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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
HAD LONG BEEN DEsPONDEAT
Had Suffered From What She Believed
to be an Incurable Disease Of the
Eyes and Sought Death Rather Than
Blindness Long Resident of Kenosha

Despondent and worried over the
fact that she feared she was becoming
blind Mrs. Emma Fox, wife Of Bert Fox
and a woman widely known in the city
found rest Sunday afternoon when she
hanged herself in the basement of the
Fox home on the southwest limits of
the city. The dead body of the woman
was found hanging in the basement of
the house just after three o'clock Sun
day afternoon and it was evident from
the condition of the body that Mrs.
Fox had been dead for several hours
The body was found by members of
the household who had been searching
for the woman since early morning.
Coroner Millager was called and after
he had made an investigation he declar-
ed that it would not be necessary to
hold an inquest over the remains. The
body was removed to the Hansen
morgue
The suicide Of Mrs. Fox is an end to
long years of suffering. For months
Mrs. Fox had been suffering from a
disease of the eyes and physicians who
had attended her had given her little
encouragement that she could recover.
She had treated with many physicians
and on Saturday she had planned to
90 ON Sunday to doctor in Milwaukee
whom she had hoped would be able to
cure her. She was about the house
early Sunday morning and did not APP
pear to be any more respondent than
she had been on Saturday and plans
were being made for the trip to Mil
waukee. just after eight O'Clock Mrs.
Fox disappeared from the house and
nothing could be found of her. 1t was
thought possible that she had gone to
the home of one Of her children, but
when she failed to return within an
hour members of the family became
alarmed and search for her was start
cd. AT eleven O'Clock the fact that
Mrs. Fox was missing was reported to
the police and search was being made
for her about the city when the body
was found in the basement of the
house. She had gone into the base,
meat and had tied piece Of cloths.
line about her neck and had fixed the
other end to the rafters of the build.
ing. The woman had been forced ia
kneel in order to strangle herself. She
had evidently carried out the plan OF
suicide with great determination.
1t is thought that Mrs. Fox sought
death by hanging just after she disap-
peared from the house at eight 'clock
in the morning as the condition of the
body indicated that she had been de~d
for four or FIVE hours. Members of the
family admitted to the coroner that
Mrs. Fox had repeatedly threatened to
commit suicide and it was stated that
at one time she had attempted to take
poison. Mrs. Fox was widely known ii
the neighborhood and her tragic death
caused a proound sensation.
Mrs. Emma Della Fox was native
of Kenosha. She was daughter of the
late Emil Beyersdorfer, for many years
prominent in the business and politiea,
life of the city and county. She was
born in Kenosha May II, 1862 and had
spent her entire life in the city She
is survived by her husband ana five
children, three daughters and two sons
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
THIEVES LEAVE At DaYBREAK
Racine and Kenosha Police Seek Party
of -Four Men Who Left This City
on the Paper Train Early Sunday
Morning joy Ride Ends in Ditch.

There is a lot of mystery surrounding
the identity of four young men sought
by the Racine and Kenosha police Oh
charges of grand larceny. The four
men with their clothing covered with
the du,t Oh the roads between Kenosha
and Racine are alleged to have fed
from Kenosha on north bound
"paper" train Sunday morning just
before daybreak after they had aban-
doned an automobile which had been
stolen from Dr.. E. A. Taylor, in ditch
west of the city on Salem avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

1t is one thing to sentence man to
"hard labor and another thing to get
him job, as the officials charged with
the administration of the so called hard
labor law found out when they tried
to put it in operation. The law can
never be satisfactorily enforced until a
provision is made in the law for FRO
viding the labor that the men sentenced
under it are to perform. The law is
absolutely useless along the line of
abating the tramp nuisance and about
all the officials can do is to keep the
hobos on the move. The complaints of
the petty thefts and impertinence of
the tramps coming in from all of the
outlying sections of the city indicate
that this method of meeting the prob
lem is falling some short of complete
success, and that something else will
have to be done if the city is to be rid
of its unwelcome visitors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

