The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-19
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Il. esserflay evening Sheriff Lewman, of
spninanas county, Ind, arrived IA ~ Des
Moines. tired, worn, and weary, ana sougnt
nsiartefs st the AboTn House. NOW, tne
sheriff fsnss Che kind OF man TO be.runnang
around on pleasure excursions. ne y
.s hslsinesS IN minute" and mas no Loer
hhncss about him. His errand mere .Was y. :
sconsumInate Q lopg-pnrsued scnehae.sne
sonsyieref. The chase has been = long
md weary one, but the game IS taitis
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sselEto.io farmer or Parke county, ING,
stseniled 1. Grange picnic near Rockville.
Thers ware several hundred people pres.
srnfS md amsng them noted rough named
Wsrren Goddard. Just before tue gay
arlnsed Goddard became noisy ana quaITei-
sc,ns frn,,, iisink, and declared his inten:.
Ho,, a. sswhip the best man In Indiana"
Mr. van Fossen attempted to quiet hin.,
WREN hc suddenly drew large knlie
and stabbed Mr.. Van Fossen SO severely
thas he lived only five minutes. 700.
sdard was srmed with both revolver ana
fnife. and appears to have completely
cowed the entire party, for no attempt was
made to arrest him, and he made his escape.
That night the murderer 10y concealed IN
some brush, and the next day, BY the AID OF
some relatives, made his way to llinois.
There he stole horse, saddle, and, ;br1cies
and rode TO Mercer county, Missouri, where
de had relatives. From there be removed
to Wayne county, Iowa, and obtained en-
ployment In q coatmine.
Mean time change OF sherifs took place
: In Putnam county, Ind, where GoddaF0
resided, the present officer, Mr.. Lewman,
coming into power. He decided that the
murderer should be arrested, and irnmedl-
ateH commenced work on the case. He
succeeded In tracing his man to Illinois ana
part way through that State, and then lost
the trail. Finally he caught the thread
again; this time in Missouri. Then ne pro-
cured q requisition on the Governor OF Mis-
souri. In due time he received it, and fol-
lowed the murderer to Mercer county,
arriving there q few days after ne had
left. Strategy and perseverance procured
The information OF The fHgitiye's where
abouts, and last Monday night at dark, ac-
companied by 8 guide, the sheriff left
Princeton for Iowa. They rode ali night
through the snow, stopped an hour for
rest, and pushed on another entire day.
Mean time the force had been increased by
ex-Sberif Robb, OF Wayne, county, Iowa,
and the marshal Of Charlton. Tuesday
night they learned where their man was
in q wild, rough, mining country, where
there were few inhabitants, and those
not OF the class to furnish materials
fer frst-class angels. After dark they
found the house of one Munden, where
Goddard was boarding. They approached
carefully, and, looking through the window
saw their man. The other occupants OF the
room were Munden and his two little girls.
The latter and Goddard were singing re-
ligious hymn. It was short job to open
the door, and before the astonished muir
derer had time 10 make any resistance
Sheriff Lewman had him by the arm and
two receivers were pointed at his head.
He surrendered instanter, vouchsafnS the
cheerful remark that all three Of them could
not have arrested him " If they hadn't got
the drop on him.
i. The next day he was taken to Charlton,
and preliminary examination took place,
resulting in the sheriff being allowed ten
days in which to procure 8 requisltlon.
Leaving the prisoner in jail, the officer came
to Des MONIES to procure Governor Kirk
woods order, having telegraphed Williams
to send the requisitlon to this place. ana
here, at the Aborn, he is awaiting it. ADJ:
Goddard is desperate character, utterly
reckless, and was q, terror in Putnam
county. Sheriff Lewman has done good
and plucky thing in arresting him. The
Indiana murderers stretch hemp, fortune
that will Undoubtedly befall Warren God
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