Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-09


Senator La Toilette is at Rochester
trouble. The senator describes him
self as decidedly sick.
Geo. Dixon, Is, residence unknown,
was sentenced to one year in Green
Bay for robbing a store at Laona of
$50. Dixon was tried at Marinette.
w. L. Finley, Madison, ended his
life by shooting himself through the
mouth with shotgun. Dependency
over i'll health was responsible for
the act
Chairman ]. F. Case of Brentwood,
was shot in the cheek by some I'M
known who fired a rife bullet toward
the Case garden.
Leo Myers, school principal, Mi
kama, drowned at a picnic while cell
ebrating the close of school. Meyers
went swimming and took cramps
sinking in sight of his pupils.
Lawrence Kraus, 9, Appleton. was
killed by a playmate who was exam
ming a revolver he intended to pur-
chase, 'to see how it. worked" The
bullet entered the Kraus boys heart.
Geo. Steen, Marinette, died i'll a
Neenah hospital of typhoid fever,
making the fifth death from the dis
ease recently. Mr. Stems marriage
was to have taken place four days
latel
GAINESVILLE is drawing it's electric
power from the hydro-electric plant
at Prairie du Sac and has closed its
local steam generating plants. The
current is transmitted at pressure
of $4,000 volts.
The Barager- Webster Candy COM
pany Of Eau Claire, was robbed Of Is
sacks of sugar by thieves who back
ed motor truck to the back door Of
the factory, broke a window and
helped themselves.
The wife and children of Rabbi
Raitzik, Manitowoc, arrived last week
from Russian Poland, their home.
The rabbi came to America eight
years ago but owing to the war his
family could not join him.
The name of Rat River township
in Marinette county, has been chang
ed to Silver Cliff by the board of SUI
pervisors who selected the latter
name as more symbolic Of local top
Ography and decidedly more eupho-
NOUS.
Rev Walter ]. Patton, Oshkosh, was
severely hurt as a result of his mo-
tor car being struck by a street car
at a crossing. The machine was
pushed 120 feet and wrecked. Pastor
Patton's collar bone was broken and
mis- scalp cut.
Louis Yozic, Iron Ridge, is in jail
at Watertown awaiting the outcome
Of injuries to Mike Yourkorick Lou
is attacked Mike with an axe follow
ing a fistic encounter and fractured
the latter's skull.
Daniel Harrington, foreman of the
sewage disposal plant, Madison, saw
ed three employees from death by as
phyxiation. One man named Feeney.
cleaning sludge out of the dosing
chamber, was overcome by methane
gas. Others who vert to his rescue,
were also overcome. Harrington see
ing what had happened had himself
lowered into the chamber by a rope
and fastening the unconscious men
to the rope had them pulled out one
at time. Harrington was also ov-
ercome but recovered upon reaching
fresh air.
The state of Wisconsin scored a big
victory Wednesday with affirmation
by supreme court of the verdict of
first degree murder against Frank
and Leslie Kruger. famous Wiscon-
sin draft eyaders This decision ends
all hope of the Kruger brothers for
regaining liberty. They were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment for the
killing of Henry Jensen, member
Of a posse while resisting the serv-
ing of draft papers. The brothers with
their mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Kruger.
were tried on charges of first degree
murder. The mother was acquitted.
Their appeal was based on the
ground that public opinion during the
trial was against them and that the
lower court had erred in its instruc-
tons to the jury. The supreme court
overruled this contention. ]. F. Mes
serschmidt of the attorney generals
office presented the states case in
the appeal hearing.