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, 1925-11-28
Notorious Confederate of Gerald Chap
man Shot by Fatally Wounded
Detective.
Companion in Counterfeit Money Plot
Sought After Mortal Duel in an
Alley.

MOON LNIOlN, Mlct., NOV. e. O6dlCl
was started today for a woman in
black" believed to have been the COM
panion of George Dutch" Anderson,
Gerald Chapman's pal, who was slain
here Saturday night with his own gun
after it had been wrenched from his
hand by a detective he had mortally
wounded.
1t was not until today that Anderson
was identified. Finger prints tailed, but
Albert Brown, head of the Street Ser
vice Department of this State, clinched
the Identification when he viewed the
body. He had known the desparadO.
Detective Charles Hammond, whose he
roic fortitude enabled him to shoot An
Cerson, FEVER knew that he had rid the
country Of the man WHO last August IA
had killed Ben Hance and his wife,
City Hcnors Detective.
But Muskegon paid tribute to its hero
today. Flags were lowered as a tribute
to the dead policeman, while throughout
the day thousands filed into the morgue
to view the body of the man he had kill.
ed,
The woman in black" appeared at
Police Headquarters Saturday night a
few minutes after the shooting. She
seemed unnerved, but was not question
ed by the police. They were busy car
ing for their wounded. None paid any
heed to her and there is doubt if any
could identify her. She was allowed to
depart.
The first clue to the woman came in
connection with The purchase of a box Of
candy in a confectionery store by An
dersOn As he handed the cashier a bO-
gus $40 bill several are said to have seen
her outside. She fled, however, as An.
derSon came running from the store
when the cashier. warned of the counter
felt bills which had been passed in the
State recently, called the police,
Started To Station.
Detective Hammond overlook Ander-
son some distance from the store. He
started to walk him to the police station.
Anderson had consented to go along and
explain how he came in possession Of the
$40 bill.
Along one side Of the police building
runs a narrow, poorly lighted alley. An
dersOn, highway man de luxe, Jail break
er, murderer, counterfeiter, went into
action there.
He made the darker shadows in a
%crouching run and wheeled. His gun
spat a red fame at Hammond and the
, 1925-11-28

bullet shattered a store window across
tie street. Again that tongue Cf flame
licked out ttd again the sug went
vide.
CLOSES WITH BANDIT.
There is a certain type of fighting man
who doesn't think of a gun when he
gets in a fight. They've been brought
up in the old school that makes their
fingers curl up in a fist instead of creep
ing back for a gun butt. Hammond was
one of these.
While the echoes of that second shot
were still bounding about the ~aIIeyway
Hammond was on his man. Then Ander-
son shot to kill. His third bullet tore
into HammOnd's chest but it didn't stop
him. Hammond ect but one break.
When he shot his hand cut it grirped
Anderson's gun.
USES OUTLAW Gun.
He couldn't breathe very we'll and a
warm stream was pulsing down inside
his shirt but he kept his hold. He
pressed the gun up and back until the
stan tf the trigger guard broke Ander-
sons hold and the gun came away in
his hands.
Hammond let so tIen. He staggered
to the we'll Of The H~tsCQualters Building
and braced himself. He could hear
Anderson scurryirP. l2t-ike, in the
gloom. A little lsI.htr Gown the alley
there was a beam Cf light from a win.
dow. When Anderson Passed that
Hammond waited Until he saw the
hetir g bandits fem si'Eouetted against
the light and frtG cree. There was a
corg hing grunt al cad in the gloom, the
thud of a body and George Dutch"
Anderson was down with a bullet from
his W gun under his heart.
Patrolman George Thompson and a
crowd, attracted by the shooting were
pounding UP the alley toward Hammond.
Thompson saw the writhing form ahead
Of him and fired another shot, but Ham
mOnd's had done the work. He turned
to help the wounded detective, but Ham
mond had gone. Bleeding, strangIing
he had gone to finish the job as a good
cop shOuld-by reporting to his chief.
When he was brought before Chief of
Police Peter Hansen he harded ont the
gun and remarked;
He got me. Pete"
At the MuskegCn hospital he talked
with his partner for eight years, William
Feeny, and his own son, Nathan Ham
mond, twenty. He said:
al - - r
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12