The people in the recently annexed
territory naturally want to get every
public improvement as soon as possible
and one of the things they are de-
handing is free mail delivery, but it
looks very much as if it would be wiser
for them to be content with what rural
free delivery they already have for a
time and not press their demand for
regular city deliveries on the postofice
officials just at present. If these de-
mands are made it is certain that any
recommendation that might be for
warded by the officials of the local Of
fee to the department at Washington
for the extension of the free delivery
system into the new territory will be
turned down on the report of the in
spectors of carrier districts. A lot of
sidewalks will have to be built before
there is any chance of these inspectors
passing the territory. If the demand
for free delivery is made now and
turned down it will not be so easy to
have any petitions for the extension of
the carrier service taken up a second
time. 1t is certain that nothing is to
be gained by being in a hurry in this
matter and in the end the people who
are after free delivery will get it
sooner by waiting until such time as
the city can force the building of side
walks and there is no doubt that the
conditions under which the carriers
will work are satisfactory to the in
spectors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
PIONEER WOMAN DEAD.
Mrs. Charles Smith Died This Morning
at the Home of Her Daughter.

Mrs. Frances Smith, aged sixtytwo
years, widow of the late Charles E.
Smith, who died in May of this year,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Eleanor Wilcox, 367 South street this
morning, after long illness from a
complication of diseases. Mrs. Smith
was daughter of the late Lafayette
Leal and was born in New York state
August S, 1852. She had been a resi-
dent of Kenosha since she was a young
woman. A son, Fred Smith, and a
daughter, Mrs Eleanor Wilcox, survive
her. The funeral will be held from the
Wilcox home at two o'clock Wednesday
afternoon and interment will be at the
Kenosha City cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

The amounts Of the bills presented to
the county for the care of its insane
patients in the various instis dtions
about the state indicate that the time
is near at hand when it will be economy
for the county to have an asylum of its
own. The number of patients that are
a charge on this county is mounting up
at an alarming rate. The county board
sees to it that every dollar that can
be collected from the relatives of the
insane is turned into the treasury as
an offset to these bills, but the amount
collected is small in comparison to what
the county has to pay.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
ORIGINAL DAUGHTER HERE.
Mrs. Alfred Ward of Oshkosh, Whose
Father Fought With Lafayette, is Here.

Mrs. Alfred Ward of Oshkosh, one Of
the three surviving original daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, now
living in Wisconsin, is spending a few
days with relatives in Kenosha. Mrs.
Ward, who is now ninety three years
of age, is daughter of John Atwater,
one of the members Of famous family
in the war of the revolution. Her
father fought under Lafayette during
the war Of American independence.
Mrs. Ward is sister of the late Mrs.
Gurdin Gillett. Although she is now
past ninety years of age she still re-
tains her faculties and she is a delight
full companion. During her stay in
Kenosha Mrs. Ward will be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Young.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
Mark I'll. Kotz Secures Di-
vorce From Wife, a Former
Well Known Musician.
W|FE'S RESIDENCE UNKNOWN

