The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-18
DETAILS Of BATTLE
Mountain View Fight FierceSt
in Oklahoma History.
TWELVE MEN ON A SIDE
Terrible Duel of Men Face TO
Face in a Saloon. !

Mountain View, o. T., Dec. 1.-THE de-
tails Of the fierce battle here Saturday
night show that It was the biggest en-
/ counter ever held in Oklahoma in point
Of the number involved and the proper
ton of casualties. 1t was fight be-
tween deputies and gang Of outlaws
who were resisting arrest. Six men
faced each other and never turned or
finched until each had emptied his gun,
and even then the empty six-shooters
were used as clubs until the outlaws
gave up the fight.
After the firing had ceased and the
smoke of battle cleared away five men
were found whose bleeding wounds told
of the desperate struggle.
Deputy Sheriff Jesse W. Morris was
found with a bullet through his right
lung.
Special Deputy Alfred c. Aker had a
bullet through his right knee.
Jim Williams, known as Deaf jim"
was wounded in the head, the bullet en-
tering his jaw near the temple and pass
ing out at about the same place on the
opposite side.
Mart Williams escaped with only a
wound in the heshy part Of the left leg.
Indian RidaIed with BuIIets.
George Carr, a haIf-breed Indian was
riddled with bullets. One struck him on
the nose and cheek just below his right
eye, pioughing a furow across his face
and almost carrying away his eye. He
was also struck twice in the right breast,
one bullet passing upwards and out at
the back part Of hi sright shoulder.
The fourth outlaw is known to be badly
wounded. but has not been captured,
and the exact extent Of his wounds is
unknown.
About II o'clock Jesse ". Morris, who
has a commission as deputy sheriff, and
who acts as marshal Of Mountain View,
was sitting in his office when a woman
from the northwest part of town called
and reported that three men were rails
ing a disturbance at her place Her
house is one Of fll-fame and a frequent
resort Of a band Of horsethieves and out
laws, to which these men are supposed
to belong.
Wichita Barber in the scrap.
Members of the gang have frequently
declared that they would kill the mar
shaI if he attempted to arrest them, and
he knew the character Of the men with
whom he had to deal. although he did
not suppose that they had the grit to
make good their boast and put UP the
desperate fight that followed. Accord
ingly, Morris took young Alfred c. Al1er.
a barber lately from Wichita. kan,
along with him as a special deputy.
When the officers reached the south
door of the house the three men stepped
out Of the north door and fired two shots
from a gun. The officers ran around the
corner of the building to the east side
where they met the men who had made
for their horses. Marshal Morris told
them that the shooting must stop, and
they denied having done any shooting
and said 1t was a man who went IN an
other direction The marshal pretended
to believe this and planned for better
chance to place the men under arrest. as
every one Of them had his hand on a gun
when they came around the house and
met the officers Accordingly. the Of
icers walked with the men up town.
chatting in a friendly manner, until all
entered the Cattle Exchange saloon.
Here Aker walked around behind the
cigar case located at the end of the
bar and Morris dropped behind and to
one side of the three men, who are
known as Jim and Mart Williams and
George Carr, the half-breed Indian. Here
Morris ordered them to throw up their
hands and surrender
Guns Pulled Like Flash.
Quick as fash every man pulled his
gun and the fight commenced As the
marshal took his first aim the Indian
struck his gun and the BAH crashed
through the large mirror at the back Of
the bar. deaf jim" fell at the com
mencement of the fight. but continued to
fire deliberately He fell close to the bar
and from where he lay blinded by his
own blood, probably fired one of the
shots that struck the Indian Mart viii
liams was the only one unhurt and the
first to leave. He was shot after ne
reached his horse by Deputy James.
who came in at the close of the fight. As
soon as the fight commenced a friend Of
the outlaws who was i'm the saloon when
they entered. drew his gun and took
part. He is known 10 be badly wounded
hut made his escape and has not been
found
The Indian lad was Game
The Indian was game. He had two
six-shooters with him and after empty
ing them both coolly started to extract
the empty shells with the evident pUr-
pose Of reloading and renewing the
fight. but seeing Two of his crowd leave
and the other one lying helpless on the
floor he turned and walked out Of the
side door and IS his bleeding condition
walked mile u a place where he asked