Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-03
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LOCAL COURT
(From Mondays daiiy.)

Recently a man who gave his name
as Charles Edgar Churchill visited
Reedsburg and advertised that an
estate valued at $5,000,0OO was to be
divideed and desired the location of
relatives by the name af Churchill or
of Captain Andrew J. Morris Later he
came to Baraboo and claimed relation
ship to Mrs. George w. Burdick, whose
name was Morris before her marriage.
Mrs. Al. Ringing is also member OF
the Morris family. Churchill claimed
there was a sum of five million dollars
awaiting the heirs, the property being
in London. Canada and California.
Churchill is now under arrest. He
has been in Baraboo several times
since his first arrival and while here
induced Victor Johnson, not yet of
age, a son of Mrs. Marie Johnson, to
enter into contract to take a farm
in Saskatchewan, Canada. Victor
johnson was severely injured in the
Cahoon mine some days ago and is
now a patient in the Baraboo hos
pital Johnson agreed to pay 81 per
The remainder was to be paid later.
After the money had been given to
Churchill an investigation was begun
and warrant issued. Last week
Churchill went to Chicago and later
returned to Baraboo to meet Sheriff
Tarnutzer.
When taken before Justice andre
=. 20 h
at $1,000. A change Of venue was
then taken to the court Of Justice n.
L. Halsted where bond was fixed at
$500, George w. Burdick going the
Canadians security.
Before the Johnson case got into
court District Attorney Bohn had a
number of other complaints and was
looking for Churchill to have them
cleared up.
There are also other things in the
background. es$
Churchill is tail, aged more than
sixty. slightly stoop sbouldered and
looks much like a resident Of the
plains He wears light colored hat
and is ready talker
This afternoon the testimony of
Victor Johnson was taken at the hos
p'tal
The contract is said not to be worth
anything; it is not definite. Churchill
is accused of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
(From Tuesdays daily)
The Churchill case has been con
tinued for two weeks in the court of
Justice H. L. Halsted
According to the testimony Victor
johnson sent Mr.. Churchill SIS to
apply on the contract. There had been
conversations about the matter prevl-
GUS to that time. The total to be
paid was $3.50 or 81 an acre on 100
acres to bind the bargain. Churchill
had a picture of the farm buildings
and made a memorandum OF the
agreement. The memorandum is on
a blank contract Churchill leased the
same farm from Mr.. Johnson for
term of three years and agreed to
give one-third of the crop as payment
for the use of the land.
According to the signatures in the
office of Justice Halsted Churchill
signs his name Charles +. NJ. Church
i'll. In another place it is c. f. NJ. 5.
Churchill and in the advertisement IN
the Reedsburg paper it is Charles Ed
win Churchill.
The land is supposed to. be at Davl-
son. Saskatchewan, Canada.
Statement by Mr.. Churchill
Mr.. Churchill says he is ready TO
carry out his agreement. He says that
the instrument given to Victor Johnl
son is only memorandum. The head
quarters of the land company is IN
Canada and the exact description
would come from there. Mr.. Churchill
declares he has plenty OF money and
would have given Johnson back the
money if the warrant for his arrest
had not been issued. Now he is
ready to fight the case.
The visitor is an easy conversation
list.