The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-09-26
FACTS ON SHOOTING
OF DANIEL LILLY
Cass Lake Version Of Affair Brands
Prisoners Story Story As False
And Unfounded
REV. PARsHALL MAKES PLEA
Quiets Mob And Argues That The
Law Take It's Course. Funeral
Wednesday

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Branding the story of John LLOYD
as false and unfounded, William
Lilly, brother of the dead men relates
the affair of the shooting at Cass
Lake last week Of his brother Daniel,
giving entirely different version of 1t.
'Dan was never drunk in his life.
He is not a drinking man." were the
statements made by Mr. Lilly this
morning. "On the day of the shooting
Dan was at home working around his
house and had no chance to secure
liquor if he did want it. He relieved
Mr.. Marshik shortly after seven that
evening and in less than an hour he
was dead man. :"
The Cass Lake Times gave a de-
tailed account of the affair, which
has been corroborated by many and
which gives a different version of the
shooting as. told by the prisoner and
published in the Pioneer last week.
The story is as follows.
1T apears that on last Friday eve
ming at about S:15 several strangers
and John Lloyd who was somewhat
known here as he worked near here
for a few weeks about a year ago,
came into Marshik's saloon while
Lilly was on shift. They were dis
cussing rather boisterously someone
whom they alleged had tried to pick:
the pocket of one Of ], their party.
Lloyd fourisheds revolver over the
counter and was making threats as
to what he would do to the fellow
when he saw him. Lilly told Lloyd
to put up the gun or get out: It
seems that Lilly's ordering Lloyd to
put up the, gun angered Lloyd and
thereupon he told Lilly to come from
behind the bar. and he would "show
him" Lilly came from behind the
bar to eject Lloyd and Lloyd fired
but missed Lilly and the bullet shat
tered the large back-bar mirror.
Lilly grabbed Lloyd and tried to put
him out the side door, but was I'M,
able to handle Lloyd and open the
door too, and when at the door he
doubled Lloyd over the wood box
which stood besides the door and got
him into it. Almost instantly Lloyd
pulled the trigger twice and Dan Lii
ly fell back-dead
There were a number of specta-
tors, among them, VIM. Dewitt, John
Shultz, Jas. Phillips, Chris Wendell,
Fritz Erickson, Glen Johnston and
Nels Nelson, and they rushed for
ward, some to assist Lilly, others at
tempting to disarm and hold Lloyd.
Lloyd pulled the trigger of his re-
volvef twice at JAS Phillips but it
did not explode the cartridge and
Philips grabbed the revolver and
jerked it out Of Lloyd's hand Lloyd
tore loose and bolted out the door
minus his hat. He started towards
the freight yards and stopped at the
home of N. w. Streitz near the round
house and asked for protection.
Streitz thought the man had had
some little trouble with "boes'' and
little imagined he had to do with a
murderer. Lloyd offered Streitz $500
for his hat, but Streitz gave an old
hat instead and directed him to the
home of Marshal. Geo. Dederick near
by. Lloyd then went to Dederick's
house and as Dederick was not there.
he sat down to wait for him while
Mrs. Dederick sent for her husband.
In the meantime hundreds of people
were organizing to hunt for Lloyd.
p. III. Kennedy, Special Officer Baum
and several others went to Becker's
house to get G. N. Inspectors light
to use in searching freight cars in
the yards and were there informed
that there was a man at Marshall
Dederick's house.
'They went there and found Lloyd
and took him to the village lookup.
An enormous crowd gathered and
threats on Lloyd's life made by some
but Archdeacon Parshall argued with
the more radical ones to let the law
take its course and the prisoner was
taken to Bemidji in Williams auto
in time to catch the M. & I. train that
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