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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
LEFT here "wednesday night
Husband Notifies Local Officials That
Sc Has Not Returned to Chi
cago and Asks Them to Search
for Her in This County.

Mrs. R. H. Ploog of Chicago, SIS
ter of Herman Hasten who is now in
the county Jail awaiting a trial on a
charge of murder in connection with
the death of Herman Martin at Twin
Lakes last August, is strangely miss
ing. She disappeared from Kenosha
on Wednesday afternoon and since that
time her relatives in Chicago have not
been able to get any trace of her.
Mrs. Ploog has taken a great inter-
est in the fight that is being made to
save her brother from prison and she
has made many visits to him in the
county Jail here. She came to Keno
sha early Wednesday morning and
spent much of the day with her broth
er. Just before four O clock she went
to the Northwestern station to go to
Chicago. Nothing more was thought
of the case until late last night when
the husband of Mrs. Ploog called up
the county Jail and asked for informa-'
tion in regard to her. He stated that
she had not returned to her home and
that he had heard nothing in regard
Ito her since she left him early We'd
nesday morning to come to Kenosha.
Mrs. Gunter who received the message
from Mr.. Ploog at once conferred with
the district attorney and an effort was
made to find some trace of Mrs. Ploog
in Kenosha.
when she was in Kenosha Wednes-
day Mrs. Ploog seemed to be greatly
worked up over the case of her brother
and she has repeatedly sought to find
evidence that will aid in clearing him
of the charges against him. It is
thought possible that she took the
train and went out to Twin Lakes and
that she may be in that part of the
county seeking to pick up something
that may save the brother from prison.
Her husband does not think this theory
plausible and he seems to think that
she must have met with some mishap
either in Kenosha or Chicago.
Mrs. Ploog is woman of high in
telligence and there is little reason to
believe that she would not be able to
notify her friends of any injury she
may have met with and for this rea-
SON the sKenosha people do not believe
this theory very plausible one. Kas-
ten, her brother, declares that when
she lert Kenosha it was her intention
to take the train for Chicago at once
and that she expected to spend the
night at home The case is very
unusual one and every possible effort
is being made to find settlement of
it,
It is expected that Hasten will be
given trial the latter part of this
month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
WAUKEGAN DEMANDS ACTION
Business Men at Dinner With the Pro-
motors of the Road Order Wynn
and Council to Get Together on
Satisfactory Terms

The city of Kenosha has lost one
chance to secure the building of an
electric road to the lake regions of the
county through the work of Robert E.
Wynn and the Waukegan and North
Shore Company as the business men
of Waukegan have laid down the law
to the city council of that city and at
the next meeting of the Waukegan
common council it is expected that the
council will again take up the ques-
tion of the Wynn franchise and pass it
without the Objectionable features.
Waukegan held get together meeting
on Tuesday night at which Promoter
Wynn and the members. of the council
met with more than seventy-fve of the
| leading business men of the town and
such strong pressure was brought to
bear on the aldermen that it was de-
cided that the demand for $75, 900 as a
bonus would be withdrawn provided
the company would be willing to accept
franchise into Waukegan. Promoter
Wynn declared to the men present that
with this feature eliminated his COM
pany would be ready and willing to
build the road into Waukegan.
It is evident that Kenosha was used
as whip to get the Waukegan peo-
pie in line but Wynn in speaking of
is still considering a plan for building
to Kenosha, but that the line as now
proposed can not be expected to give
Kenosha the long desired connection
with the lake regions in the western
part Of the. county. There is some
doubt whether or not Kenosha has any
use for another line connecting this
city with Waukegan and it is certain
that there will not be the demand for
such a line that there was for line
which would run directly west from
pKenosha.
1t is declared that other companies
may be secured to take up the PROPOSE
tion of building western line. The
matter has been laid before the officials
of the Kenosha Electric Railway Com
pany and it is not improbable that
this company would build line to the
west if it could be assured right of
way at minimum cost. The company
has expended a large amount of money
since it took over the Kenosha line,
but the value Of line to the west
is fully appreciated by the officials OF
the local company and it is certain that
with prosperous times it would be seri-
ously considered.
There is no doubt but that the Wynn
proposition is dead so far as Kenosha
is concerned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
SHOULD SEND PRESENTS NOW
Postmaster Maloney Declares That
Presents Should be Sent by Mail at
Least Eight Days Before Christmas
to secure Delivery.

