Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-11-05

Emil hunZ, aged II, SAID TO nave
| been wanted in Madison, Baraboo and
other places in southern Wisconsin
| for questioning, was sentenced to sew
en- years in states prison at Waupup
by Judge George Grimm in circuit
court at Monroe Monday afternoon
Kunz pleaded guilty to charge of
entering the Buefller garage at Mon
roe last April. Coming directly to
Green county from Switzerland four
years ago, the youth abandoned farm
work about a year ago to pursue a
career which police allege included
rum running, car stealing and break
ing and entering" Information fur
nished by Kunz is said to have led to
recovery of seven stolen automobiles.
Alex Cychosz of Stevens Point was
sentenced to Is months in the state
reformatory at Green Bay by Judge
iB B. Park in circuit court upon a
plea of guilty to having run down a
small boy with his motorcycle with
out stopping to give assistance. The
victim is Raymond Skalski, son of Mr..
and Mrs John Skalski. The accident
occurred on a street in Stevens Point
! May 20, 1928. When criminal charges
were brought against him. Cychosz
/ fed, and his return to the city a few
weeks ago resulted in his arrest. He
will not be admitted to parole.
The loss suffered in the robbery on
Monday night of the Springer Mer-
camille Co., Augusta, was placed at
/ between $4,000 and $4,000 Tuesday
afternoon after a checkup had been
made of the stock. No money was TAX
/ 1,,,4 h. yI1NI nI Jn6 he in
! loot away either in two cars or
! trucks, carried off big lot of wom-
ems wearing apparel, consignment
of mems suits just received and silk
shirts. They left no clews except the
wheel tracks of their machines.
| Injuries, the source of which are a
mystery, caused the death at Laona
Saturday night of a man believed to
be Francis Ross, 55. The man was
found on highway IA at Armstrong
! Creek and brought to the hospital
where he died a half hour later with
| out regaining consciousness. Death
was caused by fractured skull.
| Sheriff Ben Schaefer believes the man
/ was struck by an automobile. Ten
! feet from where Ross was found lay
$40 in currency. He was identified by
union card in his pocket
! Ten persons, six of them women
and three children, were seriously
burned in a gasoline explosion at the
dry cleaning plant of the 81 laundry
at Madison, Tuesday. Two of the in
jured may died The injured include
Fred Lee, superintendent Of the plant,
and seven visitors on an inspection
I nf fol Iich
taken to hospitals. Fifty gallons of
gasoline exploded, showering the
group of people with the blazing Ii
quid. The origin of the blaze has not
/ been determined.
The round barn on the John Ire
wyn farm, three miles west of White
water, an historic landmark for SO
| years, being the first of it's kind in
the country, was destroyed Sunday
night in blaze that caused $4,000
loss. The fire, believed to have been
started by an electric lighting plant,
was discovered at six o'clock and in
| less than three hours the barn was
reduced to ashes. Grain and silage
were destroyed and a pet pony was
burned to death.
Stanley, 12-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs Leo Berna of Stockton, was
crushed to death Wednesday when
heavy stone rolled into a hole on top
of him. The Bernas had been blasting
rock on their farm and left one large
boulder partly undermined. AS the boy
was removing dirt from beneath it,
the rock suddenly loosened and fell,
crushing his chest and legs. He was
dead before his father succeeded in
prying the rock from the body.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Winfield Owen of Reedsburg, had
her right arm severely mangled when
it was drawn between the rollers of
an electric wringer. The mother left
the room to hang some clothes on
the line and did not turn off the
switch of the electric washer Attract
ed by the little girls screams, Mrs.
Owen hurried into the house and
found the childs arm drawn nearly
to the elbow between the rollers.
The Indian summer weather which
has prevailed during the last month,
will continue for another two or three
days at least, according to w. P.
Stewart, government forecaster, Mil
waukee. Mr.. Stewart said that all ov-
err the United States the weather is
mild and without Indication of storm
| in the near future The Indian sum-
mer which started early will probably
end late, is the opinion of the weather
man.
Plat Whitman, former state insur
ance commissioner, returned to High
land last week from Butte, Mont, af
ter working a month in settling the
estate of the late James McGovern.
Mr.. Whitman instituted two suits to
recover part of an estate valued at
$3.50 900 Mrs. John Whalen and Mrs.
Michael Flynn, Highland, and their
children inherit the estate. Mr.. Nc
govern was a mining man.
Five burglary jobs at Appleton Sun
day night Melted an unidentified anna
teur less than $50. Going from office
to office along the North Western
road tracks, the man pried open win
dows and searched desks and drawers
thoroughly for cash, but found no
more than SIS in any one place, and
not a cent in two places. Dawn and
disgust caused him to discontinue his
expedition.
Increase in the tariff on drum Swiss
| cheese from 25 per cent ad valorem
to so per cent, is seen as possible by
four members of the tariff commits
sion who have been sent to Monroe
from Washington by President Cool
idge to make survey of cheese pro-