The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1892-01-09
HER TALE OF WOE.
MRS. PATTERSON's STORY
BRIEFLY TOLD.
She Says That She Is the Vic
tim of Persecution blythe
Powers That Be.
The Report OF Her Arrest waa Untrue and It's
Circulation has Resulted In Her Injury.
Some Grave Charges laid at the
Door OF Officer Kelley.
MRS. PATTERsoN's STORY.

Mrs. PATIERSON'S STORY.
On Thursday, The DIAMOND DRILL re-
ccived call from Mrs. Ann Patterson,
Of Iron River. Mrs. Patterson's name
is familiar 10 The DIAMOND DRn.L's
readers, il having been connected with
nearly all oi the several shooting aiirays
in the prytracted homestead fued, the
center oikwhich has been in the vicinity
Of her homestead, near Beechwood. 1t
was in relation to this matter that Mrs.
Patterson visited THE DIAMOND DRILL,
stating that in it's last issue, under the
caption Of 'Nipped ut Last" it did her
mn injustice and injured her reputation
considerably, especially in the eyes OF
people remote from the vicinity OF her
home.
As The DIAMOND DRILL deplores the
TACT of having unjustly mnlgned the
name OF any individual and more cspcc-
tally that Of lady, il will chccrully
give publicity to Mrs Patterson's YER
sion OF the entire trouble existing between
the Metropolitan Lumber Company and
herself. Mrs. Patterson talked rs fol
lows:
"Four years ago / prc-cmpted n
piece Of land on section three, 4i-35, my
brother, John Collins, homesteading
piece adjoining mine. His land has since
been brought into litigation and he has
left the neighborhood, leaving his land
under my supervision, while my land, you
understand. is free from any litigation.
1t is on my brothers land that the lum-
bor company has been opcrrting."
Mrs. Patterson then went into many
tiring details leading mp To the arrests OF
n week ago Monday but as these are OF
no interest TO readers they are omitted.
She said, in substance, that the camp
foreman for the metropolitan company
and Alex Kelly, the deputy sheriff who
effected the arrests, had NIL along been
instrumental in causing the difficulty
between hersclInnd the company and that
the encroachments upon her property
had always been done under their dircc-
ton and contrary TO the wishes of the
men employed. Mrs. Patterson said
TINT these two men will have To- answer
for the burning of her shanty, some three
weeks ago, leaving her destitute, save the
clothes she wore, being absent at the
time. She says that the burning was
done to rid the vicinity Of her that the
men might bc relieved 81 the surveillance
under which she has constantly kept her
possessions.
On the day that the arrests were made,
Mrs Patterson snys, two men, named
Louis Gonyou aud Adam Cattle were
assisting her in rebuilding her shanty
and that when the three, the two men
and herself, were passing through the
woods about noon, Gonyou "blazed' n
pine tree and shot at the mark twice,
Ca determine whether or not the sight
on his rifle was correct. She firmly as
scrts that this was all the rifle shooting
done by them that day. Later in the
day Kelly came to the scene OF their
work with IL team and sand sleigh (hav-
ing only platform in place OF box),
arrested the two men and signilied his
intention OF nrrcsting her, handwriting
her and taking her 10 Iron Rivcr and
thence To Crystal Falls. She says that
as she was guilty Of no nomis,lemeanor, she
objected to going and told him so ut the
point Of n revolver Kolly allowed her
To remain Sho then went To Iron River
where she was taken sick, the result of
exposure. She remained there several
days and finally saw Prosecuting Attor-
ncy Crandnll, who informed her that a
warrant had been issued for her arrest.
She therefore came 10 Crystal Falls ON
Thursday of this week and waived OK
animation. These are thestatements OF
Mrs. Patterson and ns The DIAMOND
DmIu is disintercsted party IL will not
declnrc its belief as to their truth or
t,liiv, bs,t r) leave its readers 10 judge
Tor thein,<}vc& Mrs. Patterson alleges
that size n thck kvictim of cruel pcrsc-
cution by tie hiftings Of the Metropoli-
tan compqi3. .ned that she VIII produce
abundant prooiW effect that when the
proper time has af,iyed.