The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-08
THE IOWA OUTLAWS.
Particulars of Their Defense and Capture
by German Farmers.

WAvERLY Ia, June THE capture of the
noted Barber boys occurred at a farmhouse
four miles southwest of Tripoli, and sixteen
I'-.ies southeast of this place, on Tuesday
evening. During the day they had been con-
cealed in the barn of German farmer named
August Tegtmer and at about o'clock in
the evening they went to the house and asked
for some supper. Henry Tegtmer, son of the
farmer, recognized them, and succeeded in
conveying the fact to his father whom he
instructed to give an alarm to the neighbors.
Henry remained at home to assist his moeher
in preparing a meal for the desperadoes.
Several men, all of whom were Germans, ac-
companied the elder Tegtmer to his home
They had no weapons, save one shotgun
which it is claimed was not loaded. The in
tention was to surround the house. and when
the boys came out to spring upon them
and secure them before their suspicious
through the excitement of one Of the men,
who rushed into the house to secure the ban
dts, upon which the latter both drew their
revolvers and began firing promiscuously
Henry Tegtmer sprang upon Bill Barber,
the throat. The fight then became general,
and Bill Barber was soon on the floor, but
managed to continue firing over his antago-
nist's shoulder Ike Barber managed TO es-
cape his puTsueTs for the moment and, leap
ing through an open window, began firing at
the men inside. By this time several of the
attacking party were wounded, and finally
one, named Henry Page, went outside the
door and succeeded in pinioning Ike by
the arms. Henry Karstng received a
ball through the body and exclaimed, Boys,
l am going to die" He continued the fight,
however, and aided in tying both the boys by
the arms, with rope which Mrs. Tegtmer
had gone TO the barn and procured.
Sixteen shots were fired by the two out
laws, Ike emptying two weapons he had on his
person. OF the five brave men who attacked
them, all were wounded, the injured being
as follows Henry Karsting shot through
the body, and died at lis in the morning;
John II. Karsting shot in the left breast,
hip and arms Henry Tegtmer, shot in the
neck; Henry Page shot in the breast, the
bullet striking the bone and coming out at
the back; August Tegtmer, finger bitten and
crushed, 1t Is thought all the wounded will
recover
Word was sent to Waverly, and as soon as
possible Deputy Sheriffs Adair and Carsten-
sen went for the captured men and landed
them in Jail al o'clock yesterday morning
Bill Barber was found willing to converse,
and said he was twenty-three and Ike
twenty-five years old. Their father was
soldier i'll an Iowa regiment, and dying
soon after the war, the boys were placed
in the Soldiers Orphans Home
at Cedar Falls When asked in
regard to shooting Sheriff Sheppard, last
September, Bill SAID they had worked for a
farmer who cheated them out of their pay,
and they ran off horse and sold it. and
Sheppard came to arrest them. He drew q
revolver as soon as he ordered them to sur
render and fired, the ball striking Bill in the
head, and Ike then drew revolver and
killed Sheppard. They made their escape to
Clay county Kan, where they went to
picking corn and afterward ran ferry over
the Republican river. A week ago, Mon
day, they concluded to go home and see their
mother and sisters officers saw them as they
entered the house of one of their sisters and
aroused the people, and they then attempted
to escape and go to Montana, where they
claim their mother lives.
About o'clock last evening a dispatch in
timating that mob was on its way to lynch
the pair caused their removal to Independ-
ence, where they are now located.
After the prisoners had been started on
the way to Independence, a West Union
mob, fifteen or twenty in number, including
a brother and brother-n-law of Shepherd
the deputy sheriff VINO was murdered in Fay
cite county, arrived. They proceeded to the
jail and were met by Sheriff Adair, who
told them the Barber brothers were not in
the Jail, but they were not satisfied until
they had searched the Jail and the whole
house Finally they left. They came with
the intention of hanging the BARRIERS.