Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-06-25
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current
Interest By Mail
and Telegraph.

James Malone, Wausau, pleaded
guilty to having nitroglycerine in his
possession for illegal uses, and was
given three years in Waupun.
5000 in stamps and money were TAX
en- from the Johnson Greek postottlce
by unknown robbers last Tuesday
morning The safe where the valu-
ables were kept was dynamited.
Arthur Mcmillan, held for murder
of his half brother, Henry, at Crandon,
was released on $4,000 bail when ar
raigned before Judge Quinlan at Ocon-
to. He will be tried in September.
Miss De Elite Stemple, 46, Madison
stenographer, died at st. Mary's hos
pital after she had swallowed carbol-
ic acid. She was found on the floor
in her room unconscious and taken to
the hospital.
Francis Lampe, -, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Lampe of Port Edwards,
died at a Wisconsin Rapids hospital
of sleeping sickness after an illness
of three weeks. The child was uncon-
scious most of the time.
Elizabeth, 8, daughter of Mrs. Ma
tilda Truesdale of GAINESVILLE, drowned
in Rock river while wading. The child
steDned off a sandbar and went down
in 20 feet of water. Her body was re-
covered after an hours search.
While lifting a mould vibrator at
the Belle City Iron Co. plant, Racine,
Nick Hankus, 20, moulder, was cleo
trocuted. Hankus came to Racine
from Germany a year ago and was
the support of aged parents now left
alone in a strange land.
Five Beloit parties are under ar
rest for auto thefts. The police claim
the cars were stolen in GAINESVILLE and
sent to Beloit for disposal there and
further south. The men tore the ma
chimes down and re-assembled therS,
changing the appearance.
Vernon Weiski, lifer convicted at
Eau Claire 20 years ago for the Kill
ling of his father, was pardoned by
Gov. Blaine Tuesday. We1skl was lo
when the crime was committed. Inc
youth steadily denied the murder and
an attempted burning of the shack to
conceal evidence. Since his release on
parole four years ago Welsk mas
learned trade and saved $4,000.
Oliver Jones, on trial at Fond du
Lac for murder of Elmo Jacobs, rail-
road detective, calims the officer shot
first and that he fired in self defense.
Jones claims his head was against
Jacobs stomach when Jacobs fired,
wounding him in the jaw. A post NOR
tenn showed that Jacobs had three
bullet holes in his head, an evidence
that he had been shot after being
knocked down by Jones and his
brother.
Wallace Eber Spooner, 70, of White
h ic
Jr.. y. in death by few hours from
grief. The boy, refused permission to
go swimming by his mother, borrowed
a bathing suit from a friend and went
bathing in a pond with several other
bows. Young Spooner was missed by
his companions and aid summoned.
The body was located and brought to
shore. 81 cannot live without my SON."
were the words of the father when he
was told of his sons death. He died
of heart trouble few hours later.
A sturgeon weighing 1876 pounds was
taken from Teal lake, near Hayward,
by fishermen. The men fought three
hours after hooking the fish, think
ing it was a giant musky. When the
fish was pulled in toward the boat the
fishermen shot it with 80 revolver.
They discovered their catch was
sturgeon and turned it over to the
game warden. 1t will be cut UP and
sold by the state. Surgeons are not
native in Teal lake but have appeared
there along with swarms OF pike ana
other fish since the blowing out OF
the Chippewa river dam.
Shawano county authorities are
looking for Geo. Cummings, stran-
ger, wanted in connection with the
death of his wife. The woman's nude
body was found buried in a blanket
near Wittenberg. Cummings and his
wife were married June in M1ch1-
gan and had motored to Wisconsin to
spend the summer, the woman told in
curing farmers. She said she had
never had the opportunity to live
close to nature" and was sure she
would enjoy her summer in the woods.
She was much older than her husband.
The presumption is that Cummings
killed his wife for her meagre saw
ings, about $780, and fed.
Some of the Shullsburg property on
Main street refused to pay the amount
due for the expense of building side
walk, crossings, culverts, cement
streets, ETC., two years ago. This
trouble led to a law suit and Attor5
ney NJ. A. OBrien and Attorney Nc
Daniel of Darlington have been en-
pIoyed as counsels, O'Brien for the
property holders and Mcdonald for
the city. Mayor Henderson thinks the
trouble can be settled by arbitration.
Miss Edith May Leunenberger of
Monroe, who won fame in 1921 when
she was named the most beautiful
sales girl in America, was married
Tuesday to Harold Scheberele, child
hood sweetheart.
Drs. Arnold Jackson of Madison and
w. H. Meyer of New York saved the
life of Martin Ferguson, 10, of Wau-
sau, when they operated on the youth
with penknife aboard a stalled train
near Winona, MINI. The boy, accom-
panied by his parents, was enroute TO
Mayo hospital at Rochester when TAX
en- seriously i'll with larynX disease.
While on the train he became uncon-
scious anw was smothering for want
nf breath Tho SURGEONS wore called