The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-28
SCHUBERT'S STORY
Tells of the Trouble Which Caused
Ryan to Kill Dixon and the AT
fray in Which he was Shot.

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on and wounded jacob Schubert. was
taken to Pendleron Friday evening by
Sheriff Taylor aud placed in the coun-
ty Jail.
Ryan says he had no quarrel with
Dixon and regrets killing him, but
that the two men were forcing him
and that Dixon tried to take hold of
bis gun before he shot. He alleges
the two men were going to whip him.
and that he shot to prevent himself
being beaten mp. The killing, as stat
ed in the Press. lead up from trouble
over Schubert using road leading
diaRonally across Ryan's field.
On the evening of the killing Schu-
bert tried to use the road and Ryan
forbade bis doing SO. Schubert left
his team and returned with his hired
man, Dixon.
A quarrel ensued, one word tring-
ing on another, and Ryan says the
two men kept advancing toward him,
despite repeated warnings, with Shu-
bert keeping his hired man in front of
him. The prisoner says be told Dixon
eight times not to come any closer to
him and at the same time he kept
backing away. He says this was kept
up until be backed up against the
fence, whereupon he told his oppo-
nents not to advance another step or
he would fire. He says that at that
point Dixon rushed for him and at.
tempted to grab the gun, whereupon
be pulled the trigger. He says Dixon
called him a buffer and dared
him to shoot.
Ryan then fred and the bullet en-
tered Dixon's right thigh near the
waist line and passing on through,
struck Sohubert's leg further down.
Both men hobt led off. Schubert reach.
ed home. but Dixon bled to death in
the field. short distance from where
the shooting took place.
According to Schubert, who was
taken to Walla Walla to have his
wound dressed, Ryan has been aggra-
waiting him for several years. Both
men were unarmed at the time of the
shooting. Schubert tells the follow
ing story of the shooting:
II had been to Milton yesterday for
load of chop, and coming home it
was necessary to cross three or four
fields and also 60 through party lane
between property owned by Ryan and
another man. Ryan has Teen playing
all kinds of mean tricks on us ever
since we have been on the ranch, and
since we owned it he has done his
best to keep us from getting through TO
our place. He had it ia for me espec-
tally and had no grievance against
Dixon. Yesterday when got near his
place and almost to the beginning of
the lane stopped to talk with neigh
Dor.
Ryan went into the house, got his
rife and ran on ahead about three
fourths of mile. I called the atten-
'tion of the neighbor to this and said
be had better watch out, as Ryan had
threatened to kill me. telling MIR.
Dixon that he would do this the Sun
day previous. drove on and just be-
fore / reached the lane Ryan. who
was standing there, ordered me to stop
or he would kill me. He scared my
team and I jumped oft and tied them
to the fence, and then tried to argue
with Ryan. He would listen to moth
ing and tried to show me that he gave
most of the land for the lane and that
it was his. then decided that
would go get Dixon for wished to
start suit again Ryan the next day and
needed man as witness. While !
was gone Ryan moved the team
through the lane and tied them on far
ther, 60 that he could show that be
was not stopping me.
"We got back about O'Clock and
missed the team. We saw man lying
in field, not Ryan's, or at least we
thought it was man. called to him
three times. calling him by name each
time, and asked him where he had
put the team. l received no answer.
Dixon then suggested it might be
horse or COW and we started to ivesti-
gate. He climbed through the fence
and followed. When we got near
the object it jumped up and we dis
covered that it was Ryan. He cried
out that if we came any closer he
would kill us.
she took aim at me and Dixon kept
tetwsen Us, edging closer all the time.
"'I'll kill you.' said Ryan. and Dix,
on told him be would not dare. as he
was in another mans field and we had
as much rigb. there as he.
"Dixon kept getting closer all the
time while Ryan kept moving around
to get shot at me. I kept Dixon
between us all the time. Dixon finally
got too close and Ryan warned him
again,
Shoot. then,' said Dixon, and
Ryan fired, the bullet going through
Dixon and hitting me in the leg. Both
of MS dropped and called out I'm
shot, in feeble tone in order to fool
Ryan. Dixon responded. so am r..
Pretty soon crawled away, as did
Dixon. IN a few minutes got far
enough to feel safe in walking and
started toward the house. heard
Dixon shout"