Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-06-04

Harley Adams, MGudSud, ~ yedl .,
attempted to clean a gun and has
deep furrow in his forehead caused
by an exploding shell.
Roy Lockhart, Utica, II years, was
found hanging and dead in the barn
by his sister. 1t is thought the lad
was playing some wild west game.
Six persons were burned and $500
damage resulted from a fire in the OPP
Grating room of the Bijou theater, La
Crosse. A large audience moved out
without panic.
Elmer Nelson, 500 line fireman,
lies in hospital at Chippewa Falls
with a fractured skull as the result
of an accidental fall from the tender
of his engine.
John P. Halbach, formerly sheriff
of Dane county, was instantly killed
when his motor car overturned near
Lake Mills. This is the fifth death in
the family in the last five years.
Gov e. L. Philip has refused to
grant a pardon to w. H. Pierstorff,
Middleton bank cashier, who was con-
Victed in January of embezzlement.
His shortage was made good by rela-
tives.
Ray Long, 35, shot and killed Mrs.
Nick Casserly, "a, in grove near
Benton and then turned the weapon,
a rifle on himself with deadly eff
feet Long boarded at the Casserly
home.
The annual convention of the re-
tail liquor dealers association will be
held at Sheboygan June 3-4-5. A large
attendance is expected in spite of the
impending dryness.
Hubert Leverance, Don Juan OF
Mayville, went to dance with two
young ladies. On the way home his
car went into ditch of stagnant wa
ter and finery suffered severely The
three were fished from their mud
bath.
George Mackova, returned soldier
of Eau Claire, died of a gunshot that
came from a gun supposedly not load
ed. His mother in the next room
found Mackova with the charge
through his heart. She narrowly es-
capped death.
VIM. Cook, a Bangor farmer, was
instantly killed while dynamiting
stumps on his place. Defective fuses
is reported as the reason for the pre-
mature discharge of the explosive be-
fore Mr.. Cook was able to advance to
a safe position.
Marie of Sarnia, a pure bred Guern-
sey cow, will give milk for five years
to the Methodist Missionary fund.
Her owner, w. j. Dugan, Beloit
dairyman, has donated the income
from the COW for the purpose named
John Knoch 20 years, Madison, was
sent to Mendoza hospital for the in
sane following his conviction of at
tacks upon little girls Knoch attack
ed two children aged years. He at
one time was an inmate of the feeble
minded home
William Purcott, Rice Lake farm
er, was blown to pieces by a charge
of dynamite The body was found 81
feet from the place where Purcott at
tempted to dynamite stump A week
before his brother-in-laW, Peter RouX
was convicted of the murder of Will
liam Anderson.
Helen, 8, child Of Ernst Trimberg-
err, was hurled from an automobile
and sustained painful bruises when
the machine, driven by her father
was struck by Northwestern train
at a crossing in Plymouth. There were
four other children in the car but no
one else was hurt.
ElpidiO Testarelli, Racine, is un-
der arrest for the murder of Regildo
SannOcO, which occurred at the lat
ter's home. Sannoco was shot through
the head and stomach. The murder
grew out OF quarrel over the pay
ment of money due Testarelli from
Sannoco for building a house.
Wisconsin is helping in the extinc-
ton of the beaver. Game wardens
within the past few weeks have trap
ped and killed 80 beavers. These ami
mails are being destroyed by state au-
thority for throwing up dams in BIZ
bon swamp, the back water overflow
ing the roadway and making bad
roads.
Mrs. j. Winkleman and J. Friske
were killed at Tomah at a railroad
grade crossing. They had helped to
decorate a triumphal arch for the
returned soldiers and were going
home. Will and Ed. Winkleman were
badly injured when the car the party
was in was struck by freight train.
Miss Secluda Walker, IL, Pratt,
Wis, has the record for broken bones.
In the eleven years of her life she
has suffered 10 fractured bones. the
tenth occurring the other day. when
she fell and broke the bones of her
right wrist. Her right arm has been
broken four times, her left arm once
and her right leg five times.
Salvatore Camalo, Kenosha italian.
was freed of murder charge. Cam
alo kissed his attorney and then fol-
lowed suit on each member of the
defenseless jury. He was tried for
shooting Tony Lamanna, country
man, whom he had loaned $500. Lam
anna lured Camalo to a lonely spot
to do him violence. Camalo shot and
killed him.
Fred Paris, 40, employee at the Me-
nominee gas works, was at work with
an electric drill on the top of a large
tank when he was heard to Shrek.
examination of his body showed him
to be dead. The coroner said death
was due to heart failure or eloctrocu-
ton. The electric drill was of low volt
age, not sufficient to cause death and
1t is thought his heart was weak.
Venetian night on Lake Mendoza
nearly ended fatally to four Uniyer-
s1ty OF Wisconsin students. Ralph Nc
Kay, Milwaukee; j. w. Brindley. La