The governments of both Ohio and Michigan…

The governments of both Ohio and Michigan continue their practice of one-upmanship throughout the summer of 1835, and constant skirmishes and arrests occur.

Citizens of Monroe County join together in a possé to make arrests in Toledo.

Partisans from Ohio, angered by the harassment, target the offenders with criminal prosecutions.

Lawsuits are not only rampant, they serve as a basis for retaliatory lawsuits from the opposite side.

Partisans from both sides organizes spying parties to keep track of the sheriffs of Wood County, Ohio and Monroe County, Michigan who are entrusted with the security of the border.

On July 15, 1835, tensions and emotions finally overflow and blood spills.

Monroe County, Michigan Deputy Sheriff Joseph Wood goes into Toledo to arrest Major Benjamin Stickney, but when Stickney and his three sons resist, the whole family is subdued and taken into custody.

During the scuffle, Two Stickney, son of the major, stabs Wood with a pen knife and flees south into Ohio.

Wood's injuries are not life-threatening.

When Lucas refuses Mason's demand to extradite Two Stickney back to Michigan for trial, Mason writes to President Jackson for help, suggesting that the matter be referred to the United States Supreme Court.

At the time of this conflict, however, it is not established that the Supreme Court can resolve state boundary disputes, and Jackson declines the offer.

Looking for peace, Lucas begins making his own efforts to end the conflict, again through federal intervention via Ohio's congressional delegation.