Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-08-18

Vern Squire, Z, Oak Park, Ill, was
drowned in six inches of water IN
Delavan lake when his head struck
stone as he fell down steep bank.
The fall stunned the child and he roll
ed into the water.
E. M. Wisman, Beloit lineman, was
killed when 1900 volts passed through
him while at work on a pole. work
men saw Wisman stiffen and heard
his groan. The body was held by
safety belt and did not fall. A block
and tackle were used to lower It 10
the ground.
Douglas Miller, SO, employe OF the
SAWYER Goodman company, Marinette,
il dead. and Emo Raso, night watch
man for the concern, is charged Win
his murder. 1t is alleged that Miller
was ordered from the premises by
Raso A dispute arose terminating
in fight. Dexter Miller, a son Oh
| Douglas. found his father on the
ground and Raso on top choking MN.
Young Miller claims that Raso pulled
. oun and ordered him from the prem
ices The son assisted his father
toward home but the latter fell dead
after walking a short distance. A post
mortem indicated that his neck was
broken and a neck artery severed.
The great Stiles-Lena drainage can
al is about half completed. 1t is one
of the largest drainage projects ever
a+temnted in the state of Wisconsin.
The district comprises a drainage area
of some 10000 acres, between the VII
lagos of Lena and Stiles on the nortn
and south and Oconto Falls on the
west The canals, of which there are
three. are Is miles in length, 10 feet
wide and eight feet deep. Ditch mas
been completed and Ditch VIII De
completed before winter. In time,
these drainage canals will transform
| thousands of acres of marsh lanos
now only the habitation OF cat talls,
into some of the most valuable agrl-
cultural land in Oconto county.
Police Chief henry u. DEFINE and
Sheriff William Brockman, Sheboy-
/ gan. will leave this month for san
Francisco, from where they will sail
| for Sydney, Australia, to bring pack
! Edward Pooler, fugitive from JUS
tice. Pooler was arrested IN Sydney
| last week after being traced all over
the world. He fed from Sheboygan
! after taking part in robbery, II IS
alleged in a confession of his son, Cal
/ vim Pooler, now serving time IN Wau-
pun for figuring in the same crime
The two stole $500 from E. Canlslus
after knocking him senseless with
bag of shot, it is alleged. The chlef
and sheriff will sail on the steamship
Ventura of the Oceanic Steamship Co.,
1 Honolulu line the same boat when
will carry Vince Blackburn, feather
weight, and Tommy Ryan, lightweight,
who suffered broken hands in bout
at the Milwaukee auditorium week
ago.
rs the war over?" This was the
first question a typical tarzan of the
iungles asked when captured in the
big woods of Wisconsin near Ashland
by Sheriff Eckle and Game Warden
Gray, both of Ashland, and lodged in
Jail last week. He gave his name as
Charles Mills, his nationality Russian.
For four years, the authorities say,
Mills has lived the life of the print
tive man in a self-constructed log
shack, subsisting on wild herbs and
the meat of animals killed with his
bare hands or crude instruments of
his own manufacture. During these
years he has terroriZed settlers and
!
j spoken of "the wild man" Two weeks
ago Eckle and Gray set out to capture
him. For days they tramped and cut
their way through the dense woods.
Twenty miles from Glidden they ran
across a shack. They waited through
| the night At dawn the wild man"
came through the underbrush, carry
/ ing a porcupine he had killed with
club and some herbs and roots he had
| dug up for his breakfast. When he
! saw the officers approaching he seized
an ak. Gray kicked the ak from his
hand A fight lasting half an hour en-
sued, during which the wild man sank
his teeth reneatedly into Gray's right
leg. Not until he was handcuffed did
he speak, then to INQUIRE about the
war. One theory is that Mills is a
draft evader; another that he is fugi-
tive from justice.