Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-05-25
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(By Judge Wilmott)

! ne was elected TO the assembly as
republican defeating General John B.
Calls democrat by 127 votes. A Unit
ed States Senator was to be elected
this year, hence Mr.. Caskey's popular
vote. He was elected, as supposed by
his constituents, to support C. G.
Washburn for senator, but he cast his
lot with the Matt Carpenter crowd
but lost out, the Washburn republi-
cans and democrats elected Angus
Cameron U. S. Senator Mr.. Caskey
died at his home in Potosi Sept. 9Th,
1880. Mrs. Caskey died in 1905. She
was burning brush and other debris
at her home, when her clothes caught
! atlre, and before assistance arrived
she was so badly burned, that her
/ death followed a few days thereafter.
The Caskey home was down in Van
Buren,. In earlier days it was the
home of Mrs. Whiting, who was
drowned in the big flood of 1852 This
house afterward became the home of
George Kinney, and in later years it
passed to LATE Caskey. 1t is now
owned and occupied by Frank Bode.
A Pioneer Mule Skinner
Greene Bandy was another early
! AiAFdl W Tic OudkS HOLLOW mlu6S,
coming here with his family in 1897
He followed teaming as a pursuit, and
for some years did freighting be-
tween Potosi and Galena, and did
much teaming in Potosi, such as haul
ing wash dirt for the miners, lead to
the landing and goods from the land
ing for the merchants, of whom in
| those live days there were many His
wife died in 1858 leaving him a wild
over with three sons, James, Sylves-
ter and Forest, and two daughters,
Jane and Mary. James went to Cali
! fornia in 1852 and returned for visit
in the winter of 1868. He purchased
the Thomas Palliser farm for his
| father and family. Mr.. Bandy having
remarked to a daughter of Stephen
| b. Chase, and raised two families.
Two sons, Sylvester and Forest, and
one daughter removed to California
| the eldest daughter, Jane, some time
in the fifties married William Patter-
son, a son of Myron Patterson an
early pioneer of Potosi William Pat
terson enlisted in the Civil war with
Co. H 25th Wis. Infantry. After his
term of service expired, he returned
to his family in Potosi. He later re-
moved to Portland, Oregon where he
died few years ago. Mrs. Patterson
though advanced in years, is still liv-
| ing in Portland. Greene Bandy died
! in Potosi many years ago.
( Murder In Roaring Days
| Stephen B. Chase, another early
and located in Lafayette and during
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farming. He was very quiet and in
offensive man and had many friends,
who later stood by him in days Of
| trouble. In 1867, he stood trial for
killing a man named Jack Holmes.
Holmes was man of powerful build
and was many years younger than
/ Chase. 1t was in the month of Au-
/ gust 1867 on Saturday that Holmes
/ found old man Chase in Brent's saloon
] in Potosi and began to shamefully
abuse him, using the vilest kind Of
language about Chase's daughters and
| in other ways abused him. Forbear-
ance ceased to be a virtue with the
| old man and he grappled with his
| powerful assailant. In the scuffle,
| they backed to a back room of the
| saloon and it was in this room that
| Holmes met his deserved fate. He
| staggered in the saloon and said II am
stabbed" and fell to the floor. Doctor
Graham who was near by saw at a
glance that the man was dead, he was
! stabbed in the heart. While the doc
| tor was making the examination, Joe
| Hall, a relative of Chase, was among
the many men standing around, and
he asked Doc if the man was alright,
yes says Doc, he is alright Joe he is
dead as hell. This murder, as it was
called by some, though it was justifi-
able caused great excitement. Chase
was admitted to bail and was at liber-
ty to go about Holmes was an Eng
l;nshman, and the English people over
in British Hollow were hostile against
Chase. and made threats that they
would come to Potosi and lynch him
This aroused the Potosi people to
high pitch, and every man, some boys
and no doubt some women went
around and stood ready to protect old
imam Chase. No attempt, however,
was made to lynch him, the English
thinking discretion the better part OF
yalor did not undertake to carry out
their threats. Chase was tried IN
circuit court at Lancaster and was &C
Quilted. Though a poor man, there
was no lack of money for his defense.
r Allen Barber then lawyer in Lam
caster defended him. He died in Po-
tosi many years ago.
Mrs. John Lloyd Jones died sudden
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