Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-07

An automobile factory may be the
next industry for Dodgeville, if plans
now being discussed, go through. Two
Milwaukee men named Schroeder, re-
Gently called at Dodgeville, stating that
they desired, for various reasons, to
move their factory to a smaller town.
The old canning factory may be con-
verified into suitable building for au-
tOmobile construction, providing the
Dodgeville people take $1,000 in stock,
and in turn the Schroeder guarantee
to remain for not less than five years
and to employ from the start not less
than fifteen men.
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Charles T. Service, for many years
head of the Service Tailoring Com
pany, Of La Crosse, and widely known
in the northwest in the tailoring and
haberdashery trade, committed sui
eide in the Mississippi river. Service
left a note to his wife that he had de-
cided to "go to the river" Then he
walked down the street and entered
the Mississippi river. He was seen by
small boy in a boat, who hurried to
his aid and held his head above water
until help arrived. When taken from
the water the man was dead. He had
been respondent of late because of
business trouble.
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Mrs. Julia Reuckert Of Fond du Lac,
was held on charge of having sent
blackmail letters to Rev. Robt. S. In
graham, millionaire superintendent of
the Fond du Lac district, Methodist
church. Awaiting trial with Mrs.
Reuckert is George Lauer, son-in-
law. The woman gave bail. The let
ters sent to the minister were two
in number and bore the signature of
"gun handlers" They demanded sums
of about $4,000, the same to be placed
by DR.. Ingraham in park in ten and
twenty dollar bills. A local detective
agency used a decoy, and solved the
mystery.
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Altoona, small city near Eau
Claire, has been the scene of squabbl-
ing since the April elections. The
mayor and city council are at logger
heads, the body having turned down
the mayors appointees, and the lat
ter retaliating with a general vetoe
of the councils actions. Sunday
closing and a municipal saloon to re-
place the four private ones doing bus
mess at present, have also served as
points of disagreement. The city
clerk, named Stevens, has resigned
in disgust and a state Of dissatisfac-
ton exists among the citizens who
have launched a movement to annex
Altoona to Eau Claire.
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The announcement that a pardon
had been granted to Burkhard Braun,
Green county's only life termer, rails
ed a storm of protests from the citi-
zens of that region. Braun has been
in prison since 1881, 80 years ago,
when he was convicted on a murder
charge. Braun came from Switzer-
land short time before the murder,
and was employed by farmer of near
New Glarus, named Henry Steussy.
According to his confession he be-
came infatuated with his employers
wife, and with her, plotted the death
of her husband. Poison was admin
istered in coffee, but the bitterness of
the draught caused Mr.. Stuessy to re-
fuse to drink. A few days later Braun
induced him to go hunting, and while
in the woods, shot and killed him. Mrs.
Steussy was sent to prison at the
same time, but died after serving less
than a year. A son was born to her
during her confinement, and this man,
it is said, has been raised under an
assumed name.