The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-05-18

Hero Of Cameron Dam, Wis, ~
Found Guilty BY Jury OF MUIR
der IN the First Degree.

Hayward. Wis. May is. -sJoh +.
Dietz will spend the rest OF his natural
life at hard labor In the ntate peni-
tentiary at Waupun, by the verdict Of
the jury today, for the murder OF Dep
uty Oscar Harp In the battle OF Cam
eron dam on October 8 last. Tho jury
brought in the following verdict:
John Dietz guilty OF murder In h
drst degree. Hattie Dietx. his wife. not
guilty OF murder n the first degree.
der in the first degree"
h smile with which the old man
has always faced the things that have
Ehappened him did not desert him.. He
smiled as the Judge read h verdict
handed up by the foreman OF the jurys
He made nc demonstration.
The verdict in John Dtetz's case was
The first read. AS the verdict came out,
2 frevn came owe the face OF Mrs.
Dieta n she glared at the jury, Les
lie smiled family and the color came
and went In his face.
The announcement that the jury had
arrived at q verdict was made at BIAS
o'clock. Judge Reid was Immediately
notified and Sheriff Fred Clark receiv-
% telephone message from the clerk
Of the court to bring John Dietz Into
the court room.
Mrs. Dietz had been with her hug
band throughout the night, and Leslie
called this morning. The three de-
PENDANTS came to the court house walk
Ing side by side accompanied by three
special deputies.
Denounces Lumber Trust.
"Mr. Dietz,' said the judge, have
you anything to say before sentence is
passed."
Dietz calmly faced Judge Reid.
DO you suppose" he asked, looking
straight at h judge, II haven't known
that sooner or later the lumber trust,
"A h1Nprlga Its hfo. ordE r a ~ litflo rro,,I5
Kill me, or put me u Of the way? I
have fought my Aight and defended my
home and family. / have done nothing
wrong, and this conviction does not
alter the facts. The trust has one creed.
one law, one purpose, that is rule or
ruin They could not rule John Dietz;
SO they tried for six years to ruin him.
hi morning 1t looks as IL they have
got what they were after.
Il have done nothing wrong. and the
state has. And yet 1t is the state that
sends me to Jail. It is the state that
has come in here in a court OF law and
has come in here in a court OF law and
was not allowed. and have never been
allowed, to tell what started this whole
trouble.
TT is the state that waylaid my chill
dren and took one away to Sail and put
a bullet through the other-a young
girl"
Il cannot see, Mr.. Dietz. that that
| mas dilylIlIS 10 10 W1IIa me EK1ll1lg O1
Oscar Harp said Judge Reid.
New Trial Is Denied.
D;etz mada Tho ,,s,,.1 r]nation fan .
new trial altbo,,eh the ,nntinn nrapa Il, ,
has never been e]fnlinu,ad ~ an as q
ment like the one heard this morning
in the little country u ". w
For the state s,,erpested Ia tha oan,,inta.
nan that he ref an attarnau 10 dra,,
ap he motion in proper legal form. ant
!, which TO file the excentionr
Dietz ignored the suggestion an,
plunged headlong into his denunciatio
of the "lurnber trust" The court als,
advised Diet to get an ATTORNEY J,1de
r Reid overruled the motion for a new
: trial, but gave Dietz 10 dava In which
to, file exceptions.
H;s+orv &c +ho AH,;,
!, The trouble bet u,enn In. n n,o+,
:, and tba In,nher COW no ios anarat ~ !;
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