who is a banker in Mankato, brought the news to town, which set the whole
city into commotion. Men of all classes hurried about for arms. The
telegraph wires called up from Janesville the few men who still lingered
there reluctant to give up the chase. The same lightning messenger brought
men from Winona, Waseca, Owatonna, and Faribault. St. Peter, and Le Sueur
sent in their quota of armed citizens. The message found the redoubtable
Hoy at the Nicollet hotel, where he was narrating to an admiring throng
his exploits at Elysian, and brought him back to the regained trail; the
same message arrested the St. Paul police on their homeward journey at
Blakely, and, in an incredibly short time