Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-28

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mind, went to my
| fathers Office and got some old clothes out
of the wood room. was there some time,
I don't know how long, after which
walked to White Bear, arriving there IN
the early forenoon. 1 went into saloon.
sat myself down with newspaper before
my face, and unobserVed remained there
until | boarded box car attached to
freight train, leaving there shortly after
noon. What money I had was probably
less than S. in silyer-my pocketbook con-
tanning from $40 to $75 l missed when L
looked for it while in my fathers
Office, and concluded it had dropped out
of my pocket during the fight. remained
secreted until we reached Huxley late IN
the evening, when emerged from con-
cealment, grimed up my face with grease
from the car wheel and passed myself OF
at the hotel as train hand. L started out
the next morning on foot, alternating with
an occasional ride on box cars until L
reached Aitkin. From station
twelve or fifteen miles west of the
Northern Pacific junction, l rode
| in the caboose which nearly exhausted my
resources. Arriving there late IN the af-
| tsrnoon | registered at the Wakeland
house, where l remained unobserVed as
much as possible until early in the morn
ing, when 1 started up the ''toEe" road
northwards, having seen no newspapers,
and indeed not caring to do SO. felt
that ere this my friends would be fully in
formed of my disgrace and fight from
Justice. The brand of infamy would be
u pom my once spotless name, and [ was
distracted. It was at this place heard a
man ask another if the fellow who killed
that young man at st. Paul was captured;
receiving a reply to the effect that he had
not, but that the officers w5re on the trail
red hot''-a conversation that filed me
with the greatest CONSERVATION. L worked
while at DAMS camp, when becoming
apprehensive that curiosity as to my ante
cedents would betray me, left surrepti-
tiously, fully determined to push for the
more northern camps, and upon returning
to Aitkin on the 25th Or 26th, hailed
with satisfaction a chance to take a load OF
supplies to Cadwell's camp on the Rainy
river The extensive pre- nee of small
pox in the upper country, especially at
Cadwelrs camp, l hoped would prove an
effectual obstacle to pursuit. AT Grand
Rapids on my way up [ encountered Mr..
Haas, at that time personally unknown to
me. From his inq uiries concerning me
my suspicious were aroused that he and
his friends were officers bent upon my cap
ture. 1 was fully satisfied of tho fact and
had so privately informed some of the
Caldwell crew who were to prevent their
designs. It was not until the next day
that the conversation he has detailed took
place, where I acknowledged my identy
and received the intelligence that it was [
who had been foully dealt with and OF
whose assailants the officers were then in
pursuit. The story was 30 utterly absurd
in my estimation as to be incredible and
for a while 1 regarded it as ruse to quiet
my fears until proper arrange
msnts could be made to accomplish
the arrest. l gave Mr.. Haas
q complete statement of the affair, aud al
though I have not read the printed account
of it as given by him l am informed as to
what it is. His account is somewhat mixed
and he must have failed to remember the
particuIars.ssI have no doubt he intended to
give it carefully and am only too greatful
| to him for having so kindly informed me
as to the true state .of affairs at home.
During my flight and concsalment in Mr..
DAMS camp no newspapers were accessi-
bic and it was only after the 25th of Janu
airy on my return to Aitkin that l was en-
| able to see the papers and during the time
l was there, which was about the first of
| February, no mention was made of this
affair. R. A. PIERCE.
There are a number of circumstan ces
that do not chime as related by Mr.. Haas
and young Pierce, and when the latter's
attention was called to the discrepancies he
| M - 0oA
ly mixed.
For instance: Mr.. Haas stated that
Pierce stated that he had been wounded in
the neck and back and that the latter Of
fered to show the wounds. In
an interview with the GLOBE
reporter last night Mr.. Pierce
stated that the only wounds he received
we're black eye and a bruised cheek, and
further more Mr.. Haas stated as coming
from Piercs, that the latter tore OF his
shirt sleeve TO staunch his wounds.
Regarding this young Pierce states that 1t
was great mistake. He remembers see
ing the shirt sleeve dangling at his arm
after the sncounter and he thinks
it might have dropped of.
| Again, instead of taxing the train at
Saltwater Junction, young Pierce states
! IhaG ne walked 10 W mite Bear anu InSt6
boarded box car. Another variance. Mr..
Haas also stated as coming from Pierce
that he got coat and hat at Saltwater
| Junction. Mr. Pierce states that after the
encounter he went up to Eagle street,
his intention being to go home; that he
! crossed over to Pleasant avenue, and when
near the house he changed his mind and
started for his fathers Office, going there
by way of Turner hall. That he found
some old clothes in the rear of the Office
and that he built up quite fire to warm
| by. That he left the Office about 8 a. m.
and started for White Bear, reaching that
place about o'clock.
When asked if he remembered as to his
collar having been cut, he states that the
night was so dark he couldn't see. The
strange part of it is, in this connection.
that he had no deep wound in the neck.
At the time of the encounter he thinks
he must have had $75 or $50 in his pocket
book. When he reached White Bear the
next morning he had 81 or SIS.
As to remittance he states that he had
received one several days before New
Years, but that none came, as supposed,
the day of the affair.
Mr.. Pierce is quite positive that he
| knows and can identify at least one of his