Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-08
S. A. Hatch Dead at So.

ed He was taken to Jail along with
a companion, VIM. Brothauser.
John Schnacky, "a, died at Lady
smith, infection having developed after
he had been given a hypodermic in
lection to relieve nervousness. He was
a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Schnacky
of Rice Lake, and his death is the first
in family of IA children, all of whom
are grown.
His neck broken and skull fractured,
Rolla A. Strader, As, Osseo farmer,
was found dead in the driveway of his
barn. Strader was subject to dizzy
spells and it is believed that he fell
from the top of ladder leading into
the hay NOV. Three daughters and a
son survive.
While playing with celluloid comb,
William, 21-months-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Hoffman of Ft. Atkinson,
stuck the utensil into an electric light
socket A flash resulted and the comb
caught afire. The baby was badly
burned about the head and face but
will recover.
After writing three obituaries and
making complete arrangements for
his funeral, Arthur Paulsen, 81, of
Black Earth, shot himself through the
| head in barn on his farm early last
Monday Paulsen was World war
veteran and injuries sustained in the
service caused mental arrangement.
Mrs. William Hooker, 50, long resi-
dent of Hustisford, died suddenly in
the postoffice in that place. Handing
some letters through the office win
dow, she was told by the clerk that
one of them was not stamped. Step
ping back, apparently to get her
purse, she collapsed and when the
clerk reached her she was dead
Clifford Olson, 10, and William Web
err also 10, of Racine, are in hospl-
tai with fractured skulls as the re-
suit of injuries received when ma
chine they were riding in jumped the
road and landed in ditch when Olson
lost control of the car The boys were
| found by a truck driver and taken to
a hospital.
Unscrewing a Yale lock with a
screw driver which had been SNUG
gle dto him, Clifford Bedell held in the
Menominee Jail on statutory charge,
and Felix Quigley, held for forgery,
escaped from the Dunn county jail
early Sunday Their trials were to be
called this week. A sweeping search
is being made for the men.
Mrs Florence Philip Dieterle, 28
a daughter of Ex-Gov. and Mrs. E. L.
Philip, died at her home in MilWau-
kee after a weeks illness with pneu-
monia She was married in the fall OF
1928 to DR.. J. o. Dieterle, Milwaukee
physician, and is survived by him and
their 6-monthS-old son. Mrs. Dieterle
was a trained nurse with a war rec
ord.
The body of James Cornelius, SO
was found in a canal near Kaukauna
after an all days search. Cornelius
left home at midnight Saturday to &C
to work at a paper mill. 1t was his
habit to cross the canal by walking
over barges and scoWs that were
moored there, and it is believed he
missed his footing and fell in the
water
Fire completely destroyed the Try
ing Poeppel farm home near Ft. At
kinson Sunday a week ago. Neigh
bors saw the chimney blazing anC
summoned aid but the roof was a mass
of flame before the firemen arrived
from Fl Atkinson. Poeppel bought
the farm three months ago. The res
idence is valued at $4,000 and half in
sured.
Lester Swenson, 81, of Deerfield, has
sued the local Modern Woodman fol
$50. 900, alleging that he was thrown
out of a dance hall by Walter Pun
zell, a lodge officer. SWenson said
he suffered double fracture of his
skull when he fell down the steps
The defense said SwensOn was intoX-
icated and fell down by himself. The
jury held for the defense.
The city of Stoughton, with popu-
lation of 5000, held an election re-
Gently to bond itself for 100000 to
buy the defunct Mandt Wagon Plant
and give it to some manufacturer free
of charge to operate providing he or
they will employ a certain number of
men, The vote was 1857 in favor of
the bond issue for that purpose, and
only 81 votes against it.
| MOnrOes school board has voted to
employ no more women teachers in
| the city schools, and has served no.
tice that no teacher contemplating
marriage during the summer need ex-
pect to find her position open for her
in the fall. The ruling is not retroac-
tive and will not, therefore, cause the
removal of several married women
now on the teaching staff.
A sordid story of shame was told by
Lucille Wisnecki, 10, who accused
Dominick Costarella of Milwaukee of
being the cause of her downfall. The
girl, whose home is in Wisconsin Rap
ids, told Kenosha authorities she had
been induced to go to Kenosha from
Milwaukee to live a life of shame.
Costarelli, married and the father of
a child, is under arrest. He was liv-
ing with the girl when arrested.
| Bert Gruhn, farmer living near Au-
gusta, took his life by shooting him.
self in the abdomen with a shotgun.
The man had arranged a suicide de-
vice in an oats bin of his barn. 1t is
believed Gruhn's act was prompted by
worry over shortage in the treasury
of the school board, of which he was
clerk. Mrs. Gruhn, who heard the re-
; port of the gun. feared to enter the
barn to investigate and called neigh
bors, who found Gruhn dying.
GAINESVILLE authorities are investi-
eating the deaths of VIM. E. Cover,
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