Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-07-21
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4 Theodore hllnek, IL, Arcadia, Wis,
was instantly killed when caught in
the belt of a gasoline engine attach
ed to cream separator and thrown
violently to the concrete floor of the
stable.
Five days after daughter was
born to Mrs. Burr GustafsOn in a Ke-
nosha hospital, search was made for
her husband. Gustafson was found
dead in his home. He had hung him
| self to a bedpost.
! A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of E. P. Bradley, manager of
an Eau Claire clothing firm, charg-
ing him with embezzling $2,401 SO
from the firm. Bradley is said to
| have left the city.
| George and Tony Gilbertson, farm
| ers living at Barnes near Washburn,
drowned in Eau Claire lake when
they were fishing The overturned
boat was mute evidence of a tragedy
but as the lake is deep the bodies
are still missing.
$4,000 damage was done at Ocon-
omowoc where the buildings and
yards of the Oconomowoc Lumber
company burned Hundreds of tons
of coal rendered heat so terrific that
little could be done. Neighboring
firms were also wiped out.
After being served with divorce
papers, Richard Scheel, La Crosse
sheet metal worker, went to the house
where his wife is employed as maid,
called her to the back porch, shot her
four times and killed himself with a
small caliber revolver. Mrs. Scheel
will recover.
Mrs. Ella McWoodson of East Ply
mouth, may have to submit to ampu-
tation Of leg, affected by blood pois-
oning, because she had the first ma
tional bank habit of keeping roll
of money in her stocking. Physicians
say her ailment was caused by germs
from the dirty monty.
Three boys and two girls were in
jured when an automobile in which
they were riding crashed into a tree
in the exclusive Fond du Lac resi-
dence district. The girls are Bar
bara Faber and Hester Rooney and
the boys, Aloysius and Ambrose
Schmitz and Orolo Kresbach.
Ruth Marion Won Vie, 8 years, To-
NAH. ran from in front of station
ary car and landed directly in the
path of another car driven by Fred
Rhody. The child was knocked down
and dragged ten feet but the wheels
did not touch her body. The girl was
bruised and torn but may recover.
| Chester Robinson, 33, committed SUI
icide at Beloit because of i'll health.
He had been out of work for two
months due to his condition and this
had proved on his mind. When his
wife went to call physician he rush
ed to his bedroom and shot hlmself
with % rife He formerly lived at
Muscoda.
Police of Beloit are searching for
an unidentified negro who is alleged
TO have attacked Mrs. Benjamin Pat
rick in her home late Tuesday after
noon. While the negro had his hand
on the woman's throat, her children
screamed frightening him. heaV-
ilv armed posse is combing every part
of South Beloit.
BECAUSE he missed the train on which
he was supposed to return to his du-
Ties at the Great Lakes training sta
tion. Jerry Driscoll Jr., Of Rhlneland-
err. attempted to commit suicide by
drinking paris green. The young
man was found lying in an alley PACK
of the Hanchett grocery store. he
will survive.
A railroad speeder, which Dan Bar
ribeau and three sons were riding on
near Goodman, Wis, was struck by
500 passenger train. The 4-year ola
son was instantly killed. The other
two sons and father escaped serious
! injury. The speeder was thrown ~
feet. The party was returning from
fishing trip.
Chester Nagel, 20, was disappoint-
ed in love. He loaded p callber re-
yolver, shot himself near the heart,
| Jumped on his bicycle and rode SIX
blocks to the home of Irma JULIUS,
the girl of his dreams. The young
man was taken from the home OF the
girl to a hospital at Nenah ana II IS
thought he will recover.
Henry Adams, Beloit, who was near
ly frozen to death last winter when
his automobile stalled in the country,
has submitted to second amputatlon
OF both legs in hospital at BelVluefe,
in order that he would not have to
hobble on clutches for the rest OF ms
life, The second amputatlon Will
make possible the use OF artlnclal
limbs.
A party of 100 citizens Of Kaukau-
ma iourneyed to Hollandtown, SIX
/ miles, southeast VI IloI lily " WANAASoS
the drilling of a we'll which the pro-
motors hope will start an oil boom
in Wisconsin The hope is based on
finding oily water and pockets OF gas
in drilling for water. Geological ex-
perts declare that there is no oil IN
this region and that the oily water is
due to decayed vegetation
Mrs. Eva Book, Germantown, and
three children, Archie, Is, Harvey, s,
and Lorraine, 10, were instantly kill
ed by a Milwaukee road express train
on sharp curve near their home
Mrs. Book and children were return
! ing from Menominee Falls where they
had visited. In crossing the tracks
their engine stalled and a minute
later the passenger appeared around
the curve Mrs. Book was thrown
against a telegraph pole and horribly
mutilated. The girl, Lorraine, was
also sent hurting down the embank-
ment against another pole. The boys
were wedged in the cowcatcher in
such a manner that crew had to chop
/ the bodies loose. The entire automO-