Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-08-17
TWO MURDERED;
TOWN OF TROY
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his brother and sister were, killed, re-
mains. about the same. He spends
most of the time sleeping but in his
lucid moments has been able to take
liquid nOurishment and feebly answer
few questions. Little reliance, how
ever, is placed uPon his words as they
are more or less the ramblings Of a
man still out OF his head. DR.. A. T.
johnson. Sank City. who is attending
abe patNnt. states that Mr.. Balzer
mas chance for recovery although
1he blows he received upon the head
we're even more severe than those
that killed his brother and sister.
There were two ugly wounds made
and but little of the skull bone is now
left on the back of the unfortunate
mans head. DIR. Johnson, who had
considerable experience with skull
fractures at the front during the
world war. states that the larger the
skull fracture the more chance there
was for recovery, as the wound had
to be enlarged anyway to give relief.
To the doctor and nurse in attend
ance the injured mar from time to
time has been able To answer "yes"
or mo" to their questions and today
was in a sitting posture upon the bed
when his wounds ware dressed. Ad-
mittance has been denied to everyone
at the hospital i'm the hope that with
perfect Quietness Mr. Balzer might
recover sufficiently to shed light upon
the brutal murders.
Sheriff III. G. Neitzel has spent most
of his time since the affair at Sank
City and in the vicinity of the crime
working in connection with a Milwau-
kee detective and states that the ex-
aggerated reports concerning posi-
BILE clues to the murders have greatly
hampered them I'm their work. He
stated that the injured man in rer
Spouse to repeated questioning led
them to believe that the crime was
committed by two men, one of whom
wore cap and the other a straw hat,
both strangers.
1t is quite generally agreed that
the murders took place about ten
O'Clock and that the BalZer brothers
had not retired but that their sister
had or was about to do so. 1t is be-
lieved that the brothers were enticed
TO the garage to get some automobile
appliance TO render aid to supposed
passing autoists and were struck
down in the garage. The assumpti0-
is that the sister, still in the house,
hearing the disturbances. started uI
the road. to summon assistance
There was full moon, she was seen
by the murderers and struck down
before she could reach safety. The
body was found partly dressed nearly
a quarter Of a mile from the house
District Attorney Bohn left Baraboo
this morning, supposedly following a
clue that might lead TO further devel-
opments. Considerable Importance is
now attached to the recent visit of
the two young women at the Balzer
farm mentioned in this paper Friday
and an effort is being made to locate
them.
The funeral services for Julius Bal
ger and his sister, Mary Balzer were
held this morning at ten o'clock at
the Reform church at Sank City, be-
ing conducted by Reverend G.. +. Wal
enta. Interment was in the Cassell
PrairA cemetery near the home of
the deceased. A large number of
friends and neighbOrs attended the
rites but there was left but one rNala-
tive to witness the sad affair, Charles
Hill. Denzer.