Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-20
THE WISCONSIN TRAGEDY
FURTHER DETAILS OF TEE lrRO.
oI0Us MURDER OF 6OODHUE.
Another Interview with the Prisoner-He
Takes Buffalo Bill as His Model-A Hard
Family all Around-The Trial to Begin
Next Monday-If Convicted He May be
MObbed.
Especial Telegram to the Globe,

VlODDeu.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Dec. 19.--From the
| lateness Of the hour of arrival here yesterday
last nights dispatch was necessarily incom.
plete This morning left the Waterman
house betimes-by tho way one Of tho best
hotels in the State-and wandered through th.
city in every direction, chatting to this man
| and button holing that one, all with the view
of arriving at the naked facts connected with
the atrocious murder of young Goodhue: An
| other visit was made to the Jail, and a more
| lengthy interview was obtained with the hard:
ened wretch who 80 narrowly escaped meeting
his death at the hand of an exasperated people
ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONER.
| Chase does not improve upon acquaintance
The more one sees of him the more one is con-
WINGED of his callousness. In conversation-and
he can talk and loves to talk about himself and
Buffalo Bill, the Youngers and any other no.
] t0rions characterize said that it was easy te
| get away from the crowd who intended to hang
him. At first he said he thought his time was
up, but when he got out into the street be
thought there was chance to escape. The
rope which was around his neck and
fastened with a half hitch around
| his body. He is good runner and was able
to get along SO as to get good bit of slack.
| and by pulling at the rope SC as to pretend to
be dragged along he was able to dsengage the
rope from his body and neck, and in moment
he sprang through the mob and doubled his
track, running nearly around the block in
which the Jail is situated he jumped over a
fence and lay down till the mob passed. Then
he jumped up and made good his escape to-
ward Eau Claire. His statement confirmed all
that was published in to-day's GLOBE except
that he did not go to brother-in-law's house
he has no brother-in-law and no sister or broth
er. The stable he went to was that of Mr..
Hoskiss, and was the stable connected with the
house in which Chase formerly lived with his
father. In reply to questions, he said it was
true his father and mother were both Metho-
dists and good church memb ers; he himself
was his intimate friend. he said, and he loved
him like brother. Fo: five years he knew
friends. Whenever Goodhue got into
trouble with the boys he, Chase, would
fight his battles for him. He could not tell
who could have been 80 cruel as to kill him and
pound him about so much. He had heard
about the tree peddlers disappearance he said,
but he thought the papers had oontradicted the
statement that he was killed; he had never
heard anyway that the body had ever been
found. He seemed to feel quite jolly and
hilarious this morning aud appeared to think
himself quite hero. He said he did not care
so that he got a fair trial. If they found him
guilty all right, he supposed he'd have to put
up with it, but he didn't want to be hung in
that mean way they tried on Monday.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
People everywhere give the fellow a villain
Gus name. 1t i, the impression that he. has
been concerned in every robbery and almost
every deed of violence occurring within ra-
dius of forty miles for the last five or six
years. He is known in Eau Claire as bad
case. young lady who lived next door to
him in that city told the GLOBE reporter that
when mere boy he was reckless, bad fellow.
and used to say he would like to be Cole Young
been his model. SO infatuated has he
become with that notorious name that he want
ed the young people around his home to call
him by that savory name. He has now buck
skin suit made after the exact pattern of the
SANITY William of the prairie herds. A large
sloqching felt hat, ornamented with portrait
of Buffalo Bill, life OF Buffalo Bill, several
pictures of Buffalo Bill, and piles of scraps cut
from books and papers referring to Buffalo
Bill, were found in his trunk. He will talk of
Buffalo Bill by the hour untiringly. Old man
Chase, the people say, is quite as bad, and the
old woman worse than the son. Both of
them attend church, but they will steal
anything from a horse to a clothes line. The
Moons-brothers to Mrs. Chase-are hard set,
the people say, aud the whole kith and kin are
looked upon with aversion and fear by the
community. An old lady who has lived near
them for years, both at their present location
and in Dane county, near Madison, told the re-
porter this morning that when they lived near
Madison they were bad lot-the Ohases, the
Moons and the Thinkers, these last another con-
nectlon of the family through marriage.
THE TRIAL.
The trial commences on Monday next. The
evidence will be circumstantial, of course,
which, by the way, is held as the strongest kind
of evidence by most eminent lawyer. And
the evidence in this case will be the strongest
kind of circumstantial evidence. There have
been subpenaed fifteen witnesses for the prose-
cution: Drs. J. G. French and Riddell, August
Happens, James Clark, G. Spencer, W. La Forge,
W. Lavens, A. Clarence, J. Dalton, W. s.
StilIey, F. Patterson, W. Clark, H. Clark, II.
pistol with which the diabolical crime was COM
mitted will be produced in evidence The
bloody coat which the prisoner wore when cap
tured, the boot-packs which exactly fit the
footprints in the snow, and which he said some
one had borrowed of him, the red tassel
torn from his cap, and found in
a
the people, especially the French population,
showed that the excitement had not yet died
out. That the determination that Chase shall
not escape his just deserts is deeply rooted in
the public sentiment is evident. The seeming
calm is only on the surface. The people are
only waiting for the result of the trial. If he
is proved innocent Of the horrible crime he
will be let alone but if he is guilty there are
some 800 persons who swear he shall die-that
belts and prison bars and forty sheriffs shall
not protect him from his doom.
Bill Face and Mike Divine, two of the leaders
in the last attack, as not half so bitter as a
hundred others, who, though conte to await
the result of the trial, mean the murderer of
Goodhue shall never reach the States PRISON.
On the other hand, Sheriff Hoening says that
he does not fear any violence. He does not
think the people mean any. But if they do
ne is well prepared to protect his prisoner. He
has guard OF some forty persons sworn in to
act in case of trouble. No danger is feared
at the trial, but after sentence is pro-
nounced, should the verdict be guilty, there
may be outbreak. There will probably
not be an attack upon the Jail again, but
when the man is removed to State prison the
opportunity will be watched, but the sheriff
has already hit upon device to battle the mob
A significant fact connected with the affair ia
that Immediately upon the arrest LAWYER,
who says he did not know Chase, came down
from Rice Lake for his defense, and without
the knowledge of Chase. 1t is thought some
of the gang with whom Chase Ia supposed to
be connected sent him down. The trial will
last for several days.
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