Related Records

1. Article reporting the arraignment of Robert Loveless for unlawful possession of liquor. 7/27/1934 - Iron County Miner (Hurley)

   7/27/1934

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2. A series of news clippings relating to the arrest of Emil Wanatka Sr. for the murder of his close friend Charles Pacini. - Pacini, a Kenosha theatre magnate was found murdered 8/14/1920. Wanatka was arrested in Chicago and taken to Kenosha were he was charged with the crime. He strongly denied any involvement. Frank Lang was convicted of the murder but later repudiated his confession and eventually was released from prison. Wanatka maintained his innocence and was never convicted. The murder was never solved. The record includes links to the longer articles.

   1922

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3. ATF and FBI agents search Denys Ray Hughes' property on 30-30 Road for explosives. 7/16/2005 - Vilas County Sheriff arrests Hughes after being notified by federal agents that he possessed bomb making material.

   7/16/2005

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4. Dillinger Wanted Poster ca 1930s - Wanted in 5 states - $20,000 reward

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5. Historical article about 30-30 Lodge on Vance Lake. 1934-1994 - Written by Kay Krans and Emily Magyer for the MWHS web page and the March 2022 newsletter.

   8/23/2005

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6. Louis Laffin caught and arraigned for illegal possession of moonshine whiskey and wort beer. 9/1932

   September 1932

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7. Louis LaPorte and Andrew Johnson arrested for the unlawful possession of liquor. February 1922 - Three newspaper clippings reporting the arrest in Manitowish, WI at the train depot.

   1922

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8. Louis LaPorte indicted by US Federal Grand Jury in Madison, WI for violation of Prohibition law. 3/8/1924 - Newspaper clippings from The Sheboygan Press reporting the indictment of 19 individuals for various offenses.

   1922

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9. Newspaper article reporting the body of fugitive Denys Ray Hughes was found in North Platte, NE. 4/12/2013 - Denys Hughes, who had served prison time for trying to produce a biological weapon and pipe bomb, was being transferred from Colorado prison to a halfway house in Milwaukee, WI when he got off the bus in Nebraska and disappeared.

   4/12/2013

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10. Newspaper articles about the emergency incident in Manitowish Waters involving potential explosives and biological agents found in the home of Denys Ray Hughes. July 2005 - The incident involved an unprecedented number of national, state, county and local law enforcement and emergency agencies.

    8/23/2005

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11. Newspaper clippings of Miss Ethel Powell of Fern Lodge Resort on Dam (Vance) Lake. 1915-1944 - Clippings about Ethel's activities, locations, 1944 obituary and Fern Lodge Resort on the Manitowish River/Vance Lake. Included in the record is Ethel's 1938 recipe for Mince Meat Pie written on a lodge invoice.

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12. Oscar Hanke, manager of a soft drink parlor located at the Tower Tea Room, was accosted and shot three times on Sunday night, July 27, 1930. - Authorities thought the shooting maybe be related to an ongoing slot machine "war" or possibly resulting from Hanke's changing employment. Soda fountains or parlors were popular during Prohibition, 1920 - 1933. Hanke was arrested in 1947 for gambling violations in Hurley, WI. The Tower Tea Room building was built in 1928 by Arthur and Jo Zermuehlen. They divorced in 1930 but Jo, aka Jo Bernard, continued to own it until 1944 when the Garbers purchased it.

    7/27/1930

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13. Robert Loveless: The Northwoods Jack of All Trades by Kay Krans 1891-1949 - The article recounts Loveless' life in the Manitowish Waters area including his many entrepreneurial pursuits. Learn about his Virgin Forest Park dance pavilion on Alder Lake during the Roaring 1920s and Prohibition.

    2/2021

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14. Three clippings about Clement Vita's legal troubles during Prohibition. 1923 & 1927 - 1923: Clement Vita paid a court fine for possessing the largest moonshine still ever taken in violation of liquor laws. 1927: His Silver Street saloon in Hurley, The Humula, was padlocked by the government for selling intoxicating liquors. Vita had a summer cabin on the Rest Lake channel.

    1923 & 1927

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15. Two images of Louie LaPorte's moonshine camp(s) in Manitowish and newspaper clippings of being arrested and indicted for possession of liquor during Prohibition. ca 1922-1924 - Louie had a still on Grant Lake in Iron County and may have had stills in other locations.

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