The Red Cloud chief., 1891-08-28
Ed SHORT KILLED.
Th> Noted United Ssstes Deputy
Naruhal Slain
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short deputy United states mar>hal.
w.s >ho, ard killed yesterday. hn, not
before he had In turn shn, and allied
Charlie. Bryans one at h not"rsous
Dalton gang
The double tragedy occurred III Wan
komiS . small station cn the hn-a
island railway t-t~s~n Isnnes.ey AMI
Enid / r.
SAor, was on hi, way IA Wichita With
bryant Near waasoSnts The prisoner
secured short. revolver and hot, hcr
twice.
Shor, secured hts wiachrs,rr and In
turn shot liryant
Both men died inside 20 two minutes
short was a we'll known character IN
the southwe>, having male . rrpaia
tion as n brave officer In tho stevens
county Nan truubics In IS>> lie hal
the name ot t-,ng q dead .h", and
withou; fear. bryant wss a meust-r
~ the Dalton gang ani was supposed
To have A>si.,~d IN the recent train rob
h-ry At Wharton "a Saturday he
vent - iicune>>cs for supple. aud va,
captured
The Dalton gang was Nc~u YESTERDAY
In the vicinity 80 Hcnn~N>ry anil Pafts~s
left herr In the afternoon on their iEai'
The bodies Of tho dead mcu ar~ no"
AZ Caldwell. han
when Shur, lcf, IN this trip his ias,
words were tina, he WAS going after q
bad man and would run no taAN that
~crr unnecessary He vHt kHl
rather than L. killed. amt ! know IL
he concluded. hu, therc have tern
such men taken
short. ~"rd~ wrr- spoken
them at the time.
short was about ~ ycars old. cf
medium height and rssd lcoasng
bryan, was a tall man. weighing pr
hapS I>o pounds With a s~arthy com
p~iesi"n. r"AemhIinr very mach . Mss
Ican. 10th jIru wcrv crack shots
widely know and fearless
ANOTHER
GUruKiE. ok. Aug "A s"nsa
,ionsi and d"uhIy fatal shooting scrap
occurred ~ tho Cherokee reservation
Yesterday. Ever since the robbery Of
the santa Pc train at Wharton. J. T.
nearly three mouths ago, Deputy Mar
.hal FL short has lsen uI-,n tho trail
II The robbcr. They led him a hit
cha>. through oklahoma nnd Indian
territories TN two az three recent 49,
caslnns hc and two Other Ulcers whn
were with him came very near cartur-
ing the drsp~rah"~N four In number
Will. short was ia Nauknmis, a
small town In the Cherokee nation. d"
saw Charley bryant, tn" leader 20 the
band that held up and robbed thc train
lie pulled two long f"rty-hyrs from bis
hip packets aud throw ing them down
upon bryant said.
You're my prisoner"
The d yuu saw exclaimed liry.
ant. reaching Tor his revolver BEFORE
he could pull the weapon short fired
The bullet missed bryant. who then
drew his gun. A. he vas getting u in
position "a use u Short fired again
The ball entered Iiry ants heart. kin
ing him INSTANTLY
SON. 81 the members 81 Iiryants
gang and friends who did not belong Ia
his gang witnessed the shooting They
FASTENED To- I!ryantN a~siatancs. butdid
not get close enough - Short to us-
their revolver. effectively until after be
had dropped bryant
Covering short with their weapons.
they opened a fpsilai~ upon him.
short replied. firing three sho,A A
bullet fired hy one - Bryantis pals
penetrated his brain and he dropped ,o
the ground n corpse The gang sh-n
rode out 20 town. leaving the bpds~s 20
Bryant and short lying where they fell