I just joined the list today. I have lots of questions and a fair amount of data. My main surnames in this area are listed in the subject. Most immediately I have the following wonderings: This week I went to Wis. Rapids to look at my ancestor's stomping grounds. (I live in Glendale WI, near Milwaukee.) I knew my 2g-uncle Roland Silas "Todd" Payne had been the chief of police for 22 years prior to his death in 1939. However, I was astonished to learn that he died in the line of duty. 2 17-year old young men, one surnamed Noel, were being transported back to the Rapids after being captured in Indiana for car theft. They overpowered Chief Payne, and his asst. chief, took them captive; Payne had a heart attack, the teens refused to get treatment, and Payne died. I saw a snip in a history book that said that Mr. Noel later escaped from prison, and was recaptured in 1945. Does anyone know the rest of the story about these young men's court trials and later lives? And: Did they ever figure out how the teens got a gun, thereby overpowering the police? Second, I understand that my Payne relatives were buried from the "M.E. Church", and the Careys were buried from the "Catholic Church", all in the earliest part of 1900s. What were those churches' full names? Third: Chief Payne had a daughter, Lola Payne Neumann, who served as Police Desk Sergeant. She is buried alone in Forest Hill. The caretaker said her husband was probably Leo Neumann, who apparently remarried. Were there any children by those marriages? Any further data on Leo? (and don't get me started on the "Chief Payne" funnies... I have a whole list of real Payne names that sound even funnier...) Thanks! Deb Gunther