Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-07-18

Arthur Titus, son OF Senator ". A.
Titus Of Fond du Lac, swallowed a
two-ounce bottle Of corn cure with
supposed suicidal intent in Jail. Titus
was recently convicted Of stealing an
auto and his sentence suspended
William Cummings, Brentwood, a
farmer, is near death and Charles W.
Raymond, neighbor, is under arrest,
as the result of a drunken brawi.
The men quarreIed while drunk and
Raymond struck Cummings on the
side of the head with a neckyoke.
George Foss, 80, Madison, was
found dead in marsh near Lake Wa
besa, eight miles southeast of the city.
Death was due to heart trouble, it is
believed. The body was found by an
an aged fisherman with whom Foss
had been staying for several days in a
shack.
Col Chas. Born, Sheboygan resi-
dent, has begun action to COMPEL the
city council to enforce the law against
slot machines and other gambling de-
vices in his city. He also will bring
similar action against the county.
A year ago Col Born drove the lasciv-
ious carnival shows out of his part of
state. The council got busy when the
doughty colonel got after them with
sharp stick.
Yeggs visiting the peaceful little
city Of Cambridge, sawed telephone
cables connecting the burg with the
outside world. They then began the
entrance Of jeWelry store. Mrs
w R. Wallace, night telephone oper-
ator, saw the men at work and
shouted at them. The yeggs gave Mrs
Wallace a sassy" answer and threat
ened to blow her head off, Mrs. Wal
lace kept shouting and did not bulge
Then the yeggs hurriedly beat it,
without further ado.
A five-tOn truck was used by officers
to bring four gigantic and completely
equipped stills, $50 gallons Of moon
shine mash and a large quantity of
liquor to Green Bay. The raids began
at the farm of John Hersecker, town
OF Scott. Hidden beneath a horse
blanket and behind fence the dry
agents found 50-gallon still. Be-
meath shrubbery in a cache, seven gal
Ions of liquor were found. Search of
the attic on the farm of Arthur Beno,
revealed a 50-gallon still in operation
and $50 gallons Of mash. In a log
barn half mile from the house two
more still in operation and $50 gal
Ions of mash were found.
Miss Rosetta SchmasOw, Tomah, is
III from bruises received when she
leaped from a speeding auto in which
she had been kidnapped by two men
The girl had been working at the
farm home of her sister, Mrs. William
Bailey, and had started to walk to
q
and one of the men occupants asked
her to take a ride. When the girl re-
fused, the man Ieaped from the car.
seized her and forced her into the car,
which sped away at high speed. AS
the car slowed down to pass an ap-
preaching team, Miss Schmasow
screamed and leaped She was
picked up by the driver of the team
and taken home.
Cases against Edward Pericol of
Durand, and Arthur CantreIl of
townsville, were dismissed when the
district attorney of Buffalo county
failed to present the case. The men
were charged with completely in the
robbery Of the MOndovi State bank
last December. Chas. Bladd and Al
fred Meyers, convicts now serving
time had previously sworn that they
had been paid $4,000 each to loot the
bank. They were not brought to tes-
tify against the defendants. Charles
B. Orlady, former cashier of the bank
and present city treasurer at Mondovi.
is still under arrest He insisted that
his case be brought to trial. Orlady
is the son of a Minneapolis million
aire. Fred Moy, former president OF
the raided bank, made the charge
against the three men.