New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
DIETZ SURRENDERS
AFTER WEEKS STAND
Picturesque Wisconsin Outlaw
Had Defied All Constituted
Authority.
LITTLE GIRL HIS EMISSARY
Waves Flag of Truce After Day
of Bombardment, in Which
Bullets Find Their
Marks.
IL telegram 70 The tribune.

MARKS.
TBv Telegraph 70 The Tribune
Winter wis Oct S.-After more than
I've and one-haIf hours Of bombardment
bv q hundred guns. John Dietz' OF cam
eron Dam, surrendered to-day. enolng
eight years conflict with the lawful au-
rhorities Of the county, state and ma
-ion He is now being brought into
Winter handcuffed 70 Chief Deputy
Ered Tborbahn. whom he considers his
greatest enemy. His surrender ends
weeks struggle 70 arrest him.
Ats-s0 p. II Helen. his fourteen-year-
old daughter. waved 3 newspaper as
Hac of truce She walked slowly the
eighty rods from the cabin across Thorn
rrple 10 a point at the edge Of the clear
IN where Sheriff Madden was known 10
- stationed. She sobbed out the infor-
nation that her father had been hit in
she hand and that he would surrender
,t protection was guaranteed fer himself
e15 family
Sheriff Feared Ruse.
As soon as the girl reached the edge
a the clearing Father PilOn started Tor
-He cabin. in spite Of the protests OF
0eprry Sheriff Madden. who believed IL
r7.se He reached the cabin. talked
with Dietz and returned before Madden
Vas convinced. Even after his return
Ne had to plead with the Sheriff With
1ears before he would consent 10 any one
coi-g 70 the cabin.
Madden promised that no one should
r. harmed. and Thorbakn went back TO
-be cabin win the girl followed by
rather Pnon. the priest of the village,
pr6 Su1lv Hofenhnger. OF Minneapolis,
8 friend Of the Sheriff He soCn reap
peared, with Dietz handcuffed TO HIM
0ie-z submitted To arrest quietly, say
ing
L couldn't hold out any longer, with
myself and Leslie crippled. The bullets
cane so fast Il looked like the wife and
babies would set il, too"
While The arrest was being made the
7iry1e girl and boy cIung 70 their weep
ing mother. and Leslie. who was
wounded n the hip, sat sullenly in
chair John Dietz's injuries consist Of a
wounded hand. but neither he nor Les
.E ze-iously hurt.
Dierz VIII be rushed 20 the Jail at
Harvard IN an automobile. while Mrs
1ietz and the children VIII be taken
care Of here.
c. Davis. the District Attorney %
saver COUNTY. said this evening there
~---e enough warrants out against Dietz
% end him 70 prison for the remainder
80 his life, # he was convicted.
Talk OF Lynching.
Father Pilon is convinced by his talk
nth Dietz that he is crazy, obsessed
tv The idea OF q conspiracy OF lumber
crr1cra-ions against him He says he
can never be convicted This has started
1h--ats Of lvnchlns
Leslie Dietz SAYS the officers could
ha-e taken his father during his many
VISITS r. The town. When in trouble the
SCI saws he had TO stand by his father.
The nerves Of the whole family Uere
-scl-ed by The fusinade.
E-s Dt=tz SAYS. I don't know how
eve lived through it Il was terrible.
! SAT through II all in a corner Of the
sLr-ine room with Helen and Johnnie.
We did not move during i al. 1 did
NOT IRE shot. nor did the children.
Oscar Hart, deputy. vas shot dead
others 70 get among the rjles Of lumber
10 me h-n above the Dietz home His
cCurar-ons ran and made no attempt to
rescue MIN. His body was found after
rhe surrender Chet Col.ferch a deputy.
-os- an ear. shot of while in the woods
John Kelly of Hayward. q spectator
with the newspaper men and priest was
hin in the mouth by q stcne when bull
ler struck the ground At his feet.
Officers Set : Trap.
John Dietz for two hours walked about
tr rne early morning fog on the edge Of
r~sr. Overnight the Deitz farmvard
had been taken possession ol bv the
cf7C--s
Jack Britton and Con" Holland had
raker their position On a rock coming
tower built hv Dietz on the hill Fred
Th-rhahn. the chief deputy. and Roy
Van AIsrvre had crawIed out on an isl
a16 IN the Thornapple River. near which
Diet usually went 10 bring his COWS.
Nr.z PaulsCn and another deputy we're
y wooded peninsula close 70 the clear
1n~ at point frequented 10y Dietz.
Everything was ready. and yet Dietz
W. <ed around unharmed
Newspaper correspondents. az whom
there are q score. and toU-nspeoHlc. u-Io
had arrived Just before daybrcak. were
huddisd in groups IN the misty dawn.
with toeth chattering from the damp
f-rrh Expecting 10 witness an execution
SLOWLY the curtain Of the fog lifted. re-
realir- the dim outlines of the q bin.
.a- 80 O'Clock when Diet aD-
Iea~rl and walked directly to tho barn
between the cabin and the lumber piles.
behind which the deputies were con
'saIed The watchers at the edge Of he
woods held their breaths. expecting 70
Sc Distz shot dead ia bis tracks. some
tri1- ridsntly went wrong. Later every
lnemHor 3 Tho family appeared. some OF
there etravln- sorle distance from TIE