WIneland - Frederick
Source: The Parke
County Republican, February 15, 1865, Page 2 ATROCIOUS MURDER
“It is our painful duty to record
one of the most heart-rending tragedies ever enacted in this country. On Friday
last, 10th inst., about 2 o’clock P.M., Milton WINELAND murdered his father
Frederick WINELAND, and his cousin Benjamin VANCLEVE, by shooting them down
while engaged in gathering corn in the field. Mr. Wineland resided in
Montgomery county, about four miles northwest of Waveland, but was murdered in
this county, the county line running between his house and the field in which
he was at work. The cause of this unfortunate affair, so far as we have been
able to learn, is in substance as follows: Milton Wineland was the only heir to
his father’s estate, worth about twenty thousand dollars, and had been under
the impression for three or four years that his father had willed his estate to
this cousin Benjamin Vancleve. It is not positively known however that this was
the cause. – The son, however, seemed to act on the assumption that it was
true, and had at three or four different times attempted personal violence on
the person of his father. He was foiled in each attempt, until Friday last, he
came to his father’s house, armed with a double-barreled shotgun, and inquired
of his almost helpless mother where his father was. She told him that his
father and cousin were in the field gathering corn. – He left the house at once
for the field, and in a few moments two reports of the gun were heard. The old
lady ran to the door and heard some one exclaim, “oh, God,” as if in great
agony. Upon reaching the door she saw the son running across the field, and the
horses, which were being employed in gathering corn, running with wagon toward
the barn. As soon as the neighbors could be informed, it was found that he had
shot them both within eight feet of each other by concealing himself in the
fence corner. Young Wineland is still running at large. He is about 33 years of
age, six feet two inches high, light hair, heavy sandy whiskers, grey eyes, and
weighs about 220 pounds. A reward of one thousand dollars is offered by his
mother for his apprehension.”
Source: The Parke
County Republican, February 22, 1865, Page 2
WINELAND, the murderer of his father
and cousin near Waveland, noticed our last issue, it is generally believed,
made his way direct for Canada. A man answering his description passed through
Delphi, Carroll County, on Saturday last, en route North. Wineland doubtless
imagines that a murderer will be safe within the realms of the Queen’s domains,
inasmuch as deserters, bounty jumpers, and Copperheads fleeing the draft, there
find a place of safety. In this, however, he will find himself mistaken.”