Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-04-15

Bill Lathrop, GAINESVILLE pitcher
has signed with the Sheboygan team
of the new Wisconsin State League.
Hiram Norton, So, Edgerton, was
stricken at the polls as he took a bal
| lot from a clerk He died three hours
later.
| Two Rivers citizens voted down a
plan to give the Wisconsin Fuel &
| Light Co. the gas franchise in their
city The company proposed to send
the gas in by pipe line from Manito-
voc.
Oscar Pasey, So, and Arthur Pasey,
As, of Salem, were killed when their
auto was struck by North Western
train at Woodstock. The men were
enroute home when killed. Both were
married.
Believing that the death of Nicholas
Koltz, %, was caused by drinking
moonshine, Arnott saloons were raided
simultaneously. Koltz was found dead
in the rear of the k-Werachowski
saloon. An inquest will be held April
| 20.
| Charging that slot machines are a
| potent factor in undermining the NOR
ais of young people, the sophomore
citizenship classes of Stoughton high
school will launch movement to have
all such machines abolished from the
| city.
Joe Sadodgieski, Stevens Point, was
held for questioning in connection
with the death TO his mother. The
woman was instantly killed when the
son drove his car into a wagon. The
mother was thrown out and her skull
crushed
Election of the INSTRUMENTATION
ticket of Robert Conway, Henry c.
Kelin, William Everson and E. J. Sar-
tell, endangers the office held by Hen
ry Traxler, city manager of GAINESVILLE.
Economy bent, the new majority of
the council propose to cut the salary
of Traxler from $1,000 to $4,000 and
curb paving operations.
Holding Patrolman John Curran
and clerks at bay in a Whitewater
store, a stranger made his escape in
an auto. The man had attempted to
cash a small check and was held in
conversation while Curran was called.
When Curran appeared the stranger
drew gun. An attempt to follow him
in a car was failure.
GAINESVILLE firemen Thursday saved
| Otto F. Beckman from his burning
home. Beckman was asleep in his
bedroom when the blaze was discov-
cred by a neighbor. Trapped on the
second floor, with the stairway I'M
passable, firemen reached the uncon-
scious man with a ladder. Beckman
did not realize what had happened UNI
| til revived. The loss was $4,000.
Five minutes after she had told
sister in charge of the Eau Claire hos
pital office that she was the cause OF
| her mothers illness, Miss Anna Roeh
rig, As, entered the ward at Sacred
Heart hospital where her mother lay,
and shot the aged woman through the
head. The crazed daughter then put
bullet through her own heart, Both
died instantly An Indian girl in the
ward was the sole witness of the fat
alities. The daughter had twice been
an inmate of Mendoza.
On his refusal to answer a question
put to him by the court, Emil Stern
berg, Eau Claire, defendant in di-
vorce suit brought by Martha Stern
| berg, was sent to Jail for contempt of
court by Judge James W1ckham.
Questioned on details of an affair with
another woman, as revealed in diary
| kept by him, Sternberg refused to
answer until court reconvened after
! a recess. After giving his testimony
Sternberg was compelled to pay $500
and his wife was granted divorce.
A jury at Oshkosh found DR.. 0. E.
Werner of that city guilty of using
sharp instrument to commit an il
| legal operation" in connection with
the death of Alice Mccormick. DR..
Werner was acquitted of two other
more serious charges. Miss Cecilia
Herter the doctors assistant, is to
face the same charges. DR.. Werner
was acquitted of manslaughter in con-
nection with the death of Alice Nc
Cormick and manslaughter in connec-
ton with the death of her unborn
child.
| William Tschabold of Monroe mar
rowly escaped death last week when
struck by an Illinois Central train at
the Argyle-road crossing on the north
side of Monroe. Mr.. Tschabold was
riding in an enclosed Overland and
did not hear the approaching train
though persons who were nearby de-
clared the train whistled frantically.
Tschabold was thrown free of the car
and into the air, distance of so feet,
escaping with no more serious in
jury than broken rib and some
I bruises.