Postmaster John B. Maloney has re-
ceived formal order FRI pm Washington
giving him permission ! to add three
carriers to the regular force at the
Kenosha office in order to take care OF
the rush during the holiday season and
as the Christmas parcels have already
begun to come into the office 1t is ex-
pected that the extra men will be put
to work with the beginning of next
week and it will probably be necessary
to keep them on duty until week
after Christmas is over. The depart
ment has declined to make any add1-
ton to the clerical force at the office
for the holiday rush and the present
force of clerks will be- forced to take
care of the great increase in business.
"Now is the time to mail your
Christmas presents if you want them
to be delivered in good order,' said
the postmaster this morning. Every
parcel for holiday delivery should go
out of the office eight days before
Christmas in order to secure safe de-
livery. After that time the mails will
be crowded to their full capacity and
while every possible effort will be made
by the clerks to dispatch the packages
Just as soon as they are received 1T
is certain that thereawill be delay on
account of the great increase in the
matter mailed just before Christmas.
The mail matter handled by the Keno
sha office in the last few days before
Christmas will be something enormous
this year and even with the three add
ed carriers it will be a. hard matter to
get it delivered just up to the dot.
Foreigners can teach the American peo-
pie lot in regard to the shipment of
Christmas presents. The foreigners in
Kenosha began sending their Christmas
parcels several weeks ago and now this
mail is practically all gone. A few of
u
these people are getting in on the
American custom Of saving everything
until the last possible day, but most
Of them have learned years ago that
the best time to send Christmas pres
ents is a month before Christmas. We
have very few complaints of faulty de-
livery of Christmas parcels to foreign
countries. The people should use the
registry department. of the office in
sending any valuable presents as this
will insure their delivery in safety and
in the fastest possible time, -
The carriers are already arranging
to use wagons to deliver the Christmas
mail this year and it is expected that
the wagons VIII be in service for a
whole week around the annual holiday.
Many people have anticipated the
order of the postmaster in regard to
the early sending of presents and al
ready there is a decided increase in
the amount of mail being sent out of
the office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
LEFT THE CITY ON NEXT TRAIN
Man and Woman Seek Aid From Peo-
pie Whom They Claimed to Know
and Manage to Get Away With
About $40 in Good Money.

Two smooth swindlers, man and
woman, managed to rake in some gold
en- sheckels from the gullible people
OF Kenosha on Tuesday night and the
game worked was a new and novel
one and one that stuck. The work
was all done on the west side of the
city and long ways from the police
office and it was done so quickly that
it. is thought that the swindlers just
dropped off between trains. AS re-
suit of the workings of the pair four
men on the west side of the city have
brass watches valued at about fifty
cents each for which they put up ten
dollars.
The man and woman are supposed to
have come in from Chicago on an even
ing train on Tuesday and they had lit
tie time to stay In kenosha In some
manner or other they had secured some
facts in regard to their victims and
their story seemed to be plausible
one. They stated that they had just
removed to Kenosha and that their
baggage was at the railway station
with large claim for excess bag
gage ON it. They claimed that a
pocket book had been lost containing
their money and checks and that they
were forced to borrow money in order
to get the baggage. In order to Sc
cure loan the man pulled out watch
which seemed to be of fine pattern.
1t was nicely engraved showing that
it had been a wedding present to him
and he offered to leave this watch as
pledge for the. loan, of ten dollars
agreeing to come for it On the morrow
and pay $15 to redeem it. The game
seems to have worked and it is alleged
that four of the brass watches were
disposed Of in Kenosha. It is thought
that the man and woman left Kenosha
for the north on the Oils train Tues
day evening.
1t is supposed that they were out
looking for little Christmas money
and if their workings in other cities
were as profitable as they were in Ke-
nosha they are destined to have de-
cidedly merry Christmas. The two
left as many Kenosha addresses as they
made loans but they could not be To-
Gated at any Of the addresses given to
the victims. The game was a new
one to Kenosha and from reports the
people of the west end fell to it in
great shape.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
MET DEATH IN MINE CAVE-|N
Company Owning the Mine Was
Supposed to Have Notified the
Relatives Here but No Word
Was Ever Sent to Them.

