Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
MORE ARRESTS MADE.
What The State VIII Try Ia Prove a
the Coming Mead Murder Trial

Milwaukee, May 1.-Two more ar
rests are to be made in the Mead case
before the trial of the men charged
with having been implicated i'll the
murder Of the banker is called ut Wau-
paca, June &. This statement is au-
thcntic and was made yesterday by n
person who is entirely converSant with
the inside history of the famous TRACE
dy. Who the suspects are that have SO
far escaped the official dragnet the in
formant refused to state, but despite
his feticence it has been learned that
both of the men are wanted for ncgO-
tiating the bonds supposed to have been
stolen from the Waupaca bank at the
time Of the Mead murder, and one of
the suspects is IN attorney once well
known i'll northern Wisconsin, but for
soiae years past Il resident Of the state
Of New York
Last Saturday District Attorney Ben
Goldberg and Attorney w. &. Williams
left for the east. and it is believed to
he i'll connection With the arrest of the
lawyer that the trip is taken. The
other man wanted is an eX-PinEertOn
detective whose connection with the
case dates from the first attempt to I'M
rayel the mystery, who is ut present
said 10 be in Missouri. He is. however
wanted more us Il witness than an &C
complete, and is said to have given his
word to the authorities that he will be
present ut the trial, although as Il pre-
cautionafy measure Il warrant will
probably be issued for him just before
the arraignment is begun.
While attorneys interested in the ..aSe
deny that any one now under arrest has
made Il confession it is certain that they
have in their possession what they
deem the true history of the crime:
The theory which they will present at
the trial is that the murder was the
result of 4 drunken reyel. The muir
dered banker, IL. c. Mead, was rather
IN eccentric character and was known
to remain up until late hour at night
in his bank working on his books. Some
one proposed that it would be a good
plan to give the old man 4 scare. and
going to the bank the men forced their
way to Mr.. NIead's private room and
the vaults He recognized the men
and instead of taking the thing rs Il
Joke prepared to defend himself, and
had he lived would undoubtedly have
prose cuted his ASSISTANTS for burglary.
knowing they We're trapped the
drunken crowd. unmindful of the con
sequences resolved to cover up their
lesser crime by the greater one of muir
der and killed the aged banker III his
room. That some of the men now UNI
Gcr Indictment We're the principals III
that terrible crime the prosecution
claims that the evidence in their hands
will prove. ard they claim to have an
abundance Of testimony to suhstantiate
the theory already outlined.
That the trial of the case will be one
Of the greatest ever known in WiScon
sin there is no doubt
The legal talent on both sides is
among the best in the state. !. V
ton is already known as great crimi
nal lawyer, his arraisnment of Leonard
Perrin being still fresh in the memory
of the people of Wisconsin. For the
defense such well-known attorneys as
c. W. Felker. of Oshkosh. and the firm
of Cate. Jones & Sanborn, of Steven:
Point, will appear. while among The
in the trial are District Attorney Gold
berg. of Waupaca county. and Garrett
Thorne. of Clintonville