In the circuit court this morning
Judge L. W. Halsey of Milwaukee, sit
ting for Judge E. B. Belden, handed
down a decree of divorce in the suit
of Mark Ell. Kotz against his wife Mad
cline Kotz. Mrs. Kotz was formerly
one of the best known musicians of the
city and she played in several Of the
local theatres, but when the suit
was fled this morning the complaint de-
elared that the present whereabouts or
Mrs. Kotz was unknown. 1t is alleged
that Mrs. Kotz left Kenosha accom-
panied by her little daughter on the
first day of January Of last year and
that the husband has not been able to
j locate her since that time. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kotz were married at Los Angeles
! in February of 1909 and their martial
trouol-s have been matter of consid-
Grafton for the courts here on a previ-
Gus occasion. Mrs. Kotz more than
two years ago started an action for di-
vorce, charging her husband with
cruelty, but the complaint was with
drawn following q reconciliation and
the papers in the suit brought by the
husband were not filed until the case
was heard in court this morning. 1t
was declared that efforts had been
made to secure summons in the suit on
the wife, but that the officials had not
been able to locate her within the
state. Mrs. Kotz was not represented
in court by an attorney when the case
was called and the whole hearing last
ed less than half an hour, the husband
being the only witness of interest. It
was declared that Mrs. Kotz was now
engaged as a piano saleswoman some
where in the south but that nothing had
been heard of her in many months.
months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Mrs F. f. Joerndt, one of the best
known of the pioneers of the north
side of the city, celebrated her list
birthday at her home on Washington
Island on Sunday. The event was made
notable by a reunion of the members
of the Joerndt family. Gathered about
the table at the big family dinner were
six sons and daughters and fifteen
grand eL--lren of Mrs Joerndt Mrs.
Joerndt received many presents which
will serve as souvenirs of the happy
event.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
PLANNED TO MOVE IN SUNDAY
Chief Isermann Asks State Department
to Aid in Investigation of Incendiary
Blaze Which Destroyed Property of
John Romano on Newell Street.

The police and fire chiefs Of the city
are making an effort to get some facts
IN regard to what is alleged to have
been an incendiary fire which destroyed
the temporary home Of John Romano,
an Italian, which was located on New
ell street between Middle and lakewood
avenues. The fire was discovered just
after ten O'Clock Saturday night and
before the department could reach the
place the building had been practically
destroyed with a loss of four hundred
dollars and no insurance. Romano was
Living with his family at a house on
Pearl street and he had repeatedly pur-
chased the lot on Newell street and
put up cheap frame house which he
planned to occupy with his family I'M
til such time as a more pretentious
house could be erected. He had plan
ned to move into the house on Sunday.
On Saturday afternoon the italian and
the members Of his family had taken a
lot of furniture and dishes to the new
home, but no stove had been set I'D
and there had been no fire in the
house. just after ten o clock Saturday
night people living block away from
the place saw the building in flames and
a hurried call was sent for the fire de-
partment. When Chief Isermann ar
rived he noticed an odor of keros ene
about the place and he at once decided
that the place had been set on fire.
Romano had invested nearly all of his
savings in the little house and he had
been advised that he could not get in
surance on it until after he had
moved in.
The Italian declared to the chief
that so far as he knew he had no enc
nlies, but he admitted that there was
every indication that the building had
been set on fire and that the plans for
the destruction Of the house had been
carefully laid.
The fires must have been set in
three or four places in the building, y
said Chief Isermann this morning.
'SWhen we got there it was a mass Of
| flames and it is certain that had the
fire been the result of spontaneous com.
| bustion that it would not have shown
In all parts of the building at the same
time. The building was complete loss
and the flames have probably licked up
everything in the way of evidence
against the people who set it on fire
!, but | am so positive that the building
was fired that / have taken the matter
up with the state department and we
!, are going to make the most vigorous
possible investigation. Romano declares
that he has no enemies, but there were
several people who were jealous of his
advance in life and it is not impossible
that when the matter is shifted down
| it will be shown that the fire was the
result Of Jealousy. Peopl in the neigh.
borhood declare that no one was seer
about the house during the evening, but
it sets in an isolated,place and it would
/ have been an easy matter for the PEG.
pie who fired it to have placed the fire
| brands and made their get away before
| the blaze was discovered
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Sylvester Williams was pleasantly
surprised by twenty-four of his friends
Saturday evening in honor of his birth
day. All present report a very enjoy
able time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

of the men can be discovered all of
them viii be arrested and prosecuted
on charges of grand larceny. None of
the local officials saw the car pass
through Kenosha Saturday night or
Sunday morning and it is thought that
the men were coming from the west
when the car was disabled.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Any failure to carry out contracts on
road work or other public improve
ments cannot be laid to the weather
this fall. The contractors have had
two weeks without a sign of frost more
than they had any right to figure on
and the usual fall storms have not
made their appearance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

