The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-10-13
.D|ETz GIVES UP;
DEPUTY IS SLAIN
Outlaw OF Cameron Dam Sur
p renders to Posse.
DAUGHTER BEARS WHITE FLAG
stork Plays Part in capltuIatlon---
Cabin Is Shot Full Of Holes
Wife and Son Are Un-
der Arrest. .'..

! shoot him? He Is 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
little Helen, youngest daughter of
John F. Dietz, brought to an end the
stubborn resistance of the man whose
stand for the last six years against
what he considered injustice has at
tracted widespread interest.
The surrender did not come, how
ever, without death and bloodshed.
One man is dead. three men and
woman are wounded and much prop
erty has been destroyed.
The dead:
Oscar Harp, thirty-fve years old,
deputy sheriff
Injured:
John Dietz, forty-nine years old,
shot through the hand
Chef Colepitch, thirty-five, deputy,
right ear shot off
Clarence Dietz shot through arm.
Myra Dietz, shot through body, will
recover.
The last two named, children of
John Dietz, were shot by deputies in
the preliminary skirmish a few days
ago.
One Deputy Is Victim.
Harp was found on hill behind the
Dietz cabin with bullet hole in his
head He and three other deputies
had tried to crawl to a place of van
tage in the lumber pile near the Dietz
barn, when well-directed bullet
caught him
The other deputies retreated with
out trying to rescue their comrade.
Dietz was injured while firing from
the barn when bullet went through
a crack and struck his left hand.
stork Cause of Surrender.
Dietz denies that the wound caused
him to surrender. To Father Joseph
Pilon, the priest who was largely In
strumental in bringing the long -drawn-
out contest to a close, he whispered
that baby was about to be born to
his wife, and he feared that both she
anu lut lHlduL might ul6.
The surrender of Dietz was dra7I
matte. The alert lumbermen, leaning
on their rifles at the edge of the clear
ing and gazing intently at the win
doWs of the log cabin, suddenly saw
the futter 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 clear
ing, where. she announced that her
papa was willing to surrender.
Feared for Wife and Babes.
With Father Piion and Deputy Sher. !
If Thorbahn, when they went into the |
cabin to arrest Dietz, were a number
of newspaper men.
Dietz submitted to arrest quietly,
saying: Il could not hold out any
longer with myself and Leslie Grip
pied. The bullets came so fast it !
looked like the wife and babies would !
get it. too"
Dietz's left hand was in a sling and
he was smiling and spoke cheerfully |
to the newspaper men. He posed for !
several pictures with the sheriff, in
one of which he was shaking hands
with the official !
Why didn't you give in when as
sured of fair trial by. the attorney
general?" reporter asked.
They kept on changing their
plans, be replied. and did not know
what | could depend upon. Besides,
we thought we could have lasted it
out, and we could have but for the
little baby we expect. You might go
into the house and see what we have
had to stand"
In the trim little cabin. where Mrs.
Dietz was still at work putting things
in order, broken jars and dishes lay
scattered on the floor, they having
been struck by bullets, of which more
than 1000 had been fired during the
day. Bullets lay on the bed, having
bounced back after striking against
the wall. 1t was miracle that the
entire family was not wiped out.
Mrs. Dietz Breaks Down.
Mrs. Dietz broke down and weep.
ingly asked the reporters to say that
she and the children did not fire
shot. ~
IF | had not argued and argued
with John we would all have been
dead before morning" she said.
Mrs. Dietz is under arrest with Les.
lie on warrants of four years stand.
ing charging assault with intent to
murder.
While the arrest was being made
the little girl and boy clung to their
weeping mother and Leslie, who was /.
wounded in the hip, sat sullenly In /,
chair.
Dietz was brought to Winter with
his entire family. He was rushed to
the jail at Hayward In an automobile.
while Mrs. Dietz and the children will
De taken care Of here.
8J.sC. Davis the district attorney OF
Sawyer county. said there were 81
enough warrants out against Dietx 10 g
lend him to prison for the remainder !.