The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-17

former judge. They stayed in Cleve-
land two days and then went to San
dusky, O., where Cole and his partner
stopped at the West House and Rob-
inson at a private boarding house.
Cole posed at Sandusky as an
oil king, while Irish Lie passed
as his wife. Soon after their ar
rival an assistant Joined Cole. who be-
came known of q. c Beal. One week
after Cole arrived at the West House
a young man registered there as John
L. Wilson of New Orleans. He was
none other than Murray. who had
taken this means of scraping an ac
quaintance with his quarry. In the
course of a few days Wilson met Cole
casually. as guests staying at the
same hotel are apt to meet, and they
drank together and became quite IN
innate. Cole bought fast horses. and
finally chartered a yacht incidentally
he made the acquaintance of the Off
GERS of the L. :. s. Michigan, then
lying off Sandusky. and also of Colonel
Hill mot the Colonel Hill with whom
Murray had conferred in Detroit), and
the United States army officers in
charge of johnson islano.
There were high old times in San
dusky. A better entertainer never
lived than the convivial Mr.. Cole. who
liked good company and lots of IT,
and held the members of the military
and naval service in high esteem. His
role was that if a jolly good fellow,
who spert money like water, and was
too busy enjoying himself and making
merry for his companions 20 give heed
to the affairs of the war. ne speed
iIv became a great favorite with both
tho naval officers aboard the Michigan
and the army officers on johnson
island. Scarcely a day passed that he
did not send baskets of wine and
boxes of cigars TO mis- good friends
| aboard the vessel and at the military
post.
Murray meanwhile had reported to
| Commander Carter. About the middle
of July. 1864. Cole arranged a party to
/ the Seven-Mile house, seven miles out
of Sandusky He invited all the OH
GERS of the island and the ship. A NUM-
/ her of them were making preparations
to go Young Wilson of New Orleans
was Coles assistant in planning the
1 outing. Early that morning Cole re-
eeived a telegram from Detroit, which
read: 81 send you sixteen shares per
| two messengeTs.-D. B.
on this particular morning the steam
/ er Philo Parsons, plying between San
dusky and Detroit on daily trips, with
a stop at Windsor, Ont, received ten
/ men as paSSeNSeES al NituooA cru
eight more at Amherstburg, in CanS1a,
at the mouth Of the Detroit river. TheS
were the shares sent by two nlrssen-
gers to the cornwall Mr.. Cole at San
| dusky. After the steamer Parsons got
we'll out into Lake Erie these eighteen
men opened their baggage, took there
| from braces of revolvers and captured
| the vessel, making her captain pris-
| oneT. Then they steamed on to Kelly 5
! island, of Sandusky where The Stean-
/ er Island queen was lying. several OF
/ them boarded the Queen, caught the
| crew unawares. gave orders to Engineer
Richardson. and when he refused to
obey shot him dead. They took the Isl
and Queen out into the lake and ran Ier
or to Gull island. where she was al'7a-
/ doned. They then headed for Sandusky
/ i'm the Parsons, which was due there at
s o'clock in the evening.
While all this was occurring on Lake
Erie, Cole was in Sandusky with his
plans designed for the party that woJl ID
call practically all the officers on the
/ Michigan and on Johnson island well
/ away from their posts of duty. They
were supposed TO start on the merry
making jaunt from Sandusky i'm the
afternoon Cole and young Wilson
waited Tor the tardy guests, and finally