The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-12
Indians to come down 70 Atnnesota from
point asas Fart Riss lisEsooaslgtsss, grows;

Indians to come down 70 Minnesota from .
point asas Fort Rios is'sooaasl gf.ss, grows;
and thstamen9tAess wedl6 lodges Of Whine!
oagoesh \ have not tine te give You s,repoft
OF me 9tneE testimony. Suffice 1t to cay, that
clothing "a belonghk to the mnrdered fsmiiv:
After fair and impartial charge bv the act.
ing Judge, the jury retired, and after al, absence
OF about half an hour, rendered a yerdicf of
guilty, though strongly recommendino that The
prisoner be securely kept until the meetinr If
our District Court -aboutthe middle Of Nav
when the prisoner could be tried and convict.
ed by due process. The crowd, however,
was unwilling to agree to- this! and
others tried to get him back to the Jail. the
crowd run him off q short distance, where a
rope had already been tied to the overhanging
limb, of o tree. Arriving here, the struggle
still continuing, the crowd 0verpowered the
authorities, raised him up, placed the moose
around his head and drawed It tight. and then
swung him Oft In the haste they neglected
to tie his hands, and with these he clutched the
rope andheld himself of. He was hoisted up
erly pinioned. While this was being done, he
made a confession in French to Rev. Mr.. Som.
;mereisen, the Catholic priest of this place,
who was present and assisted the civil officers
to resist theIcrowd.a did not hear 1t, but un-
derstandIb by common report that he admitted
participating in the murder. He told Mr..
Sommereisen that he had hid q roll of
money under the floor Of the Jail, which
be desired to be given to his mother. Upon
investigation afterwards, this was found, and
ID now in the possession of Mr.. 8. i5i i'l ~.
70 Mr. JeweGt has known to have a sum Of
money TN bis house probably $5OD-and there
Is no doubt it belonged to him IL - L.,'i5--ili-
The wagon was then driven from under the
prisoner, and % write, his dead body is still
This morning an excited crowd appointed
COMMITTEES to wait upon Rev. Mr.. williamson,
Indian missionary in attendance at the Presby-
teFy Of Dakotas now in session here, and, who
reported to have preached on last evening
sympathislhg with the "good Indians" and
requested him to leave town, which he did.
This action is approved by many, but also
strongly condemned by Others. - q
The summary punishment inflicted upon
campbell was because of fear that the militia
ry authorities would take him off to ST. Paul
or Fort Ndgley. where, after . brief lconfne-
!mect ne would be released. The extreme
ieniency extended to these savage murderers
neretofere is responsible for the terrible scene
witnessed in our town to-day. '.s. -.
We have advices direct from the vicinity of
Jackson, where trappers were attacked by In
I The party that helped to murder. Jewett
camped last night in the Winnebago Reserva-
ton, in the timber, about seven miles from
here They we're early pursued in the direc-
ton OF LIE Sueur county, by party of fifteen
horsemen from Winnebago Agency, headed by
Asa White, an old Indian hunter, and at last
accounts he was close on their trail =, -
others have been tracked down the Blue
Earth and Maple rivers. -. =" -,
DH Io-night our town is being guarded by citi-
zens. A picket line is also thrown out from
st: Peter, at point nearly midway between
this and that place. No soldiers have yet been
seen in this vicinity. We expect them in large
,a Yours, hurriedly, j. C. WISE.