Bio: Salter, Mr./Mrs. Stewart – Car Stolen (Jan 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Salter

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 03 Feb 1972

A car belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Salter was stolen shortly after 1:30 a.m., Saturday morning in front of Ray’s Market in Unity, where Mr. and Mrs. Salter were visiting at the time.

The Marathon County authorities were notified of the theft at 2 a.m., and the car was found in flames at 3:30 a.m. on a town road three miles northeast of Spencer , according to a report by the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department. Spencer firemen were dispatched to the scene to extinguish the blaze, but the 1971 model was totally destroyed by the time they arrived. The authorities are continuing their investigation. A spokesman reported they have several suspect in mind, but no one has been taken into custody at the present time.