The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-28

NJ MN with the llAtch9t. Kahn, after
receiving the blow, Judged undel
Fishers arm and ran. shouting to hi,
neiglhor who lived about 200 yards
away, "Macll,lanz! Macllda,,z! Flsl,p,
Is killing mel" Fisher followed Kali,
up. striking him with his hatclet, a,
every opportunity, until they reached
- wire fence about twenty steps away.
Here Kahn leaped the fence, hut be.
fore he could get away, Fisher caught
him Ivy the coat collar and holding
him thus, with the wire fence he.
tween them. dealt him one more des.
Ierate blow diagonally acr"ss the eft
eye which forever destroyed its sight.
Kahn Slipped out of the coat, leaving
It in the hands Of Fisher. an.l tle,l ON
ward, towards the house uf MaclltaI,z,
whom he met u few rods further 0l,,
coming, with his pants in his hands. t.,
his assistance.
Maci.lanz, who AS mentioned. lived
about 200 yards away, had just retired
tor the night, and Ills wife was parti.
ally un,lressetl. preparatory to julming
him, when the cries Of X sin. IN the
stiffness Of tho night, reached their
ears. Rushing to the window. Mrs.
Maclldanz raised the sash aud shout.
ID hack to Kahn, hut got M answer
lnXcept the continued yeils Of X sin in
the distance. Macln,anz jumped out
"f bed. seized his pants in his hand.
and clad only in his shirt and drawers
md followed his wife, hurried tn
Kain's assistance and met him OH the
road us described above.
In the meantime Fisher had disap
peared, having followed Kiln only a
far as the fence, and lie WAS seen Omly
~ KUN. Kahn Was then assisted hl
Machtlanz aud his wife t. their house
On animation. he was found moi
only to have his cheek torn to shretls
from the gun shot, hut the back AM
top If his head showed many ghastl,
cuts from the edge of the Ratchet
struck Ivy Fisher while in pursuit: tl.t
most serious one, haing the final stroke
across the left eye. before spoken If
Marl,danz then hitched up Kahn.
horse which Was picketptl out nea
kain's sl,anty and tmk the wountle,
man to Neche. almnt five miles dis
tamt. where he put him in care of ID,
Donovan.
IL NJ ml,,lanz then drove tO Bathgatt
, .wOre out u complaint, and u warran
, was placed in the hands Uf Sheril
James. Sheriff James accu,nranie,
i,y Deputies Mcleod and Fatltler the
drove to Fishers to arrest him. The
arrived there about five o'clock in tn
morning. Mis-. Fisher was up un'
let them in and they found Fisher il
! the act of putting OH his sll"es. The
made the arrest, read the warrant an
n nmt on the l.amd.cufts. Fisher, "n bt
Ing told why he was arrested, answer
! led, in broken English, mo! MOI! II
showed the sheriff his gun. a. doull
tarreled one with rifle and u sm,00t
5 barrel. of which the rifle barrel 'ha
: been recently discharged, while til
a other was still loaded. Fisher ex
, planned to the sheriff that he had tax
/. ell the gun down to shoot q hawk tire
r days before but as the hawk flp,
!, away, lie had shot at a mark. Sheriff
James thea told him. that in his opil
ion that the appearance of the gu
showed that it had been fired no
more than twelve hours before. Fish
er asked to change his clothes. wllicI
he Was allowed to do and then tn
, party got into the wagon and drove t,
Kain's silanty. They were alsu nc
; comlanied here Ivy Machdanz ant
more plentiful, as though the culnI;.
tants had stopped in deadly conflict
near the house q hat with two slln
holes in it, and at the fence, II Goa,
turned wrong slda out was found
Taking these latter mute witnesses OF
kain's father. Here on entering tile
sl'anty, they found the CHASTITY evi
lences of the hlmdy deed of the pre-,
vi0us evening. On the table was til.
lantern, burned dry, Il letter was "il
the fl"Or, II pocketl"ok, with u small
amount of money. lay on the table.
splinters Of glass were scattered about
blood on the table, on the he'd clutles.
0n the floor, Il pool of blood near TIL.
door, spatters Of blood on the door i,
self and on its frame; outside the door
tracks in the prairie sud from feet tina,
evidently We're in struggle, blood
stains on the grass, here and there
crime will, them, and adding the sllo,
torn sash from the window, the party
then went to Neclle. Here the pr,s
nnpr was brought to Elliott's hotel
Kahn wis also there, having his
wounds dressed, and Fisher. as liz
passed him. hent down to take a bet.
ter lo"k, while IL fiendish grin over.
spread his features.
| The sheriff, on talking with Kahn
then found out that u hatcl,et had
hepn used in the assault. and going
to Fisher, asked HIN If he had {:
Ratchet. Fisher denied having I;
Ratchet, tut said he had IL little AK,
which had not heen used for som,
time. that was lying in the stable
Deputies Mcleod and Fadden the,
went hack to Fishers to look up til,
hatchet and for any other evidence
that they might find.
On their arrival, they found onl!
two young. girls one about fifteel
and the other nine years Of age, II
home, their mother, Mrs. Fisher. hav
ing followed her husband to Necllr
The first thing asked for, Ivy the ufli
GERS, was the clothing Fisher had TAX
, en'off that morning, when lie change,
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