Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-23
WISCONSIN Constipation .,,er
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tive was the fact that MurDhy's mar
ents had forbidden him TO play with
Sceele. The story is that voung
Sceele found shotgun on a woodpile
on a neighbors premises and then
asked another little fellow with him
TO shoot Murphy. When he refused
Sceele took the gun and as the Muir
ply lad was trying to escape shot
him in the back of the head. Death
vas instantaneous. After killing him
he secreted the body in the bushes.
where it was found by searching
party. Two other youngsters Wit
messed the crime and told their par.
ents.
Portage. - Because Timothy Nc
Mahon objected to his wooing, Ed
ward Lennon shot him from ambush,
according to a confession said to have
been obtained from Lennon by Dis,
trict Attorney H. A. Gunderson. Len.
non is in Jail here. having been ar
rested by deputy sheriffs just after he
had become unconscious from trying
to hang himself to rafter in his barn.
According to the confession Lennon,
who is widower and has two young
sons, paid court 20 McMahon's daugh-
ter and resented the fathers obie,-
ton to his pressing his suit. Twice
he fired at Mcmahon from ambush,
but the bullets went wide each time.
On the night of July 81 his aim was
better and the highway commissioner
was found dying. When the officers
reached Lemons home they found
him hanging from rope, nearly
dead
Sheboygan. = A ludicrous tangle
over missing S12 Panama hat
has occupied local official circles since
the headgear owned by Justice Adam
Trester, which he took to cleaning
shop. was given to the wrong Gus
toner and disappeared Principal A.
c. Kingsford of Sheboygan Falls was
given the Trester hat and wore it
some time. A writ of replevin Sas
issued but Kingsford returned the hat
and now says he will sue the cleaner
for his hat
Superior. An opened registered
letter envelope, containing two bank
certificates for $4,000 each, was
found in the residence district here
and an investigation shows that the
letter contained a thirG certificate for
a similar amount, which is missing.
The letter was sent from the Amer
lean Exchange bank in Duluth to the
Superior State bank, and the letter
was stolen during the night No ar
rests have yet been made
Oshkosh. In a meeting of the
common council the committee APP
pointed to investigate the ACCESSIBILITY
of municipal OWNERSHIP of the water
power plant, presented q report favor
able to the project which was accept
ed ~ the council and a resolution
was adopted by that body, providing
for the submission of the question to
the people at the time of the regular
election in November.
Waupaca. = Chief of Police f.
j. Newhall captured Elmer Mynard.
whom he believes is foremost ia
writing black hand" letters which
have been received by several persons
lately. With him at the time of the
capture were two other men. Last
week e. L. Devine received a notice
threatening his life unless $500 was
left at a certain spot.
Green Bay.-Two men were given
state prison sentences by Judge
N. J. Monahan in municipal court.
One of them, John Warpinski, was
sentenced to three years, after plead
ing guilty to larceny, and the other,
Floyd Hoagland, was given six months
for Sailure to support his wife and
family of ten minor children.
La Crosse. - 1t is announced that
no further effort will be made
this season to re-establish the Dja-
mond Joe traffic on the upper Missis
,sippi river, owing to the extremely
low stage of water. The regular sea
son has usually closed about Septem-
Der /, when the water is ample for
the big packets. The present river
season has been complete loss.
Beleit-The Southern Wisconsin
Young Peoples Lutheran federation
elected officers as follows: Presi-
dent, Rev. o. Wilke, Madison;
ce-president, Miss Alice Strampe,
Janesville; treasurer, Carl Kirchner,
Beloit; secretary, F. E. Eckstein, Lo-
gansville. The next meeting place will
he Johnson Crock
Portage.-A warrant was issued
for the arrest of Z. d. Lennon
for the fatal shooting of Tim Nc
Mahon, county highway commission
er. Lennon was before a court of in
vestigation and was to appear later
but failed to do so. He was arrested
and is now in jail.
Green Bay. - Professor Nor
CORD of the University of Wiscon-
sin will conduct a demonstration for
farmers of Brown county at the Wis
consin state reformctoIy farm.
Racine. The dairymen of this
county have agreed to an increase
in the price of milk and cream to take
effect next Monday. Milk will be sold
at seven cents a quart, an increase Of
one cent, and cream at % cents a
quart, an increase of four cents.
George Austin, charged with burglary
Of the ste-e of the John Dixon com
pany, was brought to Racine. He pro-
tests his innocence.
Fond du Lac.-The post office in
Brandon and the contents Of the safe,
including between $40 and 800 in
money and stamps was taken by rob
bers
Kendall.-Unknown enemies of Au-
gust Hoefs. a farmer living in
the town of Clifton, have prosecuted
him, it is said, for the past three
weeks by breaking every window in
his house with stones. cutting bis
harness, destroying his grain and com |
hitting various other depredations.
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