Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-04

BlOoDsHtD IS LOOKED FOR
WISCONSIN PEOPLE EXPECT AN
OTHER BATTLE AT CAMERON
DAM.

consin state militia will be called out
to repress John f. Dietz, in Sawyer
county, and bring Dietz into court to
answer to the criminal charge OF as
sault with intent to murder.
The troops will probably be called
out quietly and the much-wanted Dteez
will wake up some morning soon to
find his house entirely surrounded by
soldiers. AS DietZ has repeatedly de-
clared that he will neveh surrender
alive, and as all of his family--Wife
sons and daughters-are crack shots,
it is almost certain that there will be
much bloodshed there before he is
taken.
Use No Federal Troops.
Federal troops will not be called on
to help the state troops, because the
general charge against DietZ was
civil one and not criminal one,' and
has been satisfied by the entry of
Judgment against the defendant. This
Judgment, however, has not been en-
forced.
This is the probable result of long
conference between Gov. James 0. Da-
wilson and Sheriff Peter Gylland OF
Sawyer county, and between United
States Marshal Charles Lewiston and
the sheriff here this afternoon and
evening. Neither the governor nor
the sheriff would say positively that it
had been decided to call out state
troops to capture Dietz. but that
seems to be a fair conclusion from
what they say.
Gov Davidson said that Sheriff CYL
land had told him in full OF the bloody
gun battle between his posse of seven
men and the Dietz family last week,
when the latter repulsed the former
after one man On each side had been
seriously wounded.
Wants Another Investigation.
The governor said that he would
probably order another investigation
iuto all of the facts and circumstances
surrounding the remarkable rebellion
and then decide what further action it
would be proper to take.
He said that the law of the state
would have to be enforced and that
them. He intimated that if after fur
Their investigation he was convinced
that Dietz was defying the state, the
sovereign power of the commonwealth
would be invoked and the necessary
force used to bring him into court.
Wounded Man Tells Story.
After crawling on his hands and
knees for a great distance through the
forest, Duyo Rogich, Milwaukee,
in three places by Clarence Dietz,
reached the homestead of Charles
Johnson and was later carried into
Winter, where he secured medical at
tention. Slight hope is entertained for
his recovery. He had been terribly
exposed when he reached the Johnson
place and his wounds had become
filed with dirt.
His story is that when he fell he
plainly heard Dietz telling his son to
go down and if the - was still alive
to kill him, chop his head off and
bring it up and feed it to the hogs.
1t was when Clarence was coming
down that he took aim and shot him,
he says. Rogich started along for the
camp and waded through the water Of
Thornapple river close to his neck.
CrawIed on Hands and Knees.
Rogich told the story of his terrible
experience to the conductor Of the
Hayward train.
"When the fellows who were carry
ing me out of the woods thought they
were pursued by Dietz and dropped
my stretcher, I feared that my last
moment had come he said. 'They
failed to return where I had been left.
After awhile, realizing that they were
not coming back, started to crawl on
my hands and knees. | could not
raise myself to my feet. All that night
and part Of the next day I made my
way through the woods, resting from
time to time and then starting forward
again.
"The agonies of tn 1T awful journey
were terrible. Finally, after had al
most decided to crawl beneath tree
and die, l came upon Johnson's cabin.
He cared for me and finally took me
into Winters"
Young Dietz May Die.
Bill Dietz of Rice Lake. who went
10 Cameron dam to see his brother
Immediately upon hearing of Wednes-
days fight, returned to his home on
the same train with I.ogich.
sThe boy Clarence, who is supposed
to have been shot by Rogich, is in
serious condition" he said. "The bull
let which struck him in the head pen
etrated deeper than was at first
thought, and his brain is exposed. Ii
is doubtful whether he can live.
II went to my brothers farm at
Cameron dam as soon as could get
there after the shooting took place.
He is in good spirits although greatly
concerned over Clarence's wound. All
he wants is to be left alone in peace.
He fears that fresh trouble is coming
soon. He will fight to the last"