The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-15


him ont OF, Jail. pnt "a moose about his
neck and tried by torture TO force con-
fessions out of him.. but it, did not avail
as his Indian .nature<Was proof against
any torture that might, be applied.
They then searched his clothing and
found in his pocket a lady's white
handkerchief, with thec,corner, where
the initial of the name would naturally
be, cut off and the towel still wet
and having some blood on it. A piece
of soap, a pair of Chippewa moeeasins,
plug of tobacco, an old jackknife
and SIS in greenbacks Were also found.
1t was also discovered that he. had
two pairs of ladies white wool hose
on his feet and pair of gents shoes
that were not the best fit. They
also discovered that he had on a broad
cloth coat and pair of new pants.
These items of clothing were made
into bundle and sent that night by
the hand of B. d. Pay. to Garden City
to be inspected by the relatives of the
Jewett family. Mr.. Pay stopped first
at the Tyler home at the outlet Of
Mills Lake. Eva Tyler, sister of the
young man who had just; been muir
dered with the Jewetts, had been work
ing for the Jewetts until two days
before, and was very, familiar with
their clothing. She, described the coat
before seeing it and her, description
Tailed exactly, even, to-. a certain small
triangular rent on the sleeve, which
had been darned, and when the coat
was shown her she identified it at
once as the one her uncle, Julius
Jewett, had brought with him from
Boston and given to his father, the
| elder Jewett. She also recognized the
pants as the same her uncle had
, bought at Slocum's store in Garden
city and given to his father, but which
he had never worn. The stockings
she identified as exactly like what
Grandma .Jewett wore, the shoes were
just like the pair her. Uncle, A. j.
Jewett, wore, and the towel exactly
like one of the Jewett towels, but she
| remembered no special marks on these
articles. Mr.. Pay then went on to
identified both coat and shoes and
Mrs. Benjamin Exams recognized the
coat shoes and both pairs of stockings.
/ Andrew had been. over to their house
the Sunday before and she had joked
him about wearing his. brothers coat
and having such squire 4 Shoes. The
pants she also identifedsaS. the new
pair bought for Jewett; Sr., and the
stockings belonged to Grandma Jewett
one pair of which, Mrs. Evans recog
nized as having been knit by the old
! lady, when on visit to her home. The
clothing have been positively identi<
as belonging to the Jewett family,
! Mr.. Pay returned to Mankato by
morning with his, report. During this
same night, while Pay was at Garden
City, Peter Kelley, frontierstnan, ar
rived at Mankato from Redwood and
said Louis Roberts the old Sioux trader
and steamboat man had sent word
that Scott Campbell, a half breed Sioux
trapper, had told him, that his brother
John Campbell, was heading a maraud-
| ing band, of Indians. to steal horses
and attack Mankato and to be on the
lookout for them. Kelley knew John
Campbell well and was at once taken
to the jail and Immediately identi-
fled him. Campbell row saw he could
not hide his identity any longer and
admitted that he was. John Campbell
and not Pelky, and that Scott Campbell
was his brother, and that his mother
lived at Traverse des Sioux, 1Aar
! Myrick's store. Next morning when
he found that the clothing too had been
identified he told a new story to the
effect that he had been taken prisoner
by a band of Indians, while out near
Fort Wadsworth on the Dakota line
He said there were nine bands OF
them, and ne gave the number and
leader of each band. That they came
down to the Blue Earth river the day
before, that about noon that day near
the Jones' ford on the Blue Earth a
number of Indians, who had been away
from the rest sinceaathe night before
took his own clothes,raway from him
and gave him instead the clothes he
had on. That these Indians were now
hiding in the woods of the LeSueul
back OF MankatO. That he had man
aged that afternoon to escape from
them, but knew nothing of any muir
der.
The excitement at Mankato, Garder
City and all over the county was now
intense. The Identification of the cloth
, ing and the contradictory statements
made by Campbell made it certain
to everybody that he was one of tn,
murderers Early Wednesday morning
| the people from Garden City, Soutl
Bend, and all the surrounding coun
. try came pouring into Mankato unit
a crowd of 500 men had gathered il
the vicinity of the Mankato Hous'
, and the Jail and it was evident from
| the temper Of the mob that there wa
l to be lynching. Speeches were mad
: by Daniel Buck, j. A. Willard, Rev
: Adams and others on the stree
S corners. Some advised strongly agains
t lynching and wanted the law to tax
, its course in the matter; others mad
E fiery speeches in favor of hanging
I the murderer at once. He had showe'