The mystery surrounding the death
of Benjamin B. Torrey, a son Of the
late Roscoe Torrey of this county, who
was recently declared illegally dead
in the county court here and his estate
divided among his relatives, has finally
been solved Eight years after the
death of the missing man his brother,
James P. Torrey, has discovered how he
met his death.
Benjamin B. Torrey was killed in a
cave in of mine near a small town
in Montana more than eight years ago
and although the company owning the
mine was supposed to have notified his
father of his death no word of the
disaster ever reached Kenosha county
and for years a search for the missing
son was kept up. The father worried
over the fate of the son until his death
and after the death Of the father the
other children took up the search again
but found nothing
The story of the death of Torrey was
brought out in an unusual manner. A
few weeks ago James P. Torrey went to
Scotland, North Dakota, for visit and
while there he went into barber shop.
The barber discovered his name and
then ne asked him if he was any rela-
tive of Ben Torrey. The brother of
the missing man at once declared him
self and the barber then related the
facts in regard to the death of Ben
Torrey The barber and Ben Torrey
had been close friends. The two had
been living in small town in Montana
eight years ago when Torrey went out
to look over some land in another part
of the state. Near the land which he
claimed was mine and a few days
later he went to work in the mine. He
had been working but short time
when there was cave in at the mine
and seven of the men who had been
working there were taken out dead.
Torrey was one Of the seven.
The officials of the company are al
legged to have been given the address
of the relatives of Torrey and they
were supposed to notify them of his
death but they failed to do this. The
barber had returned to the Dakota
town shortly after the accident and this
was the first time that he had met any
of the relatives of the dead companion.
The members of the Torrey family
had long since given up hopes Of ever
hearing anything of the fate Of the
missing man and they had supposed
that he had met death at the hands
of Indians or mountain thieves and
last year a formal application was
made in the county court to have him
declared dead. The application was
granted and his estate was divided.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
SEEK MISSING MAN
Police Asked to Look for r. Sazzy Who
Disappeared on Last Monday

The police of the city have been ask
ed to seek to solve the mystery attend
ing the disappearance of Reinold Sazzy
who disappeared from the home of Al
bert Kreuger on Pearl street on last
Monday. The man left all of his cloth
ing at the Kreuger home and for this
reason it is feared that he has met
with foul play or has committed suicide.
The man formerly worked on the
Roberts farm near Woodwork. He
had come to the Kreuger home to room
on last Friday and went out on Mon
day afternoon presumably to go down
town. Not a thing has been seen of
him since. The police have as yet
been unable to find any trace of the
missing man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16

MUST STAND TRIAL
Louis Eve Charged With Criminal Ii
bel Valves Examination

Lewis Eve, editor and publisher OF
the Kenosha Volkstreund, must stand
trial on charges of criminal libel
brought against him in complaint
made by Louis Plous of the Union Dye
Works Friday morning while stoutly
Works as this morning while stoutly
protesting his innocence Editor Eve
waived preliminary examination IN
the municipal court and was held by
Judge Randall for trial on the charge
at the January term of the municipal
court. His bail was fxeo at $500 and
he was permitted to sign recognizance
bond. This was entirely satisfactory
to the district attorney as he held that
any mai who had a newspaper in Ke-
nosha couldn't get away and that he
would have to stay by it and stay by
it hard.
There was no evidence taken in the
case and Attorney Stewart, who ap-
peared as attorney Tor the defendant,
declared that they would waive the
reading of the information.
While the present action is a crimi-
nal action it is declared that after this
has been disposed of that civil &C
ton for damages is to be started
against the Volksfreund by the Plous
brothers. Louis Plous who was in
court Friday declined to discuss
this phase of the case and declared that
no decision would be reached until af-
ter the criminal proceedings had been
disposed of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
Firm of Quarles, Spence and
Quarles, Well Known in
Courts, Makes Changes
LINES QUITS old ASSOCIATES

