The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-03
TWO SOLDIERS KILLED.
The Facts in the c nsc.

Some mention has already been made Of q
terrible shooting affair st Lancaster, which
resulted in the killing Of two soldiers Of the
! 18th Ohio Regiment. Wehaye been enabled
to lay the essential facts Of the case before our
readers. as derived from highly intelligent
gentleman who was present at the coroner s
| inque,t. and who heard all the testimony
giyen in regard to the unfortunate airiir.
| II appears that on last Saturday, about five
o'clock in the afternoon, a little party Of sol
/ dicrs went into a saloon to take drink to.
| gether. In the room were several citizens.
among them John See and his son Geo See.
Mr Lant-, City Marshal Of Lancaster, was
also among them. Afler taking their drink,
one O the soldiers good humoredly cxrrcss
Ell his desire to introduce his comrades to
/ Geo See. remarking ut the same time, that
| he, Geo. Sec, wes q Buttcrnut Lieut.. Colonel
cf n militia regiment Of that county, George
See reseutCd this, and some words passed be-
tween him and the soldiers, who then started
Z to leave. Ashley renched the door, George
I SEE remarked that Zee would "mask them FOR
calling him BnttCrnut Lieut.. Colonel
/ The soldiers thcrcupnn turned back aud re-.
plioa that lee might mark them thcrc, md.
word. Ia ssiuC. they invited him out to the
sttect to settle tho matter on the spot At
| this, John See. the father, who had been
acstel in q window. md with whom no
words had lee Z passed, got M. approached
the ssiIiers aud fred his revolver. The shot
knoE eff ct on (. s,older named John Little.
pnssjng dircetly e. ruugh the heart. aud he
died alsnost isnnicLia ely. At the same time
Geo. So, tho son struck one of the soldiers
who returned ss,e blow, whercupon Geo. See
drew up chair, and Ly n blow with 1t knock
ed R,e soldier T. hia kneel. Almost directly
ou dis, John See 81 red anot Ter shot from his
rerelvcr, which took cfTce. ol, a soldier nam
ed VI 'chnels, psssing u'roueh the bowels,
from which wound he died the next day.
Atuaeted by ;hc shooting and noise Of the
anlny, ecvcNl eitiEcne uo~ iushe into the
grocery, ind at the same time both John See
aud Geurce .nidc for che back do"i of the
house. As thcy were pGssing out tliir shot
was fred, without cfireti At tie hick the
building, herse belonging to See, %as
stsndiag hiteied. George See mounted the
horse, aud j olin See, the father, on foot start
cd foe their home, about mile aud half
out Of Lancaster. Seeing thstthey had soue
the soldiers st once pressed several horse.
aud pursued 10 arrest them. They came
near tacm when they had gS,ss alout half way
home. Seeing that they were pursued, Geo.
See di'mouuted and gave the horse to hi' ia.
thee. wto bad ysed tie revolver, aud George
siuseif saSboS OF across the selds on foot.
Tho @.ldicrs purAacd him, and in about ~
sninGi chase, ptared liEa, Rpounted him cn
a horac behihd one Of their number and
brought him iuto town on <be eicoct opp, site
the grocery where the shooting had occurred.
in hiscap,ore no violence wac used upon him.
But when lie was brought upon the street nt
the grocery, where great aud excited crowd
had by this time gathered, he wne rulled frcR'
the horse and severely bcntcu by the crowd.
Some Of the more eons.dcratc among the cit
izcns interros d.. and succeeded IN getting
safety. He IS now getting well ot his brui-
ses. The citizens of influence aud standing
are doing all they can 10 sllay the excitement
which is very intense.
John See, who did the shooting, IA still At
large, though pursued. The county author
lhorities have iss Ied hand bills for his arrest
Offering $500 reward for his return to justice.
The testimony Sses to show that previous to
lisusing his revolver, John Scehid not been
assaulted at all. nor even spoken to by the
soldirrs. The testimony also shows that the
City Marshal, Lantz tholgh preselt at the
whole affair, made no attempt % stop tke sf.
fray, nor to make any arrests, but permitted
the Sees to escape. although he witnessed the
shooting Of the two soldiers by John See.
The whole tragicll aif.ir is Of rios mel
nncholy character, anl shows the pernieious
consequences of men habitutlly carrying
deadly weapons abou. their persons. John
See was politician of some activity in the
county, and had been proposed as candidate
for Sheriff. But, in moment Of impulse,
he took the lives of two men, brought their
blood upon his hands, and ruin and wretch
edness upon himself,-CoLUNBUs JouR.
p. S.-Since tue above was put in
type, we learn from Columbus, that the
young Copperhead SEE who participated
in the murder oftwo soldiers in Llncas-
ter, and afterwards severely beaten by
tie citizens, died on Saturday evening
last at that place. 1t is great pity he
was not hung on the spot when captur-
ed. We hope the above transaction
will be warning to a great many of
the clustering CoPpcrheads, and learn
them that soldiers have rights which