Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-07-25

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where, finding Mr.. PEBBLES, Austin
shot him, and the rest of us went 10
! the house; as we approached, the fam
lily discovered lbs, and shut the door.
| Vain hope! VIII, with one stroke OF
his axe, opened 1t, and we entered and
found Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Newsome
In the middle OF a room, almost fright
ened to death. VIII Immediately killed
Mrs. Turner with one blow of his axe.
l took Mrs. Newsome by the hand, and
4 with the sword l had when was APP
pretended l struck her several blows
over the head, but not bc.hS able 70
| kill her, as the sword was dull, Will,
turning round and discovering 1t, dis
patched her. 4 general destruction OF
I property and search for money and
ammunition always succeeded the
murders.
"By this time my company amounted
/ to fifteen, and nine men mounted.
who started for Mrs. Whiteheads tine
other six were to so through byway
/ to Mr.. Bryant's, and rejoin us at Mrs.
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| house we discovered Richard White
head standing in the cotton patch,
near the lane fence. We called him
over into the lane, and WILL the exc
cutioner, was near at hand with his
fatal axe to send him to an untimely
grave. AS we pushed on TO the house
| discovered some one running round
the garden, and thinking 1t was some
of the white family, pursued then
hut finding 1t was 4 servant girl be-
longing 10 the house returned to COM
mencc the work of death, but they
whom | left had not been idle; all the
family were already murdered but
Mrs. Whitehead and her daughter
Margaret. AS | came round 10 the
door / saw Will pulling Mrs, White
head out of the house, and at the step
he nearly severed her head from her
body with his broad axe. Miss Mar
garet when discovered her, had con-
cealed herself i'll the corner formed by
the projection of the eellar Stoop
from the house; on my approach she
fled, but was soon oyertaken, ana
after repeated blows With sword, |
killed her ny blow on the head with
a fence rail- BY this time, the SIX
who had gone to Mr.. Blyants re-
Joined us, and informed me that they
had done the work assigned bheln. We
again divided, part going to Richard
Porter'S, and from thence to Aathanlel
Franciss, the others TO Howell Har-
ris's and Mr.. L. Doyle's. On my
reaching Mr.. Porter's, he had escaped
with his family. | understood there
that the alarm had already spread. and
| Immediately returned to bring up
those sent to MIR. Doyle's and Mr.
Howell Harris's: the party | left going
on to Mr.. Harris's, having told them
/ would rejoin them in that neignbor-
hood met those sent to Mr.. Doyles
and Mr.. Harris's returning, having
met Mr.. Doyle on the road and killed
him; and learning from some who
Joined them that Mr. Harris was from
home, Immediately pursued the
course taken by the party gone on be.
fore; but knowing they would com
plete the work OF death and pillage at
Mr.. Franciss before | could get there,
| went to Peter Edwards's, expecting
to find them there, but they had been
there also.
Il then went to John n. BaToY's.
They had been there and murdered
him. pursued on their track to Cap
tain hewitt Harris's, where | found
the greater part mounted and ready to
start. The men, now amounting TO
about forty, shouted and hurrahed rs
/ rode up; some were in the yard load
ing their guns; others drinking. They
said Captain Harris and his family
had escaped, the property In the house
they had destroyed, robhing him Of
money and other yaluables. | ordered
them to mount and march instantly;
this was about 8 or 10 o'clock Monday
morning. | proceeded TO Levi Walters,
/ two or three miles distant. | took MY
station iii the rear, and as 1t was my
object TO carry terror and devastation
/ wherever we went, placed fifteen Or
twenty Of the best armed and most to
be relied on in front, who generally APP
proachgd the houses as fast as their
horses could run; this was for two
purposes, to prevent their escape and
strike terror to the Inhabitants
this account nsTer got to the houses
after leaving Mrs. Whitehead's until
the murders were committed, except In
! one case.
II sometimes got In sight 10 see the
work Of death completed, viewing the
mangled bodies as they lay in silent
satisfaction, and Immediately start II
/ in quest OF other victims. Having
\ murdered Mrs. Waller and ten chill
/ dren, we started for Mr.. William Will
liamss, having killed him and two lit
| tie boys that were there. While en-
gagged in this Mrs. Williams fled and
got some distance from the house, but
she was pursued, overtaken, and COM
PEELED to get up behind one Of the COM
pany who brought her back, and after
showing her the mangfed body Of her
] IifalsSS husband she was told to get