The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-26
HIS LIFE At STAKE
LOU VAN HISE IS TAKEN BACK
TO HIS OHIO
HOME
ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER.
THE PRISONER TAKES SUPPER AT
LOCAL HOTEL IN ST.
PAUL.
BROUGHT BACK FROM OREGON,
where He Was Serving n Term for
BurgIary-StOry of His Al
legged Crime.

Among the passengers who arrived
in st. Paul yesterday afternoon over
the Northern Pacific from the West
was Deputy Sheriff w. c. Bruck, of
Butler county, Ohio, who had in Gus
todv Lon Van Hisa. fugitive muir
derer. He took his prisoner to the
Commercial hotel on East Third street,
where supper WAS parraken of, and at
7.4O o'clock last night he left with his
man over the Wisconsin Central Tor
the East Van Hise was handculfed,
and to his left ankle was locked steel
waiqbt which. at the east calculation,
weighed fifty pounds 1t was with dill
ficuItv that he dragged the load after
him and at every step While passing
through the union depot the weight
clanked upon the floor with IL chilling
sound.
Van Hise is remarkable criminal in
some respects He is a fine looking
man of about hirty-eight years, and
there is something about his personal
itv that indicates a more than ordinary
,afinamen+ He would converse freely
nth the deputy sheriff, but when
HERS attempted to draw him out on
env subject he was mute. Deputy
BruCk GXp6CIS W lclIlb lllo - ASO'ANN
hind the bars of the Butler county jail
Monday night.
The deputy sheriff received his pris-
oner out of the state penltenuary at
Solem Or. whittier Van Hise had been
sent from Portland about three nAohths
ogo to serve a year for burglary. He
was convicted Of this crime under the
alias Sterling Hiser. Many crimes are
I'D in that Sec
tion of Ohio where he is wanted his
career has been replete with sensa-
tional episodes.
In tbe aristocratic old town of
Marietta. O.. Van Hise was born. His
narents. who are both still alive, are
said to be highly esteemed ana pros.
nerous. They removed NUMBER OF
wears ago with their family to west
chester, in Butler county, Where van
Hise was reared ana educateu, If
MARRIED an estimable young lady Oh
+,,o+ town and the result of the union
bae baan three children, one daughteF
nnd Two sons. About the time or ms
wedding according to Deputy B[uch,
Van Hise began to dissipate ana from
that date began his career OF c[liLae: .
His father installed him upon ldi -
near West Chester in the nope nc
he would settle down, but tnls oli1y
served to make his career OF CRIMES @
all the more active. Under the guise
of a farmer Van Hise went into the
horse stealing business, which he car
ried on successfully for several months
until October in 1890, when he was
detected and arrested, together with
about seven accomplices. All eight OF
the men were indicted. Van Hise's
father became surety for his sons ap-
nearance In court on bond for $1,000
Before the date set for the trial. how
ever. Van Hise disappeared. His ac-
completes were all convicted of horse
stealing and sent to the state peniten-
tiary at Columbus for five years each.
THE court ordered Van Hise's forfeited
hond collected and his old father was
forced to pay the $4,000. This left the
aged parent and his family practically
nenniless, although the love for their
~ erring son did not die in the hearts
of Van Hise's father and mother.
Through their efforts the indictment
against the man was nolle pros'ed.
THE fugitive was located in a Western
town by his father and told to return
home and lead an upright life In the
future and the past would be forgiven
and forgotten.
Van Hise did return to the scene of
his crimes His wife became reconciled
to him and once more the family lived
In peace. Old Father Van Hise began
to retrieve his lost fortune and the
son led a quiet life on the farm until
June 1891, when the great crime was