ters, he took a long detour over the
cliffs for the remainder of his lad,
and returned the same way, Chamber
ing with catlike ease over some aw-
full going.
Tet when he came TO piace
where the walking was easy he be-
gan to stagger like drunken man.
He put the canoe back in the wa
ter and loaded it in desperate haste.
After he entered it the swift current
bore him very fast, yet his long, sin
envy arms piled the paddle as fierce
ly as if some gruesome thing were
following him.
AS he went on he scanned the sur
face of the water, fearing to see an
awful, upturned white face that
might reproach him and hover above
his canoe while he journeyed.
Until after shutdown he drove the
canoe with utter recklessness into
the middle of boiling waters, yet al
ways emerging safely; but in the
long dead waters there was no ex-
element The wind had fallen, and
the stiffness of the dark forest
seemed to penetrate his soul with
terror.
1t was so late and dark when he
stopped that he was unable to pick
out fair camping-place.
He lighted a tiny fire on poor
ground full of roots and stones and
boiled his tea; but when he tried to
eat, the morsels seemed to cleave to
the roof of his mouth. The scalding
dri4 < alone was grateful.
He did not try to put up his tent
merely rolling himself in his blank
cts; but sleep would not come.
His evil deeds had hitherto been
limited to various offerings and the
breaking of laws which he considered
unjust. The promises and the threats
of Curran, and the dislike he had for
Lorimer, made him a ready tool in
the hands of the chief agent.
But now that the deed was done,
he suffered with agonizing fear. The
consciousness he finally lost was re-
placed by visions in which he saw
the foul fiends of the Indians and the
evil spirits Of the whites leagued to-
gether against him in an appalling
array of grinning, monstrous faces.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
NOTICE TO PROVE WILL AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
State of Wisconsin,. county Court Gran

State of Wisconsin, County Court. Grant
County-In Probate.
In re estate of Frank Runde. deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given, That at the spec
ial term of said court to be held the
fourth Tuesday of August. A. D., 1925, at
the Court House in the City of Lancaster,
County of Grant, and State of Wisconsin,
there will be heard and considered, the APP
plication of Caroline Runde and Lawrence
Runde to admit to probate the last VIII and
Testament of Frank Runde late of the town
of jamestown in said county, deceased, and
for the appointment of executors.
Notice is Hereby Further Given, That at
the regular term of said court to be held
at said Court House. the first Tuesday
of December, A. D.. 1925, there will be
heard, considered and adjusted, all claims
against said Frank Runde, deceased;
And Notice is Hereby Further Given, That
all such claims for examination and allow
ance must be presented to said county court
at the Court House in the City of Lancaster,
in said county and state, before the
25th day of November, A. D., 1925 or be
barred.
Dated July 25th, 1925.
BY the Court
E. B. GOODSELL, Judge.
Brennan & Carthew
Petitioners Attorney. 24c3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
NOTICE TO PROVE WILL AAND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

State of Wisconsin, County Court, Grant
county-In Probate.
In re estate of Bernard Elskamp deceas-
ed.
Notice is Hereby Given, That at the
special term of said court to be held on
the Third Tuesday of September A. D.,
1925, the city hall in the City of Platte
Vile, County of Grant and State of Wis
consin, there will be heard and consider
ed, the application of Nj. B. ElsIdn.p 10
admit to probate the last Will and Tesla
ment OF Bernard Elskanp, late o. the
Vi'.egc of Potosi in said county. docecsed,
and for the appointment of executor
Notice is hereby Further Given, That
at the special term of said court to be
held at the Court house in the city of
Lancaster Grant county Wisconsin, on
the Fourth Tuesday of November, A. D.
1925, there will be heard. considered and
adjusted, all claims against said Bernard
EISkamp, deceased.
And Notice is Hereby Further Given,
That all such claims for examination and
allowance must be presented to said coun-
ty court at the Court House, in the City
of Lancaster, in said county and state,
on or before the 22nd day of November.
A. D., 1925 be barred.
Dated July 22nd, 1925.
BY the Court
E. B. GOODSELL Judge
David Gardner, Jr. Attorney. 24c3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
sheriff,s Sale In Foreclosure.

