Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-07
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the Madison Bond Co., surrendered
himself Thursday to begin serving a
f1ve-year sentence for violating the
postal laws. He was taken to Fort
Leavenworth penitentiary Friday.
Arnold fought the sentence for two
years. His home city, where his &c
centric plan OF Christmas charity on
a lavish scale, first gained. his noto-
riety, paid him little attention upon
his return from Chicago. Just before
Christmas, 1922, Arnold, in advertise
ments in Madison's newspapers, in
forming the city poor that they could
20 to any store and order what they
felt they NEEDED and that he would pay
the bills. The purchases were left
entirely to the conscience of the in
dividual Arnold lived UP to his word
and paid bills aggregating thousands
of dollars. He later was indicted and
tried and found guilty Of using the
mails to defraud investors. His COM
pany, mammoth concern, crashed
down into ruin, causing much hard
ship among investors.
Tragedy stalked into the home of
Mrs. Grace Brookhouse, Kenosha, two
times in the same day. Fred Brook
house, year-old son, was drowned
when he fell OF the embankment in
Lincoln park lagoon. John Brook
house, weeks old, died the same
night from an illness which had lasted
several days. The mother, whose hus-
band died ten months ago, was recov-
ering from one shock when she found
the youngest child dead in his cradle.
The funeral was double one.
200 men leaped to their feet at
Chippewa Falls and began to shout
while Governor Blaine was speaking.
Blaine leaped to the front of the plat
form and denounced the disturbers as
klansmen, asking the police to put
them out. One man, said to be a
leader, was arrested. The governor
then denounced Assemblyman Paul
Raihle as klansmen. The affair was
the cause of much excitement at Chip
pewa Falls.
Mary Wolff, s, Madison, who was
struck by car said to have been driv
en- by F. L. Blossom, Saturday night,
died Sunday night at hospital in
that city as a result of her injuries.
The child failed to see the car that
bore down upon her, and it is the
claim of Mr.. Blossom that she darted
directly into the path of the auto be-
fore he could swerve to avoid strik-
ing her.
Pleading guilty in circuit court at
Eau Claire to burglary, Myron Still,
Hayward, married and the father of
six small children, told Judge Wick
ham his family was starving and he
broke into a store to get food for them.
A year in the Hayward Jail was the
sentence, the sheriff being directed to
find farm work for the man and to pay
his wages to his family.
His jaw, cheek bones, nose broken,
knocked out was the sum total of in
juries received by Paul Helm, 35, Mon
roe farmer, in a fight with Henry Eel
now, neighbor. The men had been
to Madison on a motor trip and filled
up on hootch. On the way home a
quarrel arose and the fight followed.
Zelnow, who claims he fought in self
defense, was held.
Fire starting from sparks from a
gasoline engine being used in silo fill
ling destroyed large barn and its
contents on the Herman FTeitag farm
near Fond du Lac, causing a loss es-
timated at nearly $4,000. Freitag,
owner of the farm, ill since last fall,
was overcome when informed of the
fire, and required the attention of two
physicians.
Howard Beatty, farmer living six
miles northeast of Granton, crawle6
under his wagon which was loaded
with corn, during rainstorm We'd
nesday to keep from getting wet. A
clap of thunder sounded, soaring the
horses, which ran away, the wheels
of the wagon passing over Beatty and
breaking four ribs. His condition is
serious.
A boil on his right arm was the
cause of death to George SHIFTS, II, a
17-year-old high school student of
Green Bay Infection had developed
from the boil and AN operation was
ineffective The death was the second
at Green Bay in ten days from infec-
ton due to boils.
Mrs. A. p Jennings of Kenosha was
found unconscious in the basement of
her home by her husband. She had
been overcome by gas and the hose
of the gas plate of laundry stove
was found disconnected. Mrs. Jen-
nings died in hospital.
William Amber 60, Madison, criti-
cally injured Saturday when his truck
was hit by car claimed to have been
driven by Earl Johnson, Black Earth,
is near death at the Madison General
hospital. He received severe head and
internal injuries, and his recovery is
doubtful.
Fire originating the the engine room
of the Leon Farmers creamery, COM
pletely destroyed the creamery ware
house, icehouse and $1,000 worth of
butter Monday night The loss is es-
timated at $4,000 with $4,000 insur-
ance.
A Madison girl of Is has named four
men as having caused her delinquent
cy, and Cosmo Disalvo, 20. Tony Alto
ia, 81, and Jack Ena, %, are under
arrest. The girl claims she was taken
TO Lake Forest in a truck and there
attacked by the quartet