St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 6, 1898

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Tae ee . . a a . oF of,» : upto S Se ae “ge : » ‘ / “ . a ‘ - é . : : 3 Ros 3 rg ¥ ; ° - e rd * . - “ ’ a . 7 . ‘ the ’ _ “iS 4 iw » . ad oe . ’ _—" . =o . . “ in St. Loata, One Cent Outside $¢. Louis, Two Cents. ** PRICE} a = = “ “VOL. 50, NO. 50. Another Mystery on Olive Street Near Jefferson Ave- nue That Baffles the Police and Adds to Death Valley’s Interest. Bee Be — VICTIM WAS FASHIONABLY DRESSED: ~ ASSAILANT SIMILARLY ATTIRED. A, > 4 Eye Witnesses Saw a Desperate Struggle, the Woman Sank Groaning to a Doorstep, Then a Cab Dashed Up and She Was Hurried Away. ~~ S = WITH ITS BIG HORNS IT PIED THE TYPE. FORMER MISS DCUGLAS ALMOST FAINTED. MAJ. WILKINSON AND SIX PRI- VATE SOLDIERS FELL BE- FORE THE FIRE OF THE INTIANS. ABLE EDITORIALS AND THRILL- ING LOCAL MATTER ALL IN A HEAP. WARRANT ISSUED CHARGING BIGAMY AND ODELL WAS LOCKED UP. eres ee" « os , i COL. SHEEHAN SHOT WAS BADLY BUTTED. THROUGH THE ABDOMEN. r | THIS MORNING THE FIGHTING i ee . WAS RENEWED WHEN RE¥IN- ” 60 te ONE TRAVELING MAN — AN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY IN GRIEF. a wt eee Belleville Opera House Garden Be- sieged, While the Waiter Girls re NTS ARRIVED. Stood Upon the Tables ——? and Screamed. } |GEN. BACON’S MEN WELL INTRENCHED Odell and the omen Met in Chief Campbell’s Office and He Was Kept Busy Answering Fierce Questions. while going at full speed and disappeared. Mrs. Forest keeps a boarding house at 22066 Olive street. It was in front of her ~ ye that the mysterious assault took place, She sald to a Post-Dispatch Thursday morning: “I belleved that some woman must have | Mrs. Harry P. Odell No. 1 and Mrs. Harry lost her life. No woman could have lost | Pp. Odell No. 2 confronted the man they 7 *h f ! | lye y Shon Cf ictedeaeen _ '" both claim as a husband in Chief Camp- about o'clock Wednesday morning, but I did not} bell’s office Thursday at noon, and a dramatic scene followed. get up at _ time to investegate it. I am sorry now that I did not. , : . “Afterward I did get up and I washed | Wife No. 1. was cool, defiant, merciless. the blood from my doorstep. When I got | Wife No. 2, who was until Monday Miss T} Douglas of 719 Spring avenue, a beau- | tiful young woman, of aristocratic fam- | there taere was a great pool of blood on on the step. It was thick and covered the | ily, was almost dumb before tne fragments 'of her idol. entire step. You can yet see the large amount of blood on the pavement east of Odel] was insolently calm and collected. Wife No. 1 had been at the Four Courts the house. Mrs. Tolbert, who has my front room upstairs knows more about this since early morning waiting for a chance 'to confront Odell with proof of his al- than any one else.’’ Mrs. Tolbert was called down to the par- | lewed perfidy. \ADaqut 11 o’clock Assistant | Prosecuting Attorney Broden decided né would issue a \warfrant and wife No, i lor. “I was awakened yesterday morning bv the sounds of voices out on the streets,”’ began Mrs. Tolbert. “I got up and looked out of the front windows. I saw a man and a woman standing on the southwest cor- nar of Olive and Twenty-s on etreet, went upstairs to swear to the information, charging Odell wiih bigamy. While she was doing this wife No. her mother, Mrs. Douglas, came into the Chief's office. They had been there earlier, but had |} Kone to the Terminal Hotel to notify Odell ;} that he was wanted at the Four Courts. | They left a note for him, and were greatly surprised when they arrived at the Four | Courts to learn that he had not appeared. | They were given seats in the ante-room to |}Chief Desmond's office. When wife No. 1 |YTeturmed from the warrant office she sat > the ante-room of Chief Campbell's of- ce. There the three women sat, havi no communication with each other, waiting | for the man in whom each has a desperate interest. A few minutes later a telephone message came saying he would be there in ten minutes. The minutes lengthened out to —— half an hour, and Chief Desmond had just told all the parties that they need stay no MYSTERY, longer aS Ode!] would not be arrested on the : aS ; warrant when wife No. 1, who sat where as she could see the approach to the office, sprang up and exclaimed: ‘There he is, now!’’ A moment later a tall, slim, brown-haired = man, neatly dressed, walked around Secre- At 1 o’clock Tlursday afternoon ; Detectives Keeley ard Cordell of Chief Desmond’s staff began work at Twenty-Second and Olive strests upon the mystery that is related in full be- low. At 1:30 o’clock Detective Keeléy said: — “From the statements of various witnesses and the immense amount of blood which may scill be seen on the pavement, I fee] certain that a murder has been committed. We are on the trai. and before night we hops to ac- complish much toward solving the mystery.”’ — oh reporter The Belleville Mornimg Record of Thurs- day contained the follOwing extraordinary announcement: TO OUR READERS. Owing to an unavoidable accident In our office at an early hour this morning the Record was late in going to press. The reasons will appear in full in to- morrow’'s issue. EDITOR. The paragraph appeared full of mystery and behind it is a story which may appear humorous to the rank outsider, who doesn't know the intricacies of the printing bus'- ness in a small city, but it was full of wormwood and tragedy to: the esteemed contemporary across the bridge. And this was what had happened: Manager Robert Beckley of the Belleville Opera House had purchased a big, tfor- oughbred ram for exhibition in the Stock Show during the big carnival and it had carried off the blue ribbon against all comers. Mr. Beckiey has had the sheep penned up in a corner of the Opera House garden since he won his laurejs. Last night there was an immense crowd of patrons in the garden and somebody either mischieviously turned his sheepship loose or else he broke his shackles. At any rate the ram went on a tour of inspection before the crowd could realize what was up. His first sally was at a Chicago drum- mer named S.d Johnson. The drummer was sitting at a table with a party of friends, sipping liquid amber from &@ stéin, when he felt a sert 6@ grinding sensation in the rear. The next instant he was: sprawling under the table and the ram was posed for another. attack. Johnson was considerably bruised up and forced to visit a ta.lor’s to have a big rent ina portion of his trousers replaced. An attempt was made to flank the ram, but he started around the garden on. a lively sprint. The waiter-girls screamed and took refuge on the chairs and beer tabies while the crowd yelled, Manager Beckley set a crowd of boys to catch the truant, but he was _ too speedy. He circled around the grounds once or twice and made a bee line for an open door leading to the rear of a The Indians Appear to Bein Strong Force and Keep Heavy Firing on the Whites. O—-0—0—-0—-0—_ 0 0 0—- 0—_0-—_ 0—_0-—-_ 0 +0 HOW WILEINSON DIED. ‘i WALKER, Minn., Oct. 6.—Capt. log houses on the shore when the troops Wilkinson was shot through the leg landed through the surf, but all but one and he had his leg dressed, took the soon disappeared in the woods. field agaftn and was shortiy after- On landing, the soldiers proceeded to the wards shot through the body. lying house in which Bog-Ah-Ma-Ge-Shik, a Pil- in a pool of blood. He raised himself lager ch'ef resides, when at home, but the to one elbow and shouted to Gen. chief, who had threatened to kill the sol- Bacon: “Give them hell, General; diers, in case they should be sent after never mind about me.” These were him, was not at home. Marshal Sheehan, his last words. however, found Mah-Quod, a Pillager In- dian, who was one of the twentytwo who rescued the Pilager chief some weeks ago and placed him under arrest. . Mah-Quod made a desperate resistance, although the company of soldiers were drawn up in front of the place. It required the. assistance of four soldiers to subdue the prisoner and put the handcuffs on him, After Mah-Quod had been placed in the bow of the steamer Flora the troops formed col- umns of two and marched around the pen- insula, TYPE OF CHIPPEWA INDIAN, | ‘There is another mystery in Death's Val- ley. A atviishly-dressed assaulted and she has taken away from the less at the time. has been myster'‘ously life- woman been scene—perhaps 2 and a Map Showing Location of the Present Indian Trouble. so r ie og , i ol - , o--0-—-0~-0—0—-0—-0—-0—-0—-0—-0—-0-0—-0 WALKER, Minn., Oct. 6.—Maj. Wilkin- privates and one Indian police- man, are ‘dead. Col. Sheehan is slightly wounded. Thirty Indians are dead. A cor- respondent has just returned from the bat- tle ground on a steamer from Bear's Island which carried provisions for Ger. Bacon's Walker is about nine miles. Half of | was driven by Marshal O'Connor ty es team and the remaining distance was mage ~ on a run. The Marshal was quite D>, pointed at«the refusal of Tieut, phreys to go to the rescue of Gen. without orders from a superior i The steamer Flora was stocked a plies and ammunition and started back the scene of the battle at 5 o'clock. THE STEAMER’S RETURN, The Location of Racon’s Foree Not Dis« covered by a Relief Party. 