Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-09-18
CAPTURE PIERCE MURDERER
Posse Compelled to Shoot Nisgsnfnd Before
He Would Give Up.
EHPTlrs HIS REVOLVER At PUHsUERs
None of shots Hit Members of Posse
NeiEenhnd wounded in Many
Places, but Likely to
Recover.

wINsIDE, Neb., Sept. 17.-(special Tele-
gram)-Gottlieb NiegenHnd, the Pierce
county murderer, IN in the doctors hands. He
was shot this afternoon FIVE miles south
west OF here Thursday night Of last week
he stayed with Henry Carstens, three miles
from the scene of the crime, riding to
within two miles of here on Friday morn
ing with Carstens and then riding four
miles south with f. w. Cullen, county
commissioner. From that time trace Of
him was lost.
This afternoon Liveryman Dave Leary
started out to try and locate a suspect
that had been seen in this netghborhood
along the road four miles southeast. Two
men came up with Gustave Rehmus. They
were driving some cattle. Leary thought
one of these men was Niegenhnd, and
knowing Cullen to be at the house OF Amos
Lease. along the road they we're travelling
he drove along with the cattle to that
place. Niegenfnd recognized Cullen and
spoke to him. Leaving Cullen and Frank
Lease to follow with the cattle, Leary
then went to the house and procured a
shotgun and the assistance Of Perry Borum,
who had a 22-caliber single-shot rife.
These two went across the field to in
tercept the herd on another road; they
had scarcely arrived when the men showed
up, advancing along the road They called
upon Niegenind to throw up his hands.
His reply was to draw a revolver and shoot
point blank at Leary, at the same time
springing behind his companion and using
him for a shield He fired his remaining
five loads as soon as his companion got
out of the way.
The three, Dave Leary, Perry Borum and
Frank Lease, poured into Neigenind per-
feet fusilade until he fell.
Seeing that he was not dead, they pro-
cured spring wagon and brought him to
town, placing him under the care of the
doctor. He has been recognized by several
who knew him when living near Hoskins
He was unconscious when brought to town.
Neigenflnd came to the farm of Gustave
Rahmus last Friday and hired out as a farm,
hand and has been there since.
Loaded Down with shot.
About II o'clock Niegenfnd recovered con-
sciousnoss and the attending physicians say
there is no danger of his dying from the
wounds, though he is suffering great pain.
The character Of his wounds show there
were numerous shots fred. His left arm
is shattered at the elbow, the heavy mus
cles of his right arm are badly lacerated by
shot, there is a. 22-caliber bullet wound
in his hip, another one in the fleshy part
Of his right leg and one bullet plowed along
the scalp. In addition to these distinctly
marked wounds there are scattering shot
all over his body from the hip up.
There were large number of people
from Pierce county in town this evening,
but most of them have gone home. They
were quiet and there was no talk OF lynch
ing.
Among the Pierce visitors was the son
OF Briar, the murdered man, and brother
OF the murdered woman. He positively
Identifies the prisoner as Niegenfnd. He
says that neither himself nor the other sur
viving members OF the BriaT family have
slept to amount to anything since the muir
der as they were in constant fear that Me
ginfnd would carry out his threat to re-
turn and kill the rest OF the family.