Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-01-03
WISCONSIN NEWS.
TERSELY TOLD

Wausau.-Good progress is being
made in the Imperio and Rob-
erti trial and it is believed that early
next week will see the end &. l.. Car
ter was the principal witness for the
state, telling of the shooting. He said
he and Sheriff Radcliffe were making
a search of the accused when Imperio
drew a revolver and fired, the bullet
going into the ground. In backing up
from the officers another shot was
fired and the sheriff fell wounded
Others pursued and captured the men
Superior. Edward Paul, twenty
four, and Sam Polinski, eighteen
were arrested as counterfeiters
in Duluth. The police took As coun
terfeit S. gold pieces from the pockets
of Paul and have, they say, evidence
showing that Paul had passed at least
two of the bad gold pieces in Superior.
officers say that at least one was
passed by Polinski., An abandoned
blacksmith shop, in which the men arc
believed to have had their plant"
was searched and the police located
a complete counterfeiting outfit.
Janesville.-A resident of Wis
consin for over fifty years, voting
at state and national elections and
having held the office of alderman in
GAINESVILLE, Carl f. Brockhaus has just
discovered that through an error in
his father not having taken out ma
turalization papers before he was Il
he was not a citizen of the United
States. Mr.. Brockhaus made affidavit
for his first papers here.
Maiden Rock.-Game Wardens S.
P. Richtman of Fountain City
and Kempe of Diamond Bluff are stalk
ing out the Wisconsin boundary line
through Lake Pepin for the guidance
of fishermen in paying license fees.
Most of the fishermen are taking out
licenses in both Minnesota and Wis
consin, SO as to keep out OF the
clutches of the game wardens of either
state.
Racine.-Dangling from the end
of a rope, the dead body Of Chris
Hanson, a contractor, forty years old,
was discovered in the basement OF an
unfinished house on Morey avenue. He
was unmarried and prominent in Dan
ish circles, being member OF the
DANA society. He leaves father,
three sisters and six brothers, most OF
them residing in and about Racine,
Madison,-The state live stock
sanitary board is relicensing the
present testers of cattle, OF whom
there are over 500 The board at a
recent meeting decided to relicense
them on the basis of their previous ex-
animation.
Fond du Lac.-Engineer ]. M.
Dowd, this city, had his right arm
and nose broken, and Fireman Edward
Blaney, North Fond du Lac. was badly
bruised in rear end collision be-
tween the 500 line Velvet special and
all extra freight half mile north of
Rugby Junction. The wreck was due
to the heavy fog.
Madison.-Attorney General Ban
croft has returned from New
York, where he settled two inheritance
tax cases of long standing One was
for $7,716.64 against the estate OF
Christian Bors and the other was
$341.78 against the estate of Charles
II Farnam Both owned stock in Wis
consin.
Green Bay.-Thomas McCabe of
the town of Lawrence, while hunt
ing on his farm recently killed
badger The animal is fine specimen
and weighs about sixty pounds. This
is the first time that badger has
been killed in Brown county for
number Of years.
Stevens Point. Because she
could not stand the disgrace of
having her wedding postponed" Alice
Meyers committed suicide in the office
of her fiance here by drinking acid
Her mother made public note to this
effect, written by Miss Meyers before
she took her life.
Elkhorn.-Thomas W. Morefield,
who enlisted in the Union army
when only fourteen years old and
served throughout the war in the TOR
tieth Wisconsin heavy artillery, is
dead, aged sixty-one years. In addi-
ton to being well known in G. A. r.
circles he served as postmaster in this
city for IL years. Among the surviv-
ing children is Deputy United States
Marshal C. p. McAffey of Madison.
Madison E. H. Bot
tom of Milwaukee appeared before
the state tax commission and pro-