Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-11-25

A kind-hearted stickup man sur
prised Alexis Dishno, Kenosha labor
er when he returned Sc of $50 he had
taken. Dishno pleaded he was penni-
less. The robber who spoke faultless
English and had distinguished bear
A group of men searching near Hur-
ley for Bernard Sandberg, 8, found
the boy in thicket covered with
snow and unconscious but alive The
child said he was out hunting rabbits
and got lost. Doctors say he will live.
During "gas war" at Chippewa
Falls last week the price of gasoline
at the service stations hit the low
price of &c a galoln. Motorists took
advantage of the temporary drop by
loading up barrels, kegs and other re-
ceptacles.
Daniel Strebig, II, town of Hammel,
Taylor county, was shot and killed
Sunday by his cousin, Irwin Strebig,
while the boys were hunting rabbits
Irwin, walking about four feet back of
his cousin, shot at rabbit and the
charge went into the other boys back
w. l. Knapp, %, Oshkosh, was
drowned and William Cavanaugh, 81,
Oshkosh, was fatally hurt when the
into the river at a rising bascule
bridge at midnight Tuesday. Knapp,
driving, shot his car on the rising
leaf. The machine toppled over and
dropped into 80 feet of water Knapp
was dead when taken out Cavanaugh
was breathing but had a fractured
skull and could not live, physicians
said.
George Haag jr., Mt Horeb farmer,
was allowed $1,000 damages from c.
Flemming, Milwaukee cheese buyer,
for injuries to Haag's small daughter
suffered when Flemming lost control
of his motor car and ran over the
child. The Haag girl was returning
from school and walking along S. T.
L. 10, when the car struck her and
dragged her some distance. She was
badly hurt and it was doubted for a
long time if she would recover. The
money will be placed in trust for her
until she becomes of age.
Theodore DuCharme, 38, Sturgeon
Bay shipyards worker, is dead as the
result of a freak accident. DuCharme
and Miss Emma Ives were out rid
ing. Their coupe suddenly left the
road and shot into ditch. DuCharme
extricated his friend from the machine
wreckage and they were talking ap-
parently unhurt when he dropped to
the ground in a stupor. A passing
motorist took Ducharme to a hospital
but the man was dead before the car
arrived. A postmortem disclosed a
small round hole in his breast It was
at first thought he had been hit by a
stray bullet but later examination dis
closed that his lung had been pierced
by some piece from the car.
Lured into a holdup trap by an ap-
peal for aid, j. w. Harmon, garage
man of New Auburn, was robbed of
$40 DIN cash and left unconscious and
badly hurt. Harmon was appealed to
at midnight to go onto the road and
mend tire. His visitor was woman
who led him to a machine in which
two men sat. Harmon mended the
tire and started to make change for
bill presented him. AS he displayed
his wallet which contained a large
sum in currency, he was hit over the
head by an auto chain in the hands of
the woman" who Harmon now thinks
was man. The doughty garage man
put up a stiff fight but finally another
blow from the chain finished him and
he lapsed into Inconsistencies. When
he came to life he found he was minus
his money and suffering from bad in
juries. No trace of the strangers has
been found.