St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-19
NED ROSS STILL WANDERS.
The Sequel 10 Inc Globes New Year
Story Not Complete.

NV mission is fulflled-my work done.
Look for the frozen bodies of the two muir
ders-Tuedge and Boyd-two miles up the
river, hanging TO II tree. NED Ross.
As soon as the storm passed away, q party
headed by Judge Shuttleworth, Dr; talk ana
Pete HerbrandSon. went up two miles on the
north SIDE of the river, where they tounq the
bodies of the two men--Boyd and Tuedge-
each hanging TO the limb OF large oak tree.
Both bodies were stripped naked
The above paragraphs, the conclu-
sion of what purports to be Ned Ross
Revenge. a Sad Sequel to the GLOBES
Dakota Story" The Terrible Fate of a
Faithiess Wife and Her Paramour," is
not the complete sequel, but only the
beginning of the narrative.
The party on making the discovery,
believed of course, the bodies hanging
TO the tree were those of Boyd and
Tuedge, but the sequel will show they
were not After refreshing themselves
from a large-sized bottle. thoughtfully
provided for the occasion by Col. J0ln
Little. one stroke of the knife III the
hand of Judge ShuttlewOrth severed the
rope which held suspended the TWO
BODIES. which, grasped firmly IN the
arms of DR.. Falk and Pete Herbrandson,
were carried to the sleigh. Ihls done,
me DdrIN OlicC IlOIC iGlINOiiSO tINhA
selves. took their seats in the sleigh.
and Bill Sheffield, who manipulated the
ribbons on the occasion, made the re-
turn trip in town in an aStoniShinply
short time.
After the bodies were deposited in
safe place the party, somewhat fatlgued
by the exercise Of the morning, and
thirsty, adjourned to Col. Little,s. The
colonel greeted them with smile as
they filed through his door and adj
vanced to the bar and exclaimed: "Ah,
my bully men. you must be dry! what
will you have?"
That's hit" answered Judge Shut
tleworth. ''we hare not honly dry, but
cussed dry.
..Ditto, ditto was the response all
around. and the party proceeded to
allay their thirst. Col. John was anX
ious to hear the result of the mornings
adventure, and, after the party had
seated themselves near the stove to
enjoy its warmth, the colonel asked:
And what did you diScover?'
I'VE found the bodies hall right ha-
nough. has the note of the stranger HIM
Dictated There his terrible mystery
in hall this haffair. hand we must work
b. hunravel it. Wat do you say. Doc?''.
spoke the judge.
Yes" replied Dr. f. n. Falk, the
''Machiavelii of Traill," who was still
smacking his lips to get rid of the taate
of the last potation, ''there is a deep
mystery in this that we must solve 1t
is very probably a put-up job of those
cussed Hillsboroites to get the county
seat away from Caledonia. Well probe
ii to the bottom. and if we find it as
have minated We'll turn the crank OF
the chrome. John, and give half the
proceeds to the church.
The startling suspicion adduced by
the good doctor deeply enraged the
crowd. and cursng and grinding of
molars were heard in every direction.
-
After consultation by the Caledoni-
ans, and at the suggestion of DIR. Will
sun Pitt Cleveland. it was determined
20 hold cOrOnerS inquest and post
mortem examination of the bodies. Bill
Sheffield was sent post haste for COro-
ner Strom and Pete Herbrandson,
Judge Shuttleworth, Dr.. Falks, John S.
Anderson, Louis Olson, John Brenne
man, Tom Kelly, Yankee Johnson, AL
CorlesS, Pete Caspar, Prof. Hoffman
and Mr. Bish were selected as the jury,
with DR.. Cleveland and Joe Clark to
conduct the post mOrtem. 1t was about
4 O'Clock p. m. before Sheffield returned
M!Iu INC GOIOlltls TIC QdN IdU DCCtl
spent in discussing the terrible and
seemingly impenetrable mystery. and
the citizens of Trails capital were all
agOg over the affair, as there had moth
ing occurred in the country to disturb
their euuanmity equal to ii since the
vote on the county seat A suitable
room had been provided previous to the
COroner's arrival. so there would be no
delay. and everything supposedly ar
ranged SO the inquest and post-mortem
could be proceeded with as eXpeuitiously
as possible.
The coroner had impaneled his jury
and had firmly seated himself in q dig
ntied position, when he, as if inspired
with the same spirit of the citizens
present-that there was no occasion to
mince matterSSand wait formalitieS-
imperiously ordered the bodies to be
brought in Dave Kelly and several
others, on this simple request of the
coroner, suddenly disappeared and as
suddenly reappeared carrying an i'm
proviSed bier containing the two bodies
covered over with q horse blanket. The
blanket was slowly and carefully re-
moved by DR.. Cleveland and Joe Clark,
while all eyes were strained to get the
first glimpse at the stiff, stark ana
naked corpSeS. Sure enough, there
thew were; but the bodies were so
thickly coated with ice and snow. which
had accumulated on them during the
storm, it was difficult TO recognize them
as human. Evidently nothing could be
done in the way Of a pOSt-morcem eX-
animation until the bodies had been
thaWed out. After the coroner, jury,
the doctor and spectators had discussed
the situation for some time, an adjourn
ment was ordered till next day, at the
same hour, when it was thought the i'll
quest could be proceeded with.
On the evening of that memorable
day the excitement had reached its eli
max with the citizens OF Caledonia.
Col. John Little'S place was literally
packed with an excited people. The
foremost citizens of the town were pres
ent. Hot rum was iii frequent demand.
There had been no clue as to who the
guilty parties were that had perpetrated
the daStardly deed. 1t was believed, of
course, that the stranger, Ned Ross, was
implicated in the affair, but it was GER
tain that he had assistants. Who could
they have been? Ross had passed
through Hillsboro to CALEDONIA. That
was a suspicious circumstance, and it
looked bad for Hillsboro. Col. John in
quired if there was any one present
who had heard strange or unusual noises
on the eventful night of the blizzard.
when Boyd and Tuedgc had lost their
lives.
Il tot hear yentle iell," answered
Pete HerbrandsOn.
at is a greater mystery than any
thing we ever had in Barnum' $ mu-
scum" observed DR.. Cleveland.
Prof. Hoffman commenced to say
something about General Hancock, .
when he was interrupted by Pete Cas-
par with
IBIS vos de damndest case vot know.
oh ni, Il lnnrd nt,n