Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-11-02

by the raising of the Consolidated Wa
ter Power & Paper company's dam al
Biron went to the jury late Thursday
afternoon. The verdict was practical
ly a finding for the defendant, altho
Judgment based upon the answers to
the A questions contained in the spe-
cial verdict has not yet been rendered.
The plaintiffs had been awarded a
considerable sum by drainage com
mission about year ago, but had ap-
pealed to the circuit court. They have
thereby forfeited the sum awarded by
the commission.
The suit of James Belscamper a.
gainst Harry Mintz, local real estate
man, was settled for little less than
half the amount sued for The case
arose out of farm work done by plain
tiff upon farm which Mintz had sold
while Belscamper was living on it.
The case of Albert and Anna Bubolz
aaginst Anton Dallendorfer and wife
and DR.. Harrington and wife of
Marshfeld, arising out of land deal,
was settled Friday
The case of A. Mathes against Ed.
keenan, involving transient partner
ship deal in which an accounting for
some feed bought and sold in partner
ship by the parties was involved, was
referred to court commissioner B. NJ.
Vaughan to hear, try and determine.
This was Friday afternoon and at that
time court adjourned until Monday
morning.
Monday morning the case which was
to have been tried was settled and
other cases were either settled or un-
prepared for trial, so that the jury
was discharged and the court took up
the consideration Monday afternoon
of strictly court matters.
Harold Briscoe, accused of jumping
a board bill at Marshfield, plead gull
ty and asked for parole, but as he had
already served time for an alleged
forgery he was ineligible for parole,
and Sheriff Mueller refused to be re
sponsible for him by allowing him to
work while serving a jail sentence, so
he was sentenced to six months in
States Prison at Waupun.
Victor Ristow, 18 year old son Of
Herman Ristow, plead guilty at this
time to forgery Of several checks. He
stated that he was Intoxicated at the
time, that he has job open for him at
the Ahdawagam Paper Products Co.
plant, and that he wished to make
good the losses of his victims. He
was sentenced to two years at Green
Bay and was admitted to parole. Ris-
tow was bound over last week from
Gets court.
Donald Minch, who was bound over
last week from Pomainville's court on
a charge Of burglary committed near
bis home in City Point, plead guilty
and was sentenced to three years in
Green Bay and admitted to parole. He
has a brother who was placed on pa
role on a similar charge last year and
is now a fugitive from justice, where
abouts unknown. He claimed that his
mother is widow with three or four
other and younger children and that
he is needed at home to help support
them. He is seventeen years old.
Tuesday morning was largely de-
voted to the testimony in the divorce
case of Minnie Peaslee against New
ton Peaslee. Peaslee was arrested last
spring on an abandonment charge and
had filed suit against the man for
whom he had been working at Loyal
for alienation of Mrs. Peaslee's af-
fections Considerable interest was
shown in the testimony which was
quite voluminous. Judge 3. B. Park
ordered written arguments and state
ments filed for his later consideration.