Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-04-20
Most A LYNCHING.
'o0ty Murderer Saved from the Mob
by Militia.

NY mllIo!d.
.,~oy, Wis, April 15.-If the Gin
arnprs had had a leader to-day
..orld have hanged Mathew Bitson.
,nrdrrer, to the nearest tree. not
nr.iing the fact that the blood was
.;nn from what was supposed to be
, ..1 wound in his throat, inflicted
HIMSELF Just before he was
But the mob had no lead
"% .of tonight Adjt Gen. Doe
Sttv National Guardsmen came
Madison and took the murderer
I the lookup and started away
r' IqncsyiIle with him. When the
AZ artcmpted to take the prisoner
moon train, armed men had stood
cav, but the mob did not attempt
..rfryr with the militia.
lrmrrs had lacked 4 leader all
,nr if was known that brothers of
rJSrn, one of the murdered wom-
j rrp coming on the evening train
nlEota, and the word had been
around that they would take
~.nfthc lvnching. But when they
8 .n.a sided With the sheriff. 1t
strange scene for the
q # Wisconsin this evening.
q ,hr life of his sisters muir
q Walter Lawrence was pleading.
/. ,I him surged u crowd of 500
nrmcrs vino answered every ar
. nj with wells Of Chang him" In
%r little wooden lookup lay the
,sr Mathew Bitson, who shot his
wife and Mrs. Arthur Hern, the
IA wealthy farmer, then soaked
81 rothing in kerosene, dragged
into the cellar and burned them
d ne house.
.nrc ne was lodged in the lock-
no'rIock this morning had the
# for an instant. They lessened
mbcrs at supper time, but at 7
the streets were more crowded
rypr. Everyone waited for the
frhp Northwestern train from
On this train were Mrs. Hern's
,r,. Arthur and Walter Lawrence,
a. much was expected. Both had
|s rtraining of border life, and the
gIentIy expected them to take
Bay aIprShip. But when the train ar
mIthr brothers were found to
nh the sheriff, it did not produce
Z vprtcd result. From the top Of a
pile beside the lookup they adj
the Infatuated farmers.
i, a time when sober counsel
- rryaiI,' urged Arthur Law
Mini, oId-time friends and neigh
'YouaII know me and ought to
SIZED if ann satisfied. Let the
atS course.
nIon't know this man. We do.
him. was the shout.
advertised for Il week before
hat he would kill his wife and my
Ghw. | want to see him
urged Charley Stolter, q prom
@ck man who refused to join the
sin their plea. A great change
ur in the temper of the mob
@on At noon they demanded
Dbaye him remain in the lock
bleed to death in peace. AS
mc ON and the doctors We're
o admit that BitsOn's wound
10, prove fatal, the demand for
measures became more
r@rjtcmcnt began to increase,
4, to 4 point where violence
1p been done, the governors
1N strong, arrived by special
4 al Madison. The train stopped
10ear the lookup, the compa-
80 I'D and marched to the little
nd c>tortcd BitSon back to the
u a" mob stood back oyerawed
Hilary and no interference was
3D. After the train had pulled
q @S GAINESVILLE the crowd dis
Wis.,, April 16.-Mathew
u" murderer, who SO narrowly
- orhng ut Clinton, Wis, was
here about 80 O'Clock this
COMA special train accompanied
"att of Rock County and Mar
@0 of GAINESVILLE. He was at
iolail and locked up in a cell
Ii vas laid on a cot. To all APP
lie seemed dead, but after
N departed he got up and
0 s. MSS his cell and took a drink
al inns forenoon, when Il re-
81 '"i nm, he was sound asleep.
refused to talk to anyone.
that the ball entered the
, " lodged in the brain is not
0l entered under the right
oa 10r cut ON the other side,
~: n ".gh his mouth. The wound
W" the attending physician
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