Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-10-26
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current Inter
est by Telegraph
and Mail.
Dist. Atty label Of Milwaukee has
banned poultry rafflesRas gambling.


JOS. ]. Nigl Oshkosh business man,
was found dead iii his home from as
phyxiatiOn from gas fumes from a
a gas cook stove
DR. A. p Burri&, Ft. Atkinson dem
fist who still practices, is 81 years of
age and has been making and repair
ing teeth for 50 years.
Carl and Albert Westphal, IL and
20 years, have arrived in Reedsburg
from Germany to make their home
with their brother, William.
Herman Schiffelbein, Jefferson, was
sent to the penitentiary for three
years on a statutory charge brought
by his 16-year-OlG daughter.
John Benton, held in Jail at Chip
pewa Falls awaiting trial, was found
cutting the bars o. his cell with a
knife he had converted into saw.
Andrew Hindenberg, Victory store
clerk, was found dead on the tracks
near his home with his body cut in
two 1t is believed lie walked III his
sleep.
John Lee, young married farmer Of
Tomah, poured what he thought was
kerosene on a smOuldering fire and
was burned to death. The can eX-
ploded.
Bandits, thought to the same as the
ones who robbed the bank at Eagle
recently, held up and robbed the bank
at Darien, escaping with $4,000 in
bonds and securities.
Otto Hanson, farmer and implement
dealer of Chiffon, left home after
threatening that he would commit sui
eide. He was last seen at Kiel buy
ing gasoline for his automobile.
Charles Zatuski, Fond du Lac, was
operating a temperance bar in his
store building with a saloon in the
kitchen where he sold intoxicants he
made himself at 80 cents a drink. He
was trapped and arrested.
Alfred Weiman, ST. Paul, was sem
fenced to two years in prison by a
La Crosse court for running over and
killing Mrs. ]. Pingle near Tomah in
June. The young man was paroled
so that he could continue at school
Thomas RatascZsk, Milwaukee, Is.
was found dead in the basement of
his home, hanging from a beam. A
dislike for school and a mind affected
by the hanging OF two Chicago boys,
is believed to be responsible for the
tragedy
Carl Theis, Durand farmer tried and
CGIu1JICA vi q tllSii SO lOuSIII Wy lIlo
daughter, was beaten unconscious by
men armed with clubs. Theis has
been ostracised by his neighbors and
the recent attack was the elimination
of a long period OF criticism.
Simon Debich the counterfeiter
arrested at Willard, was sentenced to
ten years in the federal prison at FIT
Leavenworth, Kansas, by Judge Luse
pf tba fodoro1 cittipo of
Madison Debich had supplies to
make $1,000 in spurious $40 notes.
Simon Debich. Gary Ind, was ar
rested in a deserted house near Will
liars by federal officers. 'Debich had a
cute little press and was nicely fixed
TO turn out counterfeit ten dollar notes
when the mean officers interrupted.
He was taken to Jail at Eau Claire.
John Poplowski, Edgerton man, is
in the Rock county jail on bread
and water diet. Poplowski, sentenced
in August for mOOnshining, was pa
rolled He made all kinds of trouble
for the farmer who took him to work
and now the sheriff is teaching him a
lesson.
Richard Witte s. son of George
White of Beloit, shot a guest, Laurette
Knapp, IT, in the arm, but he didn't
mean to. The child climbed pantry
shelf and took down his fathers re-
volver, pulling the trigger in play.
The girl received the bullet in her
right arm.
II. Il. Kruger, Beaver Dam farmer,
won $3.50 in wheat prizes at the inter-
national wheat show held at Wichita,
Kansas. He took 5000 for the best
bushel of any kind of wheat, $25 for
for the best bushel of hard red spring
wheat and $25 for the best bushel OF
Duran wheat.
when E. w Haupt, Marinette, went
,sout to get the COWS in his 1000 acre
masture, he became confused and put
I'm the night wandering about. He en-
countered a bear and climbed tree
where he was found the next morning
IN a posse. He had wandered seven
miles from home.
levi Crandall, IS. was killed near
Whitewater in peculiar manner. A
car he was driving struck wander
ing horse. breaking its four legs and
throwing it over the radiator and onto
the windshield. The impact threw
Crandall against the windshield,
fracturing his skull.
John NJ Ashley, Milwaukee saloon
keeper. confessed to the police that he
shot and killed his woman companion,
Helen Larson, and then killed her
father. Ole Larson. The woman lived
a life OF shame with the saloon man
and the old father went to remon-
strate with her. The saloon keeper
killed both.
Norman Wood. Nekoosa, was sem
fenced to serve 80 days in the Dane
countv iail by federal judge Luse after
q iurv had found him guilty Of sending
obscene matter III the form of scurril-
ons postcards through the mails. He
admitted writing the cards, directed at
officials of a paper company during a
strike. but denied mailing them.
John Dolta, Madison, was shot in
+be abdomen and critically injured
NV NV Gaspari Bastoni, roomer in his
home Dolta returned home from
door locked. His wife was in the
house but refused to open the door or
1espond. Dolta broke open the door
and was net by Bastoni who put a
III abdomen ana 1feQ.