Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-19


spring and sent to the state hospltal
at Mendoza from which ne hdu le
turned a few weeks ago.
Hiram Thompson, 80, a farmer, died
Tuesday noon in the Menomlnle nos
pital from fracture of the skull, sur
fered in an auto accident Saturday
evening when his car, uncontrollaDle
because of a broken steering gear
overturned and pinned him beneath II.
BENJAMIN Knopps, %, farmer, was
killed instantly Tuesday when the au-
tomobile in which he was riding ran
into a ditch near Menomlnle ana
threw him against fence post Roy
WoIske. driver of the car, was unnurC
and the car was unchanged. knoppS
was unmarried.
Art Cohoon died in the Reedsburg
hospital of lockjaw. Ten days before
he stepped on rusty nail. Inc
wound healed apparently all right
but after he had returned to his work,
he was taken with symptoms of blood
poisoning and was taken to the nos
pital. The disease had made such
Roadway that little hopes were given,
but everything known to medical
science was done to no avail.
Four hundred gallons of alcohol in
gallon containers on truck enroute
from Chicago to La Crosse were
seized at Baraboo Thursday night by
Sheriff w. H Ode. The gallon con-
tanners were each in boxes labeled
hair tonic. Elmer Johnson of Chicago,
driver of the truck claimed he dld
not know what was in the containers
and was merely commissioned 10
drive the vehicle to La Crosse by a
Chicago man whose name he refused
to disclose.
When a sponge squad raided the
home of Felix Belasky, farmer near
Wausau, no moonshine was discov-
cred. They did, however, find three
barrels of alleged mash; also parts or
what the officers said was a still. The
raiders also discovered jar of fresh
venison and the remains of two part
ridges, alleged to have been killed
since the season closed. Belasky
waived preliminary examination when
| he was arraigned on charges of v1o-
| lating the liquor and game laws, and
was bound over to circuit court. The
raid followed tips to officials that Be-
lasky had been making and selling
moonshine.
Fire Sunday afternoon destroyed
| the Cambria Canning Co. factory with
loss estimated at close to S50O,00O.
Flames were discovered in the first
floor of the main factory building at
about p. m. and in practically an
hour the entire plant had been burned
to the ground. The plant covered
about two acres and included four
warehouses, the factory building, a
garage and a boiler house. The fire
| hoi oh
! by the rapid-fire explosions of more
than 100000 cans of peas that burst
as they became heated. One hundred
thousand cases of peas were destroyed
each case containing "a cans. Two
carloads of seed peas were also
burned. Defective wiring is believed
to have been the cause Of the fire.
The loss is covered by insurance.
Disappointment overwhelmed Fred
Mueller in justice court at Hartford
Thursday when Justice Thoma SEN
fenced him to 60 days in Jail instead
of the six months he had desired,
which would have assured him a win
ter's lodging. Mueller appointed him
self salesman for Weber Bros, horse
dealers, who were his former en-
ployers, Tuesday afternoon during
their absence. He sold horse valued
at SIS for SIS to Herman Hauber, a
! farmer. He collected the $18 in cash
and promised to deliver the horse to
Hauber he next morning When ap-
pretended at West Bend the next day
and asked by Deputy Sheriff Weine-
| field why he did not hold the animal
at higher figure, he explained that
! if he had obtained more than $40 by
/ the transaction, the act would have
been grand larceny, punishable by
sentence to states prison. Since it
was less than $40 it was petty lar
ceny, penalty for which is six months
in the county jail.
Sheriff George Goodell and three
deputies armed with search war
rant visited the village of Beechwood.
Wednesday of last week, in c0mpli-
ance with a complaint filed by Cor
oner VanZanten, and confiscated ap-
proximately 1855 gallons of alleged
intoxicating liquor The wet goods
were found on the premises owned by
Mrs. Charles Koch, who is charged
with law violation by having and sell
ling intoxicants. The officers found
the liquor in kegs, jugs, bottles and
other containers. 1t was behind the
bar, in the basement, and surround
ing buildings. Albert Sauter, a SON
in-law of Mrs. Koch, was named in
the warrant and the two are to appear
before Justice Adam Trester, when
Mrs. Koch is able to travel to She
boygan. She was quite i'll at the time
of the raid. All of the liquor is at
the county jail being held to intro
duce as evidence. R. A. Noelck. who
was in the car that turned turtle
near Cascade last week, killing James
Foley, is alleged to have Informed
Coroner VanZanten that the two pur.
chased drinks at the Beechwood sa-
loon.
Frozen assets in the form of Min
nesota and North Dakota real estate
mortgages, coupled with the closing
OF large creamery few months APO
have led the directors of the First Ma
tional bank at Alma to close their in
stltutlonfs doors until plan of Iiqui
dation can be worked out The hank
is capitalized at S25.O00 and i+s ~