ROSWELL C. BLANCHARD, was born 9 March 1817 in Newfane, Vermont, had reached the age of fifty two years and six months. He met a violent end while riding the stage coach. He was murdered, believed to be mistaken for S. K. Karner, who was known to have carried large sums of money. His whereabouts had been a mystery since last October. The deceased met with a violent death at the hands of an unknown assailant. Eric Baker found the body three miles below the City, about where the Wisconsin River Paper Company mill stands. Mr. Blanchard had left last September to visit relatives in Vermont, was expected to return the 20th of October. His death is officially 9 October 1869.
A rope around his neck, body and legs, his pockets were rifled, then filled with stones, he was carried to the river and cast in, A Mr. Moody was acquitted by Judge Ellis. He and the children are buried in the Union Cemetery in lot 5 block 8. His wife Lydia Augusta Newton, born 1819 in Vermont, died 25 April 1903.
#47 Gazette 22 A-ril 1869 Col: 1 p 1
A rope around his neck, body and legs, his pockets were rifled, then filled with stones, he was carried to the river and cast in, A Mr. Moody was acquitted by Judge Ellis. He and the children are buried in the Union Cemetery in lot 5 block 8. His wife Lydia Augusta Newton, born 1819 in Vermont, died 25 April 1903.
#47 Gazette 22 A-ril 1869 Col: 1 p 1
ROSWELL C. BLANCHARD, was born 9 March 1817 in Newfane, Vermont, had reached the age of fifty two years and six months. He met a violent end while riding the stage coach. He was murdered, believed to be mistaken for S. K. Karner, who was known to have carried large sums of money. His whereabouts had been a mystery since last October. The deceased met with a violent death at the hands of an unknown assailant. Eric Baker found the body three miles below the City, about where the Wisconsin River Paper Company mill stands. Mr. Blanchard had left last September to visit relatives in Vermont, was expected to return the 20th of October. His death is officially 9 October 1869.
A rope around his neck, body and legs, his pockets were rifled, then filled with stones, he was carried to the river and cast in, A Mr. Moody was acquitted by Judge Ellis. He and the children are buried in the Union Cemetery in lot 5 block 8. His wife Lydia Augusta Newton, born 1819 in Vermont, died 25 April 1903.
#47 Gazette 22 A-ril 1869 Col: 1 p 1
A rope around his neck, body and legs, his pockets were rifled, then filled with stones, he was carried to the river and cast in, A Mr. Moody was acquitted by Judge Ellis. He and the children are buried in the Union Cemetery in lot 5 block 8. His wife Lydia Augusta Newton, born 1819 in Vermont, died 25 April 1903.
#47 Gazette 22 A-ril 1869 Col: 1 p 1
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