In Circuit Court, Grant County, Wisconsin.
The Woodhouse & BARLEY Bank do
nestle corporation, plaintiff
versus
Thomas Mcnamara, Mary Mcnamara, his
wife Des Moines Silo Manufacturing Com
pany, a foreign corporation, and the Cass-
Vile Bank, a domestic corporation, defen-
dants:
BY virtue of a judgment of foreclosure
and sale made in the above entitled ac-
ton on the 9th day of July, 1924, the
undersigned sheriff of Grant county, state
of wisconsin will sell at the front door of
the court house in the city Of Lancaster,
in said county on the second day of Sep
TENDER 1925, at one o'clock in the after
noon of that day, the real estate and mort
gagged premises directed by said judgment
to be sold and therein described as fol-
lows, to wit:
Commencing at a point west of the road
leading from Bloomington to Patch Grove,
where the line between the lands owned by
the Rooney estate and the Tornowskl es-
tate intersects the same; thence In a
northerly direction along the west side OF
said road one hundred and twenty (120)
feet: thence west or nearly west one hun
dred twenty (120) feet; thence south or
nearly south one hundred and twenty feet
1900 feet to the Rooney and Tornowski
line aforesaid; thence east or nearly east
one hundred twenty ((120) feet to the
Mace of beginning All in the north west
quarter of the north east quarter OF Sec
ton twenty-six (26), town five CD north
range five C5) west, Grant county, WILSON,
sin.
Terms of sale, cash.
H F. Livingston, Sheriff of Grant county,
1y-isconsin 21c6
Geo. B. clementson. PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
CHAPTER vi.
Two Arrivals.

For a good many weeks nothing of
any Importance occurred at Tshe-
muak Post. The Indians who were
summering there idled away a good
part of their time; only winter could
give them profitable work.
The women, of course, kept busy
making and mending garments and
footwear. They repaired nets that
would be used later on, when the
whitefsh began to run toward their
spawning beds. Some Of them made
beadwork, which the company would
buy. But the men were idle.
July, which the Indians call
Month of moulting," and August,
Month when caribou horns shed
their velvet" had gone by. Ameou
began to look forward eagerly to the
return of her man, Uapishiu of the
Yellow Hair. She left her tent fire.
quently III order to sit on the bank
of the river and watch the lower
reaches, whence he would come hast
eaing toward her.
Aiwcys in her hands were tiny
shirts of buckskin broidered with
porcupine quilts and beads, and lit
tie caps and moccasins so small that
they seemed to be fashioned to fit
the thumb of man.
At dusk, when she could nc longer
see far, she would return to the
dwelling of the old chief, her father,
and lie down to sleep restlessly; for
she often had uneasy dreams.
Then came a day when the old wo-
men of the camp gathered about her,
grooming words intended to propri-
tiate the spirits of evil, and the light
of happiness came to the face of
Ameou.
Indeed, | am glad now that yell
tow 1aIr has not yet returned" she
told the wife Of Nlmissuts. HE will
be spared any sorrow for me, and on
the day of his coming back there will
be nothing but happiness for him"
The OLD women chanted again in
low voices while Ameou waited,
strong in body and yet stronger in
faith and hope.
Curran left the post next morning
after grumbling about the food
served him by old Anne.
when that girl is my wife I'll get
some grub fit to eat!" he told him
sell.
Chief Nimissuts was walking
among the tents clad in his finest
ralment and strutting proudly, like
one who has accomplished praise
worthy deed.
What feast day art thou celebra-
ting" asked the chief agent mock
lugly.
mis- IS the day OF the feast of the
birtn Of the son Of Lorimer Yellow
t1alr," answered the old fellow. "In-
deed, it is a son, strong and lusty,
according to the old women. The
down upon his head is of golden COL
or. He sleeps now as does my
daughter. Never have | seen a
child more sturdy in limb. Doubtless
he will grow to be as | was during
the days of my youth, when | bore
two bags of -four and a three fathom
canoe over Long Portage without
resting and returned for another
load.
cart thou not afraid to boast so
much, old man," asked Curran wick
eddy, "lest the evil spirits overhead
n and play their pranks upon the
or apon the child"
The chief looked scared He be
lieyed in this orr of thing.
(To Be Continued.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
Sheriff's Sale in Foreclosure.

