Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-24
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Nearly Loses His Life From The
Murderous Attack of
Mad Man.
POLICEMAN SHOOTS LUNATIc
The Sheriff Has His Head Beaten
70 Pulp, Nose Broken and
Teeth Kicked Out.


10 Pulp, Nose Broken and
Teeth Kicked Out.
Last Tuesday evening Sheriff Frank
Elkins received a telephone message
from farmer about ten miles north.
of Watertown to the effect that a.
strange man had called at his home
and demanded food and lodging and
that he thought from the mans ac-l
tions he was crazy. The sheriff inn.
'mediately took an auto and went af.
ter the man
s The man had quieted down consid-
erably by the time the sheriff and.
his deputy arrived and said his name
was Shea and that he lived in Iowa.
and had a son living there. The man
was taken to the city by the sheriff
and placed in jail and telegram was
sent to his son informing him of his
fathers condition. i5S5'
gram until "Wednesday afternoon and
stated that it was probably his faith
er and that he had been in an in.
sane asylum for several years and
that he generally became demented
after going on a protracted spree.
The sheriff did not think the man
was dangerous and locked him in one
of The ceals. About o'clock We'd
nesday evening ne became Violently
insane and set up a terrible noise.
There was large Office chair In the
8cen and the insane man broke up the
chair against the IRON door and was
shouting and raving like an infuriat-
ed lion.
Mr.. Elkins was in his office and
heard the noise and, aceomp panied by
Erred Schreiber and MI. schreiber's
younger brother. went to the cell to
remove the man to the padded cell.
The sheriff stepped into the cell and
| in an instant the demented man was
upon him. They struggled across the
fbor and before he could be stopped
Ithe lunatic struck him a terrific blow
with th leg of chair, on the back Of
the head, which rendered the skeriff
unconscious. Mr.. Schneider and his
brother were unlocking the padded
cell and getting it ready to receive
the insane man when they heard the
disturbance in the cell and they inn
mediateiy went to the cell to find out
what was the matter, when they dis
covered the sheriff lying unconscious
on the floor and the crazy man stand
ing over him beating him on the head
with the leg of chair which was
about the size of an ordinary police
mans club. Fred Schneider went in
to the cell and grappled with the de-
mented man and tried to hold him
while his brother went for help. The
insane man seemed to have the
strength of several ordinary men and
Iit was impossible for Mr.. Schreiber
to hold him any longer without help
so he stepped out of the cell and lock-
ed it and ran for assistance. Then
the infuriated man had everything
his own way as the sheriff was lying.
on the floor and entirely
at his mercy.
The lunatic took the leg of the
chair which had several pieces Of
broken rungs left in it and simply
beat Mr.. Elkins' head and face into
pulp. He also kicked the sheriff
in the mouth and knocked all the
teeth out and kicked away part Of
the lower jaw. The sheriff remained
unconscious until he was taken to-
DIR. Bartron's hospital.
In the meantime the younger Mr..
Schreiber had found Policeman Deck
er and he hurried to the scene. The
lunatic was still pounding the sheriff
with his club and In order to stop
him from killing the sheriff the pc,
liceman shot the insane man in the
fieshy part Of the arm and when he
fell from the shot, the policeman
rushed into the cell and overpowered
him.
Al reporter for the Saturday News
called at the hospital Thursday fol
see the sheriff. but was told by Or.
Freeburg, who was one Of the doctors
who dressed the wounds, that the
sheriff was in a very precarious con-
dition and that no cne would be ALL
lowed to see him for several days.
DR., Freeburg said he thought the sher
iff would recover II no complications
set In but that he would always have
a very badly disfigured face.
The insane man received only al
flesh wound by the shot from the po-
liceman and his wound will heal In
a few days. the doctor thonghk
II For Sale My residence property at !
420 Second street N. E. Am going to I
leave the city. Mrs. y. ii Mcdonald.
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