The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-27
WOMAN USES GUN
Mrs. Agnes AIthoff Of WheatIand,
Charged With Drawing Re.
voIver on Her Tenant
WOMAN DRIVES MAN OFF FARM
Louis Senior the Tenant Claims That
He Fears for His Life but Mat
ter Will Probably Be
Settled Out of Court

AS a result of disagreement be-
tween owner and tenant Mrs. Agnes
Althoff, one of the best known women
in the town Of Wheatland and woman
widely known throughout the western
part of the county, was arrested late
Friday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Pier Faber at her home in the town
of Wheatland and brought to Kenosha
to answer charges Of pointing a revol-
yer at Louis Senior, a farmer in the
same town. Mrs. Althoff promptly
furnished bond for her appearance in
court today and spent the night at
the home of relatives in Kenosha
The trouble between Mrs Althoff
and Senior, who is tenant on a por-
ton of the farm owned by the woman,
has caused a great sensation in the
town of Wheatland and many Of the
prominent residents Of the town came
to Kenosha this morning to attend the
hearing. All Of them offered to aid in
settling the troubles of the two out
of court without criminal action.
The alleged assault on which the war
rant for the arrest Of Mrs. Althoff was
based, took place on Thursday after
noon. Senior had been tenant on
the farm for the bettr part of year
and there had been constant trouble
between him and Mrs Althoff in regard
to the division of the crops and it is
alleged by Mrs Althof that she had
not secured her share of the crop and
that in addition to this that Senior
had allowed some of the corps to spoil
in the fields. On Thursday afternoon
Senior had started to cut hay in one
of the fields on the farm and AFTER
cutting round the field once it is claim
ed that he planned to leave the work.
At this Mrs. Althoff ran from her
house with revolver concealed under
her apron and when she got within two
rods of Sender she is alleged to have
pulled the revolver from under her
apron and aimed it at the farmer.
Senior admitted this morning that he
did not wait to Sc whether the revolver
was loaded or net, but dropping the
reins Of the horses he ran for his life.
Mrs. Althoff declared that she had
the revolver in the house, but that she
had never fred revolver in her life
and knew nothing about handling it.
She declared that she was so exasperat-
ed by the fact that the crops were
spelling from not being cared for that
when she saw Senior deserving the
work she rushed out with the revolver.
She made no effort to deny the fact that
she had drawn the revolver on the
tenant and all of the other witnesses,
most of them friends of the defendant
i'll the action, testified to the same
story as Mrs Althoff. District Attor-
ney Baker did not think that the case
was a proper one for criminal action
and asked that the two parties get to
gether. For this reason the hearing
this morning was of an informal nature
and none of the witnesses were sworn.
It is expected that a treaty of peace
will be signed between the parties be-
fore the day is over and that the com
paint and warrant against Mrs. Alt
hoff will be withdrawn on the payment
of the costs.
The case has caused more excitement
in the town Wheatland than anything
else in decade.