Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-10

Charles Luttman, 81, Fond du Lac,
was sentenced to a year in Green Bay
for enticing Evelyn Williams, II, from
her home.
A bank of sand on which Gerald
Lamp, 6, of Madison, was playing,
caved in burying the child. The body
was found after a long search.
Mrs. Louise Sehrt, 80, was killed and
five others injured when Milwaukee
freight train struck q motor car near
Menominee Falls. The party lived
at Waukesha.
Mrs. Patrick O'Malley, 60, was held
for arson at Superior, after three fire
men had testified that they found
burning oil on mattresses in three
rooms of her house.
George Trackett, 55, West Bend, left
home after dinner Tuesday and failed
| to return. His clothes were found on
the banks of Big Cedar lake and his
body in four feet of water.
L. g. Sanders, Merrill, turned to
watch a golf game as he was driving
| by a course and had his face injured
and his car smashed. The vehicle left
the road and struck a culvert
John Kramer, WeyauWega, was in
| stantly killed while painting bridge.
An automobile struck the ladder the
man was standing on throwing him to
the ground His neck was broken.
For the first time in years water in
| Lake Superior is warm enough to per-
nit bathing. The mild winter and the
lack of ice foes generally existing
until late spring are the causes as
signed.
A posse searching for the slayer Of
Chief Sundby Of Eau Claire, found
Harry Bennett, moonshiner wanted
F, since July 7, in cornfield in the rear
of his home. Bennett was held under
| $4,000 bonds.
Eau Claire ex-service men have
banded themselves together to check
the crime wave since the car barn
robbery and the killing of police chief
Sundby. The slayer of the officer is
st:'' % 1o~pp
Emil Bublitz, night yardmaster at
POI tdge, recovered $3.50 in register
ed Liberty bonds in an old shed in the
Milwaukee road yards. The bonds
were identified as those stolen from
safe at the MADDEN Lumber Co. of
Horizon, Wis, some time ago.
Ben Busher, Beloit farmer, lost an
arm in threshing machine while at
tempting to adjust a small belt with
the rig in operation. His arm was
severed below the elbow and carried
into the machine. Workmen Shut off
the power and took Busher to a hos
pital.
Charles Hessell, AZ, employed on
construction gang near Green Bay,
was killed by lightning during Sc
we're storm. The gang sought shelter
when the storm broke and bolt hit
the spot they were standing on. All
were knocked unconscious and Hessell
was killed.
Mrs Anna Sheldon was instantly
killed and her 4-year-old daughter
suffered broken legs when their car
was struck by Northwestern train
at Fond du Lac Mrs. Sheldon was
driving behind large car and failed
to see the train. Both were thrown
clear of the wreckage, Mrs. Sheldon
landing on the right-of-way.
John May, the Marshfield bank rob-
Der, was given ten years in Waupun.
He attempted to escape after being
sentenced by leaping from an open
window in the court house. He lighted
twenty feet below on the stone steps,
cutting one hand badly and was in
stantly captured and taken to Jail.
Edward Weston and T. w Gill, des-
perate characters held in the Wauke-
sha Jail, escaped by prying up the
tiled floor and forcing barred win
dow. They took the bar along prob
ably to resist capture. Tony Lazzaro,
boy held for minor crime, escaped
with the men but was captured alone
soon after
A bright cOlored hair ribbon saved
the life of Margaret Patterson at Ken
osha and made Jimmy Easton, 9, a
hero. The little girl, wading in Pine
creek, went over her head. The boy
saw little piece of ribbon in the
circling waters. He grabbed it and
then the girls hair and pulled her out
of the water.
Edward Poetzel, Appleton, was tried
and found guilty of assault and rob-
berry, Neenah taxi driver being his
victim. The chauffeur was lured to a
lonely spot and beaten and robbed.
His car was taken but recovered later.
Three other men are involved in the
case, all desperate characters.
Cashing checks on a dead mans
name is the charge against one Frank
Kelly who appeared at Kenosha and
forged ten checks, each for $34, on
James Cape, Racine contractor who
has been dead for more than a de-
cade. The Cape Construction Co. is
paving at Kenosha and the stranger
used the ruse of being one of the
men employed on the crew to get his
checks cashed
Complying with the request of Gov.
Blaine to Dist. Atty. Warren Foster
of Hurley, Judge Risjord signed
warrant for the re-arrest of Peter A.
Radokovitch who was dismissed in
municipal court several months ago
on a charge of shooting Claude Bal
ley at epson. The governor acted
after the American Legion post at
Iron River had demonstrated against
the dismissal of Radokovitch.
;. Flies were the indirect cause of the
death of Oscar Flick, Manitowoc far
mer, who was kicked by horse.
Flick went into the barn to feed the
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