Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-10
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Julia w. Roy, a wealthy Chippewa
Indian, was run down and killed by
train at Odanah. She left $21 900
and other property to three children.
Hugh, IL, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Toy, Howard, was accidently shot in
the leg by a companion when rabbit
hunting.
Herman Kreuzi, a New Glarus far
mer, sustained a mashed hand in
corn shredder. One finger was cut
completely off.
Fred Schumacher, Oshkosh coal
loader, was caught between coal
car and push car and crushed to
death. He leaves large family,
Mayor VIM II. Armstrong, Racine.
has been sued for divorce by his wife,
Daisy, who wants alimony and the
custody of their three children.
Mr., and Mrs. Andrew Evindude, the
parents Of the inventor of the famous
Evinrude boat motor, died at their
home in Cambridge from coal gas. The
old couple lived alone.
Albert Kaszopa, aged SO, and his
nephew, Albert, aged 20, Of Three
Lakes, were drowned while crossing
the ice near Rhine1ander. The body of
the older man has been recovered.
Ex-Sheriff Chamberlain of Juneau
county, and two women were struck
and killed by train near Nauston.
TINS engine of the car stalled on
crossing. The bodies were badly
mangled,
Floyd Marty, a New Glarus farm
err went hunting crows and got shot
himself when his gun damned Marty
attempted to ram the she'll out with
a stick when it exploded. His hand
was shattered.
c. H. Harville, Eau Claire, student
at the state university, lost an eye
when a glass filter tank exploded in
a laboratory Harville made ether
and then sought to dry the flask with
sodium. Water was applied to the
drying compound and the explosion
followed.
To be run over by an automobile
and dragged Is feet without injury
was the experience of Mrs. H. o. Mas
sic, Marinette. She was thrown
lengthwise, the car passing complete
ly over her body. Other than being
severely bruised abou the body, she
suffered no injury.
Harry Rice, an old Iowa county
boy, is visiting friends after serving
d
u. S. arms. Rice enlisted at Fresno,
Calf, Nov. 6, 1917. He says that ST.
IBERIA is rich in natural resources but
the people are ignorant and unable
to develop the region.
A hunter near Medford was killed
by a bear. The man fired at the
brute injuring it but was unable to
effect a death shot. The bear rushed
and literally tore the hunter to bits.
The authorities examined the body
of Mrs Nettie Duties, Markesan, and
discovered evidence that bore out the
need for an inquest The tissues
from the body of Alfred Duffles who
died two years ago. were sent to Mad
ison for examination. A number of
deaths occurred at regular intervals
in the Duffles family at Markesan.
They were wealthy farmers A doc
tor has been living on the place
Two men were killed by a train
Fredenherg and John Nile, section
men. Fredenberg was thrown to one
side. Niles body could not be found
but a searching party discovered it
two miles further on where the COW
catcher had carried it. Niles son,
Lewis, jumped when he heard the
train and escaped harm. The men
were walking single file on the rail
road track.
Eight civil actions aggregating
$62,450 have been filed against the
Kruger family of Clark county. The
Kruger boys evaded the draft and
running battle followed between
them and the sheriff's posse during
which Harry Jensen Of Withee was
killed. Ennis Kruger, one of the
brothers, was shot and killed later
by the authorities. The others with
the mother are in prison. Jensen S
wife and children ask $4,000 from the
estate as the dead man was their sole
support. Emil Laino was shot five
times in the battle and asks $4,000
The Kruegers are wealthy.
Night riders who rode a stolen
horse to exhaustion, f1ayed a house
cat alive, crucified a tame rabbit
turned a dairy herd into the owners
feed Eins, robbed chicken houses.
threatened life ard property by notes
pinned to barn doors and turned the
peaceful farming region north of Hol-
mer into a place of terror, have not
been discovered by Sheriff Ben Lund,
La Crosse, and his score of deputies
who searched five days for the mar
auders. The unknown ceased oper-
atoms when heavy fall of snow
came.