Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-01-03
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Fond du Lac-While fewer arrescA
were made in Fond du Lac during
/ the last II months than during a sim
1 liar length of time in 1923, nearly
/ twice as many dodgers were given &C.
commodations at the city police sta
/ ton. The report of Chief OF Police
James Silgen for the first II months
Of 1924 shows that 822 arrests were
made. while in 1928, during the same
period, there were COL arrests. Dur.
| ing the same period this year lodging
was given TO 1909 men. while in 1929
but 746 men were accommodated dur
| ing the II months Nearly 1000 sand.
witches were served to prisoners at
! the police station during the 11-month
period of 1924.
Oshkosh-Although he knew the
gun was loaded Gilbert Lincoln, IA,
thought he had fixed the 80 caliber
revolver which he had brought to the
home of Harry Roley, II, so that it
could not fire. AS a result Harry lies
In hospital in Oshkosh with an even
chance to recover from gunshot
wound in his neck. jeanette Roley,
/ Is, who has cared for her young broth
er since the death of their mother
some time ago, witnessed the shooting
as she passed kitchen window of
their home, returning from shopping
The bullet missed the jugular vein by
/ q fraction of an inch.
Sheboygan-Louis Laun, SO, vice
president of the Kiel Furniture Co..
president of the Bank of Elkhart
Lake, secretary of the Elkhart Lake
Realty Co, president of the Laun
| Lumber and Furniture Co., and an
officer of a number of other Elkhart
/ Lake business concerns, died at She.
boygan Mr.. Laun was one of the
originators of the Quit-Qui-Oc Golf
club. of Elkhart Lake and large
! holder of real estate in various parts
of Wisconsin.
Manitowoc-The female of the spe-
/ cies may be more deadly than the
male, but concerning juries in Mani
! towoc county they are also going to
/ be scarce; in fact, they will be tenn
/ porarily nonresident The commits
/ sioners who select persons to serve
on circuit court juries during the
next two or three years have just
completed their task. and it is an
nounced that no women were chosen.
Caught in the wreckage
when a portion of the roof of the
Coker zinc mine near the village OF
| Livingston collapsed, Frank Rice, 80.
a drillman, was instantly killed. The
mine is owned by the Mineral Point
! Zinc Co When the rock portion OF
the roof which gave way was inspect
/ ed by State Inspector of Mines A II.
/ Findeisen two weeks ago, it was
found to be in a safe condition.
| Fond du Lac-Two carloads q
| grass rugs, valued at $4,000, wcre
/ damaged by water from an automatic
/ sprinkling system which was started
! in operation by a small fire near a
| chimney in the stock room of the
De Luxe Rug Co. plant, Fond du Lac.
While the actual fire damage was but
| $500, the water flooded the stock room
on the first floor and destroyed rugs
ready for shipment.
L arinette-Awakened late at night
| from sleep by the furious barking OF
( IL
/ Johnson and three children. Peshtigo
/ Point, barely had time to flee from
i their burning home. D1ie= to the ex-
/ IRENE cold the family slept down
stairs, otherwise escape from the
/ house might have been more difficult.
The house was burned TO the ground.
I Green Bay-Her Christmas shop
ping done and gifts wrapped for her
/ neighbors, Mrs. Elizabeth Berger, SIS,
/ Green Bay, started out Christmas ere
I to deliver her Christmas remem-
/ brances but the little packages were
/ never delivered. A taxicab, driven by
! Charles Destache, struck the woman
I as she was crossing the street and
/ 10 minutes later she was dead.
| Waukesha-John Sobaski, 81, farm
er Of near Waukesha, was almost in
stantly killed and his brother Ben,
27, suffered probably fatal injuries
when the automobile in which they
/ were riding was struck by a Milwau
/ kee road train near Brookield.
/ Sturgeon Bay-Frank Washer. S.
+ pioneer resident Of Baileys Harbor.
was found frozen to death within a
/ few feet of his home. Relatives stat
i ed that the aged man Feft the house
during the night. Coroner Elmer
I Christensen Investigated.
/ Waukesha-Henry Bornheimer. So,
+ died at his home in Waukesha. He
/ is survived by his wife. three brothers
and one sister, Jacob Frank and John
/ Bornheimer and Miss Mary Born
heimer. and one s-randchild, Miss