The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-17
lSHOT AT
SHERIFF
When He Went to Serve
Papers on Mrs. Roseberry.
PUT SUMMONS ON PORCH
And She Is Alleged to Have
Sent Bullet After Him.

Henry Schadd, the new sheriff, is start
ing out TO have a very strenuous time
during his incumbency. Almost the inst
papers he served since his installation
were served on woman land she took
q shot at him with big revolver 1t is
= pretty serious offense for anyone to
shoot at a sheriff, let alone one who
wears a gold star set with diamonds
! The woman was Mrs Roseberry, who
lives out fourteen miles southwest of
Wichita and about three miles north
east OF Bayneville. An attachment was
gotten out against her by f. G. Smythe
& Sons for some farm machinery, and
as the sheriff was down in that section
yesterday he served the papers on the
defendant.
This woman is alleged TO have terror
lied the whole neighborhood, and very
few people go near her. She has driven
many persons away from her door, and
succeeded in driving deputy sheriff and
deputy marshal, but she ran up against
the wrong man in the person of Henry
Schadd, for he served the papers.
knocked at the door. The woman came
and opened the door and said:
What do you want?"
Il have some papers to serve" replied
the sheriff.
Mrs. Roseberry got mad right off
Il don't want your papers. You take
them back to town with YOU" she said
Mr.. Schadd told her he came there to
serve some papers, and was going to do
ii.
Who are you anyway" demanded the
woman.
She was informed that the person
standing on her porch was none other
than the sheriff of Sedgwick county,
state OF Kansas, and that he came there
in the discharge of his official duties and
intended to discharge them.
That was almost more than Mrs. Rose
berry could stand.
Don't you see that these are my prem
ises; that they are fenced, and you have
no business on them? Get off," she ex-
claimed.
when she came to the door the sheriff
4. noticed that there was a big revolver
poked into her belt, and Mrs p )seberry
kept fumbling it rather savagely.
Sheriff Schadd saw that he could not
gain anything by argument, he Of
fered her the paper. hut she refused to
take il and again ordered him 10 get OF
her property.
Sheriff Schadd then laid the paper On
the porch and turned to go away. This
vas legal service and he was satisfied.
He had only walked a few steps down
the lane when Charlie Irwin, who was in
Q buggy waiting for him, called for him
TO look out. Sheriff Schadd stepped up,
when he heard gun click twice ard
then came the report and bullet few
close to his head. He hurried up and got
into the buggy and drove away before
the woman had another chance 10 shoot.
This little incident is not goilS TO be
passed by lightly. and Mrs. Roseoerry
will have to answer to the charge of as
eaulting an officer
This is not the first time an officer has
been assaulted. Not so long ago Deputy
Gheriff Doug. Simmons went to the house
and tried to serve some papers. but Was
driven away by Mrs. Roseberry with L
shot gun.
Deputy Marshal Tom Voss went down
70 serve a warrant once. and the woman
came at him with shot gun and made
Mr. Voss dig out for Wichita so fast
that he left his hat on the front perch.
Sheriff Schadd knew the woman's repu-
tation and was expecting a warm recep-
ton, but he served the papers Just the
name