Minnesota weekly times., 1854-06-13
TIIAT oUTRACE-sHERIFF NOT DEAD.

THAT 0UTRAGE-sHERIFF NOT DEAD.
The following additional particulars concern
ing the outrage committed on the Sheriff OF Clay.
ton CO., Iowa, we find in the Garnavillo {Iowa)
Herald of the 9th inst
1t is seldom, indeed, we are called upon, in this
land Of liberty and among this law-abiding peo-
pie, to record any act Of such diabolica nature
as the one perpetrated upon the sheriff OF this
county, by the officers and crew of the steam boat
Henrietta, on Monday last. We give the circum-
| stances attending this horrible outrage with az
much minuteness as we have been able to gather
| them from what we consider the most reliable
| sources.
Some three weeks ago, Mr.. Harding, merchant
| of Menona, took passage on the Henrietta at Nc.
Gregor's Landing for Galena. During the pas
sage Mr.. Harding saw tit to demonstrate with the
captain of the boat for racing with another boat,
and otherwise endangering, as he thought, the
For this the captain, together with the clerk Of the
boat, put Mr.. Harding ashore and left him at Cass.
vile. Mr.. Harding, on his return home, procured
a warrant from the clerk Of the court and put it
into the hands of the sheriff, to attach and retain
the Henrietta to answer unto the said Harding in
personal damages. In strict pursuance of the Or
der of court, and in discharge of his official du-
ties, the sheriff proceeded to McGregor's Land
ing to execute the warrant by attaching and de-
tanning the boat. Un Monday last, about one
O'Clock P. NJ, the Henrietta, on her return trip
from st. Paul came into port at S!eGregor's, and
after the boat was made fast and the plank thrown
out, the sheriff walked aboard and presented his
authority to the captain of the boat, and ordered
him not to leave the port. After doing this he
returned to the lower deck, when the second mate,
who was then acting mate-in consequence of the
first mate being confined to his bed with broken
arm, done in fight which they had just had with
the authorities at Stilwater-and who was at
the time, standing on the hurricane deck, gave
orders to unfasten the boat, and at the same time
gave orders to the pilot to back out. The sheriff
was at this time standing beside the cable or an
chor chain, aud while in STOPPING position en-
deavoring to throw this over, in order that some
of the persons on shore might make the boat fast
with it, one of the crew came up and struck him
a heavy bow on the head with billet of wood.
The blow was sufficient to knock him down and
render him senseless, when the boat Immediately
backed out and proceeded down the river. The
officers and crew proposed leaving the sheriff on
the Wisconsin side of the river in his delirious
situation, and were only prevented from so do
ing by the remonstrances Of the passengers on
board, who told them that the sheriff had friends
t Clayton, and that he should be left there
they finally put him on to long raft near the
steam mill at the lower end of the town of Clay
ton. Three passengers, viz: DR.. II. Orlady and
Mr.. Jos. Johnston, of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. A.
NJ. Haines, merchant of Galena, who would not
see him thus left alone in his situaton-being all
this time yet unconscious-left the boat to take
care of him, and to convey the sad intelligence to
his friends. These men have the heartfelt thanks
of the relatives and friends of the in jurei man
for their kind attention to him. and the best wish
es of the community in general for their efforts to
bring the offenders to justice.
Since writing the above we learn that the au-
thorities of Dubuque county were ON the alert for
the same boat on her return, for some offence
committed there ON her upward trip; but what
has been the result, or what has been effected by
several men who started from this county in pur-
suit, we have not yet learned. The sheriff ap-
pears 10 be gradually improving, and his physi-
clans and friends have strong hopes Of his re-
cOycrv.