St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-12-23
,FTon tie -M;uucsottun
The Little: Ealls Dimcuzties.---
4 Chapter On Moocasin
Democracy
To tie Editors Of tic lNi,1ues,t;:un:

~ wv -1"tto'.' " ttc 4utiNcoStt0H:
l!iTrIE Falls, Morrison Co., Nov. 20, 1853
The oriyi.lal progress Of the recent
difficulties which have tr;lnspircd at Little
Falls during the past year, ought, in jus
tee to the respectable portion ot the poo
ric Of this towis, lie fully stated to th<
public.
.Eo: full year past, our town has bee,
dlsgEaced by u gang Of rutians and row.
dies, who, setting al! law at defiance, ,sav<
rcyellcd in riot and crime. This banditt
force were scatteccd all along the countr;
hctvcc,l Platte River and Grow VIM"
this town being the central point Of opc-
,;!tions, and the residence Of many Of the
prominent lenders OF the clan. Bcine
the c;dcrs OF tic Dcmccrat::c party il,
this section, too, and occupying a high
position u1nonS tie lca>!in3 Democratic
pol;t; :*12, throughout the ss;t;t<;, ,ilcy were
c'::i!] Cd to bring almost the entire force
OF t:c Democratic party to their aid, OH
the shortest notice. U;ic OF them once
reprs scented The Democracy in the Yerri-
eori;s; Council, twice il. The Legislature,
and III the CollSt;t i; ,,::>,iaul CONVENTION,
Wi!i-e others have held, and arc now hold
my va4lou; Offices from the Democracy
AMI the general governments
.l.ic l,:lnlctiiuto occasion ut the late
outbreak, was the commission Of l4l;1-
t;cjo,ta assault unon Il l.r. Rarnula, ol
TIL, .>'acv, (, Justice Of the Peace, who
h;ia <iarcd to question: tho propricty Of
Io-cie c;ing the present Sheriff, who was
known 10 be ono OF the most unscyupu-
loiis Ut the cl:,n Mr.. Harn,*,.. was ca
t!cc>i ouc Of his house late at might, by
sollt q: the ruttti:,1s, when he was in4'nc-
diatcl y Knocked down with a heavy bl'ici-
Seon, >.ad after beating him ,>i!tiI !,fc was
nearly extinct, they dragged ':u to the
hotci, threw liin upon The steps, and lett
him, onc OF t|lc:is 1c:nalA!luy, that - The
old cuss wont issue any more Writs. u -Ni.
Earnul,l's cries Of "lnur>vr' ,.ay:ng
aroused his ueisllbors, they came to his
aid, and treatc<s one of the ass;issirs to a
full charge ct puck shot as he was r,jrcat-
ing.
The next dsy two Of The Democratic
would-bc murdereTs, one Of them TIE
Sheriff Of the C1unty, were arrcstcd.-
There being no acting Justice Of the
Fcacc in the County beside the injured
man, and tearing that justice would be
administered them by the Court Coln'n;s-
sioner OF Morrison County, they prevailed
upon the Deputy Sheriff, (&;tlci BY the
influence Of Lio:. udvc James Hail. Iote
Democratic ,judye 9f tic fourM Juti;:ciok
District, acEo has been, ant no;c IS thc
>fu"a'ny oftoracy Of this Usmocrutic
ban"tnt) to ia llc them before Court Com
missioner Sweet, Of Benton County, Tor
examination, wAo was opportuncIy, on a
visit to his friend, len. Wm. Stur@css,
who Is generally supposed to be the prime
mover, and wirc- -pullcr Of tho whole clan.
Democratic Commissioner Sweet, held
Democratic Sheriff Pugh, (not Puhe,)
and Democratic "hiyh private" Rich
ardson, special "fugleman D to Democrat
ic " Blu" Sturyis, to bail, Democratic
thigh private" Richardson found Demo-
cratic rawdy straw-bail, which Democratic
Sheriff Pugh, could not, in Morrison Coun-
ty. Democratic Commissioner Sweet,
therefore made out commitment for
Democratic Sheriff Push, and he was
started for the Fort in charge Of Deputy
sheriff Brown for safe keeping, with in
structions to take bail on the way, proyi:
ded Democratic Sheriff: Pugh should be
SO fortunate as to obtain that, to him,
useful article.
These proceedings were had. I, Swan