Daily globe., 1883-07-09
A TIGHT PLACE FOB THEM.
4 STR4wBEKKr MlRK MIsSING.

TIL" Capture Of AN illinois Hurd-rer in
WrfshG County Proves ErroneOus-Tfe
Had AL the strawberry Marks But One
,i;l This Omission Secures HIS Release.
Soertf John G. Nugent of Wright couu-
-. one of the widest awake and efficient
officials IN his line IN the state, as well as
one OF the best uatured, was III the dumps
yesterday. In fact he was dsgasted, mad
On the '-GaiorioUs" Fourth, after following
g pointer for months, Le arrested at Dover
Lake, Wright county, man calling him
self andrew j. McCauiey, but who Sheriff
NuLent mad good rsa5on 10 believe was one
John Reed, who twelve years before at
Sycamore, Ill :, had, in a fit OF Jealousy,
murdered his sweetheart, one Joan Nc
COrmIck> the ulurderous shot being fired
!. through the dining room window while the
family were at their evening meal, the girl
Joan falling from her CHAIR dead. No one
saw Reed 1iss the gun, but the eIrcum-
stances so plainly pointed to him, as the
murderer that he was pursued
by the nsighbors, and finally
found and captured in concealmants
under barn At first there was talk of
| lynching, but finally he was surrenderedto
/ the authorities On the 18th of July. 1871.
Reed made a written confession, of his,
crime and was indicted, but on the 1st of
| March, 1872, he ped from the iall, an
escape, it was charged at the time, aided
| by the sheriff on considerations offered by
Reeds attorney, who it was also. said, had
received 5000 from friends of Reed In.
Ireland, to be applied to that purpose
From the day of Reeds escape, eleven
years ago last March, he has been dead to,
the world, Notwithstanding large re-
wards and minute descriptions of him
were sent all over the county, and especial
ly 10 the sheritfs and detectives of this
state, in which it was known he had TeLa-
| tives living.
Reid's physical and personal character
istlcs were very marked, so marked
that it would naturally be
supposed his counterfeit did not exist. He
Was five feet nine inches, dark complexion,
curly black hair. a over his left eye,
crack shot either with the rife or revolver,
and fine otf-hand performer upon the
violin, handling the bow with his left
hand.
This was the man that Sheriff Nugent,
after yeais of watching, found celebrating
the Fourth at Dover Lake, his shots with
the rife at glass balls never missing. and
his revolver shooting, a revolver III each
| han at objects thrown in the air, aston
fishing all, while his playing upon the
violin, handling the bow with his left hand,
set the feet of his spectators to tripping
the light fantastic involuntarlly. OF
course the sheriff took McCauley into Gus
tody as the man Reed. McCauley pro-
tested his Innocence most vigorously, but
the Identification was too straight in every
little detail to deceive an old official
like Nugent, and straightway he wired the
sheriff of Sycamore county that he had the
long missing and anxiously sought for
Reed, and to come on, claim property,
pay charges and take him away. The
sheriff, L. P. Wood, passed through st.
Paul Thursday for Buffalo, Wright county.
Upon being brought into the presence of
McCauley he comphmented Sheriff
Nugent upon his good for
tune, expressing himself as
thoroughly satisfied that he had the man
Reed without a question. Anxious that
all doubts might be quieted, Sheriff Wood
telegraphed Mr.. G. F. Greenwood, treasu-
| rer of Sycamore county, who was person
ally cognizant of every strawberry" mark
upon Reeds person, to meet him IN st.
Paul yesterday. In obedience to this tele-
gram, Sheriff Nugent, with his prisoner
McCauley, Sheriff Wood, and County
Treasurer Greenwood, of Sycamore coun-
ty, H., met at the Merchants yesterday
| forenoon. Mr.. Greenwood carefully look
Ell McCauley over, and heard the state
| ment of Sheriff Nugent as to his shooting
feats, and his violin playing,aud expressed
himself as fully convinced he was Reed.
But" said he, zone other strawberry