The morning times., 1896-02-21
KILLED IN A RAID
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named Foster. Nelson is known as crook
| and was convicted with the Heath gang
| atthe time OF the famous raid above Rossiyn.
| Nelson is widely known as keno sharp Of
| the blackest dye.
| An eye witness said:
| johnson is not a regular marshal. He
| was merely deputized by Deuierman last
night. When the Officers entered the room
| it was crowded with men bending over
| the tables.
| 'sDeuterman was first to come in and was
| followed closely by Johnson. They were
the only Officers OF the law present.
| .'o'Neale, the third man shot, had no
connection with them, and came in merely
| fromcCrIosity. When Dcuierman enteredthe
| room he said: Gentlemen. / m deputy
| marshal and you are all under arrest
mo quicker had the words left his mouth
than the shooting began. The first shot
sounded as though it came from outside.
should say about twenty shots were fired
altogether, although IL would be difficult
tosay just how mauy times apistol cracked.
voLLEYs WERE FIRED.
..shots came from all sides, aud those who
could lied at once. Deuterman, Johnson and
" It4l dS tttt IAASt A4tCr eatAb L lhA.iA
that | saw Deuterman firing as be lay on
the floor 1 made my way out of the back
door as soon as possible, and kno W no more
of the affair"
The three wounded men were brought TO
Emergency Hospital in a wagon by four
negroes.
When they reached the hospital all three
were very weak from loss of blood. DeuteT-
man, who was in charge of tEe raid, was
shot under the left jaw about two inches
from the corner of the mouth. The doctors
were unable TO find the bullet, and up TO
late hour last night it had not been ex-
tracted.
Johnson was shot through the neck The
bullet entered the fIeshy part Just above
his larynx and passing out on the opposite
side slightly further down. He was the
least seriously hurt of the three and after
having his wounds dressed he was conveyed
to his home in cab.
SAYS CHANDLER SHOT HIM.
Johnson stated before he left the hos
pital that he was shot by Harry Chandler
! and that John c. Nelson was the man who
shot Deputy Deuterman.
Deuterman did not know who shot him.
| He said it was too dark 10 see and that
| the lights were put out as soon as he en-
| tered the place ard announced that ne was
| an officer of the law.
| O'Neale is a follower OF the race tracks
and merely happened to be present at the
/ shooting.
| 1t was stated at the hospital at late hour
| last night that both Deuterman and O'Neale
were doing as well as could be expected
| and that there was every chance for their
recovery.
One OF the oolored men who brought the
! wounded deputies across the river said
| that Nelson had given himself up and
| was in charge of the authorities.
| The report could not be verified last
| night, however, and little or 10 infornia-
tion could he Cleaned from the people at
the scene of the shooting
BLOODY FINAL CHAPTER.
This shocking story of blood and out
! lawry is the only logical outcome of the
| long-continued sway OF the gambling and
brutaIized element of the county over the
authorities of the law.
Last simmer The Times began a crusade
| against this nursery Of crime and warned
the authorities of the results of dealing
with these men with other than the mailed
hand.
The places infested by these open viO-
lators of law aud defiers of sheriff and con-
stables were described and the outlaws
designated by name.
There followed a farce of a trial, in
which the gamblers were actuaily taken
into the confidence of the prosecuting at
torney and the attorneys for the defense
and the Hghtest penalty was attached to
the conviction.
Since this travesty Of justice The Times
showed that the work was being z prosecuted
if not in one place, in another, and, gen
orally, the authorities had ample notice
that the gamblers had not been terrified
by the dispensation Of law in Alexandria
county.
WHO Is TO BLAME?
1t might have been understood that this
element had determined to run the part
OF the county in which they had openly
defied the law for years. 1t might also
have been well understood that they were
prepared to resist the execution OF the
law il necessary by armed force
The tragedy OF last night, While it is to
be deplored, and especially as it was the
evident intention of the authorities to
execute their duty, coud have been made
unnecessary by rigid application OF Law
last summer and later in the fail
The incidents OF the crimes, which grew
out of the crimes around the gambling, havt
no parallel or late years. Itappears to have
been the sort of fight to the death tina
might have been expected in the widest o
western towns, where, when the officer o
the law and an offender meet, one or th'
other must die in the encounter.
| boy
its infamies. 1t has never been painte,
black enough and it is to be hoped tina