Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-31
THE BIG BEND OUTLAW.
sURREEDER OF FRED PAINE
ALIAS ENGEL, NEAR WATER-
FILE, WASHINGTON.
Account OF . Terrible Running Fight
With Him-Circamstantial Evidence
That May Prove the Desperado's In

That May Prov the Desperado's In.
n0cence.
Spokane Falls special of August %: 4
great sensation was produced in Wateryill,
and throughout the Big Bend country .
lew days ago by the surrender OF the mar
Fred Paine, alias Engel. For three year,
he has been an outlaw and the terror ofth
officers and citizens. He made his home i,
the mountains and c~oulees, only appearin,
at intervals to procure provisions and am
munition. When pursued by officers b,
fed into the fastness Of the almost inpene
trable wilderness. frequently leaving notices
nailed to the trees, warning his pursuers Il
halt or suffer the consequences.
He came to Washington from Missouri
with his father. whose realname was Camp
bell Engel. A reward OF 81, 900 was Offered
In Missouri for the apprehension OF the ole
man, who was charged with murder. Con
stable Jack Hubbard, Of this city located
him in the mountains southwest OF the
Grand Coulee, 100 miles from here, and in.
duced Frank Aiken to assist in the capture,
Armed with q requisition they drove to the
residence OF Sheriff Robbins, OF Douglas
county, who Joined them. Stealthily ap.
preaching the Paine cabin by way of a
canyon, they secured the old man without
difficulty. Sheriff Robins returned home
and the others started for Spokane with
the prisoner. When thirty-ive miles from
the cabin and near the Grand Coulee, they
observed q horseman following them at full
RaIlop. Pine wal asked il he knew the man,
and replied that he could not make him
out at that distance. The team was
stopped to allow him to come nearer, and
the prisoner wa again asked If he knew
him.
"Yes," he replied, 'sthat is my boy"
At q distance oil 1875 yards the pursuing
horseman dismounted and opened fire
with q winchester rifle. The prisoner was
the first one hit and he fell partly out OF
the wagon. Hubbard and Aiken turned
the team across the trail for q b%arricade,
and returned the fire. The battle grew
desperate, and fifteen or twenty shots were
fired on zach side. One of the horses was
hard hit, and a bullet struck Hubbard in
the leg. but he kept on shooting until an
other bullet struck him in the face and he
fell. Presuming him to be dead, Aiken
sprang into the wagon, pushed the dead
body OF the prisoner out and dashed
away. In q few minutes the wounded
horse fell dead. Aiken cut the har-
ness from the other and started on
horseback. The horse soon gave out and
was abandoned, Aiken proceeding on
loot to q ranch where he told his story. A
posse was gathered up to investigate the
affair. Paine's body a. found where
Aiken had left it, but Hubbard's was some
distance away and completely riddled with
bullets. The indications are that he had
regained his feet and tried to escape, but
young Paine dashed upon him and finished
his bloody work. Since his surrender it
t~ranspires that he had previously taken
legal advice, and will endeavor to prove his
innocence, and that another character
figured in the terrible tragedy. Aiken, the
only living witness, is still here and adheres
to his original statements.