The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-06-09

Rrrur.SD CENTER, Wis, June 1.-An-
a.av Graudstaf, a Young man of
had ranuts. who owns forty acres
adjoining the Drake place, was
cantDred six miles from the
scene ofthe late murder last night
Vernon County deputies and confess
10 the awful crime of killing of o.
Reuben Drake, his wife and two grand
children. He is now lodged in the Yer
p5n County jail.
yrRooUA. Wis. June 1.-Great excite
ment prevails in this city this morning
over the arrest of young man
named Andrew Grandstaf, sup
posed to be connected with the
murder of the Drake family. The
arrest was made about 9 o'clock last
night, one week after the muries oc-
Cured Grandstatf is % years of age
and has borne an exceedingly hard rep
utation in the hickanJo Valley. He
has made 1t his headquarters
for several yeas. Many depredations
have been lid at his door, but he has
never been arrested for them. During
school meeting at Kickapoo Center, in
February, he was shot in the bowels
with charge Of common shot, but ow-
ing to his strong constitution he recov-
cred.
The arrest of Grandstaff was made by
C. j. Farrell, Of PinkertOn's Chicago
force, who has done good work during
the twenty-fOur hours he has been on
the ground. Farrell was assist
ed by ex-Sheriffs Gooden and
Morley. They brought the prisoner to
TINS city, arriving here at O'Clock this
morning. He was closeted in room at
a hotel with the officers until 10 O'Clock,
where it is rumored he made a full con-
tessiOn.
By 10 o'clock matters had worked 10
such heat that a lynching party was
assured had not better councils and
cooler judgment prevailed.
Grandstaf was born in this couuiv
lie Is an illegitimate child and
ls ignorant and daring. The detectives
are earnestly at work and more Inter-
estlng developments are almost sure TO
come TO lght within twentv-four hours
MADISON, Wis, juno 1.-The sheriff of
Vernon County has telegraphed the
Governor that ne has arrested the s1s-
pected murderer of the Drake family
and that re cannot protect him from the
WrathtuI populaCe without help. The
JeFesnO has taken no action about the
matter as yet.
FIRoQUA, Wis, June Surrounds,
by mob of fully 900 determines. men
the murderer OF Reuben Drake, his wife
ana their two innocent little grandchil-
dren, found retrihution on an impro-
Slsed gallows IN front of the iail at an
early hour this morning. His name is
andrew Grandstatf. Being suddenly
pouhced upon by the authorities he
8asde full confession as to the afro
gious quadruple butchery, and be-
fore night the men of the vicinity
gathered In omiuous fashion TO mete
out swift justice. Recognising the ne
cessIty of securing greinforcements if the
ilie OF the prisoner was to be preserved
Tor the process of law, the sheriff wired
Hoy. Rusk to call out the militia. It
was, OF course, too late to comply ina
medHtely, as no trains would bring the
nearest company of national guards to
the scene that night, and so the governor
f*legraphed IN reply that the sheriff
should swear IN all the special
deputies he might require to protect
the prisoner until he couid get a COM
pany of militia TO the place. Every
man within radius of twenty miles
or more, however, was in gvmpathv
with the fast multiplying mob and
the authorities We're unable 10 Obtain
any endorsements worth mentioning
1t IS doubtful ii even a company of milf
gla could have saved the life of the
prisoner, for Judge Lynch rn'.d sr-
preme this night, and he rad a
thousand men TO do his .i.IdinT
and a reserve IF thousand more,
The authorities suppressed the fact that
erandstatf had made a confession.
showing that the possibility of taking
inc lfe OF an innocent man was the
only thing that prevented the mob from
maElng quick work with the murderer.
tlaa they peen absolutely stre Of their
man, Grandstaff would not have bapn
alive at I0o'clock iast night. There were
famors of confession. h1t those who
alone, could substantiate the reports
would not. 80 SO. The prisoner. how
yer vas finally takcr from the iail after
4 I4ooly struggle ard hanged.