Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-05-11

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full college town of Milton, was costly
to six merchants whose stores were
entered under the cover of a heavy
rain storm. The losses were heavy.
Hog cholera has invaded Tremp-
eleau county One farmer, ]. M. Bib
by, suffered the loss of more than
hundred small pigs, valued at $1,000
State yeterinaries are on the job CO.
operating with the farmers to check
the disease.
The car of Rock Leavelle, Lady
smith grocer, was struck by train
and demolished Leavelle endeavored
to cross the tracks behind train that
had just pulled in, failing to see
another car that was switching. He
is in the hospital.
Henrietta Schneider, Green Bay, 16-
year-old school girl is missing. She
left note at home threatening sui
eide, and the river was dragged but
without success 1t is now assumed
that the girl eloped with high
school boy who is also missing.
Maddi Kaubennen, 80, Seattle.
Wash. fireman on the tug, Beaver,
was scalded to death near Sheboy-
gan, when a steam pipe in the en-
CINE room burst. AS a result of the
accident Capt Olsen of the Beaver
was stricken by paralysis. The tug
was bound from Milwaukee to Green
Bay.
Saying he was going to end it all
that day, Albert Messerschmidt, Pick
EFT farmer, went to the kitchen and
shot his wife in the right arm 50 that
amputation at the shoulder was nee
essary later, and then shot ana killed
himself. Messerschmidt had been in
an insane hospital several times for
treatment
Unknown bandits entered the sal
DON of W. A. Tesch, Wausau, and
lined the proprietor and patrons up
against the wall while they raided
the place Tesch made for the bar
to hide and was shot at four times.
Robert Prieve, sleeping in a back
room, opened up on the bandits with
a shotgun and wounded one in the
shoulder and neck. The other robbers
ran out taking the wounded man with
them.
Failure to bury infected carcasses
| has caused the spread of cattle dis
eases, the state department OF agri-
| tenders of this practice, and that they
Gre in immediate danger of paying a
fine of between $25 and 800. During
the months of April and November
! dead animals must be buried within
/ "a hours of their death, the law pro-
vides, and during the other months
two days are allowed for burial.
Roman La Fond, Is, and James
! Gruenes, %, two Appleton youths, are
| under arrest on the triple charge of
having held up Willard Krieg, taxi
driver, stole his taxicab of having
stolen a Paige touring car from a
Neenah man. and having entered the
Appleton armory and taken two As
caliber government revolvers. The
young men were unable to furnish
81 500 bonds and went to Jail.
r. l.. Casino, wealthy Superior man,
who owned the candy store in which
Marie Davis was murdered March "a,
is fighting deportation proceedings,
contending that he is an American
citizen. He is at liberty on $4,000
! bonds, following arraignment on a
| charge of pandering. Police say they
| found evidence of white slavery in the
district in which Mills owns consider
able property. Ruth Miller, a witness
! in the Davis case, fled to Minneapolis,
| she told the police, because she feared
! to tell what he knew OF activities i'll
| the district Louis Pontillo, said to be
! the sweetheart of Marie Davis, has
been set free, after a month in jail.
John F. Dietz, known to thousands
as "the defender of Cameron dam, .
/ Mo oh
pardon from Governor Blaine, last
Wednesday, Dietz has been heralded
! as a prosecuted man. Colonel MunsOn
Of Viroqua, chief clerk of the senate
| for many years and former secretary
| to Governor Davidson, one Of the two
men who went to Dietz after the
shooting that resulted in his cOnvic-
| ton, says that Dietz's troubles with
the lumber company had been settled
many years before the final trouble
started. Col. Munson knows the
complete history of the case and ac-
cording to his declarations the gra-
phic pictured tyranny of the lumber
companies had nothing to do with the
conviction and sentence OF Dletz on
! a charge of murder. According to the
| colonel the difficulty that resulted i'll
| the shooting of a deputy sheriff by
Dietz conferred around a claim that
Dietz made for janitor service against
/ the village of Winter The village, ac-
cording to Col. MunsOn, had put a
teacher in Dietz' own home to teach
4 his children The teachers salary
was paid by the village. After the
/ teacher left Dietz came to Winter and
as the story goes demanded pay for
! ianitor service. A friend of Dietz by
the name of Bert Horrel demonstrated
with him. There was a scuffle and
Horrel knocked Dietz down. DietZ
then shot and wounded Horrel. A
warrant was sworn out for Dietz who
| barricaded himself in his home. Ac-
| cording to Col. Munson the defender
had been in trouble with the district
and it was determined at the gathering
to take him dead or alive" Follow
ing the affray the newspapers made
great capital of it. Governor David
son decided to intercede and sent the
attorney general and his secretary to
confer with Dietz. The two officials
spent two days with Dietz offering