December 1893

Mathew Bitson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Waupun for life.

Meanwhile, closer to home

BeloitSeptember 3, 1893

Rev. W. Runyan began his pastorate (serving to November 30, 1896).

BeloitSeptember 25, 1893

The date given for D. Cole's pastorate.

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The evidence

The regionDecember 1893

Mathew Bitson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Waupun for life.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Another murder where there was an attempt at lynching occurred in April, 1893, when Mathew Bitson murdered his wife and Mrs. Arthur Hearn in the town of La Prairie, south of Janesville. Bitson was captured at Clinton Junction, and a mob assembled- to lynch him, but Sheriff Bear and a posse from Janesville kept the prisoner safe until the arrival of a company of militia from Madison. In December of 1893 Bitson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Waupun for life.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 2, PDF p. 69 / book p. 581

1893 / December

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December 1893

Mathew Bitson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Waupun for life.

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The evidence

The regionDecember 1893

Mathew Bitson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Waupun for life.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

Another murder where there was an attempt at lynching occurred in April, 1893, when Mathew Bitson murdered his wife and Mrs. Arthur Hearn in the town of La Prairie, south of Janesville. Bitson was captured at Clinton Junction, and a mob assembled- to lynch him, but Sheriff Bear and a posse from Janesville kept the prisoner safe until the arrival of a company of militia from Madison. In December of 1893 Bitson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Waupun for life.