Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-11
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

/ charged on the charge that he had
obtained money from the county under
| false pretenses. Judge Ebert held that
no crime had been committed. Mr.
Moves was first indicted by the grand
| jury because of an error in a bill sub
mitted for the printing of the tax list
The grand jury case was then nolled
by District Attorney Schwittay, who
afterward commenced a criminal &C
ton. The decision ends the case and
is complete vindication for the edi-
| tor.
Portage.-D. W. Baker, alias ]. C.
Barbour, who, while posing as
| commission merchant from ST. Cloud,
/ Mimi, is alleged to have cashed
| worthless checks, was sentenced by
| Judge Fowler to five years in the
| last January, was arrested while STOP
ping with his wife at the Irving hotel
Fond du Lac, his arrest having been
brought about by John Murphy, hotel
clerk, who identified Baker at the
Farmers and Merchants bank when
| he presented check there. Murphy
followed Baker to several cities until
| he was finally found in Fond du Lac
on July rs. When searched Baker
| had in his pocket blank checks on
| banks in Milwaukee, Chicago and
| other cities.
Waukesha.-After tracking a horse
for ten miles by a peculiar shoe
| it wore, Sheriff Edward Gibson re-
covered horse, buggy and harness.
stolen out of the barn of George At
kinson In the town of Pewaukee. It
is not known what time during the
night the robbery was committed, but
as soon as it was discovered in the
morning, the sheriff was notified and
he Immediately picked up the trail
| and tracked the animal into the town
of Brookfield, He was but a short dis
lance from the intruder, who turned
into the farm of Charles Smith and
escaped. The horse was valued at
$3.50 and the harness and buggy
at SIS.
Chippewa Falls.-At noon an in
terurban car on the Chippewa Val
ley electric railway struck a big
seven-passenger Stoddard Dayton
touring car, driven and owned by D.
Birkholz of New Auburn, demolishing
the car. The fender of the interurban
pushed into the machine and threw
him out, thereby saving his life. He
was the only passenger in the auto
Appleton.-Leo Jones, aged TWEEN
ty, died from ptomaine poisoning
He had been spending the afternoon
on launch on the river where a
lunch of canned goods had been
served. While seated at the supper
table he suddenly became uncon-
scious and died three hours later with
out regaining consciousness.
La Crosse. = Edward Steadman
and Charles Burns are held at
police headquarters following an auto
mobile chase, suspected of being i'm
pllcated in post office robbery in
some northwest city. Police were mott
fed from Midway that two strangers
were offering large quantities of post
age stamps for sale detachment of
police hurried to Midway in an auto.
Both refused to talk.
Green Bay.-Anna Lohmann. TWEEN
ty-two years old, daughter of An!
tone Lohmann, Seymour, had her
voice restored by an operation after
being unable to talk above a whisper
for y days, because Of a large piece
of bone becoming lodged in her throat
The bone was l Il inches long and
one-half inch wide.
Madison. - Farmers in southern
Wisconsin are satisfied with the
showing of small cereals, threshing of
which is now in progress. Oats and
barley are running finely and there
is a fair hay crop. Pastures are very
poor. One farmer in this county re-
ports oats on his farm threshing from
40 to so bushels to the acre.
Wautoma.-The third annual tour
nament of the firemen of Mar
quette and Waushara counties was
held at Westfeld with an attendance
of 5000. Seven fire companies and
bands from here participated
Superior.-Officials of the Heyl-
Patterson company and the police
spent all day tracing possible
clues to the dynamiting of the Phila-
delphia & Reading dock Monday night,
but without result.
Waupaca.-New potatoes are be-
ing shipped here to supply the local
demand for the first time in 20 years.
Potatoes in this vicinity are the size
of marbles, owing to the dry weather
pal 7
seven, stepped on live electric
wire in the electric railway yards and
was severely burned. A companion
pulled him away from the wire or he
probably would have been burned to
death
Appleton.-H. J. Wallenius and
his baby were buried in the same
coffin by the Chicago Painters union,
of which he was a member Wallenius
shot the infant and himself on Mon
day following series of family dis
sensions.
Reedsburg -Leonard, two-year-old
son of Mrs. Albert Brandt, was
left alone a few minutes by his
mother. When she returned she found
her baby dead. While playing with
its bib the child had so twisted the
garment about its neck that it |
strangled to death
Appleton.-Henry Smith, the Hor-
tonville baggage agent charged with |
robbing cars, waived examination
in municipal court and was bound |
over for trial. 1t was said that with
in a week from eight to fifteen more
arrests may be made in connection
with the case.
Chippewa Falls.-The saloon and
residence of William Daigle al
Lake Halle, summer resort five
miles south of this city, was burned
with a property loss of $4,000. In the
saloon was the stock and fixtures,
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