Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-03
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

draft evader missing since the war,
was found in the upper rooms OF MS
mothers house, one day recently.
The presence of the young man be-
came known when the old lady died.
Neighbors went to the home to offer
sympathy and were admitted by the
son. Frank. In telling his story, the
Young man said he did not evade the
draft because he was afraid or un-
willing to fight. He said that MS
mother would be left alone at an ad-
vanced age and he dreaded to leave
her. Frank then told how he had
worked the 20-acre farm for five
years, mostly at night. During the
day he remained hidden in the attic.
Schweighofer is greatly emaciated
and has the appearance OF fifty from
his retiring mode of life. 1t is not
considered likely that a charge will
be pressed against him although he
is legally liable.
Edward Badour, 43, Appleton farm
err. was shot in the back from the
spine to the abdomen as he leaned to
dip water from Wolf river, near mis-
humble cabin. Before he died II
hours later he accused Henry Dietz-
Ter. butcher, of the shooting, Dietzler
is locked up Badour told the officers
that he had a moonshine still in the
shack He had gone to the river for
water. He heard a shot and a bullet
whined past He looked up the hill
and saw Dietzler with rifle on his
arm. Then came another shot anu
Badour was ripped through the body.
Badour dragged himself to the home
of Leonard Allen, a neighbOr. There
he told his story to die on the operat-
ing table at Appleton. 1t is said that
Badour's pretty wife attracted DletZ-
Ter.
Mrs. Thomas Shannon, Whitewater
woman, lit a fire in gasoline stove
preparatory to doing washing. She
went upstairs to get clothes and when
she came back, found the kitchen full
of smoke. The ceiling paper had
loosened and fallen on the stove and
was ablaze In trying to put the ire
out. Mrs. Shannon's dress caught on
fire. She threw it on the bed and it
also became ignited. Prompt action
of the fire company, avoided serious
results.
A post-mortem examination of the
body of Mrs. Martin Ohles OF Amberg,
has been held and the stomach taken
to Madison for analysis. Death was
first believed to have been caused by
eating wild artichokes, but residents
of the village doubted the theory and
demanded an examination. The
womans husband was also poisoned
but not fatally, Further action in
the case depends upon the result OF
the Madison examination.
Dr. 10
~ farms in the vicinity of Bluff Siding
took leap upward this week after
federal and county officers visited
few of them Four farmers, Stanley
d. Raszkowski, John kunkel, Petef
Mehrlewicz and Joseph Neun1an, were
fined $500 and costs each, when their
mOonshine crops were seized. Forty
six gallons of moonshlne and nine
stills went to market in district court.
Walter Williams, %, Argyle farmer,
had a narrow escape from serious IN
Jury when he failed to see herd OF
COWS on account of rise in the road
and an early morning fog His car
killed one COW outright, broke the
legs OF two others and injured several
more. With his brakes set, Wllllams
skidded but did not turn over. The
herd, property of Irving Shockley, was
being driven to pasture.
Miss Bonita Vandewall, Amigo, s.
year-old daughter of Oscar Vande-
wall, suffered a fractured skull when
she was struck by an automobile and
thrown to the pavement. Her condl-
ton is critical The child was cross
ing the street to her fathers car, and
while watching an approaching auto
mobile she was hit by one coming
from the opposite direction.
Following an autopsy, an lnvesb-
cation is under way to determine who
sold liquor to Ed. Cushin, %, found
dead in a shed in the village of Edo
RADIO. Witnesses told the coroner
they had seen Cushin buy a pint OF
LIQUOR in a roadhouse. 1t is also al
legged that the proprietor of he house
had asked help in getting rid OF bar
rel of liquor.
A jury at Phillips, Wis, held that
an unknown person or persons lad
tossed the body of John Havecik, 40,
lumberjack, into a pot of boiling
moonshine, scalded him and then
dragged him to roadside and left
him to die. Evidence showed that
Havecik was a drinker and kept COM
pany with low companions.
Lester Swenson, Deerfeld has be-
gun damage suit for $4,000 against
the Modern Woodmen lodge, alleging
that he was thrown downstairs from
a Woodmen dance in October year
ago. Swenson suffered fractures of
two spinal vertebra and his skull. The
suit will involve 800 residents of JEFF
ferson county.
The body of Martin Popelka was
found in his farm home near Wausau
by his neighbor, Frank Ptacek, who
went to visit him. Popelka was seat
ed in a chair, the upper part of his
body resting on a table. Death was
due to natural causes.
Willie eXcavating for basement
under the farm house of Fred Jones,
Glenwood City, farmers discovered a
large amount of mari 1t is thought
there is enough in the vicinity to fer
tilize the farms for miles aruound.
A hold-up man ran into the Belle
yue plant at Marinette and hit Fred
Hubert, employee, over the head with
pop bottle The robber then seized
S6n from the till and ESCAPED in a