The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-09
~, pietz Gives up and Has Been
Taken to Jail After Holding
Out for a Long
Time.
SHOT THROUGH NECK
q Guess I've Got Enough" He Said
When he Invited the Officers
to Come and Arrest
Him.

TGate City Leased Wire Service.l
WINTER, Wis, Oct. S.-A weeping
child crept from the cabin of John
Detz. the defender of Cameron Dam
late today and waving White hand
terchief told the sheriff's posse that
all dav had kept up constant fire
from rifles upon her home, wounding
her father and brother, that the faith
er was ready to give himself UP.
"papa is hurt and wants to sur
render she told deputy sheriff.
and within few minutes fight that
extended over six years, and today
cost the life Of one man, and the in
Jury of three others, was ended
Cameron Dam, which is built on
Deitz's property, may be opened soon
now that Deitz is captured, and the
bic lumber syndicate will again float
Its logs through Thornapple creek
without the payment of money to the
owner of the little patch of land which
circles it.
Detz will be directly charged with
shooting Bert Horel, the result of an
argument recently. after his long
fight against the lumber interests and
the process servers of the sheriff's
Office
Oscar Harp, of Winter, one of the
sherids deputies, was killed in the
Deitz conflict this afternoon. His
body was found later. He had been
shot through the neck. Five other
deputies are missing and may be
dead or wounded. The woods are
being searched.
There was talk of lynching Deitz.
1t was 3:20 p. m. when the deputies
in the woods saw little girl run out
Of the Dietz cabin, something white
futtering in her hand. When they
looked through the glasses they saw
It was a handkerchief and that the
girl was waving it to attract their at
tention. They recognized her as
Helen Deitz, John Deitz's youngest
daughter The fire ceased immediate
ly. The child ran over the clearing
toward the line of guards. She was
crying. AS she neared the deputies
she called out that they could come
to the cabin, that her father was hurt
and would give up. Deputy Sheriff
Fred Thorbn at once went out tt
meet the girl, accompanied by
guard At her repeating that the fgh
was all over, Thorbin and the guart
accompanied the child to the cabin
Keeping her, however, in front 0
them
When Thorbin and his companiol
entered the house still preceded b
Helen. they found Leslie Deitz lyin
IN chair nursing his injured thigh
sohn Deitz was standing by the wiz
aow He turned and looked at Tho
hln with a grim smile. WELL" h
sad slowly, come on and take me-
guess I've got enough
Ihorbin handcuffed the prisone
When Madden joined the party he wa
also told by Deitz that he had su
rendered. He linked Deitz and Tho
oih together with handouts to guar
against any possible escape. Deit
.old his captors that he received n
INJURY not while he was out trying
assist Leslie to the house, as suppo
eu, out inside the house from a bull'
uat entered through the wall. TT
Oullet tore an ugly hole in his han
shd Deitz told his captors that it ws
mis- wound that contributed to h
surrender
=, {. Davis, district attorney, {
nearing of Deitz's surrender, said IL
snarges against him are sufficient
sfaVe and numerous to send him
"isoh Tor the rest of his life.
At least one man was killed befo
neitz surrendered. Almost simultan
oasiy with the news of the surrend
.scar Harp. aged 35, deputy, W
,ouid dead on the hill behind Il
De'ez cabin. He apparently had be-
sdwiing toward the pile OF lumb,
ana was shot in the head and instal
" killed.
ohet Colpitch. another deputy.
sulhed to the camp with his right e
ti eno' off These were all the casu
M on the attacking side report
= winter up to late hour.
was Deitz' wife who inspired h
= eohtinue his battle in the face
mer~helming odds. according to
~ statement to Sheriff Madden.
~ uid not care so much what hi
pened Pc. 70 Leslie or myself. he 81
oo1 ! lust had to think Of the mis-.
T@' " girl. could not think