The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-10-07
DEITz REJECTS
PEACE TERMS
Has Talk With St. Paul Man
on Subject.
STILL FEARS FOR HIS LIFE

STILL FEARS FOR HIS LIFE
Expresses Desire to See Governor
Davidson or His Representative and
Attorney General Gilbert May Visit
the Cabin on Cameron Dam-Was
Offered Competent Counsel and a
Fair Trial if He Would Surrender.
Winter, Wis, Oct. John F. Deitz,
the Cameron dam defender, has fatty
rejected all peace overtures. He has
sent word to Winter by G. w. Froe-
Itch, the st. Paul business man, who
visited him with an olive branch,
that he will not consider peace pro-
posals and has called for a personal
interview with o. G. Munson, secre.
tary to Governor Davidson of Wiscon-
sin, who has arrived here with Attor-
ney General Gilbert.
1t is probable that Colonel Munson
will go out to Cameron dam at once
and have q talk with Deitz If Colonel
Munson's journey proves fruitless it is
difficult to see any way out of the sit
uation without an appeal to arms. In
this event there will undoubtedly be
many casualties, as the information
here is that Deitz is fully prepared
for an attack. and can make a tire.
mendous defense against it
Froelich's Proposal to Deitz.
G.. w. Froelich of ST Paul, who went
on a peace mission to Deitz, crossed
the Thornapple river to the Deit2
clearing at O'Clock in the morning
and began his conference with Deitz
This was the proposition laid before
Deitz by Mr.. Froelich:
The Cameron dam defender, in the
first place, was advised to surrender
to Sheriff Madden upon assurance that
he would receive decent treatment
and released on bail, which will be
provided. He was assured that be
| would be granted a change of venue
| for his trial on the charge of shooting
Bert Horel and that his trial would
be fairly conducted before an un
prejudiced jury and that he would be
| supplied with able legal counsel tc
| conduct it. He was further assured
| that means would be provided to move
him and his family from Cameron
| dam and relocate them either else
| where In Wisconsin or in another
/ state, where he would be free from
| any possible persecution or difficulty
| with the representatives of the law.
Resistance viii Be Useless.
1t was pointed out to Deitz tha
| armed resistance was worse than use
less and not only imperilled his life
but the lives of his wife and children
at the cabin. Public opinion, he wa!
/ assured, was so far entirely with him
| Conflict with the representatives o
the law could only result in chang'
of sentiment and more than probabl.
in his serious injury or death. From
every standpoint of wisdom Mr.. Froe
Itch advised him to accept the terms
offered and settle the situation b.
surrendering.
In an interview here Sheriff Mad
den said:
81 am not going to do anything unit
talk with the attorney general. M,
men have surrounded Deitz complete
ly. He cannot get out"
Unless Governor Davidson's repre-
sentatives persuade Deitz to yield tn
firing may commence at any time.
Froelich Tells of Visit.
"If you take his word for it he won
surrender. If you take my judgmen
for it he WILL"
This is the way G.. w. Froelich stat
ed the result of his pleadings wit
John Deitz when he returned to VIII
ter
"Deitz declared he would be she
the minute he showed himself If
went out with me. l told him l kneN
the men who were trying to captur
him and would pledge my word tha
no harm would come to him." said Nj
| Froelich.
"He also said he would never g
behind the bars, but / am sure tha
does not represent his present att
tude He showed plainly that he wa
considering the argument deeply an
expressed his wish that he might tai
directly with the governor or repr,
sentative of the governor. l feel col
|, vinced that If he can receive assu
ance from the state authorities ths
he can be taken away without injur
he will give himself up"