The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-12-12
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Manitowoc-Henry Schmidt has been
elected commander of the local G. A.
r. post, succeeding Colonel Cole, who
served two terms.
Racine. - The Racine corn and
produce exchange exhibit under the
auspices of the Wisconsin Bank
ers association will be held in Racine
on December II.
La CrCsse.-Louis Pennell, seven
teen years old, who was injured
by a thrashing machine exhibited at
the 1912 interstate fair. was awarded
$4,000 injuries by jury.
Manitowoc,-Mrs. Adolph Behnke.
bride of two weeks, who at
tempted to poison her husband by put
ting paris green in his coffee. was adj
judged insane and will be taken to
Oshkosh.
Beloit-At the home oratorical
contest at Beloit college on De
cember 10. Massachusetts, Indiana,
New York, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan
AMI Wisconsin will be represented on
the forum
Eau Claire.-At the annual meet
ing of the northern Wisconsin state
fair the following officers were
elected: President, John Horrigan.
Eau Claire; secretary, Carl f. John
son. Chippewa Falls, and treasurer,
Jerry Palmer, Chippewa Falls.
Cedarburg. Richard Steffen of
the Milwaukee police force lost two
valuable dogs. While hunting on a
farmer and he shot both of them,
Steffen sued the farmer, but the case
was settled out of court.
Portage.-Foul play is suspected
in the case of Fred r. Gibbon,
twenty-four years old, whose dead body
was found floating in the Wisconsin
river above the power dam at Kill
bOurn. The man, whose skull was
crushed. suddenly disappeared from
Kilbourn Junction on October IS. The
| authorities are investigating.
Ashland.-City Commissioner and
Treasurer w. G. Nohl returned
from hunting trip with a white spot
river. The animal has white legs
from the knees down and its hoofs
are striped white In all of his many
years of deer hunting Mr.. Nohl says
he has never seen nor heard of sim
ilarly marked animal.
Couderay The body of Ezra
Lowers, the man who mysterious
ly disappeared ten days ago while
on mission to hunting camp
north of Winter. was found at the bot
tom Of Hunters lake. His death was
dut to accidental drowning, as there
was no evidence of foul play. The
search was kept up for nearly ten days
Oy a large crew of men.
Racinc.-Former Mayor A j. Hor-
lick and William Horlick, ST.,
were elected honorary members OF
Camp Bancroft, Spanish-American
War Veterans, the first in Wisconsin
to receive the honor. The Horlicks
aided the Racine camp during the
training at Tampa, Fla. in 1898 The
| election was sanctioned by the ma
tional and state commanders of the
order.
Camp Douglas.-A stranger lott
| ering in the Chicago, Milwaukee q
st. Paul depot at Camp Douglas was
shot and killed by Night Policeman
Wilbur Jones. The officer attempted
80 remove the man from the station,
where he was disturbing other passen-
gers. and when the stranger drew q
knife and stabbed the policeman in
the arm the latter shot him dead
Nothing was found on his person to
disclose his identity.
Racine-John Penosa, Henry Rich
ter and George Wilsey, each thir-
teen years old, and William Rich
ter, eleven years old, are charged with
a series of burglaries covering period
If several weeks. Among the crimes
charged are: Breaking window of
and Schleissmann grocery and taking
groceries,; stealing SIS from the
Washington grade school; robbing two
hardware stores, a barber shop, cloth
ing store, feed warehouse and saloon
Of money and goods.
facturer Of Chicago, has written
the state game wardens department
that having hunted all over the Uni
ted States, he was convinced that no
where are the provisions of the hunt
ing laws observed so we'll as in Wis
| consin. He has already applied for
license Nos. /, 2 and for next year.
He and his companions have had
these numbers for several seasons, APP
plying a year in advance.
Oshkosh.-Reuben Peck, who tried
to rob the Farmers bank OF
Omro, was adjudged insane and
was taken to the Northern State Hos
Dital for the Insane by Sheriff Zweifel.
He had been working here all summer
for a local contracting firm. In 1910
Peck had been confined at the North
srn hospital for six months. He had
over 500 with him when arrested. He
IS d monomaniac. believing himself to
be immenselT wealthy.
Niagara.-P G. Ulmen nearly
killed a deer with his automobile.
The animal stood in the road, evident
ly dazed by the bright lights OF the
machine. MI Ulmen, on seeing the
deer, set the brakes Of the car and
turned to one side. The deer was
struck by the fender and was only
slightly Injured.
Sturgeon Bay-During the last
week the county clerk has paid
out $50 in bounties to slayefs oil