Telegram-herald., 1890-11-15
FOUR MEN IN JAIL
GRANGER IL A CRITICAL POSITION
frof Thompson sass ths aordersT Can
he Positively lasntinsa-Dsniea That
the ff0ys " ho Carried the M0sksts
Mere Drask-sonas history

ANS ARBoR. Mich, Nov. 1.-THE
officers have arrested Fred Root and
Ellsworth Thomas upon the charge Of
striking the blow winch killed /. J Den
nison in the student hght With the
militia. Prof. Thompson. who Is cham
pioning the case Of the students. claims
that the developments al the coroneT's 8
inquest VIII show That the guilty man
can be positively Identified. The de-
scription given boy young Paul Meyer
exactly nts that of Root As being the
man who Is wanted
sergt. Granger had piece Of his
skull removed and he is IN very criti-
cal condition. However, the officers
served warrant upon hlm, charging
him also with the crime. The officers
are also on a still hunt for the militia
men and towns BOYS VINO were impli-
Gated in the affair and viii arrest them
all.
sheriff DWyer also gives il out that
should GTanger's wound prove fatal be
Viii use has utmost endeavOr 20 find
out the student who threw the stone.
Capt Armstrong. Of Company A 4.
SAYS: 1.-The reports that the h0ys who
carried the muskets were intoxicated, ls
entirely erroneous. At least half Of
those who were out were not members
of the militia. II was simply an in
formal company. ] told the BOYS when
they were N the house, aad when they
decided % 90 out aud fight, that they
must leave their guns there and fight
with their fists, e they must fight.
only allowed them TO take their guns
away on a promise 10 return 10 the
armory."
Frank Latson, an expressman, saws:
al came along on laberty-st. when the
crowd was collected there, and before
| anv ch arge was made by the company.
! did not see any stones thrown by the
students. They simply yelled and
guyed the militia, and this presumably
exasperated Granger 10 the point Of
ordering t charge"
Dr. Jackson. near whose hoTse the
affair occurred, save: 81 saw the
whole thing from my second story WIN
/ dow; that is that part Of the affair
winch hapT ened on Liberty-st. The
company was marching down Liberty
and at a point below the German
church they halted. What was said /
could not hear, but I distinctly saw a
plumber Of students stOOp down. ap-
pear To pick up something and 60
/ through the motions OF throwing Il.
| Whether they did or not ! can not say"
There are also claims made that two
| shots were fired from revolver al
1 Granger, and high school student was
a witness to II.
Coroner Clark impsneled a jury last
night and commenced an inquest in the
court room in the presence of one
! thousand students and citizens. Ford
! Belford. who was the chum OF the boy
! killed. testified that Dennison and
! himself were standing upOn the side
walk when n militia man raised his rife
| and struck Dennison one terrific blow.
He staggered and fell, and the man
who had inflicted the injury disap-
pearcd at once in the crowd. He did
not sec any stones thrown and saws the
rot happened before the soldiers were
mad at being guyed and yelled At
Or. c. =. Nancrede and Or. Bert r.
Rowe who made the autopsy. testified
as 10 the fracture of the skull and It's
fatal character. II. C. St,llwell. a
student. did not see the hovs use any
weapons, and wss positive the only ex.
cus5 for the assault bv the militia men
was the wells and gUving Of the stud.
| ents. He heard one Of the soldiers saw
! that "unless the bows moved away they
! would break their bones"
Frank Prettyman was student who
saw the whole fight. snd be swore he
heard the man in command Of the
| troops say with an oath. "If Won don't
keep still over there I'll break voui
| neck" lie was talking TO student
who was ieering him. Then followed a
| university yell from the crowd. TIN,
! aroused the commander. and. drawing
his sword and waving Il. be said
Knock HI ont Of them, boys" And
| then followed the charge.
Mavor Manly swore the soldiers had
no permission from hlm to FIRE then
/ guns. and they did so against his pos
! tive orders. He refused them becsuss
! he feared II might arouse the students
| again.
Robert c. Haywood. q soldier. say,
the order to charge was given because
| the bows bad been throwing mud and
annoying the line in other wavs. Hs
was not struck and did not sec any one
/ else hit The soldiers left the housg
1 where they were celebrating the wed
Ding OF a member II the company IN
I order 20 get tho crowd ~ students r
leave. knowing that thcv would follow
them 20 the armory. Granger ordered
tho militia tn usc their muskets a.
/ clubs. He did not hear snv threat
/ made and DID not see any weapons ir
I the bands of the students
The inquest u in progress this morn
/ ing.
Avx ARBoR, Mich. Nov. 14-Twr
/ more town boys. William Binder suc
Ad0lph Gisfzel. have been arrested r.,
/ heng implicated 1n the occurrence a
Wednesday nght that resulted in to
murder cf vouur nfuuison.
This morning TIRE eariv r.sers. in com
ing down ~fste-sf. were greeted VII
+ the spectacle Of Mayor Manly hung r
ffErv The mayor refuses - have 4
torn done and thinks t was done p
4 friends of tie students who were inCar
cerate1 n 5aiI Tuesday ght
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