The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-14
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre, MINI.

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Mr.. Kennedy in company with his son, Thos.
Kennedy, Jr, and the hired man, Charles Johnson
had spent the afternoon fishing and about 400 o'clock
the men decided to take a swim.
They landed the boat the west shore of the
lake, the Frank Krocak farm. The elderly
Kennedy, who could SWIM entered the water and
went out about 300 feet while the other two men,
who wers unable to swim. followed but remained
closer to shore
Mr.. Kennedy swimming in water about
eight feet deep when he encountered difficulty and
disappeared under the water. The others immediate
ly summoned help and August Erickson, of Jordan,
who nearby, came to their aid. They succeeded
in recovering the body in about As minutes but all
efforts of resuscitation vert futile.
SPRINGFIELD big Shot" in the gigantic
liquor still which federal agents discovered the
Williams farm north of this city year ago, doesn't
want to face the court and his staying away has
cost him the forfeiture of the bond.
cash bond of $4,000 posted by Sam Lewis,
alias Sam Miller, Chicago, forfeited by Federal
Judge M. M. Joyce at Mankato, because Lewis failed
to appear before him in Winona
Judge Joyce drove to Mankato from Winona to
sign the order. A writ of scire facts and bench
warrant for Lewis have been issued.
Arrested last July by federal prohibition agents,
Lewis was charged with possession of giant still
near here. He furnished bond of $4,000 and has
not been seen in Mankato since.
Lewis scheduled to appear in court in jan
uary Because of illness, to by afidavits the
continued. When he failed to appear in
Mankato during the court term recently the gov
ernments attorney moved for forfeiture of his bond
Lewis attorney told the court that he ill
and could not appear. The court stipulated that
he should be examined by government physicians If
he were able and did not appear at Winona, it
stipulated the bond would be forfeited
COKATO-Henning Johnson, of Cokato, about 40
years old, fatally injured in peculiar auto
Silver Lake the Cokato road, dying few min
utes after he taken from the overturned
His companion Mike Sundstrom uninjured.
The two men returning to Cokato from
Silver Lake when Johnsons car, Ford sedan, left
the grade and plunged into the ditch. The machine
travelled along the ditch for about so feet and then
the driver evidently tried to climb up the bank again
He stepped on the accelerator hard and the car
rammed into the bank with considerable force and
tipped over in the ditch.
Johnson suffered no external injuries except a
small bruise his chest but his neck broken
by the impact and he died after passers-by ex-
tricated him from the car. DR.. Walter Schmidt of
Glencoe county coroner called to the scene and
held an inquest.
The front part of the car was considerably
smashed and the rear wheels were broken in the col
lision with the bank. There small hole, about
the size of quarter, through the front windshield
JORDAN-Two persons killed and two
hurt when Minneapolis & st. Louis railroad freight
train struck automobile at grade crossing
here Thursday afternoon.
The dead are: Mrs. William Differt, 75 and Ruth
Differt, T. her granddaughter.
injured. The Differts farmers living about
three miles south of here Differt and his wife, who
in the front seat escaped with minor cuts and
bruises.
PAYNESVILLE-Three people were killed and
fourth is in serious condition in the Paynesve hos
pital as the result of head-on collision on trunk
highway No. % south of Lake Koronis Monday
ming at $50 o'clock.
Two automobiles crashed, and the speed with
which they struck terrific that neither moved
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tened against each other.
The dead are Arthur E. Klohn, aged 3d. St. Paul;
Aakron H. Hle, aged g. st. Paul; Marvin H. Gill
land, aged 3d. Morgan, Mimi.
None of the victims of the accident recovered
consciousness. Kolohn and TIille were in car,
Gilland and a Miss Peterson, whose address is
known, in the other. Miss Peterson is suffer-
ing from serious lacerations and her injuries will
keep her in the hospital for some time.
FERGUS FAILs-A colony of Minneapolis I'M
employed families will be established in this region
according to A. T. Moshier personal representative
of Mayor William A. Anderson, of Minneapolis, who
is sponsoring the project
Moshier visited a number of sites for the colony
Friday, he said with view of purchasing land which
will be subdivided into 80 tracts which fam
lilies will be located. Each family will start dairy
and garden farm.
The project will be financed through issuing OF
bonds to be sold to relatives of the families benefited
Moshier said The deed to each farm will be subject
ed to the bonded Indebtedness
Cooperative buying and selling is proposed for
those who wish it, but anyone will be at liberty to
buy and sell he pleases. Applications have been
received from about 100 families. Moshier said.
TACONITE- only fatality to be recorded in
Itasca county in connection with the 4th of July
holiday became known Tuesday morning when Earl
Dowd resident of Taconite, died at the Itasca
county hospital from injuries sustained the night be-
fore.
Definite information is somewhat lacking
corning the accident but as can be ascertain
ed Mr.. Dowd and friend Dan Chamberlain, were
returning to Taconite from trip the Ecenic high
way at about ten o'clock at night when the
broke down while they the Neal Bluhntach
farm and they unable to proceed Mr.. Dowd had
made arrangements with a passing truck to tow
them into Taconite and the truck about 10
hitch when past at high rate of
spled. The driver did not slow down\but when the
had passed Mr.. Dowds body found under
meath his automobile. His skull fractured
and he had sustained other injuries The wounded
brought to the hospital but the injuries
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