Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-10

state Ddnk, and was sentenced 10
twelve years in Waupun.
A pair of horse swindlers who have
been operating in Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and the Dakotas for the last
year, are now in jail at Neilsville
awaiting extradition papers from
Madison.
Bert BREEZY, proprietor of an Ap-
pleton cigar store, pleaded guilty for
the second time ON the charge of sell
ing cigarette papers, and was fined
500 and costs, which he paid. A. H.
Zechiel of the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon
league, made the complaint.
William Joseph, GAINESVILLE
butcher, fell into a scalding pot at
the slaughter house and was so Sc
verely scalded he may die. But for
the fact that he had three suits of
clothes on he probably would have
been instantly killed.
James N. Defoe an employe of the
REYNOLDS box factory at Sturgeon Bay,
was killed by getting caught in a
large belt. He was drawn around the
pulley and nearly every bone in his
body was broken. He was 55 years
old and leaves a family.
The body of Mrs. James Cape, Sr.,
arrived at Racine from Oklahoma
City. Mrs. Cape was 76 years old and
had lived in Racine over fifty years.
Besides a husband, five children sur
vive, Fire Marshal James Cape be-
ing one her sons.
Oscar, the 20 year old son of
Charles Helbig, wealthy farmer re-
siding near Cumberland died as re-
suit of a gunshot wound. Young Hell
big was out I'M a boat ON Pike Lake,
near his home, and STOPPING to row
the boat, his gun was discharged fill
ing his right leg full of shot.
Edward Wenzerski, the Is year old
bow of Racine who robbed his uncle
of $27S, fled to Milwaukee and was
captured by detectives, pleaded guilty
in court Sentence was suspended and
he was paroled to appear before the
| Judge the first of each month. Read
| ing of dime novels was the excuse
given by Wenzersh for his act.
C. M. Cutter, an insurance agent of
Milwaukee, was held up by two men
at Wausau and robbed of $23. One
asked him for a match, and as he
reached his hand in his pocket they
! grabbed him. In holding his mouth 30
he could not call for help, the men
crushed the lighted stub of cigar
against Cutters nose, burning it Sc
verely
Following a report to the police of
the robbery of Mrs William Young
of Waukesha, James Hopkins 1S
years old, and Frank White, %, were
Iarrested in meat market as holdup
men. After being "sweated" by the
police. both confessed to robbing Mrs.
Young of pocketbook containing So
and also to holding up Mrs. Martha
Winchell and her daughter.
Walter Jordan of Chicago, So years
DID, a workman in the employ of the
Northwestern railway, was found On
! the outskirts of La Crosse. The po-
lice arrested Joseph Kelley and John
Cunningham, also of Chicago, and Tel
| low employees of Jordan, on the charge
/ of murder. Both assert their 1nno-
cence. No motive for the crime is
known. Jordan had S. in his pocket
when found.
Children playing with matches
caused the death of 10-months-old
child of Sigmond Solowski of Racine.
The parents had left the house, when
J their children began playing with
matches. The clothing of the babe
was ignited and it was soon a mass OF
| flames. The mother returned while the
child was af1ame and tried to save
! it's life, but it was too late. The
mother is in a critical condition.
Secretary of State Frear has on ex-
hibition in his office a unique collec-
ton of photographs of state capitols.
| It contains pictures of all the capitol
buildings of the states except Okla
homa, as we'll as those of Alaska, at
Nome; Hawaii, at Honolulu; Porto
Rico, at San Juan; Philippines, at
Manila There are five pictures of
Wisconsin capitols, one of the old
building at Belmont, now in La Fay
cite county. At the top of the collec-
ton, which is nicely framed, is a
large photograph of the national cap
| itol at Washington.