The Kenosha county farmers and
school children are still waiting for
their premiums won at the recent state
fair, but it is expected that the checks
viii be sent out the latter part of this
week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

The funeral of the late August Well.
man was held from the German Luth-
eran church on Sunday afternoon. In.
terment was at the family plot at the
Kenosha city cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

The annual rally day for the mem
bers Of the Park Ave. M E. Sunday
school was held on Sunday and more
than 500 people were in attendance
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Gordon Yule went to Evanston on
Saturday evening to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Eleanor Spry and Maurice
Wilson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Della
van were Kenosha visitors on Sunday
afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Vinegar and
family Of Williams Bay, spent Sunday
IN Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

A pleasant surprise party was given
Saturday evening in honor of Albert
Gastaldi. a pleasant time is reported
by all present.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Simpson and
daughters of Waukegan spent Sunday
afternoon with friends in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Mrs. c. Fl. Bullamore has gone to
Litchfeld, Neb., for a months visit
with friends and relatives.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. M. NJ. Smith returned
home on Sunday after visit at Della
van.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

Mrs. Ed. Blush has returned home af-
ter four weeks visit in Chicago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-11
AGAINST WoMEN's POCKETS
New York Newspaper Gives Eight
Reasons for Its Opposition to
Proposed Move.
J.. Because pockets are not a natural

J.. Because pockets are not a natural
right.
2. Because the great majority Of
women do not want pockets. If they
did, they would have them.
3. Because whenever ONE have
had pockets they have not used them.
4. Because women are expected to
carry enough things as it is without
the additional burden of pockets.
5. Because it would make dissension
between husband and wife as to whose
pockets were to be filled.
6. Because it would destroy mans
chivalry toward woman If he did not
have to carry all her things in his
pockets.
{. Because men are men and women
the m We must not fly in the
face of nature.
8. Because pockets have been used
by men to carry tobacco, pipes, whisky
TASKS, chewing gum and compromis-
ing letters. We see no reason to sup
pose that women would use them
more wisely.-New York Tribune.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-11
stranger won, now and then Beaupre,

stranger won, now and h e Beaupre,
yet more often now the stranger, till
at length Francois was playing not
with the desire to lose, but with a hope
to gain back something at least Of the
considerable sum which he had lost.
Before this he a gone into his pocket
and brought out that honorable 900
francs, and had thrown one louis dor
after another on the black table, and
lost one after another. Yet his on
fdence was still stronghold would
turn-this vas his lucky day. And now
ne would not regret carrying away the
strangers money. He began to feel a
fierce eagerness to get the better Of
this antagonist become so formidable.
And a horrible nervousness was creep
ing over him at the dim vision Of q
thought-a thought kept resolutely on
the confines of his consciousness, yet
perSiStently pushing forward-the
thought that it might be that he could
not win the money back.
With yes excited and bright on the
table, with fingers swapping out the
cards boldly, that thought shook him
suddenly-he jeered at it n despised
1t. 1t was absurd, grotesQue. He was
Francois Beaupre, a rich peasant, q re-
spected and well known citizen; more
over, of good judgment; and moreover
still, lucky. He a been lucky all his
life; always things had turned his a
the trick was not going to fail him now.
DOUBLES" he shouted promptly as he
lost again.
And he lost again. The 900 francs
were gone; he gave a note now, on his
stock, and again he lost. A deathly
sickening sensation had gripped him
and was holding him; the horrid
thought had come close and was look
Ing him in the face; he seemed to feel
an appalling hot breath from it. He
tossed off another glass of wine and
for a moment was dumb. Then in a
flash he saw what he must do; his was
Of course h last point before the luck
turned-that was evident. 1t would
make a fine tale how LIE Francois had
come within n of losing all he owned,
but even then his courage had not
failed him. He had drunk off his wine
at that crucial moment and called
"Doub]e!" once more in a stout voice,
and played-and won. Won back all
he had lost n more-so the tale would
rum.
And so Francois set down the glass
empty, and for the last time cried the
fatal Word-"Double!"
In silence, with q crowd of silent
men, who in some way had come to
know what was. happening, standing
about them, the two played the last
round. And Francois lost.
In silence he signed the note which
gave to the stranger his house and fur
niture and land, all that he had in the
world, and stood UP and ooked about
at the faces gathered as if astonished.
A long second he looked at them: then
he bent and stared from the low open
window which faced him, and the men,
following his eyes, saw with a manner
of shock that they were focused on the
distant village of Vicques and on the
church standing separated at one end
Of 1t, and on the house next, his home.
With that he stood straight. and fell
through the crowd without a word, and
out of the doorway, INC plunged for
ward with strides which lurched
drunkenly. But he was not drunk.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-11
CHAPTER VI.
a GAME OF CARDS.

