Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-03-30
HOW MURDERER sLANck WAS SHOT
The story as Told by the Brave Boy
Who Brought linn Down.

Seattle, March 22.--Roberf Crow, one of
the two men who killed the desperate
murderer. Bianck, gives this following ac-
count of the desperate battle Grow Is
only q years Of age, He said:
II was In Kent when Waymire got
telegram from orillia that Blanek was
supposed to be cornered In wood half
a mile from orlllsa John Shepich and /
concluded 10 so out and hunt for the man
and armed ourselves with rifles. ! took
A-calibre rs model Winchester and
sheptch had $3.50 Winchester ~ model
We started at once down the Northern
Pacific track toward Seattle, and ran and
walked for a mile and a quarter, and then
saw a stranger walking up the track to-
wards us. He looked 10 he a man OF
about 30 pounds weight. When we got
about 30 feet from him Shepich ieveled
| his gun at him and said:
. Throw up your handsr
"As soon as Shepich spoke I leveled my
gun at him Also. Shepich again said:
Throw up your hands,
''Blnnck said:
"sweN. what in hell do you wantr or
something like that.
'6heplch again gave the order.
Throw up your hands, tell YOU
1.-THE command had barely escaped She
| pichs iipr when Bianck. with a aulck
| movement, threw his right hand behind
4 HiIn anu DEOuEHt nAH KUN W pEHT ott 5Ar-
lspich. He Aired just as he got the gun out
/ and stepped around 10 the left. one step,
/ and fired again ut Shepich. After he fired
1 The second shot Shepick fired at him. He
| must have hit Blanek or Blanck would
| have killed me- As soon as Shepich
| fired his first shot he turned TO me and
sand:
1 My God Bob, I'm shotr
"Bianok stepped one step further "a
| the left and shot again at Shepich. !
| think Shepich fired a couple of more shots
II would not say for sure. Then Blanck
| stepped one more step and got outside
| of the track. He fired one shot ar me
| and ir passed by my left eye, as rear AZ
| can tell. on about a level with the heart
He took another step TO the left and shot
| again ut me. He started to run behind
knoll beside the track so as 10 gain
shelter from our fire. BY this time
had commenced firing and for moment
| there was a steady stream of lead from
both our guns. After Bianck had beer
hit he kept on shooting. When he mad,
a run for the knoll he crept into In,
rushes In the dipsh and Shepich holieres
for the other boys, who had been attract
ed by the shooting. to rush In on tn,
other side. The boys commenced clos
ing In and Sheuach told me 10 keep OF
shooting until alanck dropped. / fhinl
shepleh hoilered for Blanck 10 come GU
from the brush, and he did so, with hi
hands up in the air. Shepsch said some
thing and commenced shooting again
and i followed suit. ] took dead aim a
him two or three times, and when hi
dropped / stopped shooting
Before Blanck dropped Charley New
ell OF Kent came and fired two shot
from n shotgun loaded with buckshct, blu
he was too far away TO have any effec,
When Blanek dropped he commence,
| to wsagle about. and I supposed he hai
another sun. and was playing n trick q
| aA to get the drop on as. He went dow
80 easily that II looked suspicious
II shot at HIN twice more and he Ia,
| STILL"