Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-03

The little village of Wilton in Mon
roe county is to have a white way 1t
will consist of 20 lamps of $50 candle
power each. Hillsboro is another
town which is figuring on the install
lation of white way.
The Badger creamery, Mineral Pit,
the largest and best equipped plant
in Iowa county, has been closed by
creditors. The youthful manager pur-
chased an airplane last summer with
which he did considerable flying. 1t
NAL be a case of flying too high.
After a motion for a new trial had
been denied, Fay Alberts and Mrs
Nettie Werey, Green Bay, were each
sentenced to year in Waupun on a
statutory charge by Judge Monahan
in municipal court. They were taken
/ to Waupun Wednesday. Alberts re-
| Gently completed a years sentence al
| Waupun for a similar offenSe COM
mitted with the same woman.
| Dashing in front of his brothers
gun in an attempt to aid him in fell
| ling a duck, Harold Schmidt, Swear
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Schmidt
farmers living near Lodi, came to his
death Saturday. The lad died As min
utes after bullet from his elder
brothers rife had passed through
both of his lungs. Roy Schmidt, II
told a fearful story of the tragedy
when his parents came racing home
from Madison late Saturday after
noon.
The Smith clan is larger than the
Johnson tribe among the students at
the University of Wisconsin this
fall, according to the student direc-
tory recently issued. Some 20 Smiths
exceed the Johnsons by 13 names.
This is the second year the long
standing Johnson supremacy in Wis
consin has been overcome. The An
dersons come next with As, the Mil
lers fourth with 43, the Nelson's fifth
with So. The usually victorious
Joneses find themselves sixth with q
members, and the rest of the clans
are of more usual siZe-Hansens, rs,
Schmidts 20, Olsons IS, Taylors II
and Browns 20.
Three masked men kidnapped the
nightwatchman at the Raymond Lum-
Der Co. plant at Tomahawk, with has
son, and after setting the planning mill
on fire drove north of Woodruff, where
the Waterman and his son were re-
leased, according to story told the
police The planning mill was damaged
to the extent of $4,000. Police said that
several lumber piles were partly sat
urated with kerosene and gasoline
and set afire. The flames soon COM
municated to the mill. A week ago an
attempt was made to burn the mill,
the police reported, the same methods
being used. No arrests have been
made, although a description of the
kidnapers who wore. masks, was OBJ
tanned.
Patrick J. Powers, former Madison
policeman, charged with the Staying
of Peter M. Posepny Jr., U. w. stu
dent, was found not guilty by jury
in circuit court at GAINESVILLE. Powers
had testified that he had fired only to
scare the youth whom he found on his
back porch late at night and that he
had no intention of killing him. The
jury was out only fifteen minutes be-
fore it brought in it's verdict eXoner-
ating Powers. The former police Of
ficer rushed up to the jury box and
grasped each juror by the hand. He
also thanked Circuit Judge George
Grimm. AS result of his acquital
Powers will be re-instated on the
Madison police force. Powers was held
on manslaughter charge following
the shooting on the night of May II
This was the second case within re-
cent years involving the Staying of q
| U. w. student by a policeman. -Four
years ago Officer Matt Lynaugh shot
and killed Carl Jandorf, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, but he was acquitted
in circuit court at Jefferson.
Jack Delaney, son of John Delaney
of Highland and Montfort, died at
St. Paul. Jack was employed as a de-
| tective.