Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-02-11

Hurley-Mrs. Emma Sigler of Hure
ley must spend the rest Of her life in
the state penitentiary at Waupun for
the share she had in the murder OF
her husband, Andrew, last May. Sen
tence OF life Imprisonment was I'M
posed by Judge w. R. Foley, Superior,
after jury had returned a verdict
nndlng the woman guilty of being an
accessory before the fact in the MUIR
der { Sigler. After sentence was pro-
nounced Mrs. Sigler made a state
ment to newspaper men reiteratlng
told it on the witness stand-namely,
that she killed her husband in SELF
defense. Andrew Gudlesk', who is
now serving life sentence at Waupun
for the murder of Sigler, declared
when he pleaded guilty to the crime
last summer that Mrs. Sigle-' had
hired him to kill her husband. Mrs.
Sigler testified that Gudleski's only
part in the affair had been TO help her
dispose OF the body.
Sheboygan-Enraged by divorce pro-
ceeaings begun against him by his
wife, Charles Hoehnke, Sheboygan,
shot and killed her and then killed
himself in the presence of his wife's
mother, her brother and their four
children. The murdered mother had
their 18month-old daughter, Gloria, in
her arms at the time. Although aware
of the mans intentions, Martin Siege.
meyer, the wife's brother, was power
less to help her or prevent the blood
him with the gun and threatened to
kill him too if he interfered. The
shooting occurred in the home of Will
liam Stegemeyer, father OF the wife.
MAIDS on-Funds of trust company
taken over by the state banking COM
missioner cannot be used, to carry out
an agreement to pay the expenses of
foreclosing mortgages, said an opin-
ion by the attorney generals depart
ment. The holders OF claims must
rely on dividends to creditors, ii was
held. The opinion was written by
Mortimer Levitan, assistant attorney
general, and was given to W. H. Rich
ards, deputy commissioner of banking,
who requested it in a case involving
the Portage Mortgage Loan and Trust
Co.
OcCnto-Laurence, the 17-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Schoen-
feldt, Wilcox, found broken rail just
as passenger train No. 224 on the
North Western road was approaching
the train, which came to stop only
a few feet from the broken rail The
boys act averted probable derail-
ment of the train.
Chippewa Falls-By lifting off the
receiver of her telephone, Mrs William
Cardinal Chippewa Falls, heard radio
broadcasts, including a soprano singer,
baritone singer and a piano solo. Lo
cal radio scientists are baffled to ex-
plain the outcome. Several others
were asked to listen in" at various
times during the evening and verified
the fact of the radio broadcasts.
Racine-Creditors of the Mitchell
Motors Co., which failed in April, 1929
will receive an additional Is per cent
the latter part of the month, it was
announced at Racine. Total liabili-
ties amount to about $4,000,000 and
$1,O11, 900 has been received from sale
of assets.
Sparta-Three regiments of troops,
comprising $500 men, will be sta
toned at Camp Robinson, Sparta,
from June l to Aug 81, according to
notice from the Sixth corps area, Chi
cago. The troops to come here will
be from the National guard of several
states with regular army instructors.