The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-10-13

winner, Wls.-lt p1pAscomeo out
will you promise not stoisohoot himf!
He is shot through thoAhandi an8
wants to surrender"
These words. spoken to Sheriff
Mike Madden at the edge Of the clear
ing surrounding the beseigeds home.
by little Helen. the youngest daughs
ter of John F. Deitx, brought to q
end late Saturday afternoon. the stub
born resistance OF the mAns whoso
stand for the last six years against
what he considers injustic, has e.
tracted widespread interest.
The surrender did not come, how
ever, without death and bIp0dshkd.
One man 10 dead, ,thrasgmonsandaa
woman wounded and niue. property,
has been destroyed,
Harry, the only man killed lathe
fight. was found on . small hin D.
hind the Deitx home, with q bullet
lin his head. He, with MINT Wiley.
Tom Pomerle and william Ranks,
all deputies. had tried 3toNcraNi 10 :,
pace Of vantage In the lumber piles
near the Deitx barn, Ahullo
caught him. According to- Wiley,
three bullets whist1ed through the
air at about the. same time and ono
struck Harp. The other detutiSire.
treated without trying 70 resSu6 their
comrade. He was found It $3.50
O'Clock in the afternoon HG had
been dead three hours.
Deitz had not been wounded. DUR
Ing the morning fusiladeias supposed.
His drop e the Derely
an excuse to fool tkSSdSp1ty53. he
was injured while nrtngsafroms the
barn during the afteraoon. when :
bullet went through q crack and
passed through his left hand. Deits
denied that the wound caused him to
surrender. To Father Joseph Pilon,
the priest who was largely instrument
ia. in bringing the long drawn out
contest to close, he whispered that
wife and he feared that both she and
the infant might die.
The surrender Of Deitx was dram.
attic. The alert lumbermen, leaning
on the rifles at the edge OF the clear.
ing and gazing inteptly at the win-
.dows of the log cabin, suddenly saw
the fiutter CT a white handkerchief az
the door. Then Helen appeared and
advancing with a cloth over her head
walked to the edge of the clearing,
where she announced that her father
was willing to surrender.
A short consultation followed be-
tween the sheriff and his deputies.
Deputy Heffelfinger volunteeredsto go
back with the girl. In the meantime,
Father Pilon. in his eagernem to
bring the combat to an end. had
started running toward the cabin. He
waved a handkerchief and unhesitat-
inglv entered the door.
When Helen and Heffelf1nger got
half way to the cabin they met tho
priest returning. He hurried on to
meet the sheriff.
"Deitz will surrender" said tho
priest, 'but he wants a doctor to
dress his wounds and he desires to
talk with the newspaper men,.
81 won" trust him." said the sher.
if. eff he wants to surrender let
him come out with his hands over his
head"
Sheriff MADDEN refused to go to the
cabin and kept b hind tree. Depu-
ties Thornbahn, Sully. Heffplinger
and DR.. D.. G. F. Grafton, OF Hay
ward, went to the cabin. dressed
Deitz's wound. handcuffed him and
Leslie and brought them out.
Deitz's left hand was In a sling
andnesmiled and spoke cheerfully to
the newspaper men. He posed for
several pictures with the sheriff. II
one Of W, .ch he was shaking hands
with the official.
why did you not give In yester.
day, when assured Of q fair trial by
the attorney general?" the reporters
asked.
ley kept on changing the plans,''
he replied. and I did not know what
I could depend on. Besides. No
thought We Could have lasted It out,
and we could have but for the little
baby we expect am nc. glad It's
over. We Rave lived all right. You
might go into the house. though,
and see what WI have to stand"
In the trim little cabin where Mrs.
Deitz was still al work putting things
in order. broken Jars and dishes lay
scattered on the floor. they having
ben struck by bullet Of which mor0
than 1000 had been d. : during the
day. Bullets Law on the he'd. having
bounced hack after striking the WALL
1t was a miracle that the entire tam.
lily was not wiped out.
AlthOugh there is aomo feeling In
Winter because Of the killing Of Hsrp,
the town is breathing easily tonight.
Now that, the long suspense-is over nd
Is feared.
This whole Deft5 family was
BROUGHT to inter In an automobile.
but John Deitz and This 0 Leslie
we're taken to Hayward. the county
seat. for safe keeping, Mrs. Deit1
md the children were taken 70 the
hotel for supper. q they had not eat
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