Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-26

to make entrance by digging through
the side of the vault, but gave up the
attempt. There was about $4,000 in
the vault at the time.
Joseph Pfeffer, 70, owner of a Man
itowoc furniture store, hung himself
in a garage in the rear of his home
Tuesday evening. He had been dead
two hours when found. A wife, three
sons and three daughters survive.
Victor H. Arnold, former president
Of the defunct Madison Bond Co., was
found guilty on II out of &c counts of
using the mails to defraud by a c. S.
jury at Superior, Wednesday night.
The penalty ranges from one to five
years and a fine of 900 to $4,000 on
each count.
The case of the state against Elias
Thompson, Sun Prairie, to be tried
this week at Madison, will have an I'M
portant bearing upon the power of the
Wisconsin prohibition enforcement di-
vision to enforce the state law. The
case will test the validity of search
warrant, which in addition to being
made out on information and belief, .
was supported by an affidavit sworn
defendant Thompson was arrested
when prohibition officers, armed with
a warrant, found a bottle of illicit liq-
uor in Thompson's car, parked in his
farm yard.
international complications seem to
have played a part in the blighted ro-
nance of John J. Heidemann, young
farmer living near Appleton. He was
left waiting at the church by his
bride Margaret Hertz. John was in
Holy Angels church in the village Of
Darbey at the appointed hour, but
Margaret failed to appear. After wait
ing for some tine he went out to in
vestigate and found that the Hertz
farm had been sold for a week and
that the young woman and her father
had disappeared. 1t is said they are
on their way back to France. John
does not know why he was Tilted so
unceremOniOusly.
George Marlowe, pastry cook in q
Rhinelander bakery, was formally
charged with first degree murder last
Tuesday following a verdict of first
coroner's jury that Peter Morrison,
Chicago, came to his death from a
gunshot fired by Marlowe. The shoot
ing took place at Sugar Camp, be-
tween Rhinelander and Eagle River
Morrison, driving touring car,
forced Marlowe and a companion on a
motorcycle, into the ditch. Marlowe
admits that he fired the shot but said
ne meant to puncture the others tires.
He pleads not guilty to the charge of
murder.
Two autos collided two miles south
of GAINESVILLE Sept Z, on the River road,
resulting in the injury of three per
sons and the serious damaging of both
cars. Mrs Ole Berge, of this city, re-
ceived injuries to her left side: :
Pauline Berge, her daughter, received
decorations on her face, and Gertrude
Berge, another daughter, received
minor cuts. Mr.. Berge, who was driv-
ing, escaped injury, as did Marie
KGngberg, friend of the girls. The
occupants of the other car, which bore
an Indiana license were not hurt The
accident was due to an attempt by the
two cOlliding cars to pass a car park
ed on the cement. The sedan swerved
to the ditch and received glancing
blow, ripping one side off.
One man is dead and two are injuT-
ed as a result of gun play in crowd
ed passenger coach of 500 line train
No. 4, which arrived at Chippewa Falls
from Colfax at 1926 p. M, Thursday.
A man identified as Sam Nixon, 49, by
an employment card of the Franklin
mines in Michigan, is dead He died
by his own hand, following AN argu-
ment with C. NJ. Wright, news agent
on the train. The agent who is q
resident of Minneapolis, and Howard
Raymer, Philadelphia, a passenger,
were wounded during the alteration.
One bullet struck Wright in the chest,
coming out on the side and entering
the arm, from which it was removed.
Raymer was struck a glancing blow
on the head by a bullet, but was not
seriously injured.
A torch bearing gang of bank rob
bers broke into the Coloma State bank
early Tuesday, burned hole in the
vault, took $4,000 in small bills and
escaped to parts unknown. Detectives
say two gangs are operating in Wis
iconsin at present. One uses the new
;"tOrch" method while the other de-
{pends upon the less reliable soup"
SOr charge of nitro-glycerine The
soup" gang made two attempts in
the past two weeks, both being fail
ures. One@was on the Ingram State
bank in Rusk county, and the other
on fhe Plain State bank in Sank
county. The more successful gang,
known as ''the torch bearers" gets
into vaults with an acetylene torch
After burning the hole through they
reach in and "gobble" the cash with
ONT m lliDO anU Tnicn
Thrice iGillettA girls drove into the A.
c. Temple herd Of Holstein cattle
while returning from the fair at Ocon-
to. Palls, in a ,fiiyver. The driver at :
tempted to put on the brakes when
the COWS stepped in front of the ma
chine, but instead she stepped on the
case One COW sustained, a. broken
neck, another had leg broken ond
a. third was disemboweled. None of
girls was injured but they we're frigh-
tened to the point of -hyster1a A few