Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-10-20
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John Rebarczyk, aged 40, was
drowned in the Wisconsin river at
Wausau, while going to work in the
Mortenson mill. He probably fell in
accidentally.
The Racine school of fine arts was
entered by burglars and several hun
dred dollars worth of antique jewelry
stolen. The police believe that the
burglars fed to Milwaukee.
Alex Cartons, accused of the murder
caught by Sheriff Happle in lumber
camp near the village of Grand View.
He admitted his identity and is now
in the county Jail in this city.
An attempt at burglary was made
at Green Bay at the home of Joseph
Lurquin. Lurquin got out of bed and
coming downstairs, seized the bur
glar as he was at work at the door.
The man gave the name of Charles
Smith.
Joseph Donkers, a fireman on the
Milwaukee road, was fatally injured
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badly bruised, his collar-bone broken
and jaw bruised. The accident oc-
CURED as an engine was backing up
at Cormiter.
An automobile belonging to G. e.
Wells Of Racine. was destroyed by
fire and the garage in the rear of his
home damaged At the time Mr..
Wells was making repairs to the ma
chine and he was scorched on the
head, face and hands. The machine
was worth $4,000 and insured.
Steve KlaWg, Pole, was removed
to St. Mary's hospital at Racine, with
his skull fractured, an arm broken
and a rib fractured. He said that he
fell downstairs, but as other men in
the house were cut and bruised, the
officers believe there was a bloody
fight Investigation is being made b.
the officers.
Detectives of the Chicago and
Northwestern railway company Sc
cured warrants for the arrest OF
twenty Kenosha men, women, and
children charged with stealing from
the freight cars of the company. The
list Of defendants is declared to be
but half the number for whom war
rants have been issued.
Warrants have been served through
the police department upon two boys,
William Wagner, aged 10, and Harry
Hof, II, for frequenting saloons at
Eau Claire. These are the first cases
TO come to the attention OF the au-
thorities under the recently created
law relating to the presence OF minors
in saloons. The lads were first ar
rested and fines imposed on the
charge of drunk and disorderly.
County Clerk Fjelstad OF Dane
county received a communication from
]. A. Stransky, a wealthy stock
raiser OF Paukwana, S. d., in which
Mr.. Stransky says that many years
ago his mother with her family re.
eeived aid from the poor commits
sioner of the county and he asks Mr..
Fjelstad to ascertain the amount I'M
order that it might be paid back with
interest.
Fred Terry, an attorney whose office
is in the First National Bank building.
Chicago, wrecked the front of the
Carl Weber grocery store with his
auto. Terry was bound from Milwau.
kee to Chicago, but making mistake
in the road through the main part OF
Racine attempted to turn his auto
around. He worked the wrong
clutches and sent the auto through
1.-THE grocery store front The auto
and building were both greatly dam
aged.
Three boys. John Rice, Jr.. Ben
Windsor, JrY and Harry 7. Ores
singer, all members of well known
families OF Kenosha, yielded to their
longing for real wild west life ana
left for California The boys are
each Is years of age and their parents
supposed that they were in the high
school until the mother of one of the
boys received a scrubbed note from
the son in which he told her that the
narrow confines OF kenosha We're too
small for the trio, and that they had
started west TO live ON the plains