Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-05-27
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shock. She had been in poor health
for years.
Climbing from moving train, CAS-
per WISER, 40, slipped and fell beneath
the wheels of Milwaukee road pas
senger train at Atwater. His left leg
was severely crushed and it was ne
cessary to remove it.
With little debate the assembly
passed the Gwidt cigaret tax bill, and
the measure was Immediately mes
saged to the senate. The vote On
passage was 48 to %. The Gwidt bill
places tax of &c on each package OF
cigarets of a certain weight, and 1c
on those of a lighter weight. The
measure also provides a tax on cigar
ct papers.
When two masked hold-up men Or
dered Merrill Cass, night ticket agent
at the Beloit station of the Milwaukee
road, to hold up his hands, he com
piled but one hand brought up re-
volver that he leveled at the intruders.
They turned and fed into the outer
darkness. Cass's weapon would not
function when he tried to take shot
at the faint-hearted banditti.
VIM. Perkins, IS, Harvard, Ill, was
instantly killed north of Beloit Friday
night when struck by car driven by
Harold Cover of Beloit Cover says
he was blinded by the lights of an APP
preaching car and failed to see Per-
kins The latter's neck was broken.
Perkins, laborer of McHenry county,
Illinois, was walking on the road when
struck. He leaves no relatives.
Miss Alvina Smith, 16-year-old high
school girl of Evansville, was found
suffering from carbolic acid burns in
the bath room of her auntS home,
where she resided. Although the It's
sues of her mouth throat and stomach
are badly burned, she will recover.
Miss Smith lived with her aunt since
the death of her father, Montana
doctor. She was afflicted with nos
talgia:
John Bass, Be1oit boy, was shot
through the back by Loyal Wagner,
IA, a chun with whom he was playing.
The boys we're shooting at pop bottles
when a re Oliver held by young Wag-
ner discha ged in Basis direction.
Although he bled profusely, Bass was
able to walk to the home of physic-
ian. Finding the doctor out, the pair
Bass collapsed. He was taken to
hospital.
After leaving note saying that life
held no enjoyment for her, Esther
Denman, II, committed suicide at her
Rhinelander rooming house by drink
ing poison She had been respondent
for a long time and short time be-
fore taking her life, babe her friends
goodby, declaring she would never see
them again. The girl was employed as
a domestic. Her former home was in
Minneapolis.
William Beck, Menasha farmer, hau
a narrow escape from death when at
tackled by an enraged bull. He was
attempting to lead the animal into
wagon when the bull backed Mr..
Beck against a partition and attempt
ed to crush him. Grabbing a ring in
the animals nose, the farmer twisted
it until he freed himself. Three of
the mans ribs were broken and the
bull has a very sore proboscis.
Charged with practicing medicine
without license, Hyland SlaterWil-
son, Kenosha health institute propri
etor, is under $500 bail awaiting trial
He is charged with using the title of
doctor" without proper authority
and of attempting to heal with salves
and other indictments. The regular
medical men stood for Slater-Wilson's
use of music to cure disease but when
he stepped further on their preroga-
tives they swore out warrant.
Four young persons, Lester Tyler,
son of Harvey E. Tyler of Oconomo-
voc; George Moore of Watertown;
Miss Mabley Hyde of Bayview; and
Miss Marion Steil of Cudahy, were in
stantly killed near Oconomoc when
coupe in which they were riding was
struck by the westbound fast mail on
he Milwaukee road. Witnesses say
the driver of the coupe veered across
to the side of the street and plunged
onto the railroad track in front of the
locomotive.
Martin Lavine, a paroled man from
Green Bay reformatory where he was
serving a three-year sentence for bur-
glary, was arrested Friday at Wood
stock, ILL.,, upon complaint of L. P.
Lopez of Green Bay, who accused La
vine of stealing his car and clipping
with Loper's 14-year-old daughter
The pair had been married at Wood
stock, the girl giving her age as Is.
An automobile accident led to La
vines arrest His car hit dog and
turned completely over making re-
pairs necessary. When Lavine wired
a brother for $25 to pay his repair
bill, the sheriff got on his trail.
Lloyd Young, %, employed in the
Wisconsin highway commission office
at Milwaukee, was killed at Oconto
Monday night in an auto accident.
Young had been home on twC-day va
cation, after five years absence, and
was out with old-time companions.
About 10 p. M, he and Vincent Hallor-
an took ride along highway Is. Mr..
Young was driving. On their return
home they struck a rock in the road
and the car went through a fence and
turned over. Young was pinned be-
meath. Halloran wormed his way out
and crawled mile to saloon where
he was given aid. He suffered a
broken left shoulder and other injur-
les. Young was taken from the car,
dead.
Valuable Indian relics were stolen
from the Wisconsin historical museum,
the theft being the second of its kind