Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-01-04
THE KILLING

! DONnCtileul, winch Was uDl uueA pCCt-
ed, as the matter had been discussed
before this, very much displeased
young Hays and Luce, and when the
| teachers words were addressed par
! ticularly TO them they acted definant-
lly. shaking their heads. He had gwen
| instructions also that the geography
! lessons were to be recited in the even
! ings, but the grammar lessons should
/ be prepared for the morning recitation.
He turned away, and was busy with
| something else; and when his atten-
| ton was next directed to them he
found that these two pupils had laid
aside their grammars and had substi-
tuted books on geography. Another
colloquy ensued between the three, the
boys still adhearing to their determine
ton not to bother with grammar, Civ
ing as an excuse that their parents had
told them to do as they pleased about
the grammar. The teacher insisted
that they should study the grammar,
and ordered them ont on the floor.
Some words here passed, but what they
were can not be cleaned, as every
scholar present on that fatal day has
q different version of the affair; the re-
suit, however, WAS that Luce arose from
his seat and struck the teacher in the
face, staggering him against the black
board. Recovering quickly the teacher
| advanced toward bis assailant, ana was
again struck ic the face. At this point
Hays took part in the melee, and soon
by their combined efforts, the pupils
had the teacher lying on his back across
bench, the blows being rained upon
his head by both boys. One OF them
called upon third party (said to be a
son of Alex. Miller but young Miller
took no part in it. All is confusion as
to when the teacher began to use his
dagger, but certain it is that he man
aged to get it from the sheath that
! hung to Oae Of the front buttons of his
pantaloous, and used it with fearful
effect. Luce was cut first. His WOUNDS
were frightful, YET he lived from eleven
o'clock that Monday morning until one
O'Clock the the following Wednesday
morning. His wounds were three in
number, one of them in the right arm
Immediately below the deltoid muscle,
tho second penetrating the sixth YER
tebIT, and the third and fatal one in
the chest between the fourth and fifth
ribs, en- the left side, penetrating the
lungs anterior to the scapua. This was
horrible cash, sixteen inches in length
the point Of the weapon coming out I'M
der the arm, through which air was
emitted from the lungs Hays received
but two cuts, but either of them was
sufficient to cause death The first
penetrated the chest between the fifth
and sixth ribs, cutting clean through
both lobes Of the heart; the second cut
INTO the stomach. When the cutting
had been done, one Of the larger schol-
ara, some say it was Charley Hays,
brother of John, succeeded in getting
the combatants separated, John Hays
ran to the door, saying, Come out here
and Wen settle you'll" He had no
sooner uttered these words than he fell
upon IN ash-pilQ close to the door, and
in less than five minutes was dead.
As may be imagined the school was in
an uproar The children ran scream
ing away, and the news of TN terrific
battle was soon spread around. Luce,
with three ghostly gashes in him, did
not forget Hays. He asked the teacher
and young lady scholar TO try and
/ get the dying boy home. The three
picked him up, but life was extinct
before they had gone hundred yards
| Frazier saw that they were carrying "A
corpse and said he would COMO further
with it, but Luce insisted that he should
continue, and SO they bore the body to
the residence o! Alex Miller u relative
of the Hayses. All were covered with
blood
THE TEACHER INJURIES
were mt first regarded az very slight,
but an examination made by Drs.
Wall and Hoag disclosed the fact that
his nose was broken, his lips were
mashed, and that the back part Of his
right jaw was badly injured, besides
having minor bruises on different parts
of his face. Marks of violence were
also seen on his throat, made appa-
rently by the strong grip of a clutched
hand
DR., c. Draper (who, by the way, was
q well-known citizen thirty years ago.
and his son, Dr. G. Draper, Jr., were
called upon to attend Luce. They saw
in q moment that there was little hope.
The patient was conscious up 20 the
final moment Ills body was taken To
the residence of his father Lost We'd
nesday at noon, and the funeral set for
Thursday p. m. at one O'clock.
The funeral of Hays took place on
Wednesday morning, from his late
residence, Rev Mr.. Kumler oflicjat-
ling. Everybody in the surrounding
neighborhood attended, and the cere-
mouy was touching in the extreme.
AN UGLY FEATURE
I OF the case, and 1t is commented on by
every one, " the fact that Frazier had
such deadly weapon in his posses
sion, II is apparently new, and very
sharp mt both edges He claims that
he has carried this kuife for over a
year, having bought it to take on a trip
south about that time. The blade is
nearly six inches long
The district in which this appalling
calamity occurred has been noted for
years past for the great amount OF
trouble experienced in teaching the
young idea how 70 shoot" The bic
boys determined 10 run things to suit