The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-07-02
BANDIT SURROUNDED eY HUN
DREDs or ARMED MEN AND
ESCAPE BLOCKED.
BlooDnouNos ON TIE TRAIL
MEANS A BLOODY
FIGHT, PERHAPS 2-r Til TO
E.EaIEnEa.

IA Crosse Wis, June 20. = In the
marsh lands within fiftee.4 miles Of IN
Crosse the .iaggard {, sitivc. In
Smith, the E.'.rderer of tie sheriff of
st. Croix &C :.ty. is crouching in a
desperate fight for life ond liberty.
surrounded by hundreds of farmers
heavily armed: on tire river sisle
score Of steam an9 gasoline launches
are patrolling determined to ;.revs:t
his escape into Aiinc"sol?. It i, l.,.'ced
he will get o"er tic :yer and the .::ste
line during the night.
An encounter rleans BLOODY fight,
perhaps death to t!::: murderer or the
pursuers. Two compani IS OF militia
are assisting in the search which is ca-
pected to bring to justice the murder
er of the officer and of his family in
the West. No trace Of Smith had te% n
found last night, but the police of ti,s
city have been Informed that he was
Seen by Faraae:
residing ten miles north Of Ii: Crosse
at late hour yesterday afternoon. He
was speeding on stolen forsa toward
the marshes, where he ~ now in hid
ing. In many ways the fight Of Smith
across the state pursued by posses,
militia and bloe3hcurds resembles the
short career Of Tracy. 1t is expected
he will die more game il escape be-
comes impossible. Sheriff Lins of Wi
mona county is now scauring the ter
ritory with large posse. Sheriff
Leuth of La Crosse is pr,:. sred to call
together heavily armed body of men
upon moments notice. Several
farmers have been held up by the
posses and it is feared some may have
been killed by mistake. =
Winona, MINI, June 29.--Conait:cns
in the man hunt across the river from
this city In Wisconsin are practt :ally
unchanged since Sunday night. The
police here are of the opinion that the
murderer is
Not Near Wirona.
It was reported to Agent Dooney of
the Green Bay road at this place that
he had been seen yesterday morning
about two miles south Of Taylor, Wis.
Al THE 10 nifty miles from here 1t IL
evident that oil the searching and
guarding In this vicinity has been to
no ead. At last accounts, however,
Smith was headed this way, 70 there ID
the Feasibility that Il. he thinks Wig
flaAoe = Becoming lax he will make =
dash fDr Minnesota. For this reason
ths guards are being continued q III
the roads and bridges. leading into
Winona. and the river 10 also being
carefully watched.
The bloodhoundsa from Superior
were, brought to Trempealeau yestsr-
dAyYe ind started Of north. but tho sx-
act destination was not given pst. It
IL thought that they were to be taken
to . big gstamarack swampEnear Arcadia
and. an effort made there to place
them on the trail Of the fleeing maa.
u y Nh All sserts o. Stories NJ
are being circulated here, and if ru-
mors were believed the hunted man
has bssn ssen BY dozens Of psople in5
as many places at the same time.
AcssdtGs tlks River IN II ylVisconain eyery-
thing 10 ct fever heat. and IL the mur.
derer 10 there it is certain he will be
sooner or later. Every
stranger Is stopped ana questioned,
and the hnsszare now drawn 90 closely
that Il WIN sbs practically impossible
for suspect to get outside OF the
zone.
4 TIE. white heat excitsmsnt which
prevails throughout Trempealeau and
Buffalo counties In wisconsin cannot
bs imagined. The farmers are sleepfng
with reyolvsrs under their pillows az
guns within reach Of their hands. Il |
q dangerous for : stranger to walk or |
drive along the roads. Four nesroes
wsre driven away from near Marsh.
land yesterday for no other resson
han that thsy were strangers.
Triple DrewnlDs.
joliet. NJ. June 2s.-A report ~