Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-08-02
STORY OF DlETz BATTLE TOLD TO
GOVERNOR.
WANTED FOR A CRIME
Relative Now Serving State Prison
Sentence for Attempting to Kill,
Participated in by Dietz Himself
Defes Service of Warrant and
Shows Violent Resistance.
Madison, August 1

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 neees-
sity of calling out the militia of the
state seems to be approaching and un.
less Dietz changes his attitude and
tactics Governor Davidson in the per.
Torrance Of his duty may eventually
be 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
"1hc matter Of Detz is not yet Off
cially in the hands of the governor.
6Eerir GylIand of Sawyer county,
having other business at the capitol
called UpoE the governor and told the
executive Of the recent attempts of the
sheriff to serve a warrant upon Dietz
This warrant is a criminal warrant
and has no connection with the contro-
yersy otween DlCt2 and the Mssiss-
ippi Log & Boom CO., and is in fact a
warrant charging Dietz with attempt til
Commit murder. The crime alleged is
the shooting by Dietz upon deputies. |
For cCAplicity in this same offenh'
John We 'senhaCh, relative of D'ctz |
was arrested, tried ami convicted, wa,
sentenced by Circuit Judge Vinge, and
is now serving a term Of II years in
the state prison at WaupOn.
"ThG 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 |
came Arthur j. Hoept, a detective, and !
Duyo Rogich, n brother of the John
RogiCh who was shot in the battle At
the Diet2 home a Weoh ago. Last
night IIocpt 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 1t was an unusual thing
for a county sheriff, when he fails to
serve papers or warrant upon man,
to rush to the governor and report, bur
Sheriff Gylland replied that this was a
very unusual matter,
At the executive office last night it
was said that nothing was determined
in the matter between the governor ANA
the sholi~ that the meeting of th2
tate and county officials was not de
signed or that the governor had not
sent for the sheriff, and that the shcr-
if did not intimate to the governor
what steps he intended to take in the
matter from now on.
Dam Dead Issue.
Chippewa Falls. Wis, August l.
r, j, Conner, attorney for the Mississ.
ippi River Logging company, said yes
torday that the company was not in
yolycd in the efforts to capture Dietz.
that the company had abandoned the
idea to drive logs through the Cameron
dam. These probably will be taken to
the Flamhcau river by team next viii
ter. The company has no warrant out
for Dietz. Sheriff Gylland is trying to
arrest Dietz on n criminal warrant |
charging him with assault with intent
to kill one of the shertff's posse about
a year ago