Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . l reputation and were the subject ofstories in the dime novel trash. They wereknown in Wisconsin as the Williams brothers,and under this name were the heroes in thenovels. The capture of Ed was affected atGrand Island, Neb., November 9, 1881,and was the result of more of an accident thananything else. The boys were representingthemselves as huntei-s and were both heavilyarmed. Their actions aroused susi)icion andthe officers being notified, visited the housewhere they were staying and approaching themunawares, grabbed Ed and overpowered was ala
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . l reputation and were the subject ofstories in the dime novel trash. They wereknown in Wisconsin as the Williams brothers,and under this name were the heroes in thenovels. The capture of Ed was affected atGrand Island, Neb., November 9, 1881,and was the result of more of an accident thananything else. The boys were representingthemselves as huntei-s and were both heavilyarmed. Their actions aroused susi)icion andthe officers being notified, visited the housewhere they were staying and approaching themunawares, grabbed Ed and overpowered was alarmed and got one shot at the offi-cers, but notwithstanding his wonderful skill,missed his man. The officers then ran for himbut he turned and ran and was never afterwardseen alive. Ed was fully identified as the man wanted,although he denied his identity. Brothers ofthe murdered men in Wisconsin accompaniedthe officers and positively id^tified him as theman who killed their brothers. He was takenback to Wisconsin, November 19, 1881, and. OcL^^ X). ^J\jaA/iyfJoJ^cn^ , HISTORY OF McDONOLGll COLXTY. 801 taken to the court house for trial. The workwas short and swift, however, and justicespeedily meted out. He was surrounded by amob of men who threw a rope around his neckand gtarted down stairs supposedly to hanghim to a tree. This was done but he was deadlong before he reached the tree, as he wasdragged down stairs at the end of the coroners jury viewed the body, examinedthe necessary witnesses and returned a verdictthat he came 10 his death by falling down thecourt house stairs, with which verdict thecourts were well satisfied. Ix)ns death was not so sensational but wflldid he pay for his misdeeds. He died in a in a western city, alone, vinattended, witha black past to view and a blacker future tocontem|)late. Both of these boys were remarkably fine shotswith gun and revolver. Lon was particularly?skilled, and stories of their remarkable powersare told. Kd feare
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