Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-08-10
MAY SUE DIETS FOE.
WOUNDED MILWAUKEEAN HAS NOT
RECEIVED PAY FOR ACTING AS
MEMBER OF EXPEDITION.
so SAYS WILLIAM DIETZ.
Brother Declares Lumber Company Had
Man in Party with $500 to Defray
Expense of the Posse.

RICE LAKE, Wis, Aug. 4.-[Spe
cial. - According to William Dietz,
brother of John Dietz, the defender of
the Thornapple dam against the sheriff
of Sawyer county and others, the lum-
Der company and not the county was
the instigator of the latest battle with
the Cameron man in which Clarence
Dietz and John Rogich, a Milwaukee
member Of Sheriff Gylland's posse, were
shot.
him that Hedington, representative OF
the lumber company, was in the expedl-
ton and had $500 in his pocket to pay
the members of the posse at the rate
of So a day. Rogich told William that
he did not get any of this money, and
William further declares that Rogich
says he will sue the lumber company as
soon as his wounds are sufficiently
healed for him to be about.
William Dietz has received the fol-
lowing letter from o. G.. MunsOn, pri-
yate secretary to Gov. Davidson:
Your letter of recent date, relating to an
attempted arrest of your brother, at hand.
l desire to inform you that the governor
had no information concerning the attempt
to arrest your brother until he read Of the
affair in the newspapers. Some months
ago an application was made by the sherlff
of Sawyer county for the Wisconsin Ma
tional guard to assist In the arrest of your
brother, but the governor did not feel Just1'
fed, from information then at hand, to
grant the request. Before the governor
takes any action In the matter he will give
1t careful consideration and a thorough in.
veStigatiOn.
William Dietz's Story.
It was during this talk with Rogich
that William learned that Hedington
arranged that Gylland was to shoot his
gun as signal for the party to open
fire. According to Rogich's story, He'd
ington stood on a log and shouted
'Shoot the heart out of -" Rogich
went on to relate that at least fifty
shots were fired after John Dietz had
fired at Hedington and the latter had
scrambled for shelter. Mrs. Dietz and
her daughter did not take part in the
were fired at him while he lay behind
a stump.
Sympathy for Defender.
William Dietz says Sheriff Gylland
has never set foot on Dietz's land or
After the battle John and Leslie did not
pursue the men but after seeing to Clar-
ence's wounds, went out and hauled in
two loads of hay.
Lived in Rice Lake
Before going out to ThornaDDie,
John Dietz was resident of Rice Lake
for many years and while he lived here
enjoyed the reputation of being a law
abiding citizen. Dietz was the first man
to go into the real estate business here.
He left shortly before the boom struck
this section
Petitions to Governor.
Several letters have been sent from
Rice Lake, Spooner and other towns to
Gov. Davidson, asking protection for
Dietz or at least non-interference. These
petitions are largely signed Throughout
this section, where there is the greatest
sympathy for the man who has for the
last two years sustained his position
against the lumber company, whose logs
he is holding up, the sheriff's efforts and
even those of United States marshalls.