Grant County WI Archives News.....Murders at Potosi July 7, 1870
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Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa July 7, 1870
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, July 7, 1870

Murders in Potosi

A terrible tragedy occurred in Potosi, Wisconsin, week before last, resulting 
in the death of two attaches of Robinson’s Circus, which performs in Maquoketa 
today. A man named John Brent, recently from Montana, got into a difficulty 
with one of the hostlers belonging to the Circus. Afterwards he went to a 
hotel where several members of the Circus were stopping, called them to the 
door, and then deliberately shot two of them down in their tracks. One of them 
died immediately, and the other, we understand, has since died. The murderer 
effected his escape, but as a large reward is offered for him, he will 
probably be captured. The Sheriff of Grant county, Wisconsin, passed through 
Maquoketa last Sunday, looking for him.


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