The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-09
STUBBORN GERMAN FIGHTER
SENDS LITTLE DAUGHTER
TO NEGOTIATE TERMS.
END Of BITTER CONTEST
Shooting to XIII, the Sturdy Teu.on
Holds His Enemies a. Bay Until tho
Plea Of Priest and Regard For His
Wife Lead Him to Send Out a White
Flag and capisuIa.e.

Winter. Wis. Oct. s.-aIf papa comes
out. will you promise not to shoot
him? Ho ~ shot through the hand
and wants to surrender
These words, spoken to Sheriff Mike
Madden. at the edge of the clearing
surrounding the besieged home, By Ill
tle Helen. youngest daughter Of John
+. Deltz. brought to close this after
noon 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 boodshed.
One man is dead. four men and a
woman are wounded and much prop
crty has been destroyed The dead
man ~ Oscar Harp 35 years old,
deputy sheriff.
The Injured John II. Deitz. 40 years
old. defender Of Cameron dam. shot
through the hand; Chet Colepitch. 35.
deputy. right ear shot off; William Ran
kin. SS. ear grazed by bullet: Clarence
Deitz. shot through the arm: Myra
Deitz. shot through body. viii recover.
A Dead Shot.
The last two named, children of
John Deltz. were shot last week by
deputies. Harp was found on hill
behind the Deitz cabin with a bullet
hole I'm his head. He. with Mont Wiley.
Thomas Pomerle and William Rankin.
all deputies. had tried to crawl to Il
place of vantage In the lumber piles
near the Deftz barn, when a bullet
caught him. According 10 Wiley, three
bullets whistled through tho air at
about the same time and ono of them
struck Harp. The nther deputies re-
treated
Wounded.
Deitz was wounded while firing from
the barn during tho afternoon. when a
bullet went through crack and passed
through his left hand. Deltz denied
that the wound caused him to SUR
render. To Father Joseph Pilon, n
priest who aided In bringing the long
drawn-out contest to close. he whis-
pered that baby was about to be
born to his wife, and he feared that
both she and the infant might die.
Dramatic.
The surrender of Deitz was dramatic.
The alert lumbermen. leaning on their
rifles at the edge of the clearing and
gazing intently at the log cabin, sud-
denly saw the flntterlng or white
handkerchief Mt the door. Then little
Helen appeared and, advancing with
the cloth over her head. walked to tho
edge OF tho clearing. where she an
nonnced that her father was willing 10
surrender.
Farley
A short consultation followed be-
tween the sheriff and his deputies. and
Deputy Heffelfinger volunteered to 10
back with the girl. In the meantime
Father Pilan. priest, In his eagerneas
to bring the combat TO an end, had
started running toward the cabin. He
waved n handkerchief as lie ran and
unhesltatingly entered the door. When
Helen and Heffelfinger got half way
to the cabin. they met the priest re-
turning. He did not stop, but hurried
on to meet the sheriff.
"Deltz will surrender said the
priest, but he wants a doctor to dress
his wounds and he desires to talk with
the newspaper men"
The sheriff said. IF he wants to
surrender, let him come out with his
hands over his head"
Cautious Sheriff.
Sheriff Madden refused to go TO the
cabin and kept behind tree. Depu-
ties Thornbahn. sully. Heffelfinger aud
DIR, d. G. +. Grafton Of Hayward
went to the cabin, dressed Deltz's
wounds, handcuffed him and Leslie and
brought them out Deltzs left hand
was In sling and lie was smiling
and spoke chesrfuliy to the newspaper
men. He posed for several pictures.
Why didn't you give IN yesterday
when assured Of a fair trial by the
attorney general?" he was aesked,
'They kept on changing their places"
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