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An EYE ron AN EYE.
A Story of Awful Crime Ia tho Wisconsin
Ptnerles.


Pinerles.
You see, said an old timer as he sat
in northern Wisconsin land Office a
few days ago. the people up there have
law and Justice these days. but il was
not SO always lie was pre-empter OF
Clark county and well posted 1T was
away back some fifty wears ago that
many outlaws made their homes in the
dense woods up there. And when
Henry Hoskins and his young wife and
two children came here TO settle and
clear up farm for an honest life the
gang soured ON him and kept up such
warfare that Hoskins finally retorted
against one of the gang.
so one afternoon seven Of the gang,
Hugh Boden, john Gillroy. Sam Deakin.
viii Beardsley, Ddke Thomas, Syl Wor-
den. and his brother Hank, got a SUR
prise party on HoskinS They bound
him to tree, and i presence OF his
wife and children, laia the lash on Lis
back most numerically The plead
ings of the poor wife were in vain. No
sound or murmur escaped the lips Of
Hoskins
Finally, either by accident or design,
blow struck Hoskins's right eye, tear
ing the ball from ,,.e socket Hoskins
tainted. and his lie also fell into
swoon. The scoundrels now felt that
they had perhaps gone too far. SO they
skunk off, one by one. Upon regaining
consciousness the satfcring wife cut tie
bonds that held ises husband, and con-
veyed him to their cabin. and under her
care he recovered. but he was not ths
same man. His ambition now was only
for revenge. In " months his wife
died from nervous p.ostration. lie sent
his children 10 the home Of their grand
parents at Dearborn. near Detroit. Mich.
Hoskins remained on his laud The
gang who perpetrated the outrage on
him were desperate men. but they gave
Hoskins wide berth.
~One day Hank Worden--it WAS Hank
who piled the la-h--was found dead in
the woods. The coroner's Jury found
verdict of died from a bullet In the
right eye by parties unknown Weeks
sped by, when the body of Boden WAS
found-killed 10y bullet in the ri sht
eve. And now a naneless terror seized
upon these men. Ivy dare not leave
the woods. as a bonnty was set on their
capture. But they never left their
shanties except with loaded rifles on
their shoulders The breaking Of n twig
in the woods gave Them spasms of fear
In a week or two the body of Giliroy
was found-shot in the right eye
Would not the mess now conesda
his vengeance satisfied? The state If
the remainder of the gang was pitiable.
And when few days later the bodies
of Deakin and Be- 'lsley were found
near the bank of the river, shot in the
right eye, the ren ining members of
the gang Syl Worden and Duko
Thomas--pale, EN- 4ciuted, scared. and
with shattered nerves. sought to escape
from the unerring ifie OF the man they
had so deeply inju d-whose life they
had ruined. They donned disguise and
set out toward wlr.re now stands the
city of Neilsville, but which was then au
unbroken wilderness They took turns at
watching. but there was no escaping
the vigilant eye Of he who treasures up
a wrong
"The two men stood on a slight elevn-
tion, watching the .etting sun. when the
report Of rife broke the stiffness Of
the scene, and Syl Worden dropped
dead, shot in the right eve. In few
moments Hoskins stood in front Of the
solitary remainder Of this gang Of perse-
cutors-Duke Thor a Thomas pleaded
for mercy. He he lis rife in his hand.
but he was paralyzed with fear aud
dread
~Hoskins recalled the scene of that
dread evening; told Of his 4 ad wifr,
his shattered life, his ruined home. IL
had sworn a solel oath Of yengeanc 1,
and. raising his rifle, the last of tho
gang lay in death-shot in the ri Int ese.
Hoskins was never seen after that. Some
say that the hermit. aged. and gray
bearded, and with only one eye-ti.e
left-who died in his hut on Hermit
Island, near Bayfield,, in 1866 was the
same Hoskins The initials H. IL.
were cut into the stock of his rifle. and
seven notches with a rudely engraved
eye bore a ghastly significance. and
partially solved the mystery of tile old
hermits life Milwaukee Letter to the
| New York Star.