River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-11-30
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

still the murderer is at large, even
though the officers have complete
description of the murderer and know
his name. No crime in the history OF
Sheboygan aroused more feeling than
this murder of a defenseless old man.
It was freely predicted at the time that
the capture Of the fiend was but
question of hours, but though months
have now passed the mystery is still
unsolved and the murderer is at lib
erty.
Green Bay.-Miss Mettie Chris
ensen, twenty-eight years Of age,
of Surfing, Oconto county, has
been arrested by Sheriff Burns and
charged with causing the death of
Hilda Nelson, aged seven years, on
February g. 1910. 1t is alleged that
the woman fed the little girl poisoned
candy. The child died in commissions.
Miss Christensen waived preliminary
examination and will be held to the
next term of court She stoutly denies
having had any part in the death OF
the Nelson girl, and maintains that
her innocence will be proven when
the case comes up.
La Farge.-One Of Wisconsin's
oldest inhabitants, Mrs. Polly De
Jean, real daughter of 1872, passed
away at her home here. Mrs. De Jean
celebrated her one hundred and first
birthday on October "a of this year.
She was born in Erie county, New
York, in 1910, and in 1880 married
Thomas De Jean, who died in 1877.
Up to a short time before her death
Mrs. De Jean was well and active and
interested In the affairs of the day.
Tigerton.-The sheriff of Shawn
no county is investigating the
death of Fred Kosbab, fifteen-year-
old boy, who was shot through the
head while riding bicycle near his
home. He had taken his shotgun and
gone to the woods to hunt rabbits. On
his return he was shot. 1t is thought
that either he was murdered or that
he struck a stone, fell off his bicycle
and accidentally shot himself.
Beloit.-A woman by the name
of Norton was stricken with
paralysis on Northwestern train at
/ Winona, MINI. Her ticket is for Be-
! lott. She is utterly helpless and it is
| not known whom she is coming to see
| in Beloit. A nurse was taken on the
train at La Crosse to attend her. The
Beloit authorities will care for her.
Kenosha.-More than 800 passen-
gers on Northwestern train
which passed through Kenosha had a
fright when the train collided with a
team of horses attached to loaded
coal wagon. Both horses were killed.
Ten minutes before the train was due
one of the animals had caught its
shoe in frog at the crossing.
Fond du Lac.-Mr. and Mrs. John
Bunkhorst have returned from the
woods near Florence, where each
shot a deeer. F. D. Blackmore is an
other Fond du Lac hunter to bring a
deer back from the northern woods.
Madison.-Hunters in Wisconsin
have killed $500 deer since No
vember IL, according to returns of
tags made to the state game depart
ment here. 1t is estimated that one
third Of the deer population of the
state will be exterminated this season.
Kenosha.-A formal order has
been served on the saloon men of
the city directing them to refrain from
selling liquor to the inmates of the
poor farm. An effort is now being
made so as to make it possible to pre-
vent the sale of liquor to every per-
son receiving whole or part support
from the city.
Green Bay.-A peculiar feature
of the poisoning case at Surfing
in which Miss Matte Christensen is
charged with poisoning seven-year-old
Hilda Nelson and who was arrested,
is that both Miss Christensen and the
! parents of the murdered girl maintain
that she is perfectly sane, and will
fight all attempts to show her to be
otherwise. The family is convinced
that the woman is not guilty of crime
and prefer to prove her innocent
rather than show that her mind is I'M
sound. At the county jail the girl
strongly denies her guilt. She urged
her father to permit the trial to go to
circuit court and to use his influence
to have the insanity proceedings dis
continued in order that she might
prove her innocence to the jury.
/ Brillion.-Otto UT9yich of Potter
committed suicide by eutting his
throat, lungs and wrists. He was
found by a neighbor, who went to get
him to do some work. 1t is believed
1 he was demented.
Madison.-The Girls Self-Govern.
meat association has approved
! the establishment of a woman's stu
dent court, similar to the present
/ mems court. The new court will have
seven members and will pass on VIC
lations of self-government association
| rules.
Antigo-Matt Elliott, his wife and
an eight-year-old daughter are seri.
ously i'll because of eating sausages
made at home. Physicians who ex