Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-18

- Perrin Have known Galloway fo
20 years; knew him in Michigan: never knew
anything serious against him; to my knowl
edge he has always sustained good charac
ter; knew him 10 Illinois and in this county
! left Mich. 10 1888; Galloway left there in 81
81 went to Lapor.e, Ia, then to Hancock CO..
Illinois; came to Beesown about two years
ago; Galloway lived in Nauvoo, Illinois lived
eight miles from me in Michigan; know
nothing of him from the time he left Mich.
gan until he came here; have heard of his
having scrapes before.
~. NJ. Pa,oLng have known Galloway
Tor 20 years, he was accounted good man
ne ie's michigan In 1888; I lived within 10
miles OF him; he removed 10 Indian. then 10
Illinois. then here, he has lived sbou, Nauvoo !.
l am not related to him.
I'm Pa,cling Il have known Ga,,ou.u
since | was four years old have known him
as peaceable man he left Michigan in 1899
he left in the spring of 80; he went &c Indi.
ana then to Nauvoo and next 10 Beetown: I
am bro,her.in-law Of Galloway.
John Freeland-Konws Galloway since
October last one year; have never known him
as quarrelsome men; believe him by repa,a.
ton to be quiet man, man once gave him
the lie and he resented and knocked the man
down.
Lorenzo Feld-Isaw the ground measured
from where Poe and the ARRAY was; 30 yards
to where johnson stood; ! placed myself in
the position where Poe stood and could distin.
guish BY clothes, &C., at the distance; | know
nothing but what Johnson told me; Johnson
went through the motions SO that could see
whether Poe could have seen from there.
Isaac Mcdonald, recaled-Brewer came
down and wanted US to 60 up with him to
give himself up; the day before the ARRAY De
Lassaulx told Brewer he was going to sence
the lime kiln. leaving a gateway open TO it;
Brewer said he would tear the fence down
then De L said will shoot you.
- Wafk,ns--I have conveTsed with An.
son Thomas and said De l. called for help;
he run up and he thought Galloway had
pushed him off. but was 80 cufused tina, he
knew nothing for certain; this conversation
took place the evening of the Let Of April; he
though, Galloway had pushed him back.
Mss Cook--I saw something abou. the diff
fculty; saw Brewer and Galloway; ! did no,
see Galloway take any part 10 the transaction
l saw Thomas in the road calling for Poe. and
saw Brewer strike three times l was standing
at height of four rails; could distinguish
every thing; did not see Thomas advance; the
rails were al the corner Of the house; Gallo.
way appeared to be near Brewer and De Las.
...,., ,irv isvuvU where was Is about two
hundred yards off; Brewer was striking some.
thing, do not know what; did not notice
wha, Thomas did after saw him 10 the
road.
Mrs. Freeland-I looked out of a glass
tina. was crooked as soon as ! heard the gun
FIRE; saw no part of the difficulty between
Brewer and De l.; ! saw person whom
have since learned to be Galloway standing
with his back 10 me and who took no part in
the difficulty.
Horace Catlin and a. J. Howe testified as TO
what Thomas swore too on the examination at
Beetown, that Thomas swore that Galloway
,aised his hand, and did not promptly swear
hat Galloway had pushed him back from De
Lassaulx.l
Esquires Cath, and Coyse corroboraied the
es,imony as taken before the examining court,
IF Arson Thomas.
The case having been ably argued, the jury
retired and in a few minutes returned into
court verdict of guilty agains. the defendan.
90 charged in the indictment.
On Tuesday evening the prisoner came into
court, man about 6 fee, high, with face in
which could be seen little emo,ion--none it
may be said his arms tied with erope-snd
his full eyes glancing from one obies, to an.
other. with look of disirus, and strong con-.
seriousness of impending danger; yet 5raced
with nerves oil iron--to hear his sentence.
The prisoner stood up; and when asked BY
the Court to show cause, if any there were,
why the sentence of the law should not be
passed upon him. spoke for few minutes (his
will be reported hereafter,) when his
Honor the Judge proceeded to sentence the
prisoner in language and manner too impress
sive ever to be forgos,en---in nearly the follow
ing words:-
"Robert B. Brewer, the solemn and
awful duty Of pronouncing the SEN
tence of the law against you now de-
wolves upon the Court. 1t is needless
for me to state to intelligent and hui
name men, that the duty is excessive
ly painful, it is imperious however, and
the Court cannot, and must not shrink