Feb. 5 - Deputy
Sheriff Bayless this week received summons for 57 witnesses in the celebrated
West Prairie riot case to be tried in the circuit court.
Feb. 12 - The
West Prairie riot case is in progress in Carlinville this week. About sixty-five
persons from the West Prairie neighborhood went up there on Wednesday.
Feb. 19 - The West Prairie riot case, The People vs. Richard Sawyer, Wm.
Jarman, Walter O'Neal, Harvey Alexander, Hamp Wooldridge and Pony Page
was tried last week and resulted in the acquittal of the defendants. The
case consumed three days of valuable time and will cost at least $1,000.
All over a free fight at a dance. These are the kind of cases that make
reputable taxpayers weary. Thursday night one of the witnesses in the West
Prairie riot case of whom there were about 40, fainted while on the witness
stand, causing some commotion for a time in the court room.
Contributed by Cindy Leonard
"Uncle Sam has rented a forty acre field from Joseph Wheeler of Carlinville
for the purpose of using it as an airplane field for it's mail service. The land
is located in Bird Township and was rented for the price of $10 per acre."
Contributed by Jim Frank
J. Faulstich Merchant Tailor
Late 1800's
John Faulstich, (left, with hands on hips), outside the store.
If you know the name of John's son, (standing on right); or the year this photo was taken;
please let us know.
Faulstich Bros.
Early 1900's
Clothing Store
Contributed by Jeff Faulstich, John's gggrandson
Then it was noon and I had one class to go: American History 225 with Victor Hicken. It would be one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. Victor Hicken WAS American history. It oozed from every pore of his body. We lived the American Civil War through the reflective eyes of this splendid educator. From Bull Run to Vicksburg to the burning of Atlanta, he took us with him. You could cut the emotion in the classroom with a knife when he spoke of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomatox. You were there. Victor Hicken knew about war: knew about it first hand, as only a veteran could. You see, a mere 22 years earlier, he had been part of the original assault force on Dog Green sector, Omaha Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Vic Hicken knew how to teach history."
-- Memories of Professor Victor Hicken from The Western Alumni News, Winter 1998, by Gordon Taylor, Associate Vice President, Western Illinois University
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