Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-07-05
GADLIN,s CRAVE.
IT May Yet Give Rise to Troublesome Complies
lions for Those who Assisted In
Filiisg II.

| The second act in the Gadlin TRACED,
came last Wednesday evening. in tn,
death of the negro. He protested hi
innocence to the last. of the crime i'm
puted to him, whenever the affair was
mentioned. From all accounts Gadlir
appears to have been q quiet, hard
working, honest colGed man. HI
came to this county some nine or ter
| years ago from Crawford county, where
he had lived for twelve years previous
! He was widower with two children
little girls. whom he placed with his re
latives, where he paid for their sup
port. Thursday morning an inquest was
held by Justice Baldwin. The jury
consisted of Messrs. j. j. Oswald, j.
E. Barnett, John S. Wright, viii.
Orion, H. P. Green and E. J. Benedict
After viewing the remains they ad
journed till ten o'clock at which hou
the session was continued at the Court
House. The first witness called was
Deputy Ora Richards, the officer who
had Gadlin in charge at tue time the
attack was made on him. He testified
as follows:
Ora Richards and examined.
II arrested Gadlin on the twenty-sixth
of this month by virtue of warrant
for bastardy. | took him from the
field. He was rooming down at the
house, his room consisting of small
building little ways from The house,
and in order to get where theteam was
hitehed from where he changed his
clothes, we had to pass by the house,
and as we came by the house some one
asked us to come in.
Q.-"Who asked you?n
A.-.'Some one, | think Pat Judge.
We went in and the negro Shutdown and
| stood up. Pat asked the negro if it
was his child. cannot remember all
that was said, but he did not give him
any satisfactory answer anyway, and he
turned and asked the girl whose child
it was, and she said that it was Cad
Inns and he (Judge)' said that's
enough and turned and got an AK from
somewhere, don't know whether in
side or outside of the door, and struck.
| stepped between them to prevent the
striking and we backed right out of
the door the same way we came in.
kept backing Pat off and he kept strik-
ing at the negro and stepped half step
down, one of banking or wooden step,
and | stepped after him, and the negro
was right at my back. When Pat first
struck told the negro to run but he
didn't do so, but kept close to me. As
| stepped down, and Pat was standing
quite close to me, / heard the re-
port of a gun. The negro stumbled
and fell, should judge ten or fifteen
feet and ran back. When / first
saw him / thought he had stumbled as
he started to run and did not know that
he was hurt until | got the ak away from
Pat, then he told me he was hurt
Q.-''Who else was down at the
house?n
AIS I went to the house, John
Judge and Pat Battle
Q-''Where were theyg''
A.-John Judge was sitting at the
corner of the addition to the house
on the east side, and the other was sit.
ting under tree few feet farther
east
Q.-''From what direction was the
shot fired?''
A.-"From the east.'
Q.-.'Was it in the direction where
these parties were, or was it notP''
Al should Judge So"
Q.-'Did you see any other men
about there except those you have men.
tionedp"
| A.-''Not until l got the ak away
from Pat"
Q.-"Afterwards did you see any?n
A.-.'Yes SIR
Q.-.Who were they?h
A. - Young Judge and young
Battle
Q.-"Did you see any Of these partle:
before you got to Pat Judges placer
Ayes sir.
Q.-"State who and where they
werep'
Al don't know whose field that
is where the wood is piled along the
road, but it was where the wood was
piled"
Q.-"Tell who you saw and any con-
versation?'
Al saw John Judge ST., and Jr.
and Battle and his son. -
Q.-sPat Battles son?''
Ayes sir, and John Judge Jr.''
Q.-''Did you see Pat Judge?"
A.-''Yes, he was going toward.
home, twenty-five or thirty rods from
where they were.''
Q.-"At distanceP'
Ayes, going towards home.
asked John Judge, Jr., to go with me
and show me where the negro was, anC
he said he would"
Q.-''Were any remarks made befor,
you started?"
A.-"Yes, but / can't remember tn,
exact language.
Dwell, what did you do afte
you asked young Judge TO go?''
/ Awe started to where the negr,
was and young Battle followed us ant
went with me to where / arrested tn,
negro, and that is the last ] saw o
them. l suppose it was them going VI
the hill after the shot,
| Q.-"How far away were they whel
you first saw them after the shotp''
| About eight or ten rods
/ Q.-"You went around the house afte
the shot?'
AYES"
Q.-"And they were going up tn
hill?"
Ayes, SIR"
In answer to question from til
COURT didn't see any of those bov
after the negro went into the cabin, t
change his clothes, until saw them &C
ing up the HILL
| Q-."You had come down fror
the negroes sleepiDg-place. What wa
the direction from the house?"
A.-"East.S
Q.-"And you had been up an
come DOWN."
Yes
| Q.-"Did you see any men on th
place but those you have mentione