The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-02
Fatal shooting IN Ness County

Uarned Optic, 26)
| We learned that a few days ago two of the
Rogers boys, one of them the deputy sheriff
| for Ness county, undertook the arrest of one
Elwood, q notorious character of Ness county
whom the authorities have wanted for come
time. Judging from the result the parties in
the ARRAY must have got considerably mi xed
at any rate when Rogers undertook to .shool
EIwoOd the discharge OF the double barrel
shot gun loaded with buckshot was lodged in
his brothers legs, causing such bad wound
that the amputation OF one OF them was nee
essary, with the probability that the other
one will have to come of before he can re-
cover. Elwood, as usual, escaped, and this
reminds us that when a delegation of our
citizens went TO arrest him he escaped in a
rather interesting manner. The party uIon
approaching the house saw Elwood inside
and surrounding him thought sure they had
him penned. There was some little delay be-
lay before the party entered the house, but
when they did enter ElwOod was nowhere to
be found. A thorough search was made
OF the entire PROMISES but there was no FL
wood. The se%ch WAS male from garrett
to cellar but still there was 10 Eiwood
When the searchers gave up the hunt and
left ElwoOd crawled out of IA saratoga trunk,
where he had been snugly slowed away, the
trunk locked, with the key in the possession
OF one of the women OF the house. We have
heard II stated that Eisood declares he Is
going TO live on that claim, either on top or
underneath, and he don't care darn
which,"
Since writing the above we have heard an
other, and probably the correct, version OF
the affair, winch is something like the follow
ing: Elwood had been Keeping dark for sew
eral days, In consequence of United States
warrant for his arrest tor interfering with
mail matter one of the Rogers is the POST
master. After an absence of several days
E wood returned and visited the Post Office.
The Deputy Sherii, brother of the Post
IN aster, was at the Office at the time.
Inc three got into quarrel, or rather re-
newed an old quarrel, during which the
deputy sheriff slipped out of the office by
back entrance, anu under cover of a cOrntirld
approached the front part of the building
anu opened out fire on EIwOOd with n
volver. At this, Elwood rushed from the
building, mounted his horse, which was
hitched near by, and charged into the corn
after the deputy sheriff, firing revolver pro-
miscuously rs he rode on- While E!woot
Was searching for Rogers through the corn
Rogers slipped out and ran back to the post
Office. In the meantime the postmaster mad
barred the doors and fastened down
the windows, fortIfying against
attack from Elwood, which he regarded as
imminent. When his brother rushed to the
door and tried TO force an entrance, the post
master suppo.ing IL WAS flwooi, would not
open. The deputy sheriff then ran around
the building TO "A back window and Kicking II
open was climbing in, when his btother on
the side, still believing IL WAS ElwoOd, fired
both barrels OF q shot gun loaded with buck
shot at him. As stated above both charges
took effect in the legs, intiicting terrible
wound. One OF the lei was taken off at the
time, and We learn later that the otner was
subsequently amputated, imme diately after
which the unfortunate man died.