3 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 6—A.corre- spondent at Walker wires that it Is feared ~~ son, six troops Col. Sheehan is not badly woundeé. was shot in the abdomer. “While the boat was transferring wounded men,”’ the correspondent says, “she was fired on from the brush. This LED INTO AMBUSH. A number of small Indian settlements were visited and inquiries made for Indians for whom the marshal] and his: deputies had warrants. Bog-Ah-Me-Ge-Shik kept out of the way as well as the others of the tribe wanted. A number of the leaders were talked to by Gen. Bacon and Marshal O’Con- nor and they professed great friendship for He “a fix r hs r "SaaS + bax was the signal for an immediate reopening of hostilities. The troops opened on the DEATH VALLEY, SHOWING WHERE THE THREE MURDERS OC- CURRED AND TIE LOCATION OF THE MYSTERIOUS CRIME. The crime.was committed at Twenty-sec- ond and Olivé atreetsa, Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock. So far the police have been baffled in their search for the woman and her mys- terious assuilant. They expect to secure a cClew to-night. Meanwhile the information as to details have been ki pt from the news- papers. Pye witnesses to the assault or subse- q@uent events were: Mrs. Tolbert, 2206 Olive street. Mra. Forrest, 2206 Olive street. Mrs. an Scycle, 2206 Olive street. Willlam West, 2205 Olive street. These women saw a woman handsomely dressed in black assaulted on the southwest corner of Olive and Twenty-second streets at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning. The man who struggled with her was atylishly drese- edin a neat fitting light gray sult. He wore @ light overcqgat and a black derby hat. Mute evidence Of a horrible crime apparent @n the scene as late as Thursday morning. The granitoid pavement on the southwest corner of Olive and Twenty- second streets is stained with blood. The woman was assauited directly on the corner and was dragged to the steps of the house at 2206 Olive street, about 75 feet further west. Along the entire distance ig a trail of blood. The blood is not there in oc- casional drops, but is in almost a steady stream, no space intervening between the drops, which are large. Occurring aa it did in the very heart of Death Valley this mystery is all the more grewsome. A mysterious murder has oc- curred on three corners immediately eur- rounding the corner of Twenty-second and Olive streeta, and the police have been un- able to locate or even identify any of the murderers, O16 Ignate Goldman was mur- dered in his little restaurant at Twenty- third and Olive streets, one block west, Al- bert Anieon, saloonkeeper, was shot and killed in front of his saloon at Twenty- second and Pine streets, one block south. The most recent of these murders was that of Charles A. Brant who wae shot down and killed by three unidentifed men at Twenty-second and Locust streets but a few months ego. Now the police have a new mystery to deal wth. Clewse are scarcer in this mystery of Wednesday morning than in any of the other crimes committed in that neighbor- hood. After the woman was dragged onto the stone steps at 2206 Olive street she was left there, helpless and alone. Bhe was groaning piteousiy, but made no attempt to move. The man who was with her lett her there and ran east on Olive street. In not to exceed five minutes he returned with a cab. He and the driver dismount. ed. They ran to the doorstep and picked up thd Inert body of the woman. They hastily carried her to the cab and was ,and when I found they were 'T heard the voltce their voices plainly reached me. I could tell that they were angry, but I could not distinguish their words. I could see, how- ever, that the woman was begging the man to do something and that he was the angrier of the two. “I supposed th the couple had been drinking and did not think so much about the matter. Had not both parties been so weil dressed I should have gone back to bed. As it was, I stood and watched them. The woman was dressed entirely in black. Her garments I could see were stylishly made. She wore a black hat, large and handsome, with