The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-25

/ ner For. to Whittemore' Ward is killed.
Vannev AMI Pare alone with Oven. None
of the rest are with Us here. Ne .uok for
help to morrtfw night, anu lots of it. We
are too1li X 10 ha attaclsl every moment.
The parties are close together. Some OF
the Cherokees are with u. Yours IN
haste, ) }. PEAvY.
In order that the circumstances causing
the terrible fight above a.lu lei to may be .
more fully understood, we viii state tue .
following: On the llth, white man by
the name of j. j. kesterson, living in the .
Cherokee nation, near the Arkansas line, /
about fifty miles from this city, came to !
this place and fled an information before /
the United States commissioner. Col. james 1
O. Churchill, against one Ezekiel Proctor,
also white man, but married to n Chero- !
kae woman, for a~saniting him with intent
to kill. He stated that while he was in
his mill, on the 18th of February last,
Proctor came in, walked up to his wife,
Cherokee woman, and without provocation,
shot her lead. He then pointed his revol-
yer at him and fired, the ball striking just
above the left eve. Before he could fire
again he (hesterson) escaped. He further
stated that Proctor was undergoing his trial
now for the murder of his wife, at the court
house in Going Snake, distant about fifty
seven miles northwest of this place.
writ was issued and the deputy marshal was
, instructed to 20 to the courthouse AMI re-
main until the trial was over, and if he was
not convicted to arrest him on that charge
, Proctor was known to be desperate, and
1t being in the neighborhood where Deputy
Marshal Bentz WAS killed little over
month ago, AMI where, in fact deputy
} marshal is shot at almost on sight, it was
necessary that strong posse should be cent.
, The party has also writs for the mur,lererS
. of United States Deputy Marshal Bentz,
; who were supposed to be in that INN" late
vicinity and it was proved that they intended
, to resist arrest. On last Saturday morning,
e April Is, Deputy Marshals Jacob q.
Owens and Joseph q. Peavv. with William
Z Ward, Joseph G.. Nanney, James Hawkins,
u Paul Jones AMI Eugene Brockett, as a
II posse left here for the scene of action at
:. Evansville. There they We're Joined by Ri
u lev, WOODS and William J. Norris, and
e at Dutch Town by man namoi Beck, who
t. is part Cherokee. The Indian courthouse
d is about twelve miles west Of that place.
-, The party proceeie |, AMI wien, about > p.
- m. on Monday. they were within about
III fifty yards Of the court house, thev dis
mounted, htchel horses, AMI quietly
wake towarl the east side of the court
l house, in tlr by two's AMI stopped at the
:e corner. Beck STEPPED around to
~ tho front door and looked in
= Seeing large number of
III peopI, inside, armed to the teeth, he
OF turned Immediately to come away, bat not
r. before he was fred rpon and dangerously
=. wounded j. the act of turning. The bal
passed in ar the left shoulder blade, an,
Y lodged against the collar bone. At the
2 same instant a yoiIev was poured from the
he court house upon the marshal force with
af olt, who then commenced to return thu
FIRE. They were at great disadvantage
q the attacking party was Ter shelter
inside Of the conrt-h"u>e. 1t appears tina
Beck. who : = Cacrolee, hal some friend,
INSIDE tie court house, who. when they saw
Inn fall opened ire on his (Bcck'> enc
~ mes Inside. aal presently the fighting wa,
"a gonc-a' AMI force inside and outside of til,
court house. Il Wa brief. however, hu
, terrible in It's result. OF the marshal
face. seven OFT Of c'cvcn Inv dead: Of thr
as~a;l5nts only three. Some sixteen o.
seventeen are reported wounded some NOR
~ tally, as D,putv Marshal Owens. who wa
= shot through the boy above the hip. ! Ii,
-. - messenger who brought Deputy u srsh4i
=, quiet wong man, and was one of m,
- mar~haNs force. lie showed US three bnI-
= i"; hobs through his cont and one in ms
~ b""'-h N"'. i'c kne~ til" n,ln-, Of only two
=, ~ he mar-hai's force kilIei-Jas. Ward
- and Riley Wool, both well known here.
a., hrao We" missing, James Hawkins, Pau,
- Jones and EVrrue Bracket. Morris helm
=, ct to iav ONT nine lies on porch ab0n.
- half a mile from the scene Of he deadly
70 ARRAY. AMI thithcr the federal wounded
- were a!so carried. Proctor, the woman
: Killer and dcSppra 10, was guar by eleven
p, of his personal friends. who would not see
=. him convicted The sheriff was kiI.I, and
= the u jgc received three buck shot in the
- Knee. Indeed it appears, from the sud
J. den and dca i!v assaults upon the nlarshals
- force, that the people inside the conrt
honSe had been fully informed of thrjr
- approach, and We're prepared for them
Tn" officials had Instructions to make y
. demand for Proctor ONLY in case of his ac-
= qulttal, and rs that would not be bronght
=, about except through the intimidation or
, conslon Of the Jury, they expected some
: resistance should they attempt to arrest
. Proctor after HE eoquittal hut for tho ,nur
dcrous Vollev on their first approach they
: were not prepared. Hence their slaughter.
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