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reminiscences 0m¥^gonsik 277 soldier's^coat and an indian probably mistaking him for a dis charged soldier and incited with a desire for plunder shot him from the shore as he was paddling down the mississippi an old frenchman in another canoe about half a mile distant saw lester when he sprung up and fell over the side of the canoe ; but was not near enough to identify the indian the indian was taken however put in custody and confined two months ; but owing to a flaw in the indictment judge dunn released him and made the remark that " if the people won't select a prosecuting attorney who can draw up a document that will hold i will not keep the prisoners in jail till they rot !" the attorney then in question is now considered one of the best read lawyers in the state at a general election held on the 22d day of september 1845 i was elected to the offices of coroner and constable for crawford county in the first office the duties that devolved on me were neither few nor pleasant the holding of inquests on the bodies of persons picked up in the river and found murdered were of more frequent occurrence than now the country being thinly settled detection was easily avoided and the penalties of the law hard to enforce ; so evil-disposed per sons not having the fear of certain punishment before them perpetrated deeds of violence with perfect impunity i was once notified that a dead body was lying in the water oppo site pig's eye slough and immediately proceeded to the spot and on taking it out i recognized it as the body of a negro woman belonging to a certain captain then in port crawford the body was cruelly cut and bruised ; but the person not ap pearing to recognize it a verdict of found dead was rend ered and i had the corpse buried soon after it came to light that the woman was whipped to death and thrown into the river during the night ; but no investigation was made and the affair blew over for a long term of years have i held position that gave me every opportunity of observing and detecting crime ; as a po liceman constable sheriff and justice of the peace i was an almost daily witness of rascalities and could furnish a calendar
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | viii, 438 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume V (1868) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1868 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvV0000 |
| Description | Report and collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, for the years 1867, 1868 and 1869, vol. 5, includes the following articles: Eulogies for John Warren Hunt and Louis Powell Harvey; Canadian documents; Early days at Prairie du Chien and the Winnebago Outbreak of 1827, by William J. Snelling; Indian honor, an incident of the Winnebago War; the Winnebago Outbreak, by Lewis Cass; Letter to Gen. Henry Atkinson, by Henry Dodge; A western reminiscence, by Abram Edwards; Eulogy on Henry Dodge; The Winnebago War, by Thomas L. McKenney; Reminiscences of Wisconsin, by John H. Fonda; Dodge's volunteers in the Black Hawk War; Reminiscences of the Black Hawk War, by Emilie; Battle of the Bad Ax, by Henry Smith; Capture of Black Hawk, by David McBride; Dells of Wisconsin, Black Hawk's Cave; Black Hawk's autobiography vindicated, by J.B. Patterson; Death of Black Hawk, by Willard Barrows; Winnebagoes and the Black Hawk War; Sioux and the Black Hawk War; Personal narratives of Black Hawk War, by Joseph Dixon and W. Davidson; Early history of education in Wisconsin, by W.C. Whitford; History of school supervision in Wisconsin, by W.C. Whitford; Life and services of J.D. Doty, by Albert G. Ellis; Reminiscences of Hole-in-the-Day; Death of Hole-in-the-Day; Murder of Hole-in-the-Day; Additional notes on the younger Hole-in-the-Day; Gen Cass at St. Marie, 1820. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume V (1868) |
| Volume | Vol. 05 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 5 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 277 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1868 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvV0291 |
| Author | Fonda, John H., ca. 1797-ca. 1868 |
| Page Type | article |
| Volume | Vol. 05 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 5 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | reminiscences 0m¥^gonsik 277 soldier's^coat and an indian probably mistaking him for a dis charged soldier and incited with a desire for plunder shot him from the shore as he was paddling down the mississippi an old frenchman in another canoe about half a mile distant saw lester when he sprung up and fell over the side of the canoe ; but was not near enough to identify the indian the indian was taken however put in custody and confined two months ; but owing to a flaw in the indictment judge dunn released him and made the remark that " if the people won't select a prosecuting attorney who can draw up a document that will hold i will not keep the prisoners in jail till they rot !" the attorney then in question is now considered one of the best read lawyers in the state at a general election held on the 22d day of september 1845 i was elected to the offices of coroner and constable for crawford county in the first office the duties that devolved on me were neither few nor pleasant the holding of inquests on the bodies of persons picked up in the river and found murdered were of more frequent occurrence than now the country being thinly settled detection was easily avoided and the penalties of the law hard to enforce ; so evil-disposed per sons not having the fear of certain punishment before them perpetrated deeds of violence with perfect impunity i was once notified that a dead body was lying in the water oppo site pig's eye slough and immediately proceeded to the spot and on taking it out i recognized it as the body of a negro woman belonging to a certain captain then in port crawford the body was cruelly cut and bruised ; but the person not ap pearing to recognize it a verdict of found dead was rend ered and i had the corpse buried soon after it came to light that the woman was whipped to death and thrown into the river during the night ; but no investigation was made and the affair blew over for a long term of years have i held position that gave me every opportunity of observing and detecting crime ; as a po liceman constable sheriff and justice of the peace i was an almost daily witness of rascalities and could furnish a calendar |