Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-05-03
NUMBER 9.
cause surprise in regard to the parties

cauSc surprise III regard TO the parties
concerned This is only
| THE OUTCOME OF THE TRAGEDY,
and many threats which have been re.
peatedly made during the winter. The
blow will fall heavily on their parents.
and on many friends in Chicago, where
they are highly connected.
THE MURDERERs BROUGHT IN.
LARrMoRE, April 26.-About 7:45
this morning five men were put in the
guard house at Fort Totten supposed to
be the parties connected with the MUIR
der OF the Ward boys. Their names
are Bell, McHenry, Carpenter, Ma.,y
and Iurpin. McHenry was shot in the
arm before his arrest was made.
AT an inquest at Devils Lake yester-
day, the five men that are there and the
seven more that were on the road said
they were present when the Ward BROTH
ers were shot, but they did not know
who did the shooting. The facts are
that when the mob came to the shanty
the door was opened for them to enter
by Fred. Ward, when a man caught
him by the collar and
DRAGGED HIM OUTSIDE
into the crowd, when the mob dragged
him around the corner of the building,
where some one shot him in the back
with shotgun. Eighty shots were
counted in his back. Then not being
satisfied with this another party shot
him in the back with a revolver. while
down. Charlie Ward, knowing his
brother was killed commenced to fire at
the mob at the door. They returned
the lire with volley, for the building
IS literally covered with bullet holes.
Charlie seeing he stood no show, made
a break out Of the door and ran. He
got about three PAGES from the door
when some one shot him In the back of
the neck with Winchester rifle. They
then took Elliott and made him get
down ON his knees and
BEG FOR MERCY OR DIE
like the others. He begged, and while
doing so the crowd kicked him, bruis-
ing him pretty badly. Major Uline
said: ''Don't kill him." They then
told him to run for it. which he did in
good shape. The mob then broke the
WardJ stove, took out the furniture
and were going to set fire to the build
ing, when Major Uline said it was bad
enough, and said they should try to save
the building. They then swore, when
they looked at the bodies of the Ward
boys. and left.
One of the mob, named McHenry.
said he was shot in tho arm. He didn't
know by whom.
The Sheriff said that Fred. Ward
must have lived two or three hours af-
ter being shot, the mob going off and
and leaving him in that condition to
die.
THE VERDICT
of the Coroner's jury, and the result of
the inquest held yesterday. was as fol-
lows:
That Charlie and Fred. Ward came to
their death at the hands of riotous and
armed mob, most of whom were men
hired by the Creel City Tourist Com
pany. and that said mob, as far as can
be ascertained, was composed of Cal
WINS mine, Tom. c. Harrington, Hugh
Willary, Patrick McMeeny, w. Ledford,
Dennis Mealy, George Carpenter, Bick-
burn Lair, Thomas Burns, Richard Tur-
pin, John Bell and Charles Cole.
THE COLD CLAY.
ST. PAUL, April 26.-The bodies of
the murdered Ward brothers were
brought to this city this morning, over
the Northern Pacific, and left on the
Milwaukee road at o'clock this after
noon. They We're in charge of L. p.
Goodhue, and in an interview he de-
nounced the crime as the most uncalled-
for and cowardly murders ever known.
He wished particularly to deny the state
ment that the brothers were claim Jump
ers, and said they had as much right to
the ground in question as any one. Mr..
Goodhue says there is nothing in the
condition of the country to justify the
crime, and that the murderers will be
brought to justice, if there is any in Da-
kota.