Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-03-21


pains, had caused the mans death.
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A Richland Centre woman bought a
dozen eggs from her grocer and had
the item placed on her charge ac-
count She then took the eggs to an
other grocer a couple of blocks away
to whom she sold them for cash. In
the evening she and the four children
went to the movie theater with the
proceeds.
Otto Collins, aged IS years, was
scalded to death at Fond du Lac where
he was employed as Waterman for
furniture concern. The superinten-
dent. noticed that Collins was not
making the rounds and investigated.
He found the body in a vat Of boiling
water. Collins leaves a wife and fam
lily.
Sam Powell, % years old, is at the
Kenosha hospital and Mrs. Mary On
AFRO said to be his sweetheart, is held
at the county Jail on charges of at
tempted murder Powell was shot
through the head with a twenty-five
calibre revolver at the apartment OF
Mrs. Omarzo and may die. The wO-
man declared the shooting was acct
dental.
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James Collins, a Milwaukee team
ster, paid heavy penalty last week
for excessive drinking when he was
given ten years at Waupun. Collins
knocked James Murphy, companion,
down with a club while drunk and
battered in his skull. Satisfied that the
homicidal act was done through LID
uor the lightest sentence possible was
given by the court.
The will of the late Otto Rudd, who,
began life as an immigrant track
worker in Minnesota twenty-five years
ago and died a week ago Superlnten-
dent of Simmons company, at Kenosha,
was filed for probate in the local
court last week He left an estate val
ued at 100000, $4,000 of which was
SNN"eo~
is left to the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
Rudd.
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charge made by Freda Ladke. q
II wear old Durham Hill girl, that
physician of Hales Corners was res
ponsible for her condition was proven
false and the medical man released.
The girls father who made the COM
plant, was then arrested as it Is
claimed that Miss Ladke's mother
questioned her closely and obtained a
confession that her father was respon-
sible.
The Norwegian consular service has
been appealed to and other efforts are
being made to trace the relatives OF
Theodore Johnson, popularity known
as Bulldog" Johnson, who died last
week at a Racine hospital, leaving
large fortune. Johnson, who has been
cobbler, shoe merchant and finally
a real estate dealer, it is estimated py
the public administrator, left for
tune. in excess of 100000. Johnson,
it is said. came to this country from
Norway in 1873.
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A mysterious throat infection ap-
peared two weeks ago at GalesYllle,
that caused the authorities to close
the schools. With the physicians bal
fled the disease progressed until up
to last Thursday five persons has sue
cumbed. There are more than lO0
cases in Galesville and deaths are eX-
pected hourly in several families
where older people are afflicted. Spec
ialists have been called in from La
Crosse and Rochester, Mimi. Think
ing the milk may be responsible Tor
the disease which first manifests it
self by sore throat, high fever, and
swollen glands, all the herds are to be
examined.
George Peters, an Oconomowoc
farmer, uncovered valuable silver and
cut glass concealed in suitcase IN
his haymow. Peters notified the sher-
if who came at once with his deputy
and secreted themselves in the barn.
About 10 o'clock at night they heard
footsteps and saw flash from pocket
light. The visitors ran when accost-
ed, but one was brought down with
bullet in his hip. He refused to give
his name The property was found to
belong to Miss Stella Merrick whose
house on Oconomowoc lake had been
ransacked the night before. Many
depredations had occurred around the
lake previously.
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