Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-18

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on the farm of Edward Hansen. One
horse was saved from the burning
barn.
Henry Johnson, Coleman farmer.
was found guilty at Marinette We'd
nesday of stealing six sacks of fiou>
and six sacks of sugar from the Cole
man Equity warehouse on Nov 10.
Sentence was deferred
Unknown parties entered the James
Vile ticket office of the St. Paul road
the evening, and stole sos from the
cash drawer The thief scorned to
take SO pennies and a nickel.
The first nine days of the new year
brought eleven violent deaths to Mil
yankee OF these five were directly
due to drinking moonshine Or poison
Gus liquor OF 500 deaths in 1921,
rs were due to drinking moonshine.
Twenty saloons and residences in
Oshkosh were raided by federal and
state officials and in eleven places
seizures were made Of real whisky
moonshine and wine. Several stills
found in operation, were confiscated
Fines of $50 and costs each were as
sessed against Sedor Westhous ana
Max Kaufuss, for SEEMING in Black
river. Game Warden Gautsch, La
Crosse, who made the arrests, also
cOnfiscated the mems boat seine and
haul of fish.
Palmer J Aches0n pleaded guilcT
at Wausau to the theft of a motto.
car with a deer tied to the running
board, belonging to G.. H. Schultz OF
Neenah, and was sentenced to two
years in Waupun. The car was re
covered at Stevens Point.
Lester Bruce, Viroqua, 80, carrying
rail ticket from Beloit to Sparta,
shot himself in the head while sitting
in the Northwestern station at James
| Vile He left a note addressed to his
| father at Viroqua saying, Dad is not
| to blame for this Every man has his
chance"
! The Wisconsin State Supreme Court
has determined that a dentist may re-
move patients teeth without con
sent in the exercise of his profession
| al duties, if he deems it necessary
! This overrules the judgment Of the
Milwaukee circuit court, awarding
damages to one Isabelle Thorne.
Merritt Bach, Beloit druggist, was
acquitted Wednesday OF charge OF
violating the Wisconsin liquor laws.
He was charged with selling three
gallons of wine to a college student
and his defense was that he sold the
! liquor on doctors prescription.
Bach said he did not question the
merit of the prescription
The Minnesota Wisconsin Power &
Light Co. has begun the construction
| Of an immense dam on the uppeT
reaches of the Chippewa river. The
dam, located on the Indian reserve i'll
/! Sawyer county, will be 1000 feet long
and 40 feet high 1t will impound
later over an area of 1900 acres.
The dam will be used for water stOr-
age for another immense dam lower
down the stream.
Lawyers for Henry Versemeek, the
South Beloit Belgian, were able to
prove by alibi that their client was
i'll South Beloit on the night of Nov
IL when he was accused OF killing
Mrs. Christina Erickson of GAINESVILLE
in her dooryard for a small sum OF
money she had in her purse. Public
sentiment was against the man but
his attorneys accounted so clearly for
every minute of his time on the day
and the night of the murder that the
state dismissed the case.
Peter Fisher Jr., former district at
tOrney of KenOSha county, was found
guilty of accepting bribes by jury
lost week The state charged that
Fisher connived with booze ring to
break the prohibition laws. Fishe"
/ formerly stood high in the community
and was regarded as young at
torney of promise. Desire to live on
par with rich associates is said TO
have been the cause of his downfall
Efforts are being made by KenoSha
friends to obtain a pardon for John
Bradley, given life Imprisonment IN
1909 for killing Clifford Smith, a con-
struction contractor in a quarrel.
the killing took place in 1906 and
Bradley fed. escaping justice until
three years later when he was picked
up in the west and convicted. The
jury urged clemency i'll special VeF-
dict but Judge Belden pointed out
that he had no choice and sentenced
Bradley for life He was then 81.
Prison officials declare that he has
been q model prisoner.
When julius Hunke, North Fond
du Lac blacksmith, was called upon
RI testify in a liquor case aginst one
iInaTleS AdluSht, lie I6llhGu q ilClAN
too much for his own good. Now he
faces prosecution for an alleged at
tempt to make moonshine. He wall
be the states only witness against
himself. Hunke told of having pur-
chased several drinks Of mule" from
Zatuski after his own effort turned
tout to be sweetened water. Whether
or not the state can convict for an in
tention to make Illicit liquor without
a contamination of the intent remains
to be seen.
John A. Johnson, self-confessed
slayer of the child Of Martin Lem
berger. who has served ten years of q
life prison sentence, will be pardoned
by Gov Blaine soon, it was stated al
Madison last week, Johnson immed-
lately after his confession denied his
guilt and for nearly ten years at
tempted to prove his innocence A
murder trial against Martin Lemberg-
err for the same offense Johnson was
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