The Detroit times., 1910-11-23

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ST erin OF Sawyer-co (Peterson) was
med and locked up In his own jail
because he wouldn't 90 after John
Dcitz-and also the story 0f how a
young wife whose babies had recent
ly died. was left wholly alone in the
world when certain 1890 bullet
found its billet in the body OF Deputy
Oscar Harp. when he exposed him
self with reckless bravery on the bald
slope above the Deitz barn.
Slipshod methods OF official service
have been a boon To John Deitz. The
sheriff who brought Deitz copy OF
the first temporary Injunction began
the loophole-making by handing Deitz
the injunction with other mail. saying
casually that there was writ OF In
junction in the bundle. but deprecat-
ing IL in the same breath, saying,
according 10 Deitz, that il didn't
amount TO anything"
Ignores injunction.
Deftz claims that the injunction was
not signed and that no Endorsement
OF service was ever made upon IT,
AT any rate, he ignored IL. A hearing
was held: Deitz did not appear, and
the injunction was made permanent
NO man can, more than, perhaps,
m erely temporarily, defy the law"
said Judge John X. Parish, I'm handing
down his decision In the matter. Sub
sequent events have given the words
decidedly humorous SAVIOR
After that there were various IN
effectual attempts 70 serve warrants
on Deitz, but no actual fighting. 9th
er than few scuffles. took place un-
I'll May 10, 1904 when Sheriff Giblin,
with a posse. attempted TO raid the
Deitz place. There was considerable
shooting, and Deitz got some hemlock
bark In his eyes, but otherwise no
body was hurt.
posse from Milwaukee, disguised
as state militiamen, made an attempt
10 take Deitz. The attempt was dis
astrous. Clarence Deitz was wounded
In the head and John Rogich, one OF
the deputies, was shot through the
neck, the hip and the ankle.
The first brush with the sharpshoot-
ing Deitzes gave the Milwaukee men
all the fighting they wanted. They
put Rogich on a crude litter and fed.
An hour or two later. when they were
in the heart OF the deep woods be-
tween Cameron dam and Winter. one
of the deputies. imagining that he
heard someone pursuing, cried: Look
out Deitz," The bearers dropped the
litter and scattered. beating IT through
the woods for dear life.
Two days later Rogich. more dead
than alive. was found accidentally
by timber cruisers. He finally recov-
cred
This was the most serious Cam
eron dam ARRAY up TO the time or
the recent siege and capture. Mean
while, however, there had been waged
sort OF guerilla warfare between
Deitz and the lumber people. as rep
resented by the workmen employed
in the company camps whereabouts.
Whether or not 1t was the result of
direct orders from company headquar-
tiers does not appear. Deitz was sub
jected to constant surveillance. He
claims that his spring was poisoned
and that attempts were made TO pois-
on his stock.
Two years ago one wing OF the
dam was utterly destroyed by blast
OF dynamite. and logs and water, rush.
ing through the breach. soon wiped
out most of Cameron dam.
After that things were quiet for two
years.
But circumstances were shaping
themselves toward the breaking OF the
final catastrophe The bearing OF the
long struggle upon the temperament
OF Deitz himself. and slow but sure
change in the temper OF the local pub
lie, induced largely by the suspicion
with which Deitz had come TO look
upon everybody Whereabouts, gradual
ly opened a breach between John
Deitz and the rest OF the community
Tomorrow's article will tell OF the