Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-18
DEADLY BATTLE IN
 HOT SPRINGS Sid Houpt Kills Two Chit wood Boys and His Broth CT is Badly Wounded. RUNNING PISTOL DUEL DesperadOes Served Personal Notice on County Officials and
 Shooting Begins.
RUNNING PISTOL DUEL

Hot Springs, Aug. 17.-Geo. and Oscar Chitwood, members of sun- posed gang of horse thieves from Montgomery county, were shot dead and Sheriff Jake Houpt lies in a hos pltal here with bullet through his lung as the result of battle between three of the alleged desperadoes and the sheriff and his brother, Sid Houpt. in the court house yard this morning here.
 While Sheriff Houpt and his brother Sid, who is deputy under him, were in the office in the Gapland county court house this morning three men, heavily armed, walked into the office and notified the officers that they were not to be molested while in Hot Springs. At this time the three were brandishing pistols in true desperado style, and the officers being unarmed, made to effort to arrest them or to enter into any controversy with them. Believing they recognized the men as some Of those wanted in Montgom- cry county on charges of stealing horses, the officers armed themselves as the visitors left the office and fol- lowed them down the corridor of the court house: When the visitors had reached the center of the court house va d the officers reached the front door of the court house and turning, the alleged horse thieves began firing at the Houpt brothers. The officers returned the fire, advancing upon the men steadily, whereas the strangers retreated toward Ouachita avenue. Finally the officers fire became too hot for the strangers and they turned and fled. George Chitwood ran onto Ouachita avenue and behind a street car. Jake Houpt followed the fellow around the car and as the officer turn ed the corner Chitwood fired at him, the ball passing through his body.
 Houpt fell under the moving street car, but the motorman was able to bring it to a stop before the wheels struck the wounded man.
 Sid Houpt continu11 the pursuit of the fleeing stranger, who ran to horse rack near and tried to cut loose a mule upon which was a saddle in an effort to escape. Young Houpt was pressing him closely, however, and he abandoned the mule and leaped into a buggy owned by Will Sanders, standing near. As Houpt came up and called upon him to surrender Chit and attempted to draw a revolver, whereupon Houpt leveled upon him and sent a ball through his body, killing him instantly.
 In the meantime George Gray, deputy constable took charge of the wounded sheriff and carried him into the court house, where he was given temporary treatment and later sent to the hospital.
 Kills Second Man.
 Leaving Geo. Chitwood's body on the ground where it tumbled from the buggy when he was shot, Sid Houpt followed hard after another of the strangers, who had fled toward south Hot Springs. On the back of fleet horse, the deputy sheriff gained rapid ly upon the fleeing man, and about mile from the city, on the Southern Ferry road. he came upon oscar Chitwood, brother of the man whose body was lying on Ouachita avenue. Refusing to surrender at the call of the officer, Chiuwood undertook fight it out with Houpt, but once more the quick hand and true eye Of the deputy came into play, and once more a deadly leaden missile plowed it's way through the vital organ of Chitwood. and the second of the three men was dead.
 Came For Trouble.
 That the men came to the court house looking for trouble appears to be certain. Deputy Clerk J. R. Hows- l lev. whose office is on the corridor through which the men passed, noted three rough looking characters in the nn...,.vA on p.vA Might.)