St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-29
A MODERN AMAZON.
The Spouse of an Empire States
man Fights to a Finish.

CANANDAIGUA, n. Y, Nov. 2S.-
John Use, of Springfield, Livingston
county, and another unknown man. EN-
tered the house of Daniel Mead. of the
same town, at midnight last night and
to-day he Use is in hiding in the woods
OH the bank of the GeneSee river with
sheriff's posSee numbering 100 men
after him. Mrs. Mead, whose room was
on the ground floor. was awakened in
the night by a noise in the sitting room,
and when she opened the door between
the chamber and the sitting room, she
discovered man rIfing the secretary,
where Mead kept his money, and an
other standing by the stair door, with
his ear close to it, as if OIL guard. She
advanced into the room and said: "WhO
are you and what are you
doing THEREOF The man at the
desk turned and made grab
for her throat, but the woman was
strong and quick as well as brave, and
she sliced him and called loudly tor
help. She maintained the unequal con-
test with the burglar until his cOnfeder-
ate beat her with club and broke her
arm aud wrist in three places. Mr..
Mead, whose room was up stairs, was
not awakened until he heard the smash
ing of furniture in the struggle below.
He rushed down, and at the foot of the
stairs met one of the TuffianS and Crap
pied with him. Mead had the best of
the tussle. and had nearly overpOwered
the man when the other pulled a re-
volver and fir-d into his face, the bullet
entering the month and passing through
the back of the head, making
A PROBABLY FATAL WOUND.
As soon as Mrs. Mead got free she
started for the neighbors to give the
alarm, although she was almost power
less from the loss of blood. With the
pluck she had shown in her encounter
with the robbers she dragged herself TO
the next house and gave the alarm.
When assistance came the burglars had
fed and Mead was found on the floor of
the sitting room. near the stairway door,
unconscious. The room gave evidence
of terrible struggle. The furniture
was smashed and walls despatched with
blood from wounds inflicted on the
heroic wOman'S head with club. WELD
ed by one of the burglars. Mrs. Mead
recognized the man who dealt the blows
as John Use, man who had lately
been employed upon the place, and
posse was at once organized TO
capture him. When they reached his
house, his wife said he was not at home,
but he was, and his pursuers went up
stairs after him. He jumped out of a
second story window to the ground and
fed to the woods, taking with him a
repeating rifle. The men followed and
surrounded the forest, but wholesome
fear of the repeating rifle prevented
their going after him. There Is we'll
known cave on the bank of the Gelesee,
surrounded by dense thicket, and it is
believed that Use has taken refuge
there. The forest is surrounded so that
it is matter of time when Use will be
captured. The Heads are popular, and
if the injuries prove fatal, as is very
likely, Use will need strong protection
to prevent the citizens from melting out
punishment without legal formaiity.
Uses confederate escaped while tile
attention of the citizens was directed to
Use, and no trace of him has been
found