John Cram of Cable, while deer hunt
| ing, had toes blown off through the aeci-
dental discharge of his gun.
| Carl Wetzel, a farmer living near An
| tigo, was shot and killed by a set-gun
| which he was arranging in a runway for
| deer.
| Oscar Nelson of Merrill, while in the
woods for deer, accidentally discharged his
gun and received serious wound in the
| thigh.
William Schultz, aged Is, and William
Gehrt, II, of Merrill, broke through the
ice on Lake New, near Merrill, and were
drowned while hunting. Their parents
supposed they were with relatives until
their bodies were found.
Gov Davidson has pardoned Wojeck
Sowa, Pole. who is serving a sentence
Of fourteen years in the State prison at
Waupun for killing John Moore, a police
officer of Stanley on March s, 1901. Sowa
en- 1loyed his brother-ip-law, Vincent Ko-
LAX, as a farm hand, but after some trou-
BILE discharged kodak and told him to
A.. L
lax went to Justice George Burke and
swore out a warrant for the arrest of
Sowa, and the warrant was given to Con-
stable Fred Bratz, who took Moore and
several others, including kodak, along to
help serve the document. While Moore
was pounding at the front door kodak
went around the house to a rear window
and told Sowa that he had told him he
would fix him and now he would do So"
Sowa didn't know that the officers had
warrant for him and when Moore sue
ceeded in getting the door Of the house
open and was about to step in Sowa fred
several shots from gun, killing Moore.
As a result of trial before the Do
lice and fire board on several charges,
Fire Chief Gross OF Beloit was repri-
manded.
Earl Holly Of Spooner stood leaning on
his gun, his hand over the muzzle, when
he hit the trigger with his foot and bis
hand was blown off.
Martha, divorced wife Of Ned Thinner
man, went to the home Of her former hus-
band at Fisk and shot him. She was
found later lying ON the lounge in the
house with a pistol wound over her heart.
Both will die. Zimmerman secured a di-
vorce in July.
Carl HackDart, farmer in the town of
Maine, 30 years old, accidentally killed
himself while deer hunting From the
appearance OF the body Iackbart appears
TO have been leaning on the rife when
il was discharged and the bullet went
through his head, killing him instantly.
After being out for nearly four hours
the jury in the case Of the State VS..
o. r. Gavin returned verdict Of guilty
in Fond du Lac. VI. X. Reilly, who rep
resented the defendant made motion to
have the verdict set aside. Gavin and
A. r. Fonta.ne were charged with con-
spiracy TO influence a jury ir Green
Bay graft case.
Storm Bull, professor Of steam engi-
neering in the University Of Wisconsin,
died at Madison after an illness Of six
weeks from cancer of the stomach. He
was born IN Norway. Oct. -. 1856. ard
was graduated from the Federal Poly
technical Institution in Zurich Sgitzer-
land. in 1871 lie was elected Mayor of
Madison for one year in 1901. Sto-m
Bull was nephew Of Ole Bull. .ae
famous Norwegian violinist.
Fire caused damage OF neariy $1,000
10 the First Baptist church u Elkhorn.
Flames were caused BY an pyerheated
,tove IN the basement and spread rap-
div through the entire upper part Of the
structure. The insurance is $500