The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-01-24
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WAUPACA - Brooding constantly
in her cell with only an occasional
suppressed sob now and then to in
dictate that tragedy had occurred
within the week in which she was the
principal actor Mrs. Albert Patzer
sits in the county jail here, the ac-
cused murderess Of her husband near
Symco. She maintains her stolid
silence and has not retraceed from the
first confession. So far she has re-
fused the opportunity to engage an at
torney to defend herself, although in
a later statement she contends that
the act was committed in self-defense.
A knife was in her husband hand, she
sobbed, adding that she attacked MIN
to defend her own life.
kENOSHA - The pathetic story
of a thirteen year search of an ex-
convict for his wife and family was
brought to light here in the discovery
that Mrs. Charles Rider, Kenosha
woman, was the former wife of Fred
tiary situated at Edenburg, Pa
Berger CTR thirteen years had been
seeking some trace of his wife and
two children he lost when he went to
prison twenty years ago after convic-
ton on a charge of manslaugnter. On
the last day of last year Berger was
killed in !. railway accident at Eden
burg and his widow has just received
a paper telling Of his death.
HAYWARD - Repeated agonizing
screams OF their two year old child
as he burned to death in their home,
brought Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Doran
running from their chores in the near
by buildings on their farm four miles
north of this city. They had left the
house to attend to some outside work,
leaving the younster alone in the front
part Of the house, playing with his
toys. When the terrified parents
reached the house they found the lit
tie body on the floor, life extinct
Every particle of clothing, with the
exception of the shoes had been burn
ed off.
oCONOMOWOC - Miss Selma
Rohloff, fifteen years old, daughter of
William Rohloff of the town of IXonia,
received injuries which resulted in
her death while at play with young
er sister. She had long lead pencil
in her mouth as part of the game, and
when her sister, running about the
room, collided with her the pencil was
pushed into her throat. The sharp
end of the pencil penetrated the flesh
at the back of the mouth and is be-
lieved to have entered the spinal cord,
as paralysis and hemorrhages follow
ed, from which she died.
MADiSON-In the Wisconsin SEN
ate Senator Burke of Green Bay in
PRODUCED three bills of Importance to
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railroad trainmen shall not work more
than fourteen consecutive hours. An
other provides that not more than
sixty cars shall constitute a freight
train. The third provides that an in
jured amploye shall receive at least
60 per cent of his earning ability when
injured
MADISON - Lewis A. Anderson
of Madison has just been appointed
state insurance commissioner by Gov
error McGovern to succeed Herman L.
for his alleged political activity.
Mr.. Anderson is forty-five years of
age and has been in the state insur-
ance department eight years. Before
that he was statistician in the state
tax commission department
DISON-Secretary of State John
S. Donald has no legal right
to interfere officially in the Ekern-
McGovern fight. That Is in substance
the opinion of Attorney General w C.
Owen, given in answer to a request
from the secretary of state for infor-
nation as to whether or not he should
affix the great seal of the state to the
appointment of L. A. Anderson as in
surance commission.
MADISON - Assemblyman Charles
H. Everett of Racine, prominent
member of the state board of agricul-
ture, has drafted two bills in the inter
ests of the fair. One of the bills ap-
propriates $4,000 to be used fer the
construction of poultry house at the
fair grounds in Milwaukee and the
other approrriates $4,000 for the
erection CT an educational building at
the fair grounds.
kENOsHA-Dr John H. vietch,
who, was q former sheriff of KepoSha