Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27

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piece of log has fallen from one side
A hasty inspection showed it had been
sawed out, then replaced and the
seams covered with mud 1t then be-
gan to creep through their heads that
-- was very lively corpse
after all, and this belief was strength
ened when a search of the surroundings
showed unmistakable evidence that the
.Bullfrog' had been there.
Sheriff Enos S. Baker got on --
rs trail, followed him into Iowa,
captured him and brought him back,
and having no place to imprison him.
kept him in custody at his own house.
self useful and agreeable, much in the
same manner as Nick Ames years al
forwards served out his first term.
But IL time this kind of life grew mo-
notonous and irksome, so ---
again left and went to Iowa, and this
time no attempt was made to bring
him back Still his appetite for re-
venge was not satiated. Another who
had taken sides against him was Hiram
Brunson. of Patch Grove. Brunson
had just completed large new barn,
quite an undertaking in those days,
when barn-raising took every able
bodied man in the neighborhood, and
the Brunson neighborhood at that time
embraced both Lancaster and Prairie
du Chen with all intermediate points,
and as soon as it was completed it
was set on fire and burned to the
ground. This aroused the entire COM
munity, and suspicion of course CEN
tered on --. Scouts were sent
out in all directions, and in a hollow
running down to the Mississippi we're
found the smouldering embers of a
campfire, and following on to the
river on the muddy banks were found
tracks made by boots which no other
known feet but --'s could fill;
also the impress left by a canoe that
had been drawn up out of the river.
With this information, making as
surance doubly sure, the party re-
turned to Brunson's where some fifty
men had now gathered, who in com
mittee of the whole resolved on
course of action. They chose COM
mittee of three resolute men (William
Humphrey, John Brown and John
Chapman) to follow and capture
---- and bring him to Henry
Patch's, at Patch Grove.
The committee followed the Missis-
sippi river to near where Glen Haven
now stands, then crossed to the Iowa
side at Hatfield's mill, expecting to
find ------- at cabin where it
was learned he had been stopping, en-
gagged in cutting cord-wood. They
first went to Hattield's, to gain infor-
nation and obtain a guide. They
found the family at supper and very
reticent in regard to everything per-
tanning to --, until an offer of
money loosened their tongues and pro-
cured the necessary guide to -
IS cabin. They found bright fire
burning in the cabin, butit was vacant;
so they went from there to one Nc
Mullen's, where they found
in custody of Sheriff Baker. Baker
had gone to Cassville with his deputy,
as | remember the venerable Nat w
Kendall-.the sage of Wyalusing,n
where he left his team in charge of the
deputy, and he went on alone and
made the arrest Here was little
conflict of authority for while he was
in custody of the sheriff the committee
assured him they had positive orders
to take him to Patch Grove. Baker
had married into the Brunson family.
and it is presumable his sympathies
were on the Brunson side so he agreed
to 60 with the committee, but would
retain - in his custody. They
recrossed the river about midnight,
and went from there on foot to Patch's,
where they arrived about sunrise.
Messengers were at once dispatched
to arouse the neighbors as far as Lam
caster and Prairie du CHEN. Men
hastily gathered from all directions.
and after consulting the majority de-
cided to hang ----. The tree
was selected, the rope procured, and
all necessary preparations made to
Cdii luc StulCuGC lH6O GNtNuitou rs
soon as the crowd had al gathered.
The prisoner did not demur to the
business of his sentence, but made his
few preparations with stoical indiffer-
enee and an exhibition of fortitude and
nerve that challenged admiration. He
gave to one pair of new gloves he had
got for himself, and to others various
little mementoes, and chatted pleas
antly with the few who had kindly
word for him. Still the crowd gath
cred. Look! Across the prairie sweeps
rider, his horse embossed with foam
and dark with soil 1t is John Boz
right. Lancaster's blacksmith and the
first of Lancaster's contingent, man
who deemed it disgrace to not be in
first At any gathering from dog-fght
to hanging. He says he has come
from Lancaster in three-quarters of an
hour. and the palpitating sides of his
little mare bear evidence of the truth
of his assertion.
Despite the seeming unanimity of
sentiment in favor of this summary
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