Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-12
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

Three men waylaid Stuart Gibson.
assistant, cashier at the First Nation
al bank at Meu4Ord, on his way home
at night from the lakes eight miles
north OF Medford. He saw car stall
ed on the oulVert about a mile north
OF highway ga, between the guard
post with all lights out. He stopped
his car to avoid a collision when d
man with gun stepped out of the car
and commanded him to hold up his
hands and then searched his pockets,
getting So. A similar holdup was re-
ported about week ago at Medford,
on highway 10, four miles north of the
town A man said he had been robbed
of 1925. After reporting his loss the
stranger left without leaving his name
and address.
Earl Raasch, assistant cashier of
the NatiOna bank Of Horizon, was in
iured in a peculiar auto accident. he
was driving out of Horizon toward his
fathers place, and carried with him
some cutlery and glassware for his
sisters wedding While making the
sharp turn at the city limits, ne
grabbed for a kerosene can which was
slipping from the running board, and
lel go of the steering wheel. The car
slowly eased over a 15-fOot bank, and
came to a halt, resting against a large
maple tree He recovered conscious
ness to find blood streaming from cuts
in his forehead and cut on finger.
Only the windshield and top were
damaged on the car.
Prof. r. Fl. Whitbeck of the geology
department of the University OF Wis
consin, his daughter, Florence, and
Thomas W. Costing, superintendent OF
city schools, Madison, and his family,
escaped serious injury Monday when
the automobile in which they were as
cending the bluff hill, nine miles south
of Baraboo, turned over. Mr.. Costing
had several stitches taken in his hand
and his son, Arthur, suffered severe
cuts about the shoulders. The injIr-
ed were taken to the Baraboo hospi-
tai
Bonds Of $1,000 each we're provided
SATURDAY. for Orville Hamilton, Cor
don Babcock and Allie Wardell, farm
er boys of Pacific, charged with steal
ing dynamite caps, fuses and bat
terry from the Portage silica plant.
Police feared the theft Of the eXpIO-
siVe was part Of an anarchist plot, fol-
lowing threats made against Madison
buildings, but the boys admitted they
wanted the dynamite to kill fish in
Duck creek and Lake George.
MIR. Sloan Of Forestville, one of the
contractors on highway SO, was seri-
ously injured Wednesday morning
when he was drawn into a rock crush
er while at work near Amberg, Mari
nette county. No one witnessed the
accident The first intimation that
something was wrong was stopping OF
the % horsepower engine. Mr.. Sloan s
right hand was crushed and his breast
and shoulders bruised. He was taken
to Wausaukee for treatment.
Marcellus Allen and George Thomp-
son have been arrested at CumbeT-
land Wis, and Portage, Wis, respec-
lively, in the department of Justices
roundup of an alleged automobile
theft gang which operated in the
Twin Cities, Mimi, it was announced
Wednesday. Federal officers asserted
the two men disposed of at least 27
stolen cars and have given the author
tiles important assistance in cleaning
UP the alleged ring.
Direct evidence to substantiate Of
the 81 counts in the federal indict-
ment charging Victor H. Arnold, with
1sing the mails to defraud, was adj
mitted in exhibit by Judge Luse in
federal district court Wednesday,
w. e. Doll and Albert Croft, Lancas-
ter: DR.. E. H. Spiegelberg and J. P.
Mauret, Boscobel; Glen Nelson Ga
lera, H.; and Henry lander, Cross
Pains, Wis, were called as govern
ment witnesses.
Joseph Monette and George Bailey
were only slightly injured when their
car left the concrete road between
Marinette and Peshtigo and turned
over in the ditch. The men were pin
ned beneath the machine They were
rescued by passing motorists and
taken to the local hospital. Next day
Mr. Monette found his car had been
stripped of tires, tools, cushions and
other accessories.
Sheriff Harry Nehl and his deputies
MADE a second raid within a few
weeks on Mayor Bakers farm on the
city outskirts Albert Willard, Mayor
Bakers tenant, showed fight and was
dubbed into submission. Several
members of the moOnshine party were
beaten and arrested by the sheriff. A
small quantity of moonshine was
found but no still was located. Mil
lard is in Jail.
Twenty-three building permits with
a total estimated cost of $43,37S and
five heating installation permits with
a cost of $1,602, wer issued last week
by the building inspector at Sheboy-
gan With an addition of two new
homes to the report the total for the
years now is ITO.
Alderman Thomas P. MCGOWAN, ar
rested in Milwaukee last Thursday
night on charges of conspiracy to do
blackmail, extortion and impersonat-
ing an officer, will not resign his seat
on the common council in Madison
until after his hearing, Sept IA.
A motorcycle piloted by Carl Earl
inson crashed into the rear of an au-
tomobile that had slowed up at rail-
road crossing three miles south OF
Beloit. Lewis Nordlevy, riding in the
sidecar, suffered injuries that PROB
ably will prove fatal.
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