Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-08-27
MINERAL POINT WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, AUGUST q, 1874

ence was man named Ez West
and his wife, and Ez stared harder
at the speaker than any one else,
and not without reason. At last he
nudged his wife in the side. and
said: "Say, that amt no Doth Gay
lord, that's John Traves that mar
ried old Burbridge's daughter and
cleared out thirteen years ago" The
old lady cleaned her spectacles, took
a good look at the Sunday School
orator, and quietly remarked
"THAT's so, Ez"
After Sunday-school was over, West
drove over to old Burbridge's house,
and informed him that he had dis
covered his daughters husband, and
that he was passing himself off as
the returned husband of Mrs. Gay
lord. This naturally annoyed old
Burbridge, who determined that the
next day he would satisfy himself
as to the identity of the man. Mon
day morning, accordingly, he sad
died his horse, and rode into Wins
low, where he very soon met Traves,
alias, Gaylord, standing in front of
the drugstore. He immediately
went up and shook hands with him,
saying:
SHOW DO YOU DO, JOHN!
/ The prodigal rcjoined: "Do you
know me, old manl ~ The old mans
answer was to the point. "Yes, ]
know you; your name is John
Traves, and you married my daugh-
ter. should have known you in a
mud-hole.' After a short CONVEX
sation they separated, Traves going
OF with one Farley Steere, and Bur-
bridge rushing in search of a Unit
ed States warrant for the arrest Of
his son-in-law. 1t was supposed by
every one that the last had been
seen OF Traves alias Gaylord, but
he reappeared in short time, and
went to the house of Mrs. Gaylord,
where he was fondly received as
usual. In the meantime, one Capt
Brady had been intrusted with the
United States warrant for the ar
rest of Traves, and he made his
way to the Gaylord domicile, fol-
lowed by large concourse of peo-
| pie who wanted to "be in at the
clatter." The description of the
clatter had better be given in the
language of the Winslow CORES
pondent, who was an eye witness:
Sam also went along with them.
He ordered them to arrest the fel-
low. Trayes drew his revolver,
hourished it around his head, and
swore he would shoot the first man
that offered to come near him. He
leveled his revolver at Sans head,
and swore he would put hole
through him, and that he would not
be taken alive. They saw shoot in
his eye, and did care about risking
their lives. They kept guard over
him until o'clock. John Gordon,
Jul Kennedy, and Lon Blair volun-
teered to take him if they would
raise SIS for them. 1t was raised
in short time. They went up
there and tried to persuade him to
give himself up, but he would not.
Gordon and Blair then told him
they were determined to take him
dead or alive. Sam Peters asked
them why they did not break the
door in. He said he had no author
| ity. Capt. Brady ordered him to
do so, and the door was broken in,
when Traves fred shot at Blair,
but missed him. Traves then took
his revolver in his left hand, held
up his right arm, and fired at it,
the ball entering the arm half way
between the wrist and elbow, and
coming out at the wrist. Jul Ken
nedy rushed at the man. who had
fallen prone upon the floor, and
seizing him by the wrist, held him
tight, whereupon John Gaylord, old
est son of the long-deserted, went
with an AK for Lon Blair, who drew
his revolver on him, but failed to
kill him by reason Of the cap not
exploding. The boy rushed at Lon
like tiger, but Lon '.ierked" him
over the stove, which was upset,
threw him on the floor, and held
him there until he gave up. So
ended the fight.
Thus ends the narrative Of the
clatter AS soon as the mans arm
was dressed he was taken down to
United States Commissioner Sam
PeterS' h1nsn for examination Lnt.