People's voice., 1900-05-03
How He Fought and Was KiIIed-What Wa:
Found on His Person.

Vi OdluWell, WOulu nave Killed DOTH
officers ana made his escape.
The engineer on the east bound
st. h., X. q 5. W. passenger saw The
outlaw uear a bridge West Of the depot
aJ Caldwell, and recognizing him from
a description, sent wOrd tO Wannen-
Wetch. Wannenwetch secured The
assistance Of Constable Hosea Hul-
drldge and the two got In a buggy
and drove to the depot. One officer
went down the track and the other
drove around the wagon road, to the
bridge. They found fresh traces un.
der the bridge, aud started to follow
them up the stream. They had gone
only few hundred feet when Wan.
nenwetch san the outlaw lying upon
his breast in a small ravlne. The Two
officers started toward him, and got
within twelve or diteen leet OF him
before word was spoken. The out
law was Stiil iylng upon his breast
when HauHenWetcn asked him:
~ Which way did you come frOm?"
"Fr0m the north" replied The des-
parado, as he started to get up.
Weren't yCu in AnLh-n
WaDnenwetCh did not get to finish
the question, The outlaw was on his
feet by this time, ana quick as d flash,
pulled a six shooter from his front
trousers pocket anb opened fire. The
first shot was directed at Hodridge's
head and came so close that hOldrldge
was staggered. Mannenwetch pulled
his gun, ana shot at the outlaw as
The latter sent second bullet at him,
which went through Wannenwitch' 5
coat. The outlaw commenced pack
ing UH in the direction OF three trees
tnat stood in the form Of a triangle.
The firing never ceased for an Instant,
and by this time there was a regular
iuSlIlade OF bullets. At The third Snot
from Wannenwetch's gun the outlaw
! staggered and fell back against tree,
having received bullet wound in the
neck.
After the three had emptied their
guns the outlaw attempted TO run.
HOldridge ran around 10 head him
of, when Wannen Hetch shouted:
"Hit HIM over the head with your
gun"
The outlaw by this time was 50
weak from loss Of blood that be fell.
As the officers approached him he
rolled over and feebly holding his gun
against his breast, snapped the empty
revolver at them.
The officers put the outlaw in the
buggy and hauled him to Caldwell.
He was told that he was fatally
wounded, and was asked to tell his
name, but only replied grimly: Il am
ready to die" He admitted having
robbed the agent ut Anthony the day
before. The bullet struck him at the
base OF the neck and little to the
left OF the center, ranging down.
ward, burying itself in the breast.
He died at 4 o'clock.
The agent at Anthony partially
identified the dead man, and Identified
a gold watch found OF mis- person as
the one stolen from him Tuesday
night. Besides the gold watch, 500
was stolen from the agent. The dead
man had 1916 on his person. The
following is an inventory Of the artl-
Giles found in the dead mans pockets:
A complete kit Of burglars tools,
consisting Of two bits, bunch of Skele,
ton keys, tile, button hook, three store
Keys. These were in a handsome
leather plush lined folding case. One
OF the bits was partially filed with
asbestos, indicating that it had been
recently used in drilling into a safe.
A heavy Open-faCe silver watch With
gold chain and sterling silver bangle
heart, two barbar's Communication
tickets, rocket knife, pOcketboOk and
S9.76 10 money, three gold plated
watch chains, revolver, two punches OF
Keys such as are used for
small drawers, match safe, Rand.
McNaIly atlas and railway guide.
memorandum, map of Oklahoma and
Indian territory, tin stamp box con
tanning IS eight.cent stamps, 9 two.
cent stamps and cent stampS.
two white handkerchiefs with colored
borders, and one black handkerchief.
such as are used for masks, a gold NJ.
W. of A. lapel pin, cuff buttons and
collar buttons, He wore three under.
shirts, two overShirts, ladies' stock.
ings, three pairs Of drawers, and two
pairs of pants.
The rain Friday and Saturday
seems to have been general all over
the south and west. At Waco. Tex.
terrific cloud burst occurred at noon
yesterday and drowned eight persons.
and damaged thousands Of dollars
worth NJ property. The downpour
lasted fsom noon until dark. The
sections Of Texas recently inundated
received heavy rains YESTERDAY. and
are 10 bad fix At Blum, Tex. ?
tornado injured two persons. one
fatally, and did vast damage to crops.
A rate IF one fare for the round
trip has been made bv the Santa Fe
Route 10 the State Republican con-
veDtinn at Topeka May l6. Tickets
will be on sale May Is and l6. Return
limit May 10.
Over ten thousand liv's have been
lost in the African War. Ten times as
many de every wear as a result of
impure blood, which could be sa-ed
by using Beggs' Blood Purifier.
Its the best spring medicine ever
made Fred Ackerman. Moberlv.
Missouri-For sale by all druggists.
The Cardinal Points