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rUUK I fctrlAnother Vidim Of Foray DiesDeath Is Seventh In Chippewa Falls Holdup-Murder CaseCHJPPKWA FALLS. Wis . Der]6._—T*—The death last night of F.arl Redard. 28, was the cpventn remlting from last Saturday's hou: s in whilt; 11 tran pi red a holdup. shootings, an incendiary fire and a suicide, and brought to light an ur.‘ \‘cut'd kidnaping plotRedard, a -cr. we sh.tion operator, suuumbrd a* a hospital to shotgun wounds in the stomach and arm.Police Chief Ed Holtz said Redard to’ 1 : m tb.f weapon was fired by Don iId T. Cameron, 3a. a salesman v. no committed suicide after four members of his family were left for dead in a blazing lake Wissota cottage.Holtz quoted Redard as saying that the shooting t*ok place when Cameron held up Redard’s service station, obtained $20, and then fired when Redard and two others resisted. The others, both wounded, were Sam Holeen. 31, and Frank Babbitt, 31, both of Bloomer.BackgroundThe body of Marshall Brenden, Fau Claire service station operator, was found at almost the same hour in an Eau Claire cemetery some 15 miles away. He had been shot and robbed of $100. Authorities have not decided, however, whether there was a connection between the cases.Cameron was pursued to his cottage after the holdup. Sighted by police officer':, he ended his life in his garage with a shotgun. Flames spread quickly through the cottage in which died Cameron's wife. Louise; their son, Donald. 2, and Mrs. Cameron’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wilk, Minneapolis.Chief Holtz and UndersheriffConrad Thomson, who interviewed Wilk family members in Minneapolis yesterday in search of a motive for Cameron’s actions, reported no success.In Cameron’s pockets was found evidence of an intended ransom demand from an Eau Claire resident. planned for late October but nev er executed.Resort Owners to Aid In Fight on RagweedMILWAUKEE, Dec. 16. F -The W isconsm Hotel association’s convention neared adjournment today after t ie resort division adopted a p. * gi on of co-opeia-tion with toe st.ite conservation commission.The program was aimed at elimination of ragweed and mos-qui’oev and improvement of fishing. wild 1 fe and forest condi-t ions.R .T Froehhg, Eagle River, was elected chairman of the division. Charles Go’d. mmer. Elkhart Lake, was named vice (ban man, and John Weber Jr. lt;f W.cukesha. sec-reta: y.Notion Must Be Built On Faith, Wiley SaysWAUSAU. Wis.. I)oc. 16- P -New frontiers in t• t* fields of m-dustry and economics remain for youth to conquer . Senator Alexander Wilev of Chippewa Kails told the Chamber of Commerce last night.Wiley asserted that “the more abundant life is not to be found in defeatism or fear of curtailment of production, but in a proper distribution of the products of the nation.”The nation s economic str ucture, he said, mud be “built by faith, not legislation.’’Heart Attack Fatal To Portage JudgeMADISON'. Wis., Dec. 16 V— Columbia County .Judge A. F. Kellogg. 67, of Portage, died of a heart attack in his automobile while Christmas shopping here yesterday with his wife and son, John, a Univer'ity of Wisconsin student. The jurist was sitting in the front seat of the car with his son, who was driving.NEXT WEEK’S WE
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Racine Journal Times
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Dec 16, 1939
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