The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13
Park Falls Woman Charges
Northern Prosecutor
With Laying Down"
HAS THE EVIDENCE
Says He Refuses to Act Because
'cMore than One Man"
Would Be Involved.

Charges that the officials of Price
county are not attempting to run down
clues which will lead to the solution
of the mysterious murder which was
confessed to aveNbeen seen by John
Spranger, 72-year-old paralytic here,
were made by woman in Park Falls
in a letter received by the district at
torney here today.
The woman, whose name has been
deleted at the request of Mr.. Sym
monds, states that positive proof has
been placed in the hands of the dis
trict attorney at Park Falls, but that
nothing is being done with it because
of the fact that it would implicate
"more than one man."
Believing that the mother of Sam
Frantz, the man who is supposed to
have been the victim of the crime and
who has been missing for several
years, was living in Kenosha, the wo-
man requested that she come to Park
Falls where she would be met and
shown this evidence which the district
attorney Of the northern county now
has. The. woman also offered to OBJ
cain the sworn statement Of HerEn8n
0prangeF HfSC WlIe.
Woman Makes Charges.
The letter received by the district
attorney here read:
Park Falls, Wisconsin.
Dec. 8, 1923.
District Attorney,
Kenosha county,
Dear Sir:
i -
clipping enclosed herewith, asking you
to please send me the address of the
mother of the murdered man, as there
is evidence here that can show ner
enough for her to have that man exc
kcuted. 1t has been handed to our dis
trict attorney, but he just don't pay
any attention to it. Why? Because it
may implicate more than one man, and
7 l think that something should be done
! to help that poor mother find her lost
son.
eff she will write me l will send her
proof enough for her to start some
thing, or if she will come to Park
Falls on the Omaha train from Rice
Lake, which arrives at Park Falls at
:15 p. M, ! will meet her there and
take her 10 where she can see sworn
! statement from Spranger's divorced
wife.
please let me hear from you at
once regarding this matter"
| remain obliged.
signature Deleted"
Tells of Disappearance.
The newspaper clipping which was
inclosed with the letter, taken from
the Park Falls paper told Of the dis
| appearance of Sam Frantz, bartend-
err, from roadhouse near Park Falls
some ten years ago. Some comment it
added, was caused by the mans disap-
pearance, but that this gradually died
down as time went on. 1t also contain
ed statement from Spranger, who
was taken into custody by the sheriff,
but later released, in which the man
denied any knowledge of any such
crime.
/ Mr.. Symmonds has written the wo-
man asking for further particulars re-
garding the lethargy of officials there,
and for more detailed information re-
! lative to the nature of the evidence
which was turned over to them. He
also offered to send photograph of
the supposed victim, which he now has
in his possession.
Physicians say that while the condi-
ton of old Mr.. Spranger is steadily
improving, there is doubt as to
whether he will ever again regain his
speech, so that he will be able to tell
where the body of the man who was
supposed to have been murdered, is
buried,