several big plumes on it. She was of medium height and was neither thin nor etout. “The man was small. He was but little if any taller than the woman, He was slight, too. He wore a sult of light colored ma- terial and had a light colored, short over- coat. His hat was a black derby and he wore it on the back of his head. Though they had their faces turned {n my direction several times I could not distinguish their features. I could see that the man was smooth shaven. “They stood on the corner for several minutes quarreling. Then I noticed them struggling. The man grappled with her. “It was but a short while until her cries ponsed and she fell against the stone cop- ng. “The man caught the woman and dr ed her toward the house. He got Ay oe on the stone steps. He laid her down and I heard him say ‘now lay there, ——you until 1 get back.’ “Then he walked rapidly east on Olive street. “After he left I thought to 0 stairs. But I looked at os RE he that it was 2 o'clock. I leaned out of the window and could see the woman lying on the steps. I could see her face then. It was very pale but there was no blood vis- ible. As I was alone I did not think it best for me to mix up with any quarrel. ot at \g ew and waited. ‘esentiy the man returned in a cah He and the driver « rang from it and ran to the step. They did not speak a word, or if they did it was so low I could not hear. They picked up the woman, who continues! to moan piteonsly, and hurriedly placed her in the ob. Then he followed her in. He said: ‘Drive west as fast as you can.’ As they drove away I saw him motion to the driver to go south. They passed Twenty- third street ana continue: to Jefferson avenue, where they went south. That was the last I thought of the matter until Mrs. I orest told me of the blood on the step. lf am sure the woman's face was not er “eh blood could not come from ce und. A » » , hb, by op he may have been stabbed Mrs. Van Scycle conduct house at 2005 Olive street r across the street. , “I heerd the affa Wednesday mornitg not find, out what the matter was until it Was all* over. I heard @ woman's voice =e it appeared to indicate that a person — in distress. I have three cauithtece in e house, and I at once thought for their safety. I arose and went to thelr room, sleeping and paid no further attention. several times after that. suppose it meant anything.” . West is a boarder at the Van Bcycles He and his wife occupy the front room on the third floor. West is a cook, and ls at present out of employment I did not think the struggle amounted fo much.” sald Mr. West, “until next morning when all that blood was visibie. It is still there, notwithstanding thou- sands of persons have walked over the boarding immediately across the street she said, “but I did were all right. I but I did not William tary Jones’ desk. “How are you?” said Wife No. 1, offering her hand. “Howdy, Wiegehts?” rejoined Odell, as he They were almost 7 feet from me, but | Snook her hand. There was a rustle of ekirts and a flash of red shirt waist, as Wife No. 2 hurried in and Odell calmly turned to meet her. She stopped immediately in front of him, squared her shoulders, drew a long breath and said: ; “Harry, is this true?” ‘"T guess it must be. ding toward wife No. 1, umphantly. P Wife No. 2 fell back against Secretary Jones’ desk with something like a shudder, but she never for a moment lost control of herself. “That man is my ‘husband,”’ said wife No. 1. “‘He married me two years ago in Clayton. Here are his letters.” She unrolled a bunch of them and Chief Desmond took them. Each one began: r dear wife.”’ “fs that his handwriting?’ asked of wife No. 2. “T don’t know. I would swear to she replied. And you spoke to that woman before you to me!’ she sald scornfully to She says so,’ nod- who smiled tri- Desmond it,’ Miss Tie. I didn't see didn’t see you, the other réom,”’ said You were in soothingly. No. 1 broke in dramaticaliy. done for that man as I wouid never do for another. He broke my heart as he will break yours, Miss.”’ Here, here,”’ sald Chief Desmond. wishing a scene. “Didn't you tell me,” said wife No. 2. “that you were engaged to marry this woman and she ran off and married an- ther fellow?’ “Not this woman, Miss Tie,."’ said Odell “T said another woman ran off and mar- ried another fellow.” “You said this one did.” Then her love for him got hand. “Well, maybe I'm mistaken,”’ she said. In answer to Chief Desmond's questions. wife No, 1 said she and Odell had lived as man and wife at 220 Carr street, at the home of Mrs. Oshary, 2832 Chestnut street and at 12 Ewing avenue. ‘I learned of his relations with this young lady four weeks ago by a letter she wrote to him which fell into the hande of his step-sister in Kansas City. I came to 8t Louls and looked out for him. A friend showed me the record of the marriage license in the paper. I went out to this cap Pi ees | yesterday morning to convince myse and saw the ) > to the police.”’ a Sa wi although I know hee nate esd eae “We don't care anything about the man. but I do want to save my daughter,’ said Pouglas. “If Harry has been asso- no® the upper Mrs. clating with servant girls and the like he hes deceived us, and that is enough.” Odell, still calm and impassive, was taken down to the holdover, Chief Desmond ad- Vise d Mrs. Douglas to get the addresses of paces where wife No. 1 said she and Odell had lived and Investigate her story. Wife No. 1 gave her the Carr and Chest- nut street numbers. Those ure such low neighborhoods that I won't know how to find them.” said Mre Dougias. “I belong to the best people in St Louls, I am related to the Skinkers the Ewings, and dozens of the best families in St. Louls It is terrible that my daugh- wee should be mixed up in an affair of this io? The Darty then separated. When a Post-Dispatch reporter went to Mrs. Piper's home. 2008 Carr street, he wae told that Mra, Odell had gone to the Four ourts. Mrs. Piper said she hed known Mrs. Odell when she was living with Odell morning newspaper office. It was just lv o'clock and the paper was getting ready to go to press for the Thursday edition. The “galleys’’ were full of ‘fresh matter’ and on the ‘eve of being transferred from the “rack’’ to the ‘‘make-up.” The ram seemed to realize the situation at a glance. He took one squint at the galley-rack and the next instant there was a crash and a roar of type. The whole thing was knocked into “pi.” The beast then made one or two swipes at the stands, got his horns fastened in the fly-wheel of a job press and was round- ed up amid great confusion. The damage to the newspaper office was the most disastrous part of the ram's tour, and necessitated an editorial apology for the lateness of the hour at which the paper appeared this morning, Mr. Ram is back in his pen and under iron shackles, but ‘‘ye editor” is nursing a store of humiliation and wrath which argues ill for the future of ram’s horns in the streets of Belleville. DR. DETWILLEA’S DOINGS. Everybody at Bethlehem Agrees That He Was a Bad Man. Rpecial to the Post-Dispatch. RETHLEHE™M. Pa., Oct. 6.—‘“The late Dr. Detwiller must have been an awfully bad man.” was what most everybody here sald after hearing of his death in Newport, followed by the finding of much loot from a fashionable residence in his house. The report that Dr. Detwiller was an extensive burglar startied this good old Moravian town, where the doctor lived and practiced for years, and was held in high esteem. It is now recalled that Detwiller while attending the University of Pennsylvania, % vears ago, was charged with looting the Pennsvivania Academy of Natural Sciences and was hustled off to: Moyamensing prison. It cost nis rich relatives here thousands of dollars. Several years later he is said to have stolen a steam yacht in Jersey City and got into a peck of trouble again. Gossip to-day even includes the stories of vandalism on the old Moravian burying crounda, the most skillful robberies of relics at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and says it was he who made the noose and led the mob that strung up Murderer Snyder here 16 years ago, That Dr. Detwiller eloped with Mrs. Madge Whife of the West Side two years ago, a week after the death of her only child, has been for some time an open secret Madge White, whose maiden name was Margaret Sweigart, is well connected. Her father and uncle are well known Reading Railroad officials. Since the doctor's death she has been seen at her old home here twice, but to- day reporters are unable to locate her. The police of Newport have asked the local police for information concerning her whereabouts. FAIR—STATIONARY. For St. Louls and vicinity—Generally fair the greater portion of Thursday night and Friday: stationary temperature For Missour!