Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-25
BANDITSFIGHTPOSSE
SLAYERS OF TOWN MARSHAL
AT KENT, WASH, SIGHTED.
Members of Each Party Fired at Each
Other for Nearly Half Hour-Two
of Thugs Wounded and One of Posse
-One Thug Captured-BIoodhou
on the Trail and Capture Certain.

Seattle, Wash, April 12.-Deputy
Sheriff Matt Starwich of Ravensdale
and j. G. Story, justice of the peace
at Ravendale and special deputy
sheriff in the hunt for the slayers of
Marshal Miller of Kent, captured one
of the Kent highwaymen Saturday
afternoon after pitched battle in
which Story was wounded.
The fight occurred near Camp Five
of the Milwaukee construction, seven
miles above North Bend. The man
who was captured was shot in the
knee by Deputy Sheriff Starwich and
one of the other highwaymen was shot
in the right side. The man who was
arrested is believed to be the leader
of the gang of desperadoes who shot
Marshal Miller at Kent Thursday
night That he is one of the highway
men that the officers had been hunting
for two days is almost certain from
the fact that he had recently been
shot through the tip of the nose.
Mr.. Story was not seriously wound
ed, the bullet passing through the
fleshy part of his right leg, sew
eral inches above the knee.
When the Shooting Began.
Deputy Sheriff Starwich and Special
Deputy Story took the trail of three
men of the five who shot Marshal Mil
Ter and followed them along the pipe
line of the Seattle water system, I'D
Cedar river, overtaking them at
O'Clock in the afternoon. The three
men were seated at a campfire when
the officers approached
Deputy Sheriff Starwich at once
commanded them to throw up their
hands and surrender. One of the men
gave an order in Austrian to the other
two to open fire, at the same time
reaching for his gun. Starwich under
stood the order and fired at the leader,
blowing off his kneecap.
The other two men ran, securing
shelter behind a stump, opening fire.
Mr.. Story was shot with the first vol
ley, but continued to fight. Starwich
fired several shots at the men as they
were running for shelter and one of
the highwaymen was wounded in the
right side. After continuing the battle
for nearly half an hour the two des-
peradoes were driven from behind
the stump and forced into the woods.
Starwich following them and continu-
ing to fire at every opportunity until
he ran out of ammunition.
Mr. =
were taken to the Milwaukee construc-
ton camp and left, while Starwich
went to North Bend for more ammu-
milton and assistance. He reached
North Bend about o'clock, secured
assistance and organizing a fresh
posse returned to the scene of the
battle.
BIoodhounds on the Trail.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Liner and P. C.
Peterson, a we'll known woodsman. of
North Bend, and two other men re-
turned with Starwich fully armed.
The party took two bloodhounds be-
longing to Mr.. Peterson and will take
up the trail at the point where the
battle occurred.
The three men who engaged in the
fight with Starwich and Story were
well armed and apparently intended
to fight. to the death.
Later Report.
The prisoner wounded in the fight
north of Kent yesterday in a fight
with Deputy Sheriffs Starwich and
Storey has confessed that he was with
the four men who shot and killed Mar
shall Harry Miller at Kent last Thurs
day night. He is Montenegrin and
says his name is Michael Alegice The
three men who escaped after the fight,
however, have gone north One of
them was wounded in the fight and he
left trail of blood, which the posses
picked up this morning and renewed
the chase, dividing north off here and
sending bloodhounds on the scent