Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-09-01
MORE TROUBLE AT HUB CITY.
Arrest of Young Girl Develops Case OF
House Dynamiting.

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Hub City is in the spotlight AGAIN
this time with a case of dynamltlng
which bids fair to land one or TWO
,,o,,ny mon of that town in the penl-
tertiary.
One day last week complaint was
made tn District Attorney Brlndley
that one Eva Ferguson, the fifteen
vaar-old daughter of Robt. Ferguson,
was not living up to the STANDARDS oi
behavior becoming young LADY Oh her
Years. and the complaining witness,
John Williams, asked that she be sent
m the girls industrial school. the
case was heard by Judge McCorkle Sat
urdav and, after examining large
number of witnesses the court declo-
cd that the girl would be better OH un-
der restraint, and sentenced her to the
reformatory until she reaches an age
Of discretion. She was taken to Nit
waukee Monday morning by ". +. ).
Togo and Mrs. Frank Fogo.
During the day of the trlai threaIs
are said to have been freely mdulgeu
in on the part of some residents OIL
Hub. against the complaining Witness
Williams, and the result was the depu-
tizing nv Sheriff Miller of several res
idents of the village, and warning
ia keep watch of certain persons LOT
q dav or two. at least. Williams was
warned to keep vigil over his nome
that night. and accordingly was seat
cd near a window during the evening
with a shotgun across his knees.
Quite a crowd was congregated III tue
burg and the saloons were enjoying
heavy patronage. Along near the mid
night hour, according to Williams
story. a rig was driven past his place
twice. and on the second trip stopped
. short distance away, and two men
approached the house Whenw lthln
4 couple of rods, they stopped ana
LIGHTED a match. and he declares ne
MAINLY recognized them both. with
the match they touched off the fuse 10
a stick of dynamite, which was hurl-
ad at the house. striking the building
near where Williams sat. He rushed
from the door, and seeing the burning
fuse. made wild kick at it, being sue
cessful in landing it some distance
from the house. where it exploded, do
ing no further damage than the break
ing of some of the windows III the
house
On information furnished by ir
Williams. and the fact that the two &C
cused men were seen to hitch morse
tn a bitching post but few minutes
after the explosion, Herman Ferguson
and Harry Dalton were taken into Gus
&c alf
were arraigned Monday on charge OF
exploding dynamite near a dwelling
with intent to do personal injury, their
examination being adjourned to Mon
dav of next week Bail was fixed at
$500 each. which had not been secured
Tuesday morning. The penalty If
found guilty as charged is from one to
fifteen years in the state penitentlary.
Harry Dalton appeared before Judge
ClementsOn Monday, and pleaded guilty
to the charge of being an accessory
TO the dynamiting He was sentenced
IN three wears in the reformatory at
Green Bay. Dalton is a pleasant look
ing young man of about % years, ana
il seems regrettable that he was led
into the scrape, as he undoubtedly
was. We are informed on creditable
authority that he had been keeping
company with the young lady and
was urged to participate in the out
rage by young Ferguson, her brother
Dalton will be held in jail at Rich
land Center until the September term
term Of court, when Ferguson Will De
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three years, it is probable should MS
conduct justify it, he will be paroled
within reasonable period. The rest
of the party from Richland consisted
Of +. r. Brindley, district attorney;
p. l.. Lincoln. defendants attorney; u.
W. Miller, sheriff, and H. W. Leather
berry postmaster at Hub City.