Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-03-25
PITCHED BATTLE
WITH OUTLAWS
Harry ManOn Lying at Deaths
Door as Result of Thursdays
Battie--Lynching Possible

A desperate fight occurred last
Thursday evening near Beatty be
tween Deputy ISheriffs Manon and |
Mcdonald and two of the holdup
men who took part ia the recent raid
upon the wood camp near Monte
yuma During the fight Deputy
Sheriff Harry Manon was shot three
times, once through the musclfss Of
the right arm, once between the ,bs,
and the third bullet plowed its,. y
through the abdomen, coming OFT
near the back bone. Both of.
fcers proved themselves men of
courage and daring, and the fight
is one which must live long in the
history Of the county The wounds
received by Manon were at first
thought to be fatal, thought last
evening word came from Bullfrog
that he was resting easy and might
recover
The story Of the fight, as received
by II. II. Clark from Lem McGarry
OF Bullfrog, who was an eye witness,
is as follows:
During the afternoon Manon
told me that he thought two OF the
Montezuma hold up men were either
at Gold Center or Beatty and asked
me to drive him over TO look for
them. We went first to Gold Center
and not finding them there went on
towards Beatty. On the Amargosa
river. about two miles from Gold
Center, we saw two men eating
lunch, and Manon soon satisfied
himself that they were the parties
he was after. We then went TO
Beatty and got Deputy Sheriff Me
Donald, who returned with us to
where we again found the men, about
two miles down the river from where
we first saw them 1t was there the
fight occurred The officers no
sooner got out OF the buggy before it
started, and while il lasted 1t was
fast and furious.
Me Donald was fortunate enough
in getting his man by the right arm
and covering him before his gun came
into play, but as the man after whom
Manon went was farther away, he
had drawn his gun before he could be
reached. The shooting was so fast
could not keep track OF IL, but
think Manon fired once before he
was bit, and believe the man was
hit Before he could fire again a
bullet bad torn It's way through his
right arm, knocking his gun from his
hand and rendering him helpless
After that he was shot twice more
and fell jumped from the buggy
aud ran To his assistance, the maj
who had shot him, making his es
cape.
Manon was sat once removed e
Beatty, showing on the way th'
greatest nerve and courage, laughing
at his injuries and making light 0
them
The Bullfrog people are thorough
ly aroused over The affair. talk .
lynching being freely ndulged in, ant
II is by no means certain that th'
outlaw being held will not meet /
sudden fate. His companion, al
though escaping at the time is Ger
tain to be captured and should th,
wounds of Nanon prove fatal il viii
put the ingenuity Of the officers TO I
severe test to save the lives Of th'
prisoners.
Harry Manon is well known an'
much liked here having lived her.
for a long time past, and proven him
sell good citizen. Recently he wa
employed by H. H, Clark to repre-
sent the interests of the BullfroI
lownsite Co., and was appointed
deputy by Sheriff Logan only a fey
days since. Further news Of his con
dition are anNiouslv awaited.