The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-10-21
SURRENDER OF DE|Jz
WAS INTENSELY DRAMATIC

Winter, Oct. 11.-The surrende,
OF John Deitz did not come withou,
death and bloodshed.
One man is dead, three men and a
woman are wounded, and much prop
erty has been destroyed. The dead:
Oscar Harp, aged IS, deputy sher-
III.
The injured:
Jshn F. Deitz, ~ years cid, defen.
der Of Cameron dam; shot through
the hand.
Chef Colepitch, 81, deputy, right
ear shot OF.
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 a hill behind
the Deitz cabin with a bullet hole in
his head. He. with Mont Wiley,
Thomas Pomerlo and William Ran
kin, all deputies, had tried to crawl
to a place of vantage in the lumber
piles near the Deitz barn, when a
well directed bullet caught him.
According to Wiley, three bullets
whistled through the air at about
the same time, and one of them
struck Harp. The other deputies re-
treated without trying to rescue
their comrade. He was found at
$3.50 o'clock and had been dead
about three hours.
Deitz was not wounded during the
morning fusillade, as had been sup
posed. His fall to the ground was
merely ruse to fool detectives. He
was wounded while firing from the
barn during the afternoon, when a
bullet went through a crack and
passed through his left hand.
The surrender of Deitz was dram
attic.
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 hutter Of white handker.
chief at the door.
Then little Helen appeared and
advancing with the cloth over hel
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
and Deputy Haffelfnger volunteered
to 60 back with the girl. Meanwhile
Father Pilon. a priest, in his eager
ness to bring the combat to an end
started running toward the cabin.
He waived handkerchief as he
ran and unhesitatingly entered the
door. When Helen and Heffelfingel
got half way to the cabin they met
the priest returning. He did not
stop, but hurried to meet the sher.
iff.
"Deitz will surrender" said thu
priest. "but he wants a doctor tt
dress his wounds and he desires t.
talk with the newspaper men,"
The sheriff said:
IF he wants to surrender, let him
come out with his hands over hif
head
Sheriff Madden refused to go t.
The cabin and kept behind a tree
Deputies Thornbahn, Sully, Heffel
finger and DR.. Grafton Of Hayward
went to the cabin, dressed Deitz's
wounds, handcuffed him and Lelsit
and brought them out
Deitz's left hand was in a sling
and he was smiling and spoke cheer
fully to the newspaper men. HI
posed for several pictures.
"Why didn't you give in yesterda,
when assured of fair trial by thu
attorney general?" he was asked.
"They kept on changing theil
olans." he replied, land 1 did moi
know what could depend upon. Be
sides, we thought we could have last
ID it out and we could have but fol
the little baby we expect. I an
glad it is over. We have lived al
right. You might 60 into the hous.
though, and see what we have hat
to stand"
J. G. Davis, district attorney O.
Sawyer county, said tonight ther,
were enough warrants out agains
Deitz to send him to prison for tn,
rest Of his life, II he was convicted.
In the little cabin broken jars ant
dishes lay scattered on the floor
they having been struck by bullets
Of which mare than 1000 had bee,
fred during the day.