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Harry Cray, is securely locked in the county jail at McClusky: an alleged
black hand mystery has been solved that the citizens of Denhoff, Sheridan
county, have put away their shotguns and weapons of defense and are again
sleeping peacefully o' nights.
On March 19 a letter was found lying on a
flat-topped rock at the side of a road just outside the town limits of Denhoff.
It was addressed to Ed Wahl, cashier of the First State bank of Denhoff and
advised him to take $2,500 in currency to a certain place a mile and a half from
the town, leave it and go his way. "If you know what is good for you, you better
follow these instructions," the letter read.
Investigator Furnished.
Wahl reported to State's Attorney Frank Temple who appealed to Attorney
General William Langer for a special investigator. The night following the
appearance of the first letter another missive was found stuck to the outer
window of a pool hall with chewing gum. This also was addressed to Ed Wahl.
. . .
Judge at McClusky Busy With Weddings
Two marriages occurred in
McClusky last week, and license to wed was granted to a third couple, according
to William G. Paul, county judge.
Miss Vergil Lee, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Lee, southwest of McClusky, became the bride of Harold Brown, son of
Mrs. Hattie Brown, south of Pickardville, last Saturday.
Christof Schell
Jr., Pickardville, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Christ Schell, Mercer, and Olga Just,
Mercer, were married the latter part of last week.
Edward E. Seibel, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Seibel, and Helen Seibel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Seibel, McClusky, were married by Judge Paul, at his office Wednesday.
Sheridan County Farmer Succumbs
William Tagatz, who farmed near
Denhoff for 10 years, died at his home Saturday morning at 2 o'clock. He had
been in ill health for the last two years, following a paralytic stroke in 1929.
At the time of his death Mrs. Tagatz was nursing him. She retired at 12:30
a. m. and awoke at 2:30 to find that her husband had quietly passed away.
Crystal Lke, Marquette county, Wis., was William Tagatz' former home. He was
born there in 1861 and was married to Bertha Wahl at Neilsville, Wis., Feb. 23,
1902.
Mr. and Mrs. Tagatz moved to Sheridan county in the fall of 1921,
settling on the farm north of Denhoff. They sold their personal property and
moved to Montana in 1929 but returned to Denhoff last fall.
Mr. Tagatz
left four children. They are: Mrs. Wm. Alms, Denhoff; Mrs. Julius Glaser,
Tuttle; and Russell and Louise, both living at home. His mother lives at Berlin,
Wis., and he also leaves four brothers, two sisters and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at Denhoff Sunday afternoon, conducted by the
Rev. E. E. Eidb of Bowden and Rev. H. A. Lintz of Denhoff. Interment was made in
the Denhoff cemetery.
Boy Scouts … Troops at McClusky, Denhoff, Goodrich, Pickardville and Mercer
… E. R. Hegg, chairman … A. N. Finstad … Perry Van Vleet … B. C. Hjelle … E.
H. Wahl … Guy Bonnetto …
F. F. Hubbell ... Tenderfoot badges: William
Braun, George Gardner, Walter Hjelle, Bruce Hjelle, Alvin Just, George Krug,
Carl Littke, Edwin Littke, Dwane Rice and Woodrow Skow, all of the
newly-organized troop at Mercer, and Emil Bauer, McClusky.
Second class
badges … Leonard Augustad, Paul Augustad, Walter Doering, Victor Jasman,
Douglas Mutchler and Raymond Kraft of Troop 15, Goodrich; William Jefferies,
Donald Jefferies, Lawrence Peterson, Ervin Peterson, Paul Swendsen, Carl
Swendsen, Roy Swendsen, Allen Van Vleet and James Van Vleet of Troop 68,
Pickardville; and Leland Rohrer of Troop 56, McClusky.
A first class
badge … Charles Leibig …
Merit badges
… Harvey Finstad, McClusky … Dan Fandrich,
McClusky … Scoutmaster F. F. Hubbell, McClusky … Bob Billigmeier, McClusky …
Dale Schwartz, McClusky … Charles Liebig, Richard Akland, William Pensky, Rudy
Heib, Donald Hemple, Donald McKinnon and Carly Gramm, all of Denhoff … Bob
Billigmeier, Dan Fandrich and Harvey Finstad …
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