Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-19


completely isOlating it from the out
side world, auto bandits breezed into
Ingram, Rusk county, some time We'd
nesday night and blew the vault doors
and lower safe in the State Bank of
Ingram They obtained only $10G in
cash, but took many valuable papers
from the deposit boxes. Whether any
Of the papers were negotiable has not
yet been determined The upper safe,
which contained the bulk Of the cash
was untouched. At the 500 depot
where they cut the wires, they broke
into the cash drawer and emptied the
money on the floor without picking it
up.
Alleging that six months after he
had married woman at DeS Molncs,
Iowa, under the name of A. E. Reed,
he had taken her as his wife. Mrs.
Parker Woods, former school clerk OF
Evansville, has filed suit for divorce
in the Rock county circuit court. The
defendant A. E. Woods, alias Dr.. Per-
cival Allen, who is held in Los An
geles on a charge of murder and big
amy in connection with the death OF
Miss Marie Danielson, Minneapolis, IN
1916, few days after she had entered
a mock marriage with him. He used
marriage bureaus to secure prospec-
| tive dupes.
Art Jensen of Kewaunee, accom-
panied by Chester Peterson, Washing
| ton island, will leave on long motor
boat cruise The young men have
fitted out Jensen's motor boat for the
cruise which will take them down the
lake to Chicago, thence through the
drainage canal to the Mississippi,
down to Ned Orleans, along the Gulf
of Mexico to the Atlantic, and north
ward along the coast to New York
| City. From there they plan trip up
the Hudson, through the Erie canal,
and then homeward.
An order to show cause why re-
straining order should not be issued
against the city of Fond du Lac en-
Joining the city from interfering with
operation of motor BUSES of the
Packard Deluxe Co., Milwaukee, was
issued by Judge C. A. Fowler in cir
cult court upon petition of Attorney
F. E. McGOvern, Milwaukee, for the
Packard lines. 1t is a test case to de-
termine whether the city ordinance
licensing motor buss lines is legal.
resulted in the death of August Tom
aszeWski, SO, native of Portage
county. Chas. SimOnds, 81, friend,
is alleged to have shot TomaszewSM
four times, three of the bullets enter
ing his legs and the fourth striking
him in the chest and going into his
body. Simonds is held on charge OF
murder. TomaszeWski was a World
war veteran.
Nathan Cohen, VINO was a passen-
ger on a 5th avenue bus in New York,
rose from his seat on the upper
deck as though to go down to
the rear platform to get off. The bus
swerved violently in avoiding d track
at the crossing. Mr.. Cohen tripped
backward, lost his balance and fell to
the street. He struck on his head and
was killed.
Chief of Police Logan, Kenosha, is
investigating the complaint made thai
Patrolman Elmer Torboos and Pat
rolman Amberlang were offered q
drink of liquor by Herman Kruger.
Amberlang refused, but Torboss, ac-
cording to report took drink. Later,
when Kruger was arrested for driy-
ing while intoxicated, the patrOlman
was implicated.
The public are warned by the state
Departments of markets not to buy bar
gain COAL as the fuel is worthless. A
large coal company in Chicago which
was enjoined by the federal trade COM
mission from doing business is offer
ing bargain coal in this state to any
one who will buy it. The consumer
is given no guarantee and is always
the goat"
The Wisconsin State Fair was a
monetary loss to the extent of $685.
763.06, according to figures that have
just been compiled by State Treasur-
| err Solomon Levitan. Rain every day
of the fair but one is supposed to have
cut receipts, although the total for the
1923 fair was about $4,000 more than
in 1922.
Herbert Freitag, Watertown, was
nearly killed when the crane which
he was engineering tipped over while
conveying gravel from the cars to the
pit at county road headquarters. He
was pinned beneath the wreck and
was extricated with difficulty. He
suffered a fractured leg, while the
other leg was severely cut and bruis-
ed
The body of DR.. w. c. Jaynes, 70,
was found hanging from rope in
corn crib on the farm of Leigh Gull
ford, his nephew, a mile north of Du-
rand, at about o'clock Thursday of
hast week. There was a gaping bullet
wound in his chest and revolver lay
close by III health is believed re-
sponsible. His wife survives.
Becoming frightened when the auto
caught fire on the new cement road
near Evansville, Alice Maxfield,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Max
field, of Pawnee, ILL.,, jumped from the
car while it was in motion, striking
her head on the cement. She was Sc
verely shocked and injured. Damage to
car was slight.
When Sheriff Schlaak visited the
Alfred Ludwig farm house six miles
east of Campbellsport, Fond du Lac
county to serve a civil suit sum-
mons he discovered a moonshine
still, and a quantity of moonshine
Ludwig was arrested. The sheriff
found the outfit by accident.
Plans have been completed for a
100000 church to be erected at 315