Kenosha attorneys We're greatly sur
prised Friday when announcement was
made that after the first of the year
decided change would be made in the
firm of Quarles, Spence and Quarles,
the well known Milwaukee law firm
which formerly included Judge Joseph
V. Quarles, the late Charles .Quarles
and T. M. Spence. The statement Civ
en- out is that Louis and Charles B.
Quarles, the two sons of the late
Charles Quarles and George Lines will
retire from the old frm~on the first day
of January and joining wi.A Willett
Spooner and R. B. Ellis will form a new
firm under the name of Lines, Spooner,
Ellis and Quarles.
Irving T. Fish of Racine known to
many attorneys in Kenosha will
Spence and Quarles and this firm will be
made up of t. M. Spence, William c.
and Joseph Quarles, sons of Judge
Joseph Y. Quarles, and Mr.. Fish. The
old firm name will be retained.
The firm of Quarles, Spence and
Quarles is widely known in Kenosha
and it has been in charge of some of
the most important cases ever tried in
the courts of this county. Among the
cases now pending in which the firm
was an attorney is the suit of the Chi
cago and Milwaukee Electric Railway
Company against Thomas B. Jeffrey ct
al ard the various actions brought by
enc henosha Electric Railway Company
and defended by them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
SEEK MAN HERE

The police here have been asked to
make an effort to find some trace of
Charles G. Stevens, formerly the super
intendent of the Sylvan Works of the
Republic Iron and Steel Company at
Moline, III. Stevens left the plant on
Saturday November ID to go to Chi
cago on some business for the company
and since that time no trace of him has
been found. 1t is thought possible that
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
e. E. u. NAMES OFFICERS
DIR. g. II. Gephart Named as President
of Equitable Fraternal Union

The annual meeting and election of
officers of the Kenosha Chapter of the
Equitable FraternaI Union was held on
Thursday evening, the following being
elected:
President-c. H. Gephart.
Vice President. w. E. Rodgers.
Advisor-C. HI. Wilcox.
Secretary-F. j. Grosser.
Treasurer-M. f. Zens.
Warden-Cl.V. Meers.
Inside Guard-H. A. Smith.
Assembly Muster-G. F. Smith.
Trustees-H. J. Wernheim, 8 years:
K. G. Newman, 29years; A.. Zeyen, l
year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
REACH NO SETTLEMENT
Paris Corners Creamery Not Sold to
Farmers-Deal May be Abandoned

William F. Fisher, conservator Of
the Kenosha Creamery Company failed
to close deal for the sale of the
Paris Creamery to the farmers in that
neighborhood on Friday afternoon and
there is every reason to believe that
the deal will not be consummated. A
meeting of the farmers was held on
Friday afternoon and arrangements
were made to pay their claims against
the creamery the first of next week.
Many of the farmers have already
found other places for the sale of milk
and cream and it is said that they are
not favorable to forming a company
to take over the creamery. 1t will
probably be sold later to some indi-
vidual.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
Henry j. Hastings
Lawyer and Court Commissioner
Settlement of Estates a Specially
KENOSHA, WIS.

