Gambling
Appleton, Wis., May 19.— Governor Davidson has taken a hand in wiping out gambling in Outagamie county. He has written Sheriff Koch that it is his duty to throw out all slot machines without waiting for complaints to be filed. As a result fifteen places in Kaukauna, each of which is operating from one to six machines, will no doubt be raided. The governor's letter is the result of an attack on gambling made by Rev. A. W. Ziechel, representative of the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon league. Ziechel says he presented affidavits to the sheriff from fifteen persons on May 4, showing that the machines were in operation, but that the official refused to take action against the Kaukauna men, that place being his former home. The governor has written a letter directing that, slot machines in Outagamie county be removed.
A crusade is to be made also against raffling at church fairs. Sheriff Koch today sent out notices that if he learned of any church society holding a lottery of any kind arrests would follow. His decision was caused by the letter he received from Governor Davidson, saying in part, "It is your duty to confiscate all gambling devices of all kinds and destroy them. The sheriff rules that the raffling indulged in at Catholic fairs here is gambling.
["The Minneapolis Journal", (Minneapolis, Minn.), May 20, 1906 - Sub. by K.T.]

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A Lecturer Mobbed.
Appleton, Wis.,Jan 18,—Major Sims, an A. P. A. lecturer, was mobbed at Kaukauna last night. A mob of 2,000 people collected outside the hall and stoned the building. Sims and a party of friends barricaded the door and resisted the assaults of the mob. The sheriff of Outagamie county was sent for by Mayor Renter, who also telegraphed for militia, which Governor Peck denied unless asked for by the sheriff. The sheriff's party dispersed the mob and with the help of the local officers escorted Sims to his boarding house. The mob followed, throwing stones. Sims was knocked senseless by a stone, but the officers fought the mob off and got him safely to his lodgings. The mob then dispersed. Sims was escorted to the train this morning by three men armed with Winchester rifles, and left for Ashland. Bitter feeling has existed for several months at Kaukauna over the A.P.A., and the town is torn up socially and in a business way by the events of last night. [The Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), January 18, 1894]