-—Partly and Friday, with shewers Thuredey night. For Illinole—Partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday, with showers tn south and central in extreme south portion cloudy Thureday night Seutbeast portion portions: ecoolet ‘marshal and rescued the prisoner. to their assistance. | ST. PAUL. lat i Isiand, Indians and in a second there was as fierce & fight In progress as that of yesterday. The firing became so hot we were compelied to weigh anchor and steam out into the lake. The Indians appear to be in force. Bacon’s command is too small to take the aggressive. The detachment is @atrenchea in a good position and can hold out so long as its ammuriltion lasts. Chief rived ere this. She carries reinforcements. Maj. Wilkinson was shot and killed whiie and down admonishing The steamer was met by our boat and has ar- walking up the men to keep their heads low.” The Indians engaged in the battle are said to have numbered about 300. Bear Island ts in Leech Lake, in North- ern Minnesota. The present trouble originated in conse- made by a Deputy United States Marshal of an Indian on a The Indians overpowered the Troops marshal in quence of an arrest warrant. were sent there to assist the arresting the rescuers and the Indlang re- sisted. the boat from Bear Island reports that Maj. Wilkin- Another correspondent came on son, one sergeant and three privates were killed and eight Kay-Bay-Gway- Tish, Chief. of Indian Police, was killed. It bring the wounded to wounded, was impossible to town, for the Indians kept fire on the boat. A special train with 200 ad.- Walker at 2 up a constant ditional soldiers will arrive at m., when they will be transferred to the The Indians are holding out new with the hope p. scene of action as 800n as possible that the Cass Lake Indians will soon arrive If they should arrive be- are reinforced the soldiers After the take fore our troope will have a desperate time of it will hours to embark them and two hours more reinforcements get here It two for them to get te Bear Island, the best that can be will not be able to render much assistance, expected is that they except as to the force of numbers unti! daylight Friday. AMBUSCADE AND BATTLE. Four Men Fell Under the First Volley of the Indians. Minn... Oc!. 6—Correspondent 15 milta from the Bear conflict, wires es foul- Minn.. of the Walker. ecene lows: Company. E, Third United States Infantry. commanded by Major Wlikinson, Lieut. Ross, and under charge of Gen, Bacon. was ambushed and trapped by the of the | to therefore | the soldiers and promised to do what they could to have the members of the tribe wanted to give themselves up. Several] In- dians were seen walking about with rifles in hand, but they were always at a distance and made no ‘demonstrations of war. Two hours and a half were spent by the troops and the marshals in visiting the several set. tlements and then the party started back for the landing piace. Just in front of Bog-Ah-Ma-Ge-Shik’s hut a young Indian was arrested by Debuty Sheehan. The fellow answered to the name of Musastrand and made no objection to his arrest. The company, minus a few guards on the steamer Flora, lined up with their backs to the lake and were put through a few evolutions by Maj. Wilkinson. INDIANS FIRE A VOLLEY. The last order of the commanding officer before the attack commenced was to un- load pleces. This was obeyed, and ag the men rested arms a signal shot’ was heard. This was followed an instant later by a second one, and then a fusillade of shots were fired from the bushes and’ smal! tim- ber by the Indians who were in ambush. When the first shot was heard it was sup- posed one of the company tn unloading his rifie had accidentally ce Pe it. The second shot created surprise, and when a volley was fired by the Indians from their points of vantage the company for a minute was panic stricken. It was a moment, however, and then the voice of Gen. Bacon was heard cautioning the men be cool and steady. Maj. Wilkinson repeated the remark, and the soldiers sought shelter at every spot. Volley after volley was fired by the Indians, whose lo- cation could only determined by the smoke from their rifles. The company, at the command of Maj. Wilkinson, deployed as skirmishers, and poured volley after vol- ley inte the brush from their Krag-Jorgen- eens. be For the first five minutes the Indians fired | with nruch regularity, but after that only when there was a chance to do execution, when a soldier showed himself. FIRED ON TH= STEAMERS. At 12 o'clock the Indians turned their at- tention to the two steamers and took