Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-08-27
ED SHORT KILLED.
The Noted United States Deputy
Marshal Slain.
KILLED BIZ The DALTON GANG.
somewha. Conflicting Accounts OF the Ar
fair-One of the Desperadoes Killed
By Short-The Rest Of the
Gang Escape.

KrSeFIsHER, Ok, Aug. sc E
Short deputy United States marshal
was shot and killed yesterday, but not
before he had in turn shot and killed
Charles Bryant, one of the notorious
Dalton gang.
The double tragedy occurred at Wau--
komis, q small station on the Rock
Island railway between Hennessey and
Enid. L T.
Short was on his way to Wichita with
Bryant Near Waukomis the prisoner
secured Shorts revolver and shot Short
twice.
turn shot Bryant
Both men died inside of two minutes
Short was well known character in
the southwest. having made a reputa-
ton as a brave officer in the Stevens
county (Kan troubles in 1SSS. He had
the name of being 3 dead shot and
without fear. Bryant was a member
of the Dalton gang and was supposed
to have assisted in the recent train rob
berry at Wharton, Ok. Saturday he
went to Hennessey for supplies and was
captured
The Dalton gang was seen yesterday
in the vicinity of Hennessey and partiee
left here in the afternoon on their trail
The bodies of the dead men are now
at Caldwell, Kan.
When Short left on this trip his last
words were that he was going after a
bad man and would run no risks that
were unnecessary. He will kill
rather than be killed, and know ii,
he concluded, but there have BEEN
such men taken"
Shorts words were spoken earnest
". though little attention was paid to
them at the time.
Short was about 50 years old, of
medium height and good locking.
Bryant was a tall man, weighing per-
haps $50 pounds, with a swarthy COM
plexion, resem bling very much MexS
lean. Both men were crack shots
widely known and fearless
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Aug. ga sensa-
tional and doubly fatal shooting scrape-
occurred in the Cherokee reservation.
yesterday. Ever since the robbery oe
the Santa Fe train at Wharton, L Ts
nearly three months ago. Deputy Mar
shall Ed Short has been upon the trail
of the robbers They led him a hos
chase through Oklahoma and Indian
territories. On two or three recent ooR
were with him came very near captur--
ing the desperadoes, four in number.
While Short was in Waukomis, a
small town in the Cherokee nation, he
saw Charley Bryant, the leader of the
band that held up and robbed the train
He pulled two long forty -fves from his.
hip pockets and throwing them down
upon Bryant. said:
Your re my prisoner
1.-The HI you saw" exclaimed Bry--
ant, reaching for his revolver. Before
he could pull the weapon Short Hred-
The bullet missed Bryant, who then
drew his gun As he was getting it iJst
position to use it Short fired again
The ball entered Bryant's heart, kill
| ing him instantly.
Some of the members of Bryant's
gang and friends who did not belong to.
| his gang witnessed the shooting They
| hastened to Bryant's assistance, but did
not get close enough to Short to use
their revolvers effectively until after he
had dropped Bryant
Covering Short with their weaponse
| they opened a fusilade upon him.
| short replied. firing three shots q
bullet fired by one of Bryant's pals.
penetrated his brain and he dropped to-
the ground a corpse. The gang then
rode out of town. leaving the bodies of
Bryant and Short lying where they feN--