The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-12-09

died from his wound thirty minutes
after AS to the Incident of the
shooting the Sioux Falls Press has
the following:
Friday White ran amuck in his cell
and tore up everything he could lay
his hands on. The guards went to
the cell and opened the door intend
ing TO take White out and put him
in the dungeon. He appeared at the
door armed with a bar OF steel which
he had I'm some secured and
secreted in his cell. In one hand he
held the BAR and in the other an oak
III and with these weapons rushed
ON Deputy Cooley. One of the guards
lrew a revolver and shot White lust
IN time to save the deputy from be-
ing Drained. The ball penetrated
The abdomen and White died in
about half an hour.
Saturday afternoon "A coroner's in.
quest was held over the remains of
White aud inquiry made into the
cause OF the shooting aud the Incl
cents leading up thereto. a verdict
that WAS sensational in its nature
vas brought in by The jury. 1t was
to the effect chat White came to his
ceath by being shot 10y Frank Hogan.
a guard, acting under orders of Dep
uty Cooley. That Cooley, after the
shooting of White did then strike.
Eeat and wound the said prisoner
The jury also found that the shoot
ing and killing of White i'm the man
ner and hy the means should and
could nave been avoided. The Jury
recommended that the states az
torney and grand jury investigate the
matter immediately.
-Four years ago last summer White
stole a bicycle of John Gregory and
mounting it started north on Main
street. {. c. Bras took a hand to
stop White as he started but the fell
low drew a gun on Mr.. Bras and his
progress was impeded no farther.
However, Bras got on his own wheel
and started i'm pursuit dan up near
the GAMMA depot was overtaken by
Bras and captured. At the Novem-
ber term White was tiled and found
guilty and was sentenced to ten years
in the ~penltentiary. MI. Bras was
the prosecuting witness and when
White left the court room he swoie
that he would kill Bras when his
term expired, but his threat now will
never he carried out.
During the summer that White
was in the cou MY Jail awaiting his
trial he caused Sheriff Swindler and
his deputy any amount of trouble
and it was a very hard proposition
indeed TO get along with him. He
played the insanity dodge all the
time and was continually shouting
and screeching at the top of his voice
and it was a relief to the neighbor-
hood when he was taken away. At
is trial Wife kept up his insanity idea
but when he was Informed by Judge
Smith that even though he was found
insane, and should he become cured
of his insanity that he would still
have to serve his ten years in the
penitentiary he became rational all
at once.
During the four years that White
has been confined in the penitentiary
he has given the officials a great deal
of Trouble and has made repeated at
tempts TO kill his guards. He was
probably the most desperate prisoner
that was ever confined in the walls.
White bad been notified repeatedly
that IN the future the guards would
take no chances with him and if he
ever attempted any further assaults
that he would be shot. While in his
cell he detied the officers and they
gave him every opportunity to sur.
render %peaceably.