Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-07

HoreI Ondr9e OhIy.
Winter. Wis. Oct. Another truce
was declared today by the officers who
are trying to capture John Detz. This
move was decided on late last night
when it became known that Deitzs OBJ
jections to Froelich, who came as the
first peace envoy were that Deitz be-
lieved him to be connected with the
Weyerhauser Lumber Company in
some capacity. Attorney General Gill
bert and Colonel Munson. held another
conference with Dei,z this morning to
induce him to surrender.
Refuses Governors Terms.
Dietz has refused the terms offered
by Governor Davidson's representa-
tives, and Deputy Thorbahn has been
told by the sheriff ito do his duty"
1t has been learned today that Dietz
proposed the following terms OF sur
render at yesterdays conference: 'Tll
surrender" he said. "if all the charges
against me are dropped except the
Horel shooting. 1 am willing to stand
trial on that"
Letters containing threats of violence
UI1euS OF emoo aABu uopglIeleI pue
Madden, Deputy Sheriffs Thorbahn and
Roy Vanaltyne and District Attorney
Davis. OF Sawyer county. and others.
Attorney General Gilbert and Colonel
Mhnson. Governor Davidson's secre-
tary, were still In their second confer
ence with Dietz at noon.
Decisive Battle Soon.
In spite of his fiat refusal Of yesters
day afternoon to surrender on the
terms contained in the governors let
ter, they are still at work with him.
If Dietz persists in his refusal to sur
render, the deputies will close in on
him. They say they will shoot IL he
will not hold up his hands when sur
rounded. The finish may be expected
at any time.
Deitz Receives Reporter.
Deitz, the outlaw OF Cameron dam.
and the terror Of this entire district.
stepped to the door of his cabin yester-
day and confronted posse OF deputy
sheriffs, each Of whom was armed to
the teeth.
Until his voice gave out. Deitz
shouted defiance at the score of men
who occupied positions of safety, each
about 100 yards or so from his neigh
boring deputy Not a deputy made
move.
Then. with bland smile, Deitz well
coined the correspondent, who had
Jared forth across the little clearing in
front of his cabin after shouting that
he was unarmed and came on mission
Of peace.
Come right in, young man, dinner is
on the table" said the OUTLAW" Once
inside OF the cabin he removed his
%E1 hnit Of Nnr rfr - yaG
and threw them down on a table.
Il don't need those when l talk to
my friends he remarked.
MeH Pleasant, But Prosaic.
1t was as prosaic as going out to
dinner in kenwood. If one forgot those
armed deputies. The food was excel
lent, the manners OF the children even
better, and the bearing of the host and
hostess at this hospitable board could
not have been improved upon.
During the meal nothing was said
of the correspondents errand, but after
the plates had been cleared away and
the homesteader had lighted his pipe,
he plunged at once into his discussion
Of thep light in which he has been for
more than week.
An hours conversation revealed these
facts:
FlrSt-l)ellT VIII SuIIc anu
trial on the Horel warrant on condition
that the four year -old warrants against
himself. his wife, daughter. and two
sons are wiped out, as we'll as the case
of the big lumber companies against
him in connection with the Cameron
dam conflict.
Second-Deitz is firmly convinced
tha. Froelich is the representative not
OF humanity" as he claims. but OF
Frederick w. Weyerheuser, and that ne
would but lure him to destruction.
Scents Plot by Weyerhauser.
Earlier in the day Deitz had rejected
the peace overtures Of G. w. Froelich.
mysterious unknown angel OF peace
from St. Paul. The outlaw also refused
later to listen to the pleadings OF At
torney General Gilbert Of the sovereign
state of Wisconsin,. who came all the
way to Winter as the special envoy OF
Governor Davidson, accompanied by
the latter's private secretary, Col. o.
G. Munson.
Attorney General Gilbert and Colonel
Munson had hoped to persuade Deitz
that II he surrendered they would see
that he he had a fair trial. They made
the mistake. however. OF having Froe-
Itch guide them to the cabin. Deitz
already had had one interview with
Froelich and had card indexed him as
q secret emtssary of Weyerhauser,
seeking to overthrow the little castle
on the Thornapple river that the out
law and his family have held for nearly
g. decade against the Weyerhauser
lumber interests.
Therefore, when the attorney general
and the governors private secretary
hove In sight under the guidance OF
Froelich. Deitz flatly refused to be
convinced that they, too, were not in
league with Weyerhauser.
The treaty OF peace offered Deitz
yesterday by Froelich proposed:
That he be assured of the safety of
his two children, Helen, II, and John
F., Jr.. years old, and q fair trial