Good morning, Whitewater
There are no public meetings scheduled in the city today.
In our history today, there are two crime-related events. The first is from 1911, involving the tragic kidnapping and murder of a small child. Here is the Wisconsin Historical Society account:
n this date 7-year-old Annie Lemberger was kidnapped from her bedroom. Despite an intensive search by police and volunteers, she was not recovered. Three days later, cement worker George Younger found her body floating in Lake Monona. Police arrested Lemberger neighbor John A. “Dogskin” Johnson for the crime. Johnson confessed to the murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Johnson later claimed he was coerced into confession and continually proclaimed his innocence. Members of the Lemberger family were also accused of the crime. Johnson was eventually freed based on additional evidence offered during a pardon hearing. The story was sensationalized in local media for years.
There is a national crime-related moment from history on this date, too. On this date in 1890, New York native William Kemmler, a confessed killer, was the first person executed in the electric chair.
The National Weather Service, predicts a high of 82 degrees and a slight chance of thunderstorms. The Farmers’ Almanac, predicts “becoming wet Great Lakes, followed by clearing.”