Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-05-10

''ei VI HIS Judgment, future
anticipated honors appearing greater than
present success, and domestic tranquility.
Oh, how many have been misled bv the
same mistaken idea.
The officer kissed his babes. and threw
his arm around the form of his companion
for he loved her with strength that knew
no bounds, and as he planted a parting
kiss upon her fair cheek, she felt that he
trembled and as be said to her, Il will
be back in the morning; good bye" there
was tremulousness in his voice that gave
evidence of more feelings than those of
duty, that moved his soul AS he spoke
the last words, he stepped out of the house,
and was on his journey after the prisoner.
We pass over many of the incidents
that might with propriety fId a place
here, were it not that we do not wish to
write toe much ofdetails, suffice it to say, that
IN the summer of 1857, William Foster, and
John Dennison, both lived in the town of
| W, in Washington County, in the
State of New York difficulty arose be-
tween them, trifing at first 20 be SIRE,
but it ripened into a deadly hatred; and
for words that fell from the lips of Dennison,
that had Better been kept to himself:
Foster swore he would have revenge"
Those words were heard by several at the
time, but nothing was thought of them
then, only as words harshly spoken in a
quarrel, that would, in calm moments, be
forgotten. Not so with Foster; those
words "revenge terrible revenge!" set
tied upon his soul, and made there cank-
ering moral sore. Well would it have been
for him, had they not.
So bitter was the hatred that sprung up
between these men, that, in the fall, Den
nison thought for the sake of peace, he
would sell out and move West; which he
did, and located in the central portion of
Wisconsin. Nothing of note transpired in
the interim, that we shall record. until the
following winter. when, early one morning
In December, about one mile from his
home, Dennison was found beside the read
lying in his own blood, dead ; three ghastly
wounds across his face and neck, and one
deep penetrating wound having reached
the heart. Excitement rose to terrible
pitch in the vicinity, suspicious characters
we're arrested examined and discharged,
and the whole affair was shrouded in
mystery none could even imagine who
could be the perpetrator; none knew of
an enemy that Dennison had TO be sure he
had three or four hundred dollars in money,
and an elegant gold watch upon his per-
son: but they were not disturbed. What
could have been the motive of the perpe-
tration Of this foul deed! No strange
suspicious character had been seen lurking
around strangers to be sure we're coming
and going, among whom was one fine look
ing gentleman with full beard and rather
long hair. well dressed and very gentle
manly; he left with others in the morning
stage before the news of the murder had
reached the village, and none suspected
him. Time rolled on the news of the
sad fate of Dennisson soon reached his
former place Of residence in New York.
Questions were asked, and queries arose
in the minds of the people; the terrible
words g will have revenge" " flashed across
the mind of one of Dennison' S friends, who
was present when they dropped from the
lips Of Foster Foster had left W,
several months before, when he had gone,
none knew of his whereabouts Nothing
but the murder of Dennison who was the
murderer ? and where the abiding place of
Foster? was heard in either public or pri-
yate places for quite a time, but like all
other excltments, that passed by and was
only remembered as an incident, save by
two or three of the murdered mans friends
Time passed on, men moved and settled
IN various sections of the country among
the rest one from W, n Y, settled
in the central portion of Wisconsin and
commenced improving a new farm as thous-
ands of others have done before him. One |
day while in village in the town in which |
he settled, he saw familiar face, at least |
SO it seemed to him; memory strove to call
to mind where he had seen that face before;
in a few moments all was clear to him. 1t |
was William Foster; he started forward |
to offer his hand and claim recognition
he halted, turned away unrecognized, aud
passed from the store.
The murder of Dennisou, a former
friend of his came fresh to his mind for
a few moments he reflected upon the best
course to pursue; his plan was laid he
wrote to Dennison's brother in W,
the discovery he had made, and in three
weeks that brother under the cover of
night, sought cut the new house of his
friend. They conferred together, Fosters
history, SO far as bis residence in Wiscon- |
sin was concerned, had already been learned
by the man who first discovered his where
abouts. Nothing of Importance seemed to
be attached to his habits, since be lived
there, only that be was in the habit of
drinking rather hard, and associated with
one man that all looked upon with suspic-
ion; yet none knew why, but such was the
predictions Of the people.
Not many days from that time, the doc
ument spoken of in the announcement. was
put into the hands of the Sheriff, and in
due time the officer returned with his pris-
oner handcufed, to the hotel. The news
of an examination for murder few like
wild fire over the town, and before TIE case
commenced, large crowd had collected, a
few strangers had arrived, thousand sur
misses, reports and speculations were on
foot, and men differed in their opinions as
much as usual Some thought murder
was slammed on his a5erv fnaturas. others