The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-10-10

Winter, Wiss.. Oct. 1o-"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 clear
ing surrounding the beseiged home
by little Helen. youngest daughter of
John +. Deitz, brought to an end late
Saturday afternoon, the stubborn re-
sistance of the man whose stand for
the last six years against what he
considered injustice, has attracted
widespread interest.
The surrender did not come how
ever without death and bloodshed
One man is dead, four men and a wo-
man are wounded and much property
has been destroyed.
Oscar Harp, IS years of age, a
deputy, was killed. John Deitz was
| shot through the hand. Chet Cole
pitch, deputy, had his right ear shot
OF. William Rankin, a deputy, had
his ear grazed by a bullet. Clarence
Deitz was shot through the arm. N.Y.
ra Deftz was shot through the body-
,, but will recover.
TKe two last named children of
John Deitz were shot last week by
deputies.
Harp was found on hill behind the
Deitz cabin with a bullet hole in his
head. He with Mont Wiley, Tom Pom
eric and William Rankin, all depu-
ties, had tried to crawl to a place of
advantage in the lumber piles near
the Deitz barn when we'll directed
bullet caught him. According to
Wiley. three bullets whistled through
the air at about the same time and
one of them hit Harp.
Deitz had not been wounded during
the morning fusilade as had been
supposed. His drop to the ground
was merely ruse to fool the depu-
ties He was injured, however, while
firing from barn during the after
noon, when bullet went through a
i crack and passed through his left
hand. Deitz denies that the wound
caused him to surrender to Father
Joseph Pilon. the priest who was
largely instrumental in bringing the
long drawn out contest to q 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 very dra-
matte. Alert lumbermen, leaning on
their rifles at the edge of the clearing
and gazing intently at the windows Of
the log cabin. suddenly saw the flut-
ter 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.
A short consultation followed be-
tween the sheriff and his deputies and
Deputy Heffelfinger volunteered to 70
back with the girl. In the meantime
Father Pilon, in his eagerness to
bring the combat to a close, had
started running toward the cabin. He
! waved handkerchief as he ran and
unhesitatingly entered the door. When
Helen and Heffelfnger got half way
to the cottage they met the priest re-
turning. He did not stop, but hurried
on to meet the sheriff.
"Deitz will surrender said the
priest, but he wants a doctor to
dress his wound and he desires to
talk with the newspaper men,"
Madden Behind Tree
II won't trust him." said the sher-
iff. If he wants to surrender let him
come Que with his hands over his
head" Sheriff Madden refused to 20
to the cabin and kept behind a tree.
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