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Die Nordwestliche Post --- 20 July 1893

 

City and Area News

     A case of horrible inhuman treatment was reported to the Agent of the Humane Society for which those responsible will have to report to the Court.  One cannot believe that a father could take his 5-year old daughter, tie a rope around her body, and then hang her on a nail on the wall and with a club beat this poor little innocent girl.  The Agent was very cautious in collecting evidence so that he can prove to the court what the man has done.  The man is W. Anton Barnes who has a summer resort in Cedar Lake, near to Elkhart Lake.  This is said not to be the first time the father has done this to his child. Earlier it is said that, in the presence of guests, he forced the child to walk around carrying a large card which said “I am a liar.”  Another time it is said he made the child walk barefoot to Elkhart Lake.  We hope that he will receive the right punishment, if all of these reports are true…. Sheb. Zeitung

Mail Not Called for Up to July 17

    Mrs. Eliza Meyer, Mr. August Rickmeier, Henry TerMaat.

News From Elkhart Lake

    The Turner Champion of New York and New Jersey, Mr. Gustave Ahl who has won 12 Gold Medals, a brother of our unforgettable, beloved Artist Emilie Puls Ahl, is attending the Turner Fest in Milwaukee.   He is coming to Elkhart on Saturday, the 22^nd of July and will visit with Mr. H. Puls.  He expects to be here for several days.

     Frank A. Lappen a big businessman, who recently went bankrupt in Milwaukee, as well as the officers and directors of the bankrupt Plankinton Bank, consisting of Fred. T. Day, Wm. Plankinton, Eugen S. Elliot, Judge James E. Jenkins, Francis W. Royes, Wm. H. Momsen and Chas. Clason, Day’s Private-Secretary, were indicted by the Upper Officers. The men were all taken into custody and placed under security, with the exception of the main men, Lappen and Day, who fled and have disappeared.

News From Sheboygan

     A young lad of about 8 years fell in the Lake on Wednesday of last week.  However, the men at the Life-Saving Station pulled him out.

     Thomas Freimuth, te son of Jos. Freimuth, died Wednesday evening of Nerve Fever.  He was about 14 years old.

     During the thunder storm on Friday the barn by the Insane Asylum was struck by lightning and 60 ton of Hay, etc. were totally lost by fire.

     Wm. Sussmilch, 19 years of age, was swimming in the river near the railroad bridge on Saturday and was drowned.

Real Estate Transactions

A.     Brandenburg and wife to W. Euler, 40 acres, Sec. 12, Town Scott, $3,000.00.

     E. Eisold and wife to H. Hoetst, north 1/3 of Lots 1, 2, and 3, Block 1, Krez & Detling Subd., $300.00

     E.B. Stohen and wife to E. Lehr, north 37-1/2 and south 75 feet of Lots 1 and 2, Block 52, $400.00

     F. H. Denison to D. J. Gutsch, south ½ of Lots 5 and 6, Block 1, Lake Side Add.  $1,000.00

 

 

Plymouth Reporter – October 5, 1893

 

     W. Anson Barnes, a well-to-do-man who runs the summer resort on an island in Cedar Lake, about one mile north of Elkhart, is under arrest for severely whipping his 5-year-old daughter.  This, in his opinion, not being sufficient, he took her upstairs and suspended her by a strap passed under her arms so that the tip of her toes just touched the floor.  A short time after she was found by the servant girl who wished to release her, but the little girl begged her not to do so, as her father would kill her if she was taken down without his consent.  The servant girl went to Barnes and expostulated with him for his cruelty to the child, but he refused to take her down and kept her hanging for fully three hours.  When the girl was taken down, she was almost exhausted, and her hands were blue.  The stepmothers of the little girl is known as Fannie Schwedler Barnes, who two years ago organized a class in plysical culture and Del Sarte in Sheboygan.  She was indifferent to the punishment the little girl received, and made no effort to prevent it.  About two months ago an elder daughter, about fifteen years old, of Barnes, who was also cruelly treated, suddenly disappeared. The story goes that she went to new York City to escape from brutal treatment.

 

Plymouth Reporter  -- October 5, 1893

 

     Circuit Court, State of Wisconsin vs. W. Anson Barnes.  Assault and Battery.  Withdrawn from jury for reason of no evidence and discharged defendant

 

 

Sheboygan Cty News – June 13, 1894

 

   Curt M. Treat, general agent of the National Building & Loan Association, was appointed by Judge N. S. Gilson, last week, receiver of the Warwick Park summer resort at Cedar Lake near Elkhart, of which W. Anson Barnes was proprietor.

 

 

Plymouth Reporter – March 19, 1896

 

    A. Anson Barnes and family took the train for New York Friday.  The auction at their hotel at Cedar Lake was well attended.  Mr. Barnes has a position as a kindergarten teacher in New York.

 

 

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