River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-03
SEEN AND HEARD
in WISCONSIN

large crowd at the station. Mr.. and
Mrs. Yttri were to take train for
home when Peterson approached and,
! without warning, began firing The
bride was shot through the back and
fell dying to the walk, expiring in four
minutes. Peterson then turned the
revolver upon himself, indicting
wound in the head which is not dan
gerous
Milwaukee-The necessary requ1-
sition papers having been made,
out, Edward P. Cunningham, 1873
Thirty-second street, private de-
! tective, left Milwaukee for Italy to
bring back Anthony Borello, alleged
to have murdered John L. Sexton OF
Elkhart Lake last June. After two
detective agencies had given up the
chase, Detective Cunningham took up
the hunt and, after being on the case
three weeks, secured sufficient evil
Idence, it is alleged, to bring about the
ARREST of Borello. A
Mayville.-The Dodge county sol
oilers and sailors and the Third
WISCONSIN infantry were enter
ftained here. Addresses were made by
Mayor Clark, member of the G. A.
r.; Maj Charles A. Pettibone, Wau-
pun; o. H. Ecke, Fond du Lac, and
Lieut.. Col. J. A. Watrous, Milwaukee.
The newly elected officers are: Presi-
dent, c. A. Pettibone; first vice-presi-
dent, c. H. Henderson; second vice.
president, M. Lehner; treasurer,
Mathew Haertle; chaplain, Rev. e.
R. Edmunds.
| Milwaukee. - Fourteen children
were orphaned in two families
when John Nobak of Cudahy, a
suburb of this city, shot Anton Kos
cilak, sixty years old, and then killed
himself. Nobak accused his victim Of
turing Mrs. Nobak from her home. No
bak called Koscilak from his home
and shot him to death. Then Nobak
leaned on his gun, pulled the trigger
and died Mrs. Nobak disappeared
She is thirty, and pretty. Nobak leaves
six children. Koscilak Is survived by
eight.
Kenosha. Van Beck, nine
teen years old, a Milwaukee girl,
was taken into custody when she
attempted to commit suicide by leap.
ing into the lake from breakwater.
The girl was standing on the break.
water when she was caught by Patrol.
man Hanway of the Kenosha force.
At the county jail the young woman
declared that she had come to Keno
sha two weeks ago at the suggestion
Of man by the name of David Mar
tin, who deserted her.
Neenah.-Neenah police officials
issued an edict against flirting
The order is primarily directed
at girls from Appleton, the college city
adjoining Neenah, because Appleton
girls invade this city, searching the
companionship of Neenah boys, claim
ing the college youths of Appleton
are tight wads." Twelve Appleton
city limits and told to "go home and
behave"
Reloit.-Nick Locorii, the Italian
shot by the police after he had
murdered Vito Rocordo, countryman,
died at the Emergency hospital. Chief
of Police Qualman has asked for a
coroner's inquest in the case of Lo-
corii. The pockets of the dead man
were filled with cartridges. The
friends of the dead man say they know
of no reason why the murder was com
mitted.
Ashland = George Meyer, who
was a member of the Iron River
baseball team, was killed on the
South Shore road, near Bibbon. lie
was sitting on the end of a freight car
loaded with timber and when the train
suddenly stopped the timber shifted
up against the next car and Meyer
was caught in between, his neck being
broken and his skull fractured.
Stevens Point-H. A. Schu-
macher of Marshfeld was brought
here and placed in jail, charged
with the responsibility for the
death of Miss Aurelia Faber at
Amherst Her death is said to have
resulted from blood poisoning, fol-
lowing an alleged illegal operation.
Mcmahon the first anniver-
Bary of the tragedy in which four
teen young people were killed and sew
eral injured when a hayrack party
was struck by a Northwestern passen-
ger train on grade crossing, special
mass was held in st. Johns church for
the victims.
Two Observation-Disclosures joined
In a search for G.. G. Stocking,
keeper of the Hotel Hamilton, missing
since last week Relatives and friends
conducted a quiet hunt for the man
after he had a misunderstanding with
the hotel directors and disappeared.
NO trace of him was found.
Racine-With the largest crop
of apples known in Racine county
in many years, farmers seem unable
/ ito harvest the crop, and they are
seeking persons who will assist in the
work.
Appleton.-GiYin no reason other