Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-08-08
NO DEMAND YET TO
CALL OUT TROOPS
STORY OF DIETz BATTLE TOLD TO
COVE NoR.
WANTED FOR A CRIME
Relative Now Serving State Prison
Sentence for Attempting to Kill,
Participated in by Dietz Himself
Defies Service of Warrant and
Shows Viosent Resistance.
Madison, August l


While no demand for state troops
was made upon Governor Davidson
yesterday with respect to the situation
in Sawyer county, where John F. Dietz
is by force Of arms and threats to kill
defying the service of papers in GRIMM
al proceedings against him, the neces-
sity of calling out the militia of the
state seems to be approaching and I'M
| less Dietz changes his attitude and
tactics, Governor Davidson in the per-
formance of his duty may eventually
lie compelled to use the armed forces
of the commonwealth to maintain the
power of the courts
| From the executive department, the
following facts were adduced last
night:
"1he matter of Dietz is not yet Off
cially in the hands of the governor.
Sheriff Gylland of Sawyer county,
having other business at the capitol,
called upon the governor and told the
executive Of the recent attempts of the
sheriff to serve a warrant upon Dietz
This warrant is criminal warrant
and has no connection with the conIrO-
versy atween Dictz and the Mississ
warrant charging Dietz with attempt -
Commit murder. The crime alleged is
1.-THE shooting by Dietz upon deputies.
For cCIaplicity in this same often -
John V't'senbach, a relative of D'ctz
as arrested, tried and convicted. wa
sentenced by Circuit Judge Vinge, and
is now serving a term of II years in
the state prison at Waupon.
"The sheriff at this time did not de
mand that troops be called out
Sheriff Gylland reached Madison
yesterday morning and went to the
governors office From Milwaukee
ZANE Arthur J. Hoept, detective, and
Duyo Rogich, a brother of the John
Rogich who was shot in the battle at
the Dietz home weeh ago, Last
night Hoept returned to Milwaukee.
Sheriff Gylland and Rogich left for the
north, the latter going to Hayward to
urse his brother. Sheriff Gylland said
he came to Madison to report to the
governor. 1t was suggested to the
sheriff that it was an unusual thing
for a county sheriff, when he fails to-
serve apers or warrant upon a man.
to r'.sh to the governor and report, bur
Sheriff Gylland replied that this was a
very unusual matter.
At the executive Office last night itI
was said that nothing was determined
in the matter between the governor and
the sheriff, that the meeting of the
state and county officials was not de-
signed or that the governor had not
sent for the sheriff, and that the sher-
in did not intimate to the governor
what steps he intended to take in the
matter from now on.
Dam a Dead Issue.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, August l.
n. J. Conner, attorney for the Nississ-
ippi River Logging company, said yes
terday that the company was not in
volved in the efforts to capture Dietz, |
that the company had abandoned the
idea to drive logs through the Cameron
dam. These probably viii be taken to
the Flambeau river by team next win
ter. The company has no warrant GU, |
for Dietz. Sheriff Gylland is trying to
arrest Dietz on a criminal warrant
charging him with assault with intent |
to kill one Of the sherih's posse about !
a year ago,