The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09
The Desperate Defender Of
Cameron Dam Wounded in
Hand Before He Consents to
Obey Summons of Sheriff.
LITTLE DAUGHTER
WAVES WHITE FLAG
deputies Leaning on Their
Rifles at the Edge of the
Clearing, Allowed Her to APP
proaCh With Her Message.
END OF BITTER STRUGGLE
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Wv comes out, viii yen promise
Dot 10 shoot hint He Il shot
through Fhe hand and wants 10 sur
These words, spoken 20 sheriff Mike
Madden at the edge of the clearing
surrounding the besieEed home by lit
tie Helen, youngest daughter of John
n. DettE, brought 90 an end this after
nO0n the stubborn resistance of the
man whose stand for the last six years
against what he considered injustice
has been of widespread interest.
The surrender did not come without
death and blOodshed. one man Is dead,
three men and a woman are wounded.
and much property has been destroyed.
The Dead.
Oscar Harp. IS. deputy sheriff
The Injured.
John F., Deitz, 40. defender OF Cam
eron dam; shot through the hand
Chef Colepiteh. 80, deputy right ear
shot off.
Clarence Deitz. shot through arm
Myra Deitz, shot through body; Will
recover.
The last two named. children Of
John Deitz, were shot last week by
deputies.
Harp was found on hin behind the
DeitZ cabin with a bullet hole in his
head. He, with Mont Wiley. Thomas
fomerio and William Rankin. all dep
uties. had tried 20 crawl 70 a place OF
vantage il he lumber piles near the
Deitz barn. when a bullet caught him.
According 70 Wiley. three bullets wills
tied through the air at about the same
time and one OF them struck Harp.
The other deputies retreated.
Why DeitE Surrendered.
Deitz was wounded while firing from
the barn during thu afternoon. when a
bullet went threugA a crack and passed
DeIfz denied that the wound caused
him 70 surrender To Father Joseph
Pilon, a priest who aided in bringing
DE whispered that a baby was about to
be born 20 his wife, and he feared that
both she and the infant might die. The
surrender OF DeitZ was dramatic. The
alert lumbermca, leaning on their
rifles at the edge OF the clearing and
gazing intently at the log ca bin, sud
denly saw the fluttering OF a white
handkerchief at the door. Then little
Helen appeared and. advancing with
the cloth over her head walked TO
the edge OF the clearing, where she an
; nounced that her father was willing 10
surrender.
Priest Ran Ahead.
short consultation followed be-
tween the sheriff and his deputies and
Deputy Heffelringer volunteered TO go
: back with the girl In the meantime
Father PilOn, a priest, in his eagerness
10 bring the combat to an end. had
started running toward the cabin.
He waved handkerchief as he ran.
and unhesitatingiy entered the door
When Helen and Heffelfinger had got
haS way TO the cabin, they met the
priest returning He did not stop, but
hurried on 20 meet tie sheriff
''Deitz will Eurrende,." said the priest,
but he wants a doctor 10 dress his
wounds and he desires 70 talk with the
newspaper men"
The sheriff said:
IF he wants 70 surrender let him
come out with his hands over his head"
Sheriff Madden refused to go to the
cabin and kept behind a tree. Depu-
ties Thornzahn, Sully, Hetfelfinger and
DR.. ID. G. f. Grafton OF Hayward, went
10 the cabin, dressed Deitz's wounds
handcuffed him and Leslie and brought
them out.
Deitz's left hand was in a sling and
he was smiling and spoke cheerfully
CONTINUED on T'aKe TyVO.)