In Circuit Court Grant County, Wiscon-
sin.
The Woodhouse & BARLEY Bank, a do
mestic corporation plaintiff,
versus
Thomas Mcnamara, Mary Mcnamara, his
wife, Des Moines Silo Manufacturing Com
pany, a foreign corporation, and the Cass-
vile Bank, a domestic corporal lion, defen-
dants:
BY virtue of a judgment of foreclosure
and sale, made in the above entitled ac-
ton on the 9th day of July, 1924. the I'M
dersigned sheriff of Grant county, state of
Wisconsin, will sell at the front door of the
court house, III the city of Lancaster, in
said county, on the second day of Septem-
Der, 1925, at one O'Clock in the afternoon of
that day. the real estate and mortgaged
premises directed by said judgment to be
sold, and therein described as follows, to
wit:
Beginning at point twenty (2O) rods
west of the east line of section twenty-five
(25) the quarter section line; thence
west one hundred q00)) rods, south eighty
(80) rods; thence east one hundred (100)
rods north eighty (S0) rods to place of
beginning. Also the east half of the south
west quarter of the north east quarter of
section twenty-five (25). Containing in all
seventy (70) acres. All in town five 60
north range five 90 west, Grant county,
Wisconsin. Subject to a first mortgage of
100000 given to Grant Ballantine on
forty acres of said lands.
Terms of sale, cash.
H. F. Livingston, Sheriff of Grant county
Wisconsin. 21c6
Geo. B. Clementson. Plaintiffs Attorney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12

State of Wisconsin. County of Grant
In Circuit Court.
William Hardy trustee, Plaintiff,
The Peoples State Bank of Lancaster, Wis
consin, corporation, and D. T. Parker, as
Commissioner of Banking of the State of
Wisconsin in relation to the Peoples State
Bank of Lancaster, Wisconsin, in process of
liquidation, l.. G. Hickok, Hugh c. Krebs
and the Taylor Palmer Company, corpor-
ation-Defendants.
BY virtue of a judgment of foreclosure
and sale made in the above entitled action
on the 9th day of July, 1924, the undersign-
ed Sheriff of Grant county, Wisconsin, will
sell at the front door of the building on the
/ premises hereinafter described on the "a
day of September. 1925, at one o'clock in
the afternoon of that day, the real estate
and mortga ged premises directed by said
judgment to be sold and therein described
as follows:
Commencing at point SO feet South of
the Northwest corner of lot One Cd in
Block twenty-one CID in the City of Lam
caster, running thence East ninety-tWo 1929
feet thence south twenty-four (24) feet,
thence west ninety-tWo (92) feet, thence
north twenty-four feet to the place of be-
ginning. Also a part of lot two of said
block twenty-one (21) commencing at the
northwest corner of said lot two (2) run
ming thence east seventy (70) feet, thence
south four ca feet, thence west seventy
(70) feet, thence north four ca feet to the
place of beginning. Also an easement or
right of way over a tract of land four ca
feet wide off the north side of said lot two
(2) block twentyone CID aforesaid from
the east line of said lot two and running
west for distance of fifty (50) feet. Sub
ject to to the rights and privileges granted
by George D. UT to George Gibbs and
conveying by this deed the rights granted
by said George Gibbs to said George ID. Utt
by an agreement made between them dated
/ April 18th, 1880, recorded in Vol. 81 of
deeds on page 81 in the office of the Register
| of Deeds of Grant County, Wisconsin, also
| including all improvements thereon.
Terms of sale cash. rs percent at time
| of sale and balance confirmation and
| tender of deed.
Dated July 20. 1925.
HARRY LIVINGSTON, Sheriff.
! George F. FrantZ and
Kopp e Brunckhorst.
| Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Platteville, Wisconsin. z5co
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
At Big Loon Post
By Gerge Van Schaick uognghea)
By Gerge Van Schaick

