Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-09-27

/ time she arrived there Ross returned to
Scottsboro. In one Of his letters he
says to her:
do you know II is almost impossible
for me to realize that we were together
once for six whole days? remember
one afternoon we didn't 90 out and II
grew dark and you said: oh, where
has the afternoon gone tor Do you
remember? | do. 1t was the happiest
afternoon Of my life"
| These letters were but additional
Links in the chain Of fate that was
dragging her to disgrace and him 10
death. They were all eouched in the
most endcarlng terms and We're full
OF professions Of love. In one OF them
he discloses plan of obtaining di-
! yofce from his wife, marrying Miss
Skolton, and going out west where
: they could live upon money he hoped
to get from the sale of land In Wis
consin. He said his father was at one
time one Of the wcalth,est lumbcrnien
in Wisconsin and owned great deal
Of land near the Chippewa river. But
his father failed and lost the land.
Lately, Ross said he had discovered Il
defect in the title Of the land, and he
was looking up the matter in the hope
OF recovering the property, in which
event he would become rich man.
He would then 70 to South Dakota. oh
tain divorce from his wife, literally
provide for her future maintenance
IyD1
in the west
Miss Skeletons sister at Little Rock
discovered these letters, and sent
them to her brothers. They swore they
would kill Ross. Meanwhile the young
girl was ordered to return home, but
instead of doing so, wrote to Ross TO
meet her in Memphis. She left her
sisters house ostensibly for her home.
The brothers waited, but she never
came
Ross. realizing his danger, made ar.
rangemenrs to leave Scottboro, Sc
crctly but the SHELTON brothers were
on the alert. They believed he was
about to run away with their sister.
and they had watched his house for
days and when one Sunday morning
early, Ross, accompanied by his
brother-in-law, Bloodwood, and two
attendants left in drag for Steven
son whore he intended to take the
train, they followed him on horseback.
On this day Judge Tally got into
trouble. Everybody was impressed
with the probability of n terrible
tragedy, and began to gather at the
station to see If word came of a meet
ing. Young Ross, a brother-in-law Of
tho fleeing man, at late hour came
up, 1t had occurred to him that he
ought to warn his brorher-in-law Ac-
cordingly he sat down and wrote the
following message addressed to X. G..
Ross at Stevenson:
-Four men on horseback, with guns.
following, Look out"
Judge Tally either saw this nessa gcl
or accurately OWNED It's contents. He
Immediately sat down and wrote this
message addressed TO The operator at
Steyenson:
Don't let warned party get away.
When Ross arrived at the station,
his enemies had. but cutting across
fields, preceded him and concealed
Themselves. All unconscious of the
danger tile party commenced TO allghtI
from the drag, when. suddenly, the
Skeletons opened fire upon them FROM
all sides Ross only was hit lie drew
his revolver. but as the men were con-
coaled, could not return the fire.
Bewldered by the rapidity of the
shots and by the variety Of directions
from which they were couing he knew
not what TO 10, but turned this way
and that Men stood and watched
him unable to do thing, hot tears
starting to their eyes ut the sight OF
the agony on his face The fusilade
kept up for five minutes At last John
skeleton walked up behind. Ross wasI
looking III the Other directi0n John
raised his gt.n and fired. The ball
crashed through the back of Ross
head and he fell in the throeS Of death. !
Then as he lay there quiyering Robert
SHELTON went up and shot him again
Both the mon then turned and walked
M to the platform One of them said,
in nonchalant manner. He Is around !
there dead" The other smiled with
1--WE have done what we
came to do" he said. The Skeletons
gave themselves up. Two secured bai
and the two could not Sometime
aftcrward the latter made daring
escape hut one was reeaptured AMI,
the other is still at liberty.
Prosecution against Judge Tally was
commenced for the purpose of i'm.
him and he was found guilty
of aiding and abetting in the crime,
thus dlsbarring him from the bench J
and making him liable to Indictment
for murder.
Now AMMO SHELTON had never been
heard from after she left Little Rock
ostensbly TO 20 home up to the day af- I
ter the tragedy. All that time how
over, she had been at the Gibson house
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