Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-29
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Newark township near GAINESVILLE.
John Lalor, 81, well known Dane
county farmer, died at Madison hos
pital of blood poisoning in his arm.
While handling a colt he injured his
hand and infection resulted.
One thousand gallons of mash in %
barrels, 10 lbs. of yeast, and several
parts of a still were seized by police
in raid on house in Madison said
to be occupied by man named Cor
don.
While driving his automobile with
his wife, Nicholas Kettenhofen, Man
itowoc business man, was stricken
with apoplexy and died a few minutes
later. AS he fell forward against the
windshield his wife seized the wheel
and guided the car against the curb.
Robert l. Hume, prominent resident
of Endeavor, dropped the gasoline tank
cap of his automobile and undertook to
find it with lighted lantern. He was
rushed to the hospital with hands and
body painfully burned from explosions
which followed. The auto was de-
stroyed by fire.
Ernest Van Horn, 81, who will be
taken to the Green Bay refOrmatory
to serve a twO-year term for robbery
of a theater and jewelry store at Su-
perior, married his boyhood sweet
heart Tuesday afternoon. The girl.
Gladys Boulier, 81, and Van Horn took
their marriage vows in the jailer's
small office.
Mrs Ann Pengilly, aged 80 years,
had the misfortune to fall at her home
in Dodgeville Monday and break her
hip and right arm. She had been out
in the yard and was coming into the
house with some eggs. AS she mounted
the kitchen steps she became momen-
tarily light headed and fell over back
ward down the steps.
Charged with the theft of 80 BUSH
els of oats from the farm of Fred
Shenk, Juda farmer, his wife and
neighbor whom they implicated, are
being held under $500 bonds each. A
peculiar automobile tread trail in soft
mud was followed by officers from the
Shenk farm to the farm of John
Krahenbuehl, near Juda.
Fire attributed to the reflection of
sun rays from a cream can cover was
extinguished by w. P. Shestock of the
Cherrydale fruit farm of Algoma, be-
fore any damage was done. Rays re-
flected from the concave surface OF the
can were focused on a fence post adj
Joining a she'd The fence post was
blazing merrily and the shed was al
ready scorching when the fire was
discovered.
Wilfred FL. Eubank, 20, manual
training teacher in the Kenosha high
school, died as the result of school
room accident. He was inStructing a
pupil to use the circular saw when
the saw buckled and hurled a large
piece of timber, striking him in the
abdomen. He died from gangrenous in
lection which developed from internal
injuries. He is survived by his widow.
Robert Knapp Jr., IS, and Donald
Knapp, 8, the first alleged 'baby
bootleggers'' to be arrested in Wal !
worth county, were released from the |
Jail at Elkhorn when charges |
that they had sold liquor were dis !,
missed. Their father, Robert Knapp,
who is said to have used his children
to deliver moonshine for him, also
was given temporary freedom when
he provided bail of $3.50.
Norris Walker, 25, and unmarried, |
whose home is in the vicinity of Rio, |
met instant death, Monday afternoon, |
at Wyocena, where he was employed |
in the Columbia county road machin- |
cry repair shops. Information is that
the young man was engaged in install
ling a forge, when he in some man t
ner came in contact with the electric |
wires. The singular feature in the
tragedy is that it is claimed the wires
TO nf
the ordinary incandescent light vol
tage-whic his generally understood |
to be insufficient to produce fatal re-
suits.
What might have proved to be a
tragedy was prevented by the quick
action of bystanders at st. Luke's |
church at Two Rivers Sunday when
the veil of one of the little girls, who !
were taking their solemn communion,
caught fire from candle carried by |
one of the little candle bearers in the !
Fortunately the little vic |
tim escaped with only a slight burn
on the neck and a smuggling of the |
hair. The accident created a stir of
excitement for a few minutes but. was !
over almost as quickly as it began.
The Plymouth booze robbery case |
neared its end Tuesday when United |
States marshals brought in John B.
Anton, and his brother, Clarence An
ton, of Plymouth, who were indicted
by the last grand jury. Each is
on IL counts of sale and pos
session of liquor and conspiracy to
violate the Volstead act. Their bail
was fixed at $4,000 each. John as pres
ident, and Clarence as vice president
of the Badger Drug company at Ply
mouth, are accused of having estab-
lished the drug company solely for
the purpose of obtaining bonded whis-
key for illicit sale and of having con-
spired to rob the drug company to COW
er up deficiencies in the stock