Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-08-11

Mrs. Blaine Strong, Kenosha, was
fatally hurt when 500 tram struck
+ the coupe Mr.. and Mrs Strong were
riding in.
]. H. Niebeuhr, Madison, captured
a 19-lb. pickerel in Lake Mendoza, af-
ter an exciting struggle during which
! he was forced to summon help to land
! the fish,
Anton Muzial, SO, driver of a pleas
ure car, was killed at Manitowoc by
being crushed by the steering gear
when he collided with a heavy truck
Five others were injured
A small bear cuu winch became
! wrapped in mesh hammock in the
Rhinelander camp Of Chief of Police
/ L. b. Williams of East Chicago, was
captured and taken home in a gunny
sack
John Roenitz, Sheboygan, leapod -
feet for his life when a prestolite
tank he was soldering on exploded
Roenitz saw ball of fire emerge
from the tank and lost no time. He
was burned about the hands.
John Shadick, Pearson, was pinned
/ beneath his car for two hours while
his companion, Fred Muzzy, went for
help. The car had gone over 12-ft
embankment pinning Shadick under
it. The latter sustained a broken
shoulder bone and three ribs fractur-
ed
An Overland roadster driven by a
La Crosse salesman went down an
embankment 200 feet near Westby.
The driver became excited and re-
versed in place of going ahead caus-
ing the spill. The car somersaulted
the driver being thrown clear. The
only salvage was the motor
Louis Erickson, Deerfield, was ter
ribly injured while attempting to
crank a tractor The machine back
fired and the crank struck Ericksons
arm breaking it in two places. 1t
slid along his jaw ripping the flesh
4 from face to forehead. Erickson was
taken to a hospital in serious con-
dition.
Andrew Green, aged So, paid with
/ his life for drink of moonshine
whisky which he purchased in Keno
sha on the Fourth of July. Green, an
ex-sailor, on the evening of the Fourth
bought one drink of 'pedigreed stuff y
The next morning he was paralyzed
from the hips down. He died in the
hospital
A go-cart containing the 2-year-old
child of John Nelson, Racine, was
carried for three blocks alongside an
interurban train due to the cart
handle being caught in the side of
the car. Frantic pedestrians finally
signalled the train crew to stop and
the baby was removed from its per-
4 ilous position unframed.
Fred Winnie, former soldier who was
recently discharged from Resthaven
hospital registered at a Waukesha ho-
tel, went to his room, stuffed the win
dow and door cracks with paper and
turned on the gas. He was found the
next morning lying on the bed uncon-
scious, when maid forced the door
of the room. He was revived and suf-
fers no i'll effects; the gas having been
too weak to bring death.
A fine of $500 and an order closing
his saloon was the penalty imposed
on Walter Spaack, Racine, arrested
on the charge of selling whisky.
Ed. Eldridge, Clinton, ticket agent
for the Northwestern railroad for
many years, was found dead in the
basement of his home with his throat
cut. He and his wife had just eaten
breakfast. Going to the basement
few minutes later his wife found the
| body
John Verkuielen, son of the chair
man Of the Clark county board, was
instantly killed by the collapse of
2OO-ft. iron bridge across the Black
river near Neillsville. The young
man engaged in driving a county
truck loaded with shale, stopped on
the bridge to talk to friend AS he
| started up the bridge collapsed and
| as the truck went down an iron beam
struck Verkuielen on the head killing
him. Another car on the bridge was
! struck by a beam but the driver was
unhurt.
A mob attacked F. H. Shoemaker,
Nonpartisan league candidate for
congress from the Eighth district,
when he attempted to make an ad-
| dress at New London. Mr.. Shoemak-
er started his talk from his buggy
and shortly after crowd of men who
feel bitter toward the candidate on
account of his war record, dragged
him from the buggy and started for
the river, intending to give him a
ducking. Spectators went to Shoe
makers assistance and he was re-
| leased. He continued his speech.
Grin Mericle, %, Appleton, perjured
himself while on the witness stand
as defendant in a statutory case. He
was sentenced to five years in the
state penitentiary on the perjury
charge and the statutory case still
hangs over his head Ward Scott a
| friend, tried to clear Mericle of the
! first charge and also was arrested for
perjury. He pleaded guilty and was
paroled to the state board of control
for. two years. Mericle was attempt
ing to establish an alibi when he got
mixed up in his testimony. He was
sent to jail on a bench warrant
charging perjury.