Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-08
FERCELY FOUGHT.
A Battle Between Officers and
Desperadoes.
TEL CAPTURE OF A BAD CITIZEN.

AMI Mortally wounded-HIs Vicious
Fi.ht for Freedom with the Help Of .
Co npanion--one Officer Very serio, $.
~ shot-sberif wIikinson's struggle
wi the Terror-Ihc Wounded on.
cei's Weii-Aimed Bullet.
Fo TT WAYSE, Ind, Dec Marion Kuhns,
who murdered man at Fostoria, o.. q
few seeks ago is dying in the hospital IN
this tity. He is called the "Rube Bur-
roug Is of Indiana" The fight in whis b
he get his death wound took place SatIr-
day 4 light at the village of Churubusco. a
few lilies from here Hetalks nonchalantly
of tn, bloody battle which must end in his
own speedy death and in the probable
death Of plueky John Kennedy, one of his
captors. On another cot lies Jimmy
Meas, an ex-convict. Kuhns' pal He is
shot through his hips, but placiily smokes
his eli gar and entertains the few callers
that re admitted Policeman Kennedy Is
at the st. Joseph hospital, and shows en-
coura ying convalescence. although re-
lapse might take him off
Onicers ON HIS Track.
The story of the encounter is an exciting
one. Kuhns came here Saturday and
saunt,sred for an hour about the streets.
Meet ~ an acquaintance he was invited
to dinner, but declined, saying officers
were looking for him. The acquaintance
PROM thy lodged Information of Kuhns'
presen ce in the city at the sheriff's Office
and ii pursuit was at once begun. Dep
uty 81 eriff Wilkinson and policeman Ken
nail Lao hot he. hol f.I-a
erly di recting, pumped handcar for two
miles on the Lake Shore branch, and re.
turnin without clew afterward started
in buggy for Chu-ubusco, a village
near 10y, at which place Kuhns' father
lives.
just to Keep Their Hands In.-
| Kuhls and Mease had arrived at Churu-
busco about 3 p. m. Kuhns made the
rounds of the saloons in company with
Mease, displaying brace OF revolvers
which ne carried in his overcoat. In sa-
| loon he encountered the town marshal.
and pc nting both weapons at him, laugh
ingly bid him good day. Later the pair went
! to a ne ghboring farm house, and draw
| ing the + weapons demanded money. Two
women. who were the only persons at
| home, lied in terror TO the village and were
| reporting the occurrence when Wilkinson
and Ke NELLY drove up.
The Conflict Begins.
| The Ulcers followed the women's direc-
| ton AMI met the pair returning from their
errand of plumber. Kennedy grasped
Kuhns about the neck, and the latter
whipped out a revolver, but before he
could discharge it, his right hand was
| seized by Wilkinson.
| The capture now appeared to have been
effected when Mease suddenly drew a re-
| volver and brought Kennedy down with
| shot i'll the abdomen. The wounded Off.
Ger relea his grasp and the desperate
turned with fury upon Wilkinson, and the
| battle I, I life ensued
Well Done. Kennedy.
| Mease was rendered helpless by shot
| through the hips from the revolver of a
citizen, ex-Marshal Jackson. Kuhns, I'M
able TO bring his weapon to bear upon
| Wilkins IN, discharged it full in the face
of Kennedy, the ball CHANGING through his
cheek, n narrowly missing the angular vein,
and the latter from his position on The
| ground answered with a shot which en-
tered kuhns' chest an inch above the
heart and went quite through him. The
| village reefs were growing dark and tie
| eombata ITS could only be seen by the fire
| quent fla shing of their reyolvers.
An Opening for Wilkinson.
| SuddeI " bang, bang. bang, bang came
in quick succession. Wilkinson had man
| aged TO place his weapon against Kuhn's
back and fired as rapidly as he could draw
the trigger. Still the desperate struggle
on, and with a mighty effort yrig,led out
of his owe rcoat, leaving it in wilkinson,s
hands, and made of in the darkness. Mat
tiers We're in this shape when Sheriff Vi
berg arrived from Fort Wayne. After
| giving rief directions for the care of Ken.
nelly he ook up the chase of Kuhns. The
| fellow ha a run to the point where he had
left tolen horse and cart, and had
| driven of in the darkness
The Desperate Captured.
| The she riff followed, and two miles from
the village net Farmer Owen Boggs, who
informed him that the object Of his search
was at his (BoggsD horse He had been