Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-10-18

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NA0lAlAe4 ANWM rake T.
james cried out: Look out boys,
there they are. " ana these words had
hardly died away when Lager revolvers
began splitting ere not thirty yards 70
the left. aud the deadly battle was on
Immediately. Bullets whisiled in ev-
cry direction arosnd the posse and the
thick brush prevented them from 10
eating the shots for a brief moment.
james called out "the - have got
me. - and into the hail of lead he ran
with the determination and courage 0f
lion. The first nan seen was Albert
Ferris. the half.breed Indian. james
gndoubiedly caught sight Of him FIRST.
and before the convict could raise q
hand. a bullet from a $3.50 sent him
10 the ground. When the IndiAn arose,
be threw up bis hands and yelled. but
What he said, y not known. In the
meantime sheriff Grant and Constable
Ira Hamilton were standing not %
yards from Carter, the nan who was
later shot. Roth ofieers were Standing
with guns raised 20 open Ere upon Car
ter. who would occasionally raise his
head and shoulders from over a little
knoll and turn loose with his automatic
revolver. making sheriff Grant and Con.
sianble Hamilton his main targets.
Constable Hamilton was armed with a
double harreled shotgun lpadei with
huekshot ard sheriff Grand had a $3.50
rife. Hamilton was not aware Of
Grants presence close 20 his side and
triAe hack % him, and Vas lntentiy
watching the place last seen where Car.
ter raised and shot. Presently the head
and shoulders 81 the desperate man
nised again. and the deadly Lager
came % a level with a muFderOus eve
and hai there been one second lost,
either Constable Hamilton or sheriff
Grant would have been hored. The
quick shaFn bark 81 the $3.50 bullet
sped true 20 is mark striking Carter's
gun frs'. riancing and tearing through
the lobe 81 he thumb. coming ont on
the back of the hand aud crashing
through the convict's brain. The hall
entered true on a level from CarteF's
gun. over which be was sighting 40 the
two officers. the hulle' entering lust
above Carriers right eve and passing
completely through the brain. Carter
sank hack ON some brush, letting the
gun fail beside him. The man aid not
move otter the bullet struck him,
The hat'le lasted hut a few moments,
although the woods In that vicinity was
FUN ~ powder smoke Duncan, the
man who was shot In the stomach by
Walter johnson in the saturday night
battle. but which WAS nos known AZ the
time. was found living under bush in
VERY weak condition. tie threw up
his hands saving II can't 10 Enything'
I I IN done for. shot in the stomach, 30 An
I improyised stFetcher was found living
close hv ON which Duncan bad been
carried by his two pardners. Carter and
I Ferris. sheriff MintO and his uarty
I came up iusi as Carter received his
death wound, thev having eiTeled about
aud returned % the south % meet the
other posse, Duncan aud Ferris were
handeuhed together In spite Of their
wounds. and Constable Hamilton stayed
With the prisoners. The hunters did
not find trace of either Nieholeh OF
l Murray and returned and escorted the
prisoners 10 the county road and carried
Carter, the dead one, out also, and wait
ga for the automobiles.
None OF the posse received any seri
Gus injuries Emory James found two
bullet holes in the right pocket Of his
hunting coat and the shot which graHed
I his leg tore 0h an inch Of skin. painful
/ n burning him, bat those who witnessed
his actions "a the time, said that the
shot only served 60 arouse his dandeI
and the gun man ran night into the fray
making his rife crack spitefully As he
ran Sheriff Grant proved himself 70
be SURE shot, although the fred six
times before he could get a clear chance
AZ the man Carter who Vas pumping the
LugeF automatic aud sending lead dan.
! gerously near both Constable HAmilt0n
and sAeua Grant
When the automohiscs arrived, the
prisoners sad the dead man were bun.
died In and takes % nnena Vista. OF.
hcers came on 10 salem wiz Duncan.
who Was IN a critical condition by this
time, and ferFis. who Was aio beeom-
lng weak and exhausted. Duncsn and
I ferris ueFe turnei over 20 the hospital
I physseiaus "a the peniteutiary
Duneuu Is the man Who dred the shot
the niebt before which crippled Walter
johuson- he would not confess a frst.
tAinklug he had slain Johnson, bat IA