Daily globe., 1883-07-09
4 STR4wBERkY M4RK Kissing.

The Capture of an illinois surd-rer in
WrishG County Proves ErrOneOus-He
Had all the straw berry Marks But One,
llil Ihis SeraisSiun Secures HIS Release
Sneritf John G. Nugent of Wright coun-
-. 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 disgQsted, mad
On the '-gaiorious" Fourth, after following
Il pointer for months, he arrested at Dover
Lake, Wright county, man calling him
self Andrew J.. McCauiey, but who Sheriff
NuGeut mad good rsason 10 believe was one
John Reed, who twelve years before at
Sycamore, Ill Il had, in a fit of jealousy
murdered his sweetheart, one Joan Nc
COrmIck- the n2nrderouS 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 t5pe the gun, but the cIrcum-
stances so plaiuly pointed to HIM, as the
murderer that he was pursued
by the nsighbors, and finally
; found and captured in concealmant
under barn At first there was talk of
lynching, but finally he was surrenderedto
the authorities On the 18th of July, 1871,
Reed made written confession. of his,
crime and was indicted, but on the 1st of
March, 1872, he escaped from the iail,. 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 to the sheriffs and detectives of this
state, in which it was known he had reka-
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. scar over has left eye. a
crack shot either with the rife or revolver,
and a fine otf-hand performer upon The
violin, handling the bow with his left
hand.
This was the man that Sheriff Nugent,
after years of watching, found celebrating
the Fourth at Dover Lake, his shots with
the rifle at glass balls never missing, and
his revolver shooting, revolver III each
hau. 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 McCanley 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 complimented Sheriff
Nugent upon his good for
tune, expressing himself as
thoroughly satisfied that he had the man
Reed without question. Anxious that
all doubts might be quieted, Sheriff Wood
telegrap phed 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,and expressed
himself as fully convinced he was Reed.
But said he, zone other strawberry