Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-23
Murder and Lynch Law.

Within the past few weeks Columbia
-. County this state, has been the scene
If n series Of bloody crimes such as
81 appall at their bare recital Inc irS' OIL
Z the series was the murder Of an old man
near Kibourn City, detailed as follows
- by the Mirror
~ SCHUYLER : Gates, of this village who
" w,s nearly murdered and robbed OF
about $500 last year on the Wisconsin
c, river, was brutally murdered last won
dav morning, between live and SIX O'clock
" within = mile of town. Mr. Gates got up
q ot five o'clock ms near as Mrs Gates can
;udoe and started to go across the river
- into Sank county cranberrying, where he
X had been the day before, taking with
~ him bac and small pail containing
/. his dinner lie crossed the railroad
bridge not much after live, and was
snoken "a bv the bridge slender. In
about fifteen minutes alter he crossed
~ two young men crossed, VINO hau peen
e around town for a few days, ana had
@ given ii cir names as Hugh Smith and
3 Perry Richards. A young man calling
q himself Frank Gale, was with them some
Cd of the time about town.
About half past eight German named
- Schultz. from Reedsburg came into town
u with a team and load, and stated that a
= dead man was lying in the road about
three.ouarters of u mile beyond the
- bridpc Our citizens at once rallied
~ and, going to the spot, near the hrSt
% crossing of uurburt creek bridge, found
old MIR Gates lying on his face dead 1890
III We went to the spot and from our own
examinations, and from the inquest which
@ was held about noon, we gather the ioI"
Ct lowing facts
n In the sandy road about eighty rods
8, from where Mr. Gates lay there was
evidence of q terrible struggle Tracks
of MIR Gntes boots aud of fine boots
were thick all about; Mr. Gates bag
and pail, a piece of his suspendcr, his
- iaek.knile, unopened, aud Il shirt button
torn from his shirt, lay there; and spots
Cd of sand were wet with blood Mr. q, :
tracks could hc seen rs if running
- feebly from this place to whore he lay
81 and the fine boot tracks could also be
g seen part Of the way-part OF the way
u being grass An examination OF the
- body hy DR. Fr,bee and afterwards 10y
9 Drs. Jenkins aud trisbec revealed six
= ball holes, and probably segenth-one
in the back, passing through the body
- and lodged ia the skin on the opposite
- side, one through the hand one throub
- the ear; one through the neck one b.,
" tween the hips in front OF the teeth; one
8 near the right temple; and probably ono
- near the left trmpla Besides these
there were various other wounds and
- bruises II cannot be learned that he
~ had any money about his person.
~ OF course we know nothing about how
- much reason there is to connect this
- murder with the former attempt at mur>
w der and robbery vt MIR Gates, and the
pendinp trial of Pat Wildrick, fox that
O. crime; but rumors are still thick on the
q subject Stlll, it is known that Njldrck
9 was in the Portage jail at the ume OF
this murder, awaiting an examination Tor
robbery on Friday night hast
Tn to the time of writing, Tuesday
forenoon the murderers have not been
~ found: ana we are sorry To say that but
-, httIe was done yesterday 10y our citizen,
- to find them. Wucwer il was for wan,
X of energy or for want ot officers 70 lend
~ is not for Ms to say There are various
~. circumstances pointing o. these two
c-- Young men, not necessary now % de-
@ scribe llandhiS were issued yc'-
terday and sent IN yuron, directions
~ describing tham; and thorough work. "
r.l now being made for their apprehension
- and that they viii be caught We have
- no doubt
- Almost simultaneously with this shock
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