Telegram-herald., 1889-08-13
TERRI BILE CRIME


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been premed .tatsd.
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sriNP' -A .ii0 county ~-l-''i- '-es 10 COS
iect some taxes LEVIED upon Wrght :
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neel Assessed GA tne "A ne property iA
Wisconsin. TIE tax collector levied on
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sheriff anl Dr. In1rter, whom the
under snefin nAd deF Fuuked, reached
tae creek Iae mo officers naslened
Il Own stream - tae MlA to keep the
logs lrom oens sawed, ,and oh ule way
met Nugat, tui after ,o-lt heated
arguments, " 1nt WnO Was armed
nf-a fIie aui revolver, raised the
nfst ntmet wetpon and snot Marshall
tarouga the le.ld. Or. lnurper saw
then tlat l.s own lie was 10 danger
ana .pralg upon Wright, bat when ne
-ad succeeded n Wrestling the gun
irom man, Nr-lt drew has revolver
and blew ogt l.e doctor brains.
Tie murderer taeu rushed % llls mill
anu pad OIL n-- mel, packed hls grip
ana seat it aboard bis propeller, the
>ey moAg, ~n-cr .iy Oh shore, and h ID
iA tne WOODS i1leA,t-nS 10 reach the
vessel after dark and escape Word
VAS at once sent 70 frankiort and Ben
konla, however, anu >ner.n Case
quickly organized an armed posse,
chartered tne steamer Dewar, and
cleared Tor the mouth OF otter creek.
Upon arriving there the sheriff found
that the news ot the shooting had
spread TAR and vide, and that over TWO
hundred wOOdsmen had assembled
from the nclghbOrlng townships to
/ lynch Wright, aud that they were hunt
ing for him.
The sheriff also began 10 hunt, and
although an INDIAN, alter beng drawn
up by the neck until nearly dead,
finally confessed that he mad agreed to
row Wright from the woods 70 the >ey-
mour. The wretched man could not
be found until he came from the
woods voluntarily and surrendered to
the sheriff, which he did late Saturday
night. The sheriff at once placed his
prisoner aboard the Dewar and took
Wright to Frankfort. Yesterday the
danger OF lynching became 50 great
that sheriff Case finally took hls prls-
Oner to Manistee IN order 10 be safe,
and there he Is now IN Jail.
Wright WAS very much frightened
while IN jail AT Frankfort, and was
more than wiling 10 get 10 Manlstce.
Re did not like 70 talk OF his crime,
and would not be interviewed 10 any
/ length, but he did say that ne would
appear N tenaole right when all tho
+ facts were known, and that ne dld not
I Tear that any jury would not hold hlm
I lustiiiab.e when all the evidence was IN
tie has retained y \. Parker and has
teiegraphed 70 kacine Tor senator
Quares and lawyer named SIX
I NfiSht eVidenuy means 10 MAKE
hgnt Tor liberty, ana VIII prooaoly
/ spend many times the dellhq uchl taxes
before ne gets Tree. John L'hey anu
JOnn Andersen, the Only witnesses OF
/ the shooting, are III jan az + IahklOr''
ana Will oe neid untll the case Is ihVes-
| uSated. Laney Is tue man VINO was 70
have rowed Wright out 70 ms vessel
and VINO confessed on beng hanged.
When Wright came out OF the woods
and surrendered 1t was quite late, ana
many OF the wOOdsmen had gone nome,
or he might have been Killed on the