The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-09
DE|Tz FINALLY
GIVES UP FIGHT
For Sake of Wife and Unborn
Child, Ceases His Struggle
Against Officers.
SCENE Is DRAMATIC AS
LUMBERMAN SURRENDERS
In Battle With Deputies Kills
One, Wounds Three and Is
Wounded.
BY Associated Press,

by Associated GTtSSe
WINTER. Wis, Oct. S.-"If papa
comes out will you promise not to
shoot himl He is shot through the
hand and wants to surrender. These
words spoken to Sheriff Mike Madden
at the edge of the clearing surround
ing the besieged home by little Helen,
Youngest daughter of John +. DeltZ,
brought 10 an end this afternoon 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 with
out death and bloodshed. One man is
dead. three men and a woman are
wounded and much property has been
destroyed.
The Dead.
OSCAR HARP, 35, deputy sheriff.
Tho Injured.
John f. Deitz, 40, defender of Cam
eron dam: shot through the hand.
Chet Colepitch, So, deputy, right ear
shot off
Clarence Deitz. shot through arm.
Myra Deitz, shot through body, Will
recover.
The last two named, children of
John Deitz, were shot last week by
deputies.
Harp was found on hill behind
the Deitz cabin with a bullet hole III
his head He, with Mont Wiley,
Thomas Pomerlo and William Rankin,
all deputies, had tried to crawl 10
place of vantage IN the lumber piles
near the Deitz barn. when bullet
caught him. According to Wiley,
three bullets whistled through the air
Mt about the same time and one OF
them struck Harp. The other depu'
ties retreated.
Game TO the Last.
Deitz was wounded while firing from
the barn during the afternoon. when
bullet went through crack and
passed through his left hand.
Deitz denied that the wound caused
him to surrender To Father Joseph
Pilon, priest who aided IN bringing
the long drawn out contest to close,
he whispered that baby was about
to be born to his wife, and he feared
that both she and the infant might
die.
The surrender of Deitz was dra
matte. The alert lumbermen leaning
on their rifles at the edge Of the
clearing and gazing intently at the log
cabin. suddenly saw the fluttering of
white handkerchief at the door Then
little Helen appeared, and advancing
TO the edge of the clearing, where she
announced that her father was will
ing to surrender.
Priest Is Mediator.
short consultation followed between
the sheriff and his deputies and Deputy
HehelhnGer volunteered 10 go back with
the girl. In the meantime Father Rilon
q priest in his eagerness to bring the
combat 10 an end. had started running
toward the cabin.
He waved handkerchief as he ran and
unhesitatingly entered the door. When
Helen and Hcnelhuger got half way TO
the cabin, they met the priest return
ing. He did not stop but hurried Oh
TO meet the sheriff.
"Deitz will surrender" said the priest
but he wants doctor to dress his
wounds and he desires to talk with the
pG%speper men.
The sheriff said: -t
IL he wants 10 surrender lei him come
cut with his hands over his head Sher-
in Madden refused to go TO the cabin
balm. Suiy. Hefelhnger and DR.. d. C.
y. Grafton Of Hayward went TO the cabin.
dressed Deitz's wounds. handcuffed him
and Leslie and brought them out
Deitzs left hard was in sling and
he was smiling an spoke cheerfuly 10
the. newspaper inen. He posed for sew
eral pictures.
Why didn't you give in yesterday
when assured of a far trial by the at
torney general?'' he was asked.
Pitiful Sight.
They kept en- changing their plans"
he replied. 'apd | die not know what |
could dorend upon. Because we thought
we could have lasted il out and we could
have. but for the little baby we expect.
/ am now glad il is over. We have
lived all right You might go into the
house. though: and STE what we have
had 10 stand.
While the arrest was being made the
little girl and boy chung 10 their weeping
mother and Leslie. who was wounded IN
the hip, sat sullenly IL chair.
J. G. Davis. district attorney of Saw
yer county. saju tonight there were
enougn warrants out for Deitz 10 send
him 10 priscn Tor the rest of his life. If
he convicted.
In the li;i!e cubit. broken Jars and
dishes lay scattered on the floor, they
having been struck by bullets of which
more than 20o0 had bccli fred during the
dar
Bullets lay on the bed. having bounced
back after striking against the wall II
was q miracle thai the entire family was
not wiped out.
Although there is some feeling in Win
ter because of the killing OF Harp. the
town is breathing easier tonight. now
that the long suspense is over and Deitz
has been captured.
No disturbance is f.Ired,