The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-16

him some six or seven times in the alb
oomen The man who held Goodhue be-
ing pulled away, Goodhue, as soon as re-
| leased, turned suddenly around facing
cooper, drew his pistol and shot Cooper
IN the groin. Cooper again rushed upon
Goodnue, and as he turned to get away
stabbed him in the back The parties
We're separated. Goodhue was taken 10
MS nome, Cooper to his rooms in the
1t was thought the wounds Of Col.
Goodhue were fatal. A messenger was
dispatched post haste for Surgeon Nc
Laren, VINO was on duty at the fort; He
responded quite quickly. and after an eX-
animation and dressing of Mr.. Goodhue's
wounds, said it was a case, one in a
thousand, where man SO totally cut To
pieces lived.
Friends Go on the Warpath.
Perhaps there never had been SO much
excitement in the village The friends OF
each of the parties We're on the war
path, each ready for fight and blood. If
there had been 800 revolvers on sale that
day in st. Paul they could have been
sold at fabulous prices Every, citizen
was Under the impression that he ought
20 nave gun, and that loaded. ready
Tor action. On the afternoon or even
ing OF the day of the ARRAY a meeting
was held in Monk hall, in the upper VIII
lage, where, after the bowl had been
passed around several times to inspire
confidence and nerve for the undertake
ing, with Flood In their eyes, it was. Sc
riously
Resolved. That the St. Paul Pioneer
tfess, by It's WaEton attack upon some Of
IEe nrst citizens of the town of ST.
faul, had become a dangerous element
IN the town, and ought to be and must
be suppressed
II was therefore agreed (this, by the
Nay, NAY was between drlnks) that it was
Inc opinion of the meeting that it was
their duty to destroy the press, type and
I-NltreS or the Pioneer and throw the
same In the mississippi river, and that
eacE member of the meeting was to con-
sioer himself one of committee to as
SYST in the destruction of the press A
very reputable citizen suggested whether
Goodhue in the Mississippi with bis
press, as it was thought he might die
within a day or two from his wounds
Inc suggestion did not meet with ia
GOodhue Friends Ready.
There is generally a leak somewhere,
ana before the tallow dips had been
blown out in Monk hall, the friends
ton Of the meeting. Steps were fmniedi
ately taken to prevent the destruction Of
the printing press. half dozen young
men there We're no old or gray-haired
young men in Minnesota them voIunteec-
eG to stand guard and protect the prop
eIty, one of whom was the writer Of
this article. For five nights these young
fellows camped in the little printing Office
on Second street, sleeping on the floor,
with a buffalo robe for a bed, by the
side of each a revolver and a gun loaded,
ready for action. determined that If the
PRESS went into the river, it would be
followed by a trail of blood.
The gang who had SO periodically de-
termined that the best place for Good
hue's press was in the Mississippi river.
having learned that Goodhue's friends
were prepared TO take hand in the lie
struction process, hesitated from day to
day to commence work, until after a, few
ddVS tbn excitement died
conservative opinions prevailed. By com
mon consent, 1t was then agreed that the
whole matter should be referred to he
grand jury and let the law take Is cOuE43e
At the next session of the grand jury,
the matter was called to it's attention att
er some four or five days of an investi-
cation during which some twenty-five or
thirty witnesses were eXamined-no two
Of whom testified alike-sOme swea ing
that there were but two shots fired,
others four others six and some as high
as eight. Some testified Goodhne COM
lnenced the fight; others that Cooper
was the aggressor; some that Cooper
was trying to get away all the time;
others that Goodhue would, IL they had
let him. The more testimony taken, the
more confused the jury became. and In
doubt and as final conclusion, no IN
dictments We're found, and the affair
passed into history as one of the little
episodes of frontier life.
The principal actors in this drama are
all dead. Joseph Cooper died soma
months after In Michigan, it is said from
the effect of the wound.
James NJ Goodhue died Aug. q, 1852.
Judge David Cooper, about whom the
article was written remained some time
in st. Paul after his retirement from
the bench then went to Idaho, and later
on drifted into Salt Lake City, where
he became one of the principal legal adj
vIsers of the Mormon church. ~
OLD Bluff Alex, the old war governor.
who was afterwards one Of the COM
.missioners appointed by President Ar
thur, perhaps could tell more about tho
judges later life than 1 can. The judge
has been dead for many years.
William Pitt Murray.