Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-08-15

VIM. Mccain, Couderay farmer, IS
under arrest for the murder OF Frank
Allen, a neighbor Mccain, So, and
Of huge stature, became enraged when
he met Allen riding in a car with
Mrs. Clarence Smith 1t is said that
Mccain had previously been unsuc,
cessfuI in forcing his attentions on
the woman. Mccain hurriedly took
his wife home and went to town iof
rife. Diving back he met Allen
and the woman on the road. When
Mrs. Smith refused to alight from the
car Mccain shot Allen through the
heart. He fed to the woods but was
rounded up by a sheriff's posse. NC
Cam previously served a tive year
sentence for murder.
John F. Dietz, Cameron Dam far
mer who served a prison sentence
for the murder of a deputy sheriff, is
demanding that the grave OF Oscar
Harp be opened. Dietz claims he
has proof that Harp was not killed
at all and that he was framed TO
get him out Of the way. DietZ recent
Iy made a visit to the cemetery IN
Pierce county where Harp was sup
posedly buried, and notified the OF
ficials of the place that an effort was
under way to get a permit to exhume
the remains. Dietz was il the per"
from 1910 to 1920 but looks the pic
ture of health.
Miss Emma Deckert, 16, Sn 9bOygan,
drowned in an effort to save tho Ire
Of Der chum, Frieda Kaiser, IL, While
they were swimming in Pigeon river,
near the city. Mis- Kaiser went be-
yond her depth arc cried fof helE.
Miss Deckert vert to her All. She
was seized by the drowning girl and
both went to their deaths. Young
men in the party attempted IA rescue
but were unsuccessful. The bodies
I,ere recovered.
Charging breach of contract by the
board of education, c. A. Hutton, for
mer superintendent of schools OF the
city of Washburn, has brought suit to
recover $3.50 damages Hutton says
he entered into a contract with the
board in March 1921, and served until
July of that year when he was dis
missed in spite of his contract run
ming for three years at $500 a month
straight.
w. H. Bressert, Wausau, died from
injuries received when he stumbled
and fell under the wheels of a loaded
wagon. He was crushed in the chest.
Bressert was the fourth brother to
meet death by accident. Two were
drowned and another fell from from
a scaffold and broke his neck
Information reaching Vernon coun-
iC+ hnt
was being made by wholesale in Chip
munk Coulee, raid followed. Three
stills and $50 gallons of mash were
seized. The owner was not arrested
as he was already in limbo at another
point for selling hOotch.
Forty gallons of Canadian whisky
was unIoaded at Madison in the
shadow Of the capitol dome. 1t is re-
lated that certain business men who
had ordered the stuff, refused to take
it after sampling, and ordered it
trucked away again. Police are still
on the trail.
Dolores Bast, II, Marshfield, was in
stantly killed when the car in which
she was riding with her parents and
sister went into a deep ditch. The
childs mother had her scalp torn
from her head and suffered internal
injuries.
Bert Hendrickson, 16, Viroqua, ac-
cidentally shot himself in the hip
while engaged in target practice with
% rifle. The bullet was deeply i'm
bedded but doctors recovered it with
out trouble.
Victor Arnold, former head of the
Madison Bond Co., secured a contin
uance until August Is, at his trial at
Superior. Arnold pleaded not guilty
in loud tone of voice