white men surely know their own
scheme BEST"
al wonder if the old devil suspects
anything?" Curran asked himself
on his return to the post.
Then he went into his own room
and diluted little pure alcohol with
water and drank alone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12

state of wisconsin, Circuit Court, Grant
County.
Summons.
Millicent NJ. Russell,
Plaintiff,
VS..
George w. Russell,
Defendant.
The State of Wisconsin to the said defend
ant: az.
You are hereby summoned to appear with
in twenty days after the service OF TINS
s,,ro,nons exclusive of the day of service.
and defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid; and in case of your failure
so to do judgment will be rendered against
I,or according to the demand of the COM
,laint of which copy is herewith served
r. NJ ORCHARD,
PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
P. o. Address, Lancaster. Grant county WIS WIS
consin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12

dead baby, its partially submerged
body in the water, was found soon af-
terward by Miss Hildegard Roethel,
aunt of the child.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-08-12
CHILD browns IN WATER PAIL

BOYGAN-Falling in a pail OF
water that was standing outside the
kitchen, Leroy, 15-months-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Roethel, of the
town of Meme, was drowned. The
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-07-09
Eliminate Guesswork in
Construction of Roads

With the determination to have the
best roads that its funds will build
and to see that its roads are con-
structed In accordance with specifica-
lions the North Carolina highway de-
partment, with the help Of Its chem
list, r. L. Oberholser, has advanced
the science of road construction to the
point where all guesswork has been
eliminated as to uniform density in
pavement construction.
Even when the materials are mixed
according to specifications and the sur
face looks good, the mixture which has
gone into the road may fail through
lack of proper compression. Mr..
Oberholser meets this situation by In
sisting upon daily density tests of the
finished pavement.
From each road project in the state
the chemical laboratory Of the state
highway department at Raleigh re-
ceives daily a piece of the pavement
drilled from the days lay. If the lab
oratory test reveals that the workmen
have been lax and there is INSULT ient
density, the work on the project un-
der investigation is stopped immedi-
ately. Poor construction cannot con-
tinue on any road longer than "a
hours. After the cause of the trouble
Is ascertained the work proceeds. If
necessary the stretch of roadway
showing insufficient density is torn up
and relaid. The tests sometimes save,
1t is estimated, as much as $4,000 a
mile later in road repairs. AS result
of methods such as these North Caro-
lima now has some of the best btu
minous motor roads in the world.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-07-09
Watch Your Water Pump
to Prevent Motor Heat

OF the 10 reasons for motor heating,
perhaps one of the most obscure and
least thought of is the small pin that
holds the paddle wheel on the water
pump to the shaft. This is frequent
reason for engine overheating, and be-
cause Of its very obscureness, is one
of the reasons for this series Of
articles.
AS everyone knows, the water pump
is attached to the water pump shaft.
Within this pump is a paddle wheel
that assists in circulating the water
from the radiator entirely through the
water passage system. A small steel
pin holds this paddle wheel fast to the
pump, and many times, after some
months of usage, this pin becomes
worn or rusted, and shears off as
smoothly as If cut by a knife. The
pump at once becomes imperative, the
water does not circulate and the ter
rife heat of the engine soon boils
away the water that remains lin the
radiator. Here again the heat indi-
Gator on your car Immediately tells
the story, as the vapor temperature of
the boiling water in the radiator will
warn the motorist. through this instru-
ment. that he must Investigate at once,
or suffer the penalty: large garage
bill
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-07-09
Theater MGgnGte Had
Studied Human Nature

An actor was talking about the late
Thomas H. Ince, the movie magnate.
"We played together for two years
in For Loves Sweet Sake,'" said the
actor. "One night on the road three
of our chaps got into a squabble about
their bed. They had to sleep three in
bed, and this squabble over who
was to sleep in the middle got so
terrible that some of the company
feared violence and wanted to send
for the police.
"But Ince was calm and smiling
amid the threats and curses that
came from the three mad actors
room. He Gained US with the words !:
Don't be alarmed, friends Windy
people never come to blows