The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-10-13
0|ETz STAYS DEPUTY
GUARDIAN OF CAMERON DAM
GIVES UP FOLLOWING ALL
DAY FIGHT.
FEARED FOR WIFE AND BABES
Sends His Little Daughter Out With
Flag of Truce, But Not Until After
Cabin Was We'll Perforated " it'll
Bullets.

Winter, Wis, Oct 10-"If papa
comes out will you promise not to
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, iorty-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 few days
ago
One Deputy Is Victim.
Harp was found on n 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 weldirected bullet
caught him.
The other deputies retreated with
out trying to rescue their comrade.
Dietz was injured while firing from
the barn when a 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 close, he whispered
that a baby was about to be born 10
his wife. and he feared that both she
and the infant might die.
The surrender OF Detz was dra-
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 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 Pilon and Deputy Sher-
lff 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 1T
looked like the wife and babies would
get 1t, too"
Dietzs left hand was in sling and
be 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
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 "A 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
III | had not argued ard 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
commit murder.
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
be taken care Of here.