Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-08-27
Ed SHORT KILLED.
The Noted United States Deputy
Marshal Slain.
KILLED BY THE DALTON GANG.
Somewhat Conflicting Accounts of the AZ
fair-one of the DesperadOes Killed
BY Short-The Rest of the
Gang Escape.

KINeFIsHER, Ok, Aug. &c L.
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, a small station on the Rock
Island railway betsveen 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.
Short secured HIS Winchester and in
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 1888. He had
the name of being a 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 parties
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
bad man and would run no risks that
were unnecessary. ''He will kill
rather than be killed, and know it, "
he concluded, but there have been
such men taken"
Shorts words were spoken earnest
ly, though little attention was paid to
them at the time.
Short was about 80 years old, of
medium height and good looking.
Bryant was tall man. weighing per-
haps $50 pounds, with a swarthy COM
plexion, resembling very much Mex
lean. Both men were crack shots,
widely known and fearless.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Aug. PA sensa-
tional and doubly fatal shooting scrape
occurred in the Cherokee reservation
yesterday. Ever since the robbery of
the Santa Fe train at Wharton, L T.,
nearly three months ago, Deputy Mar
shall Ed Short has been upon the trail
of the robbers. They led him a hot
chase through Oklahoma and Indian
territories. On two or three recent oc-
casions he and two other officers who
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.
You're my prisoner"
''The HI you say" exclaimed Bry-
ant, reaching for his revolver. Before
be could pull the weapon Short fired
The bullet missed Bryant, who then
drew his gun. As he was getting it in
position to use it Short fred 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
FASTENED to Bryants assistance, but did
not get close enough to Short to use
their revolvers effectively until after he
had dropped Bryant.
Covering Short with their weapons,
they opened a fusilade upon him.
Short replied, firing three shots A
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 fell.