The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-10-14


Winter. Wis, Oct. S-Five
deputies on guard at the Delft
cabin have not returned tonight
and fifty men are searching the
woods and the clearing sur
rounding the cabin by means of
bonfires and searchlights, as it
Is feared the missing men may
have been killed during the fir
ing today.
Winter, Wis, Oct. S-"If papa
comes out will you promise not to
shoot him? He is shot through the
hand n wants to surrender"
These words. spoken to Sheriff
Mike Madden at the edge of the
clearing surrounding the beseiged
home, by little Helen, the youngest
daughter of John F.. Deitz, brought
to an end this afternoon the stub
born resistance of the man whose
stand for the last six years against
what he considers injustice, has at
tracted widespread interest.
h surrender did not come, how
ever. without death and bloodshed.
One man is cad, three men and a
woman wounded n much
has been destroyed.
HAIRY, the only man killed in the
nght, was found on a small hill be-
hind the Deitz home, with a bullet
In his head. He, with Mont Wiley,
Tom Pomerle and William Rankin
all deputies, had tried to crawl to a
place of vantage in the lumber piles
near the Deitz barn, where a bull
let caught him. According to Wiley.
three bullets whistled through the
air at about tn same time and one
struck Harp. The other deputies re-
treated without trying to rescue
their comrade. He was found at
$3.50 O'Clock this afternoon. He had
been dead three hours.
Deitz had not been wounded dur
Ing the morning fusilade as suppos-
ed. His drop to the ground was
merely an excuse to fool the deputies.
he was injured while firing from the
barn during the afternoon, when a
bullet went through a crack and
passed through his left hand. Deitz
denied that the wound caused him to
surrender. To Father Joseph Pilon,
the priest VIC was largely instru-
mental in bringing the long drawn
u contest to a close, he whispered
that a baby was about to be born to
his wife and he feared that both che
and the infant might die.
The surrender of Deitz was dram
attic. n alert lumbermen, leaning
on the rifles at the edge of the clear
Ing and gazing intently at the win
doWs of the log cabin, suddenly saw
the 1utter of a white handkerchief at
the door. Then Helen appeared and
advancing with a cloth over her head
walked to the edge of the clearing,
where she announced that her faith
er was willing to surrender.
A short consultation followed be-
tween the sheriff and his deputies.
Deputy Heffelfinger volunteered to go
back with the girl. In the mean
time, Father Pilon, in his eagerness
to bring the combat to an end, had
started running toward the cabin. He
waved a handkerchief and unhesitat-
ingly entered the door.
When Helen and Heffelfnger got
half way to the cabin they met the
priest returning. He hurried on to
meet the sheriff.
"Deitz will surrender" said the
priest, but he wants a doctor to
dress his rounds and he desires to
talk with the newspaper men"
Il won't trust him." said the sher-
IN. II he wants to surrender let
him come out with his hands over
his head"
Sheriff Madden refused to go to
the cabin and kept behind a tree.
Deputies Thornbahn, Sully. Henelfn-
ger and DIR. D. G. F. Grafton, OF
Hayward. went to the cabin, dress
Deitz's wound, h~andcuffed him and |
Leslie n brought them out.
Deitz's left hand was in a sling
and he smiled and spoke cheerfully
the newspaper men. He posed for
several pictures with the sheriff, in
one of which he was shaking hands
with the official.
why did you not give in yester-
day, when assured of a fair trial by
attorney general?" the reporters
They kept on changing the plans"
replied, "an I did not know what
could depend on. Besides. we
we could have lasted it out,
and we could have but for the little
baby we expect. I am not glad it's
ever. We have lived all right. You
might go into the house, though,