St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-12-23


River, and on the arrival of tic Derufy
with the prisoner at Little Falls they net
the Hon. avid Gilman, late Icu<-
cratic member Of the Constitutional CON-
yention, from the adjoining .ounfy IL
Benton; late candidate for Congress, IN d..
Democratic Convention, and ii; rresentI.
S. Deputy >3arsEap, who, being then with
awarrant iorthc arrest Of Democratic ..hio',
pirates Thompson and Staaclitfe, ,wy II
the most Desperate Of he democratic !Sa;:-
ditti, on the charge Of shooting at, and g.
tempting To rob Democratic Supe.int.uA
ent cS Indian Affairs Maj. Cullen, was 81
licited by Democratic Sheriff pug; f. ",,
his bail, which request he mast cilccr;,,I,y
complied with. On his :c;n" REQUIRED, T..
''vcrity,' rich scene cusucd. 1t first t..
was very rich, a very '.Astrr' for wc:;t,;.
but being informed by the Clerk OF til.
Court that lie wouiC; l!sc All inventor; II
his POSSESSIONS, he ''4nnckci off" =.
'.cats," and on i;,r:iier questioning, I."
though himself OF u ccrtain MORTGAGE. o.,
mortgages, which orlallel:ted his landed
estates. Being still pressed Tor 2e,:.:::.
he refused to ls:k Ike Any further diso,,c,. >ss:.
Us to his worldly POSSESSIONS. but ;n.z.,r-
able was che Court, and democratic I..,-
uty Us. MarShaii Gilman was atx,,. ;
compelled to disclose the TACT that Il: ,.s
III addition to his ornamental fixtures, t..
way OF mortgages. &c, holden TO the cs.u:.-
ty OF Benton IN the sum o. at least ~,
thousand dollars IS bail in. the 1rga;;ir,..:x
Sheriff, County Clerk and Ee";stc: -
Deeds OF said county, |;u5 finally t;;lr,,,ssi,
the intecccSsier CT Jull &c Hall, De;aoc:.,
&c Dc3uty; aiarsl.ai! Gilman YES acce,t*l
as bali; and Democratic Sheriff tueh 81
his great joy w:s released from "dura.:c.''
vile"
Some weeks p1io'. to The conmcnceil,> a..
Of these, proceedings, Il heavy robbery is..,i
been committed, in which some u ill.,.
parties, with other coniederates We're a.
pllcated. \ large a,;.ouut OF goods i:.:i
been stolen, Dad Il rcwart: OF two Lunt:.c..
dollars had been Offered for their ,cco. cI.
and the arrest Of the robbers.
During the tendency ol' the above E,rs.
ceed!ngs, it came out that s'snoc,::,. e
" Bill u Sturges, his brother, and *,.;.sa
dozen others, were The enterprising HUI
vlduals who had SO uncecemoniously ;.o.,~
" into trade" or another mans caii,;.,
or stock Of goods. Upon this I;sco,v:.,
Democratic ''Diil Stu:ges was Lvnpr,.i.
with the first warrant Of arrest, whic,.
honor WAS, however, soon extended to us
brother and other associates in the n..~
GENTLE business, and for some days Del:,.-
cratic Bill" l:ight have been SEGA.
raradiny the streets Of cur village un,;..
an escort OF our FIST a:,d best citizens.
each armed with'a loaded musket, wh;c;:
said lnuskets Democratic Bill" h:ni
himself, unde! The pretcucc Of organizing
a military company, introduced to aid tn.
bandittl Of which he was SO prominent =
member III the prosecution Of their duties
Although this WAS q rare and distinguish
ed honor, Democratic bill" did nus
seem az all pleased with it, but ticrevi,.
biting and swapping at his thumb nail,
peev;shly declared that it was "a prct:s
state OF things"
Having secured the nuskets, which ;..'
the way, Democratic "Ei}I" declared l.,
be most understandable and u,l"onst:s,i-
toni proceeding, the citizens ;,reccclct (.
iornl u vigilance committee fer the ,,1t:,.c-
ton Of their lives and property \ IA
lie meeting YVES called and tie COMMITTEE.
formed, consisting Vi sixty q tbs ;,..ss
citizcus OF this town and Belle pr:sr::,:,
headed Ly the lion. Baldwin ulmste1 vi
Fort Ripley.
Ihe committee proceeded u once to tie
discharge CT their duties, warned IL
quite 4 number Ct the Most desperate VII
hans, among WHOM WAS Democratic
+" Bi!rs' brother, and put Others .cn
their good behavior 49,
during this time, the Hen. James Hall
waxcd warm and eloquent in defence u.
"law aad ORDER" alid plead the caus,. u.
his murGerous clients with ali his VIII
drous powers. s..@T =.
But being detected IL furnishing ai,:
and comfort to the outlaws, i, was politely
limited to him that his '.roo.n was ,..nr-
agreeable than his company" in ,.,::t
vicinity, when the Hon. Judge "dllcd
up" somewhat. 5.-s. .s-s- .>*-.
In the meantime, Democratic " Ell, -
case had received the especial attention u:
the committee, and he was Informed tina.
the only question in regard to HIN, was,
"whether he should be hing OF sl.U. -
Now, to Democratic Bill" neither
conclusion was at.all pleasant. Poor rs
his prospects might be in this wo,i1,
there were gooa doubts in his 1:..l.l
whether they would be at all improset, s.:
emigrating to the next, aud 50 =. bill .
came down to the foot lights. z lie
went to the committee, and llisso .! red n
tears, begged that he might 3 S
A meeting was called, and s,rsasss:.s.
I" Bill = came forward to the coa.es s..aaai.
He had he said been s.an. awiut zsfs.,,...