The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-06-06
KUHNS SHOT TO DEATH.
Notorious Indiana Desperate, Game
to End, Empties Revolver on His
Pursuers.

| Pursuers.
Van Vert, o., June 2.-Marvir
Kuhns, the notorious outlaw, who
has served eighteen years in the pris
on and who was pardoned out by
Governor Herrick in 1905, lies dead
in Van Wert's City Prison with a
bullet through his right shoulder. A
bullet also entered above his left hip
coming out above the right groin
Early Sunday morning Arthur
Smith, young man living five miles
north of ST. Marys, discovered horses
missing. Rain lad fallen during he
night and the thief was easily track
ed Accompanied by his grandfather
they started after the thief, who
made a zigzag of muddy roads, avoid
ing towns.
The Smiths abandoned their rig
and pursued on horseback. They
finally found a clue The thief had
held up young boy and made him
unhtch his horse and help to hitch
the stolen horse to the rig. Taking
the precaution to telephone to Sher-
| iff Holt of this city that horsethiei
was headed this way, they continued
their journey, exchanging, during
their drive of forty miles, teams and
rigs five times.
When they came near Elgin, this
county, ]. d. Lewis, a farmer, hitch
ed up his rig and accompanied them
to this city. When near own they
struck fresh clue. The thief had
avoided the town and gone north.
Accompanied by the sheriff they
overlook the thief just north of Cav
ett and, in response to demand to
stop, the thief fired from two revol-
vers at the same time.
Abandoning the rig he went into
the woods and, after exchanging sew
eral shots, Sheriff Hott>shot the end
of the thief's nose off with shot
gun and, rushing, upon him, the Off
|cer found that his man was mortally
wounded. Medical aid wa. summoned
and when the doctors told the thief
he could not live to reach VanWert
and that he had better make himself
known he replied that he hoped he
would die before he got there.
He said he had no friends he wish
ed to let know of his death. Game
to the last, he emptied the contents
of two revolvers, throwing one away
A pocketbook found UPON him con-
tanned several clippings relative to
ibis pardon, his picture, also his start
/ ing in business in Albion. Ind His
wife lives at Avilla, Ind.
Logansport, Ind. June 2-Marvin
Kuhns, who was killed last night,
shot Patrolman Benjamin on Dec.
10, 1900, in a running fight with a
posse of officers who were trying to
ARREST him for the theft of a team be-
longing to Miles Pomeroy of Ply
mouth.
After shooting the policeman and
seriously wounding him he escaped,
but was captured after another run
ming fight with the police at Green's
Hill. thirteen miles southeast of I.af-
|ayette, Ind, on Jan. 16, 1901. He was
taken to Plymouth, where thousands
|of people came to take a look at the
desperate.
Kuhns escaped from the Ohio pen
|itentiary, where he was serving SEN
tence for the murder of John Campan
|of Fostoria, O. There was reward
lof 1000 offered for him. For two
months he terrorized sections of In
diana and Ohio, fighting series OF
battles with the police or both states.
He first came into prominence in
a running fight in 1891 with the po-
lice of Ft Wayne, Ind Kuhns was
primarily horse thief and almost
all his troubles arose from his in
lclination for this kind OF depreciation
He was continually fighting the po-
lice of Ohio and Indiana in an effort
to escape from officers.
When he was captured at Green's
Hill he was accompanied by his
brother, John Kuhns, who had just
been released from the Ohio peniten-
ltiary, where he served a sentence for
stealing horses.
Kuhns was about 40 years of age
and was fine speciman of manhood
except for the scars on his face and
the wounds on his neck, which he
received from his various fights with
police officers.
After being released from the Ohio
Penitentiary he went to Peru, Ind,
where he obtained employment in a
factory. lie was pointed out as n
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