par- ticular pains to practice on the pliots, They were very skiliful and Marshal O'Connor, who was on the steamer Flora, gave @- ders ‘to put out in the igke and head for Walker. This was done and the Jast seen of the soldiers and Marshale they were crouched under the ehelter of the bank of the lake, which affordet protection from the fire of the Indiags. As the Flora steamed out Into the lake «a rifle bullet passed through the side of the pilot house and struck Edward Harris in the left arm, shat- tering it and making amputation neces sary. Bullets few thick and fast, but no other person was hit, although. the side and deck of the steamer were perforated with bullet holes. The steamer Chief fol- lowed? the course of the Fiocra immediate- ly after Indian Inspector Tinker, the only passensxer on board, had been slightiy tm- the left forearm and right leg. only | | equipped with Gatling guna, there this morning that Gen. Bacon's force of 80 men, attacked yesterday by Indians at Bear Island, has met with disaster The correspondent says: - I got In very late from an expedition on oy We started out to carry sUp- ~~ the Fora. plies and rations to the troops, very dark off the shore and we for an hour. Corporal Nettlekoven used the code in use at Santiago. troops have been driven inland or there t# not a man of them left. It ‘ we lay off and on the whole length of headland. not yet arrived, and there was only one old Winchester rifle on the boat. * It is possible that Gen. Bacon's force may have failed to signal ‘last night, fearing to bart betray their location to the Indians, and may be holding their own in the intrenclie ments they threw up before the steamers left there yesterday. na The men had 12) rounds of ammuntt each, and cam hardly have exhausted th supply. The newspaper correspondents, Br.il, Baton and Knappen, are stil] with the troops. There is considerable criticiem about the management of Bacon's expedition, manag persons asserting that his force wap @ie tirely too «mall, and should have been ~ ¥ , GOING TO fHE FRONT. Two Hundred Pic«xed Men on the W to Bear Island. osibiaae MINNFAPOLIS, Minn... Oct. @—A, ecg train left Fort Snelling at Tx .a ing with Companies B, F and By command of Lieutenant-Colone) © : ; of the Third Infantry. It wih Re to the front. but cannot reach Ti fore 2 o'clock under the conditiona, ‘ There are 20 vicked men ip - ment, and they have threes | and an abundance of am ling gun its part of the p further reinforcements ‘Will to start at an inetant’s notices, : 4 attached by the Northers use of the BRewspaper ditional representatives Were se the Twin City papers. i A special from yy fee - third expedition to t nae je ed. There are 15 rifemen oard, men. The boat cartes fea visions. The detal isa @ the of Dr. Camp of Bratt | og fetter and «a man wise name of fpar The t ing to eat since F¥ Y «@ have not even a drink of @ustain Magee he night fe out blankets must he coid Men wit but there e es : Leb te ae fa . “ “ ra So sal “ - 4 ao a ‘ ee a a i ¥ ao So ¥ fered fearfully, wired for repeat surance here that t Either the No answering» Signal of any sort was received, although Me "s « To land was an impossibility in the Gar, > as the reinforcements from Brainerd bad at the home of her (Mrs. Piper's) daugh- ter-in-law, in St. Louis. about a year ago. She professed to know nothing about the present case, except what Mrs..Odel!l had told her, and that was merely whaf had a)- ready been printed. She said Mrs. —— | : Ws sracteyes , peo of the men were stricken down. = me a ° » e eeeeeeeerete | | (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. rs Several Indians were seen about the few. : Ce aad ia ~_ P ® " ee > ; - x yy 4 ay x my le So he a va oo “ ’ * ie % ie ee \ ; : 6-4 ‘ gi g Ee oe eae SE cht . etn Za a8 Sop ul Se wees h. phe a a) es Sel a A eg. ea a a oe x te +. -o ad : oS Rk ig a re . oe a eet, g = : ee . er : Ps - See * ~ iy ‘oe Peon a3 aa * ec > r redid, Nis — = * - te s* her her climbed tered. in . An been with pic ut door, The drivir|y éreve ¢ ; fie as Phyo pret. bet hy . = Ni hey «1 J 4 w that ; did not have a. what was occurring. I _ CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE. - 7 Pillager band of Chippewa Indians at Bear Island. The attack was a complete sur- prise to the troops, and on the first volley Marshal O'Connor proceeded by beat te the old Indian agency. and driving to the ae@ agency building, notified Lieut. H " - Se 2 “a? * pr A a