Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-24

Edward Olson, 10. GAINESVILLE boot
logger, enroute to Green Bay to serve
a sentence, eluded the officer at Fond
du Lac and escaped
Erwin Hayes, SO, Portage bachelor.
was found dead in the woods near his
home, hanging from tree. He had
been missing for two weeks. Des-
pondency is blamed.
Matt Cavela, Maple, was found gull
ty at Superior of manning Victor Salo
as he lay on bed at his farm. Caveia
was drunk when he committed the
crime. He will be given from ten
years to life.
Thieves have been pilfering various
stores and offices at Chippewa Falls
In one night their total loot was 800
, and to help the pile they took three
pennies left in the cash drawer Of a
woodworking shop.
The -year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Abe Kundert, Menominee
Falls, drowned in a tub of water dur
ing the mothers brief absence from
the room. The child was found, head
down, in foot of water. Efforts to
resuscitate it were futile.
Anton Schneck, Wausau farmer,
who went to Jail in default of paying
fine of $50 and costs for having
skunk hides in his possession, changed
his mind about serving time and fled
bond and motion of appeal to cir
cult court and was released
A jar of acid carried by Veno Ben
ser in the Holton factory at Elkhorn
exploded and Benser Otto Bublitz and
and Earl Finley were painfully burned
about their bodies. They had the
presence of mind to jump into a tank
of water to check the action of the
acid
The Wisconsin potato crop is esti-
mated at &c, 634,0 900 bushels Last
year the crop was Al million bushels,
indicating a drop of 35 percent. Last
year potatoes rotted in the ground as
the price was so low it did not pay TO
dig them. Drouth and frost injured
potatoes in many areas this year.
The city of Manitowoc must pay the
sum Of $4,000 for the death of fireman
Frank Kopidlansky, who met death
fighting a fire in grocery store. The
state industrial commission awarded
the widow $4,000 for the death and
500 for funeral expenses. A Dane
county court sustained the commits
sion.
Superior police were astounded Fri
day when, after arresting Ed. Ding
man, 81, for striking woman, they
were requested by the prisoner to OBJ
tain his fine from an iron safe he car
ried with him in his automobile. The
fine was $50. When the officers opened
the safe it was found to contain huge
rolls of bills.
When John LOngard, station agent
at Neenah, told hold-up man that he
was only baggageman and could not
open the safe, the robber believed him
and contented himself with $154 in
small change found in the cash draw
err. The same station has been robbed
several times recently, the one prior
to the last being the theft of four
bags of mail.
Mrs. VIM. p Negley, Sc, of Arena,
has made application for the life in
surance of her husband, said to be
many years her junior. The policy of
$4,000 is in the Northwestern Mutual.
Mrs. Negley moved to Arena from
California in 1912, shortly after her
husbands disappearance. According
to word received by the woman from
friends of the young man he was last
seen by them in Oregon. He was i'll
at that time.
The Social Science Club of the Wis
consin University will invite a Klan3-
man to lecture some time this fall and
winter. Among the prominent per-
sOnages to lecture before the club
this winter are James Hardy Robin
son, author of Mind in the Making:
Scott Nearing, prominent socialist:
John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the
Community church, New York City;
Mrs. Margaret Sangster, birth control
advocate and famous novelist; Ralph
Chaplin and Ludwig Lewisohn, we'll
known writer's.
Walfried Augustan, 80, and Fritz
Ring, %, Ishpeming, Mich, were
killed and Hjalmer Solberg and Reu-
ben Stevens were injured in a head
on collision near Crivitz Sunday even
ing. There were eight men in the
same car at the time of the accident
The others were held pending a coro-
ner's inquest. The car struck a truck
in which four men were riding the oC-
cupants of the truck escaped injury.
A jug of mOOnshine was found in the
ditch after the accident The Ishpem-
ing men had been in Green Bay to al
! tend a football game.
Judge Hoppman of Madison has re-
ceived a report from a lunacy com
mission appointed by him to investi-
gate the mental condition of John
Johns of Cuba City, recommending
that Johns be committed to Mendoza
hospital for treatment. Johns was
convicted and fined for a offense with
a Miss Hazel Small Johns is IS and
the girl 10. After being fined and
receiving the unfavorable publicity Oh
the case Johns was found guilty of a
second offense with the same girl. A
Madison doctor was involved in the
case as having committed an illegal
| operation on the girl
| Word has been received at Eau
Claire that Peter Brumley's sentence
is committed to years from 25 years.
| He has served two. Brumley pleaded
! guilty to forging his name on a Lib