Edward Strass and Charles w. Finch
the two men arrested ON charges of
passing worthless checks on banks in
Kenosha and other cities, had hear
ing in Milwaukee on Wednesday and
the hearing is being continued today.
A. E, Kuolt the cashier of the Mer-
chants and Savings Bank in this city
was one of the witnesses at the hear
iAR.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16

The City of Lake Forest has laid
down the law to the Chicago and Mil,
wauiree Electric Railway Company
and has served notice on the company
that if every provision of the franchise
under which its lines through Lake
Forest were laid are not lived up to
in three days the FRANCHISE will be
annulled.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
MEETING FOR TEACHERS
Teachers of County to Hold Interesting
Session at College Of Commerce

Teachers of County to Hold Interesting
Session at College of Commerce
County Superintendent John J. Ker-
win has announced that a meeting of
the teachers of the county viii be held
at the College of Commerce on Satur-
day, December Is, at which the follow
ing program will be rendered:
Upper Form Arithmetic ..........
...... Miss Dorlos Burris
Upper Form Geography ......
............. Miss Emma Castle
Agriculture. ...... Miss Lora Rogers
Judicial Department OF U. s....
............-. Miss Mary Jackson
Nature Study. Miss Maud Vincent
Use of Dictionary. Miss Ruth Melville
Teachers are requested to bring the
common school manual.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16
GET READY TO PAY
Tax Roll to be Turned Over to City
Treasurer a Week From Monday

1redSuIeI d week from MONDAY
Get ready to pay your taxes as the
annual tax roll Of the city viii be
turned over to City Treasurer Martin
Steinmetz one week from next Monday
morning and taxes may be paid after
that time. City Clerk Harrington is
now busily engaged in making up the
tax roll which is the largest in the his
tory of the city. The real work of
collecting the taxes will probably not
start before the opening of the new
year, but it is probable that Treasurer
Steinmetz will find some way to take
care of those seeking to pay at an
earlier date.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Williams have
gone to Milwaukee for a two weeks ;
visit with friends and relatives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-16

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Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-26
STAFFORD SPRINGS.
Officers OF Ecclesiastical Soeiety-Oe-
raiIment Of Freight Car Delays c. "
Trains.

The Ecclesiastical society OF the
Congregational church has elected ON
GERS as follows: Member OF society
committee for three years. i. G. San
ford: clerk, Lewis Mclaughlin; treas
urer II. f. Burwell; trustee Of perma-
nent fund for three years, w. u;
Head; trustee for two years to fill
vacancy caused by resignation of w.
z. Demond, Christopher Allen; collect
or. Gilbert Wagner: ushers, @. s Ba-
ker. w H. Head, c. F. Chandler, b.
p. Cooley, R. W. Smith. c. H De-
mond. c. H. Moore. r. \. Demond, 4.
J. Sanford, s. A. Kuehne
John Bradley, Jr., of Hydev1lle mas
been i'll several days with appendicitis.
Miss Blanche Robbins is the guest
Of friends in Worcester.
Everett Gray OF Springfield mas peon
visiting William E. Whitaker.
Henry Bolieau OF Glynville is recov-
ering from several days Illness with
rheumatic fever.
David Bissett has received twenty
five pairs of Hungarian pheasants from
Hartford and will lfberate them as soon
as the weather Is more favorable.
Rev. R. NJ. D. Adams will conduct
services at the Buff Cap schoolhouse
Sunday afternoon at 3 O'clock
Southbound passenger trains on the
c. V. road were considerably delayed
Thursday morning on account OF the
derallment Of freight car in the local
yard.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-26

turned from Marlboro. where they
have been working at McDonald's
mill.
z. D. Tracy Of Scotland. Conne was
the guest Wednesday Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William z. Strong.
Mrs. George B. Avery Is visiting rel
atives in Norwich and New London
Storm Affects Pythian Visitation.
On account of the heavy storm Of
Thursday but few OF the local mem
bers of the X. OF p went TO Lebanon
TO attend the institution of lodge Of
the order. The three ranks were
worked BY the crack degree team OF
Natchaug lodge Of Willlmantic. The
grand lodge officers were present and
instituted the lodge.
Mrs. Sarah J. Bingham was the
guest Wednesday OF relatives in Nor
witch.
Mrs. Jennie Bradford Of Williams
burg, Mass. Is visiting her uncle. VIII
liam W. Palmer. on South Main street.