Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-09

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ever. and sent second ball into the
| sheriff. This one entered the right
breast. near the nipple, but caused only
a flesh wound, the bullet being defect
ed by reason Of vest pocket memoir
andum book the sheriff carried. Reyn-
olds fired third time as McCord went
to the earth, but missed. During the
shooting Sheriff McCord was trying to
get at his gun, but 1t caught. and he
could not get action. He finally got 1t
out as Reynolds and his partner were
trying to get behind their horse, for
cover. McCord pulled his gun as he lay
on the ground and shot the burglars
horse. The animal, ioundering with
pain. kept his feet, with the two men
behind him. and got across the road
over potato patch, and into corn
| field There the horse dropped dead
and the two men took to the corn.
Posse Forms Quickly.
! 1t was the work of only a short time
| before the news spread and a large
posse was formed Men and boys
armed with revolvers, shotguns. and
even 22-catiber rifles, and many of the
men mounted, drove to the scene of the
| shooting.
Doctors were hurried to the wounded
sheriff, and he was brought to his
apartments in the county jail at 8: 80.
BY 4:30 the posse had started, and be-
! fore evening almost 800 had Joined in
the search for Reynolds and Bedford.
The muddy condition Of the fields
show ed the tracks Of the men plainly
and they were followed by trail that
! led between the Ed Powell farm and
the Wolfgang place.
| The posse was well organized, one
being headed by Ben o. l:hoades, who
! had preceded McCord as sheriff. and
| had McCord as his deputy, and the
other by Gen. b. A. Beeson.
Early in the evening Bedford was
! ca ptllred, after Sol Wright had fired
four shots u him and missed him. Bed
! ford threw up his hands, he was
! searched, and q big revolver taken
! from him. j. \. Garwood was with
! Wright, and divided the honor of the
ca pture. j. l.. Williams and II. o.
Michao Is brought Bedford to the county
Jail
Bedford was fearful of being lynched,
and the feeling was running high 1t
was said in the Times Republican days
afterward that it was "a wonder that
both Reynolds and Bedford were not
lynched. In fact the chief reason that
avoided a lynChing. it was said, was an
appeal thru the T.-R by the wounded
sheriff. asking that no demonstration
at the Jail be made owing to his i