A hero and 'we' killed him
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Just in time for last-minute Christmas gift-giving comes a highly recommended new book about an important figure in Vernon County history. Joseph Bailey, Union war hero, became one of only two local peace officers to be slain in the line of duty, when, on Mar. 26, 1867, as Vernon County sheriff, he went out to arrest two suspected hog-thieves.