borrowed a saddle. This took place at 4½ o’clock, and a half hour before,
the landlord of Cushman’s Hotel in Millersburg saw the other four pass his
house on a gallop. He says that three of them stopped at his hostelry the
night before. He saw the other two pass some time later, but did not
recognize among the six, the man that made up four whom he had
entertained.
Mr. Cushman says the men were extremely well-behaved, using no liquor, and
indulging in no profanity or vulgarity. They retired early and arose late.
He speaks of one as evidently the leader, he appearing like a man who had
never done any manual labor. His horse was cared for by the others, and
his quiet directions were promptly obeyed. The men talked but little,
saying that they were from Illinois and were civil engineers looking over
the country, to decide upon the feasibility of building more railroads in
that section. This party had left Cushman’s house at 9 o’clock Thursday
morning, and had leisurely ridden the ten miles to Northfield.