Hidden In the mechanism of charac-
ter are springs u-nslspected by ones
nearest, unknown to ones self, which
the habits of every day keep polished
and oiled, ready for action. Many times
the psychological moment for their use
does not arrive, and a life ends with
no outside history but commonplace;
sometimes in&the midst OF common
place the touch falls on the electric
button, the coiled wire is sprung, and
an ordinary career rises unexpectedly
to heroism. or falls IS unexpectedly by
temptation. It Is the habit of years
which has prepared the n crisis or
the other.
Francois Beaupre-Le Francois OF
yicques-sober, laborfous, had in him
a certain pig hcadedneSS, n also q
vein OF the gambler which had swollen
broyi8ht him only good luck the neigh
nors called this good Judgment. He
was q dealer In working o he
bought d raised snd sold them. and
only his wife knew what. chances he
often took In buying young beeyes. II
was q simple solid form ct speculation
yet 1t was that. u had given him the
custora OF taking chances and of con-
fdencs In his 'luckr-an u which Is
perhaps ne bad thing, yet 1t prepared
. Sad thifrk for Francois Beaupre. Ur
to tits TINA he had beer fortunate to 9
miracle and his bargains were so lucky
that he stood highest among his neigh
bors for keenness and Tor caution. Elk
house was tho largest, his table the
most generous. his wife h bes'
dressed of the village; he planned t.
Siye his children, particularly YOUNG
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-06-11
CHAPTER VII.
WORK AND HOPE.

The next day a sheriff and his clerk
came and fixed red seals to the house
and to everything in it which locked,
and Claire watched in a deep quiet, the
baby In her arms. The children
watcher, too, awed, but yet pleased, as
it is with children, to be part of an
event. Tomas Dragged openly to AL
phonse Villeneuve.
You have no affairs at your house."
he observed. A our house all the
neighbors are crying, and there is a
very fine man, the sheriff, who puts red
things on the table drawers and on my
fathers desk. 1t is amusing to have
affairs"
1t came as a surprise to such honest
pride to receive at this omer a blow
on the ear from his older brother.
"Blockhead," Francois said, do you
not understand that we are losing our
home? Is that amusing?"
The brown eyes Of Francois were
burning like Goals as he stalked away
from Tomas-quiet for once-like q
tragedy hero. On his shoulders, it
seemed, was the weight OF the world,
and he could not, as he lenged to, carry
1t. He, being the Oldest son, sheuld,
according to his code Of II years, take
up his nightmare which had turned his
gay. capable father into a crushed hear
sitting there at the table Of the great
room, n his happy caln1-eyed mother
into a haggafd statue OF a He
ought to lift it from them and throw
it far away by some heroic effort, but
he did not know how to begin. The
sheriff seemed as sorry as any one; II
was OF no use to attack the sheriff,
which he had considered. And, that
evil spirit, that man who had taken
their happiness in an afternoon. Dup
%lessis, kept far away. His heart swol-
len with affection and aching for action,
Francois stood about uselessly. In him
grew a resolve that he would give uu
all that he had hoped for, the normal
school at Delesmontes, the college after,
everything, to work and win back the
lost home for his people.