Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-08-04

cause of the accident cannot be ascer-
tanned.
George Schultz is lodged in the
Dane county Jail awaiting trial on
charge of having robbed the post office
and store at Oakdale, Wis, July 18th.
In addition to taking stamps and
money the robbers took considerable
merchandise from the store. No clue
was found until few days ago. On
the afternoon of the 18th tramp
was thrown from the "blind bag
gage" of a train at EIroy and
seriously injured. He laid uncon
scious for six days in the hospital
and, upon coming to, talked discon-
nectedly about stamps, post offices
and opal" The post authorities
investigated and found several hun
dred pennies among other things of a
questionable nature on his person.
On basis of these and other facts COM
ing to light, Schultz has been COM
mitted.
G. C. Roemheld, of Black Earth,
reported to the authorities that he
was robbed Monday evening of last
week on a train at west Madison. He
came on the train and found a
stranger looking for an umbrella that
had presumably dropped down behind
seat. Another stranger came up
and assisted in the search. When
Roemheld reached home he found
his pocketbook containing $3.50
was missing. 1t is thought the
pure was taken from his hip pocket
when he stopped over. The authOri
ties believe that gang is working
the trains.
Mrs. E. L. Cass, a. Manchester
woman sustained severe scalp wound,
a wrenched shoulder and a sprained
arm, last Thursday, when she fell
from her buggy to a cement side
walk. A collision with a delivery
cart was the cause.
E. F. Cooper was pinned under
threshing machine for six minutes, in
the waters of Denevue creek, near
Fond du Lac and narrowly escaped
drowning. Cooper was riding on the
engine when it crashed through the
bridge.
James Waupoose the Indian, who
has been confined in the Milwaukee
county Jail for the murder of his
sweetheart at Keshena, on April
18th, has submitted the story of his
love to president Wilson in the hope
that he will escape the hangmans
moose. The plea recites that he
loved Mary Dickson so intensely that
he could not bear the fact that she
did not return his affection and when
he saw her with another man he
killed her in his jealous rage. The
case is in the hands of the federal
court and il is believed that Wau-
poose will be given life sentence.
a clever game worked by smooth
crook cost a Sheboygan merchant
$500. The stranger asked to see
certain kind of seed that required the
salesman to take trip to the ware
house leaving the stranger alone in
the store. He examined the seed but
left without purchasing. When the
safe was examined in the evening it
was found that the cash box and
George Trutschell, a Milwaukee
elevator Inspector, was drowned at
Boulder, Wisconsin, when a large
muscalIonge capsized his canoe. The
big fish was on the line and almost
landed when it made hard pull and
upset the fishermen. Trutschell went
down at once and was found four
hours later with his head sticking in
the mud at the bottom of the lake.
His companion named Middlestaedt.
hung onto the boat until rescued.
Ray Ellis, a farm hand. is being
held in Jail at GAINESVILLE on serious
charge. 1t is alleged that he assault
Crossing, last Wednesday morning,
while her husband was away from
home. When confined in Jail Ellis
attempted to pry loose a section of
the steel Cell with timber he had
ripped from the bunk.
Albert Bergman, of GAINESVILLE,
went into the woods recently and
coming on a hive of bees attempted
to remove the honey. The bees
resented his action and stung him
severely. On returning home Berg
man bandaged his hands and applied
profuse quantities of alcohol at in
tervals to ALLEVIATE the pain. Berg
man then wanted smoke and lighted
a match. In an instant the alcohol
was ablaze and he was unable to ex-
tinguish the flames until his hands
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