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Waupaca Record

November 28, 1907

TWO SCANDINAVIA BOYS IN TROUBLE

Are Held at Antigo on Charge of A Serious Crime

Wenzel Wanninger of Antigo was shot and instantly killed on Saturday Nov. 23, in a saloon. The shooting was the result of a scuffle in which three or four were engaged. All were drinking and Edward Jacobson and Halverson, two young men of Scandinavia, are in jail. It is alleged they are charged with the crime. Both are young boys, 18 to 20, and they went north recently to work in the woods. But little can be learned of the affair.

Waupaca Republican

November 29, 1907

MAY PAY THE PENALTY IN PRISON

On Saturday evening at Antigo, Edward Jacobsen, a nineteen year old resident of Scandinavia, shot and killed Wenzel Wanniger in the lobby of the Windsor Hotel. As near as we can learn particulars it would seem that Jacobsen and comrade, Rasmus Halverson, were intoxicated and went into the hotel and began handling the furniture rather roughly. The murdered man, who was hotel clerk, ordered them to desist. Jacobsen then drew a revolver, shooting Wanniger in the shoulder. It is said that Wanniger then ran, but was met by Jacobsen, who shot or struck him a blow on the heart region, causing almost instant death. Both Jacobsen and Halverson were placed under arrest. We learn that Jacobsen, who did the shooting, is no relative of Ex-Supervisor Jacobson.