, 1866-07-03
:::.ruE BLUE EARTH TRAGEDY. )

rns-r!hr Ills Ncigi.bnrn-Grcar'B1 B1S
-es,sr.rt,t-SIr rxst OF PcrpelrAtofs:.f
.IETo,, ,hs nsukato ta1ro.> Record. J1ne NJ
Wow sv,.tal days past the citizens df this
count nave been horrs6ed by the Pastic
:, s,sihaps aaissts s!svens es'sSs & &e~
county, BY lumber Of persons livlnf !n thG
same vicinity, the details Of which ialmost ],
equal the worst acts of Tho: Sioux Indians
during ain rs efEDar9e4 @'shsFe OF 0qf .fon.
Stevens, Il is claimed by his nc'ghbors, is
man Of rather 1nose murats. who has rtptatsI
edlF boasted Of more than ordinary influence
aycE: the opposite sax: These boasts, the
SD.es,cined and expressed Ia re.suEd o,female
virtue, ind the fact that when he first came to
this State be brought and lived with us his |
wife woman who did not legally bear that
1elatton TO. him: hnd Induced some LOT his
neisuboss?tp LOOK upen hf.ns Us q dangerous
man, nd-ssun his society. Aside frum thi.
heis q mnn of, good ability, industrious md !
energetic, and Is in good circumstances pecn-'
nlariIy. !
township anl ucighbor Of Stevens, vaa
l ene;tnte, aud ali efforts to ascertain the name
| OF the perretrator werc unsuccessful On
| Thursday night last she gave birth to child,
and on Sunday she informed her fathdr that
! Stevens Was the author Of hor mi:fOttunes.
Desiring to take snch steps as wonld legally
establish the parentage Of the child, and at
| the same time shield as lar 1s possible the
reputation Of Ills daughter, Mr. Fox resolved
to have Stevens arrested for seduction :;
for Mr.. Biselow, justice, os the peace, Mr,
William II. Day. constable, and as the
justice was Inexperienced IL sush matters.
lie also sent for Mr. Il. Kinney. the
inrmer justice, to instruct and assist Mr.
Sunday night, and At Mr. Fox's request, tha
arrest n IS dcfezrel until after rn,dnishs-she
| ADORE party leaving Fox's house for Stevens
l alter one D clock On Monday morning. .ArTiy
ing there they woke Stevens and informes
him Of their mission and that they had Far
i:rant for him, but as he declined to 20 at trs{
some one advised that thcy tie him and tax
him by force. lie then consented to 80; ~
l when he got ready the party securely tsed q
! | aims brlind bis back, notwithstanding ~
I remoustrances Of himself and wife, aud IN TIL
condition they started oil.
: | sight, hastily dressed htr.clt and followed ta
, | party, She says that when about AcAf nal
l. from her house and near some timber, ST
= saw 4 Number OF persons spring M from
>. place OF ccuccalmcnt, and rcscMrag her hlf
8 band iron, tlhe pretended officers, throw
l. hlaoket over 1,is bead and carry him tnto II
u | timber, where they cast1a-cd him, nnd III the
i hurry nansled his person in terrible ms ~
= ter.
IL l 1IcnriDE tho cries OF her huEbnEd Tor
E sistanca. Mrs. stev.ns sayE size started to
i. 10 his. relief, but Mr.. James Miller causs
IS hold OF her and held her in the road, VII
"a | the others Eeru pfrpetfating the hOTrit
., deed. THIS accomplished, Mrs. Stevens ,s
r. | released, and she went TO her husband, I
no other parties, ne believe, having dislPpea
ng cd. She found him still tied, and bleclir
ID aud taking kuiie from his pockets nanag
las to cut the ropes that bound him. By t
u. time one OF the pretended officers had fetu1
'es ed; and we bclisyc assisted her IN conveyi
~, her husband home.
[oa This occurred about three o'clock In ,
-. morning. and re nrc informed that Mrs. 81
hc vens says it was light enough for her to 1ecs
- nisc ALL or nearly ill, the parties imr!icat
ted | in the ni;:tr. She recognized, we believe.
sch tue parties who came q her house and mq
!. tue arrest, Vim. Fl. Day, the constable;
seda ssed Btcclow, the Justice Of the Peace, aud
Ss ,sr. Kinney, County Commissioner from The Fl
Ere District; Mr. James Miller as the person v
~ held her in The road T. Il. Day-the iatl
md OF the constabtc-Wlo held ller husband
q the shoulders, when tho blanket -Tns thro
~. over Ills head and Jesse Thomas as one
Cd, husband from the pretended officers nild c
me ~ him Oh into tho timber, where the bru
he deed was perpctrated.
de- We have since learned that two men, nan
~ ~ Roberts aud Cooper, stayed several nj:
ago It house On ths Geoo the 5ieef On
l
. Is exllp!ted knife with which they clnln
hey The decd had been pcrpetratcd.
e.: Drs. Welcome and Thusston. Of Gar
asd st City, ,-c;e sent for, and under their pro
,oa oa' sional ~: sent, nc understand, Sfr, stc1
.aFe is innp :. and hopes arc entertained
toic his 'lftsI. .ccnTery-
erAl Tic r-.iics above nan,ed-:oscfller vi
Mr.. Darllug-si1 in al1-were arrested
cln. "Wednesday, Oh warrant Issued II L.
sa IN Porter. Esq, Justice o; the II =, 1t Gas
By City. and yesterday tte.s "sfe arra'sne1
an fore that officer W. have since learned
ned, they wn{yel an examination, nNu gave .
At for their appearance 1t the next term OF
ae,a nsa Diatl;ct Court. The mt tor each
n'ni anni placed at S, l,ocoEe1ce. 'g Mr.. Day,
constable, WHO was held witness a On
1e I. own rccogn1zance, in the :nn Of $50
two testimony subsequently, e4eit:d rot III
te:o eating blu, in Tie outrnge. a. G. Da,
~ nas Winuebago City, and S. F. Barney, u
otn - ~ lato, appeared for the prosecution, uod
NJ. Buck and j. A. Wiswell. Of Mankaso, IN
:,her | defence.