Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-10

after A years of service. He will OPP
crate private agency.
Ernest Hansen, Fl. Atkinson, called
the champion poultry dresser OF the
world" broke his own record by dres-
sing chicken in Az seconds at the
state fair His best previous time was
seconds.
Fire caused serious damage to the
Dupont-Nemours munitions plant at
Barksdale, north of Eau Claire. Dur
ing the war the plant furnished en-
ployment to 5000 people. 1t has been
closed down for the past two years.
Overcome by sudden attack of ill
ness, Daniel Belly, II, of Manitowoc,
was killed as he fell into a moving
machine he was operating. Three
brothers witnessed the accident but
the boy was dead when they reached
his side.
D. l.. Thompson, %, sad to be the
son of D. L. Thompson of Chicago,
U. S. Secret Service agent, hung
himself in the Jail at Bloomer, Wis,
where he was held for violation of
the Mann act The body was sent
to Chicago for burial.
Herman Schulz, 80, of Sheboygan,
when a car he was driving crashed
into telephone pole after failing to
make a sharp curve. Foster Har-
rison and George w. Hickinbotham,
riding with Schulz, escaped unhurt.
Albert Robinson, 80, colored world
war veteran, was killed at Belo1t in
a scuffle with James Brown, colored,
for the possession of a revolver.
Brown had tried to fire point-blank
at Odessa Smith and Katherine Rob-
inson, but the cartridge failed to eX-
plode. When Mr.. Robinson interfered,
the gun went off.
When the motorman OF Sheboygan
street car tainted, Miss Mary Wonder
gen. "a, his passenger, had the pres
ence of mind to step to the front OF
the car and throw off the power and
apply the brakes. She then got off
and summoned help for Ed. Debruln,
the motineer. Debruin recovered and
ran the car to the barns.
Bill Harvey, Schubert Kessell, G..
w. Pierce and Claud Conant, all of
Hawkins, Rusk county, were sentenc-
ed to five years in Green Bay when
they pleaded guilty to assaulting rich
Joe Loban, an aged resident who lived
alone All but Harvey are world war
veterans The crime was committed
on July % and justice was swift and
sure.
Harold Simons of Baraboo, candi-
date for sheriff of Sank county, res
cued a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Margaret Thurner of Pra. du Sac,
from the Wisconsin river at Sank
City last Monday. The young lady
was in swimming with a sister when
she became imperiled and Mr.. ST.
mons set out in a boat and was
able to catch her by the hair as she
was going down.
While attempting to change drivers
while the car was moving, three Ke-
nosha men crashed into culvert near
the Richmond church, south of White
water, killing one and injuring two
others. Clyde G. Brown was the man
killed, while the. other two were cut
and scratched and picked up in a
semi conscious condition. Clyde q.
Brown, Robert X. Williams and Rob
ert C. Goetz were employees of the
Standard Oil Co.
Mrs. f. .Kulper of FrankSville, near
Racine, was perhaps fatally burned as
the result of her clothing catching on
fire when she built to fire in the kit
chen stove to prepare breakfast. The
woman ran to the barn where her
husband, after vain effort to ex-
tinguish the flames, pushed her into
tank of water. Kulper was also
burned but will recover. $4,000 dam
age was done to the house.
Willetta Higgins has entered the
ChippeWa Falls high school to take a
regular course of study. Miss Hug
gins spent two years in the blind
school at GAINESVILLE and gained ma
tional fame through her ability to
"smell" colors and read newspaper
head lines by sense of touch. She
claims treatments given her by Miss
Lillian Miller, Christian Science prac-
titioner, restored her sight and hear
ing.
Gunplay figured in the capture of
| two Madison youths and a truck load
ed with 81 cases of beer between Mad
ison and Portage last Thursday. Fed
eral agents Kimball and King of Chi
cago, were forced to puncture the
tires of the truck with bullets before
Russell Conlin and Robert Helm, oc-
cupants of the truck, would halt.
Young Conlin was but recently a mem
Der of the Madison basketball squad
called 1.-THE Firestones."
John M. Whitehead, for Is years a
state senator and one of the states
most distinguished lawyers, died at
his home in Evansville, Sunday a
week ago. He was a native of Hi
nois but had spent most of his life in
Wisconsin. A widow, Mrs. Julia
Thorpe Whitehead, and daughter, Mrs.
A. C. Hough, survive. Mr.. Whitehead
was a leader of the conservative wing
of the republican party in this state
| for forty years and known as one of
Sen. LaFollettes most bitter oppon-
ents.
Peter Koene, Ca William Haen so,
| Mrs. William Haen, Raymond Haen,
| Is, and Ruth Haen, 8, all of Sheboy-
gan, were killed near New London,
when their automobile was struck by
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