Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-03-15
CASES HEARD
IN CIRCUIT COURT

In the Edwin Paddock case the jury
drought in the following verdict:
We, the jury empanneled to try
the issues in the above entitled
action, find the defendant guilty"
as charged in the first count OF
the information.
(Signed) w. ]. HURLBUT.
He was convicted on the charge Of
not supporting his family.
There was more than one count, but
it was agred to drop the others. The
couple had been married about thir-
teen years, and there is one daughter.
1t was brought out in the testimony
that much of his money went for drink
instead of supporting his family.
He will receive his sentence later.
In the case of Clifford Rapp VS.. Jul
JUS Droegmiller, the court directed a
verdict Of the jury for $123.5O in IA
vor of the plaintiff, Mr.. Ram Julius
and refused to pay Mr. Rapp for work
done on his farm. He claimed he was
not q competent workman. There is
a new law on this subject which is
favorable to those who are employed
in labor on farms and elsewhere.
There were no witnesses except the
plaintiff and defendant. The jury:
q. G. Hood, John Rumpf, Fred Voll,
Walter Rodewald, j. w. Churchill, A.
r. Reinking, III. r. LIGHT, Anton Rick
Ed Thorn, Lee Jeffries, Erwin Young
Henry Sorg.
The climax came in the case of the
State of Wisconsin VS.. Arthur Dresch-
er of Baraboo when Walter Dibbern
Of Sioux City, a. hove in sight. A
number of Baraboo people had testi-
fed in the case, and the whole was
then clinched when Dibbern testified
he had employed Drescher on his
farm, Mrs. Walter Boettcher being
with him, claiming to be husband and
wife. Drescher came to Baraboo as
a miner and was charged with two
counts: enticing Mrs. Boettcher away
from her home in the third ward, and
living with her After Mr.. Dibbern
testified, Attorney v. H. Cady told the
court Drescher would plead guilty to
the count of enticing Mrs Boetcher
away providing the other was with
drawn. This was agreed to by Dis
trict Attorney James H. Hill. The jury
was then discharged.
The appearance Of Dibbern was I'M
expected to the prisoner. The dis
trict attorney had learned that
Drescher and Mrs. Boettcher had been
at Sioux City and had the witness
come to Baraboo.
There is an action pending for the
divorce of Mr.. and Mrs. Boettcher.
There are two children.
Drescher is now in jail awaiting
sentence.
The Paddock Case
The case of the State of Wisconsin
vs. Edwin Paddock, charged with
abandoning his family, came next.
The courtroom was crowded to hear
the case.
The witnesses: Hattie Paddock,
William Richie, Joe Lusby, H L. Hal
sted, Warren Horr W. II. Hatch, w.
F. Marquardt, Theodore Kramer, J. R.
Hofstatter. Arthur Jorg, Leone Deither,
George J. Paddock, Edwin Paddock
The jury: Louis Bergen, Claud
Lawrence, Hugo Hahn, Glen Johnson,
Albert Lins. Sam Huntley, J. B.
Schoephoerster, Fred Knoop, Elmer
Gardner, James Ryan, Otto Frank, w
J. Hurlbut.
A divorce was granted in the case
of Mary Elizabeth Twist VS. Thomas
II. Twist. The witnesses were Mrs.
Twist and Eva Boomer. There are
no children, no property, and no ALI
mOny was granted. At the present
time Mrs. Twist is in Baraboo, and
he is supposed to be in Milwaukee.
Desertion is given as the ground for
the action.
Given Three Years