Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-04-02

III. Milon was previously arrested ana
| fined for bootlegging.
| Robert Vickery, clerk of Brown
county. was found not guilty by
Jury after his trial for sharing IN the
| proceeds of county orders issued by
him.
Thelma Lund, 9, Pennington, was ac-
cidentally shot by playmate, EtneI
Borondi, The Borondi child was try
ing to remove a cartridge from a r1he
when it discharged The Lund girl
was wounded in the her left leg. she
will recover.
An aged couple, the husband "a and
the wife over so and ILL., and three
small Grandchildren were carried from
the burning home of Henry Butzske'
Fond du Lac The father and otner
of the children were away wnen the
accident fire started
Fire of unknown origin Destroyer
all buildings on the farm OF James NC
Intyre, near Reedsburg. The i've
stock was saved but all machinery Is
a total loss. The family was AWAKEN
| ed by a cracking OF names anu eS-
caped with difficulty.
One hour after the celepratlon ol
her golden wedding day Mrs. MARY
Graham Sampson, wife or BehheCC T.
Sampson of South Byron, died: An at
tending physician kept Mrs. sampson
alive with stimulants until aIler TIC
anniversary had passed.
Selma Borchard Johnson, WIIe VI
Alvin Johnson, editor of the DeForesC
Times. secured divorce on IIe
grounds that since he married her d
wear ago Johnson has Deeh COZ IeS
bonding with a former WlIe. ne ldS'
| Mrs. Johnson is only l8 years Oh age.
| Henry Venue, Richard Farr1hsIo SUI
and Fred Major, all OF IonahaWh'
pleaded guilty to violation OF state
prohibition laws and PAID the pehalty'
Venue was given two months IN jan.
/ harrington paid a $500 fine and Major
5000. Other liquor cases go 10 Irlal
| soon.
Fred Beckman, prominent kenosha
grocer. was found not guilty OF beng
! the father of an 1llegltlmate chl!o
thorn to Gertrude Brisk, former maid
| in his home. The jury was out II
! hours. The wronged woman made
dash for Beckman, screaming ana
| clawing when the verdict was made.
Bv order of the state conservation
commission, Game Warden w. t. Gray
/ OIL ASIlduu uCt0 lCICctOCu q SOAN'SAA NNoo-O
caught in a trap on the barrens last
fall. The eagles have their breeding
place on the Apostle islands in Lake
Superior. They live almost entirely
on vermin, rodents and fish and are
protected by law.
Charles Joknis, farmer of Camp
bellsport and a giant in stature, de-
fed officers sent to arrest him for
| hott1p1 until
srbdued. Mrs. Joknis and children
had fed from home when the husband
crazed with liquor, threatened to kill
them. Observation of the mans men
tai condition will be made.
Wallace Rudd and Henry Casper,
Eau Claire workmen, were severely
injured when a plank on which they
we're walking across a span OF new
bridge, slipped from it's place throw
ing them to the ground. Rudd suffer
ed a fractured wrist and injuries to
his spine when he struck a large rock.
Casper alighted on his feet.
Mrs. Louise Miller of near Wausau
was given a choice of fine OF Sl5O
and costs or 60 days in jail when
found guilty of peddling moonshine.
Mrs Miller told the court she was the
mother of IL children. Miller is I'M
able or unwilling to support the lam
ily and the mother took up the hootch
game as a means of support, she says.
Frank Phillips and Jack Carson,
held at Reedsburg for the theft of a
car at Merrill, attacked Constable
Chas. Mattice and hammered him to
a pulp. Phillips, bleeding from nu-
merous wounds, got hold of his gun
and forced the two desperadoes back
into their CELL Both men have crime
records and are known to be bad &C
tors
Cora Walsh, Fond du Lac, is under
| arrest on charge of having sW1nd-
led A. A. Pilon out of $1,000 Pilon
was recently a defendant in suit for
alienation of affections brought by
Aaron Blumenstein, and lost $4,000 IN
that action. Mrs. Walsh is alleged to
have induced PilOn to sign notes IN
her favor, alleging that she had ex-
| tensive real estate holdings in Cali
fornia.
H. M. Phillips, aged grocer of Fond
du Lac, put two youthful bandits TO
| route when attacked on his way home
one night last week. One of the foot
pads struck the aged vendor of COM
estibIes but failed to knock him out.
The doughty Phillips retaliated and
his assailants both fled. Phillips says
they are around Fl years old but can
not describe them further.
John Shepard, Bonita, was arrested
as he stepped from train at Long
Lake while on the way to the bedside
of sick daughter at Tipler. Sheriff
DOYLE served a warrant charging Mr.
Shepard with the murder of man
named John Green, in Kentucky sew
eral years ago. The officers reboard-
ed the train with their prisoner. Be
tween stations, Shepard made dash
for liberty. He stumbled as he
leaped off the rear of the train and
landed on his head, unconscious. Inc
train was stopped and Shepard picked
up He is now in a hospital at Iron
River.
Edith Nelson, IS, is under arrest at
BeIoit for the murder of her infant
child on Dec 10, last. She duplicates
a young man of Marshfleld, who mas
been arrested. The Marshfield youth