The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-08-04

elsd in covered wagons, taking the out
sfitto Sac City.
l Story of the Crime.
| As GEAR as could be learned from
those who witnessed the affair, Nelson
had traded horses with a man by name
ofBrown, agreeing to pay a difference
often dollars on the trade, but when
asked for the money, Nelson began
abusing Brown, and whipped out re-
yover, and, tlourishing it, said:
II am 'Dead-Shot jack and l amt
afraid of no ---."
Brown, being a man of powerful
build, rushed upon him, and had nearly
wrested the gun from Nelson when a
byssander, stepping in, tried to separate
them. Brown protested vigorously,
excaiming:
'For Gods sake, doA's separate US,
for he'll shoot me-
Hardly had the words been uttered
when Nelson, breaking away, turned
the weapon on Brown, sfaoting three
times, one shot hitting e M. ankle,
another his arm, and the thirl SHOT
lodged in a door across the STREET. Mel.
son mounted his sadd.ed horse, near
by, with gun in hand, and coolly load
ing it, declared, with an oath, that no
officer could take him.
During the early part of the affair,
someone went in quest of Officer Adam
Teepell, who, arriving on the scene!
proceeded to place Nelson under arrest
During an exchange of words between
them. Robert Trainor slipped up be-
hind Nelson, on the side opposite Tee
pell, and grabbed the weapon, with the
intent of wrestling it from Nelson's
hand. but Nelson. squirting his horse,
made the animal buck and jump, caus-
ing, Trainor to release his hold ON the
revolver, 4
Shot Second Man.
Instantly Nelson shot at Traiuor, hit.
ting him in the left temple, the bullet
passing under the skin and out at the
back of the head. Turning Immediate
ly to the right, and with the muzzle of
the revolver almost against Teepell's
face, he fired again. the ball entering
below the left eye and passing through
the nasal canal, over the palate and out
in front Of the right ear.
| With his hands to his head, Teepell
ran into livery barn, Nelson followed
on horseback, and snapped his revolver
second time, but the cartridge failed
to explode. Wheeling around and
squirting his horse through town, he
tied, disappearing in the country.
The Pursuit.
Soon determined men, in every avail.
able kind of conveyance and on horse.
back. we're following him, in their Gag
erness to catch the fleeing wretch
Nelson's horse, not being much &C.
count, soon gave out. Leaving it in
the road, he fled into the cornfields
where he was surrounded by an angry
mob of men. Some ventured into the
corn after him, but the storm of last
night drove his purs;lers back to tow1
for shelter.
Search was again resumed this morn
ing, and nearly every man in town ha6
a shotgun or rifle, taking part in the
hunt. 1t was reported this morning
that, four miles from town, Nelson wa
seen going in a westerly direction
through the cornfeld.
Drs. w. j. Findley, of Sac City, an6
=. E. Speaker of Lake View attended
the. wounded men. The wounds o.
Brown and Trainor are slight in nature
as compared to those of Teepell, al
though the latter's condition is mo-
considered as being necessarily fatal
unless blood poisoning should set in
Mr.. Tepell Is. resting as well as could bs
expected, considering the nature of hi.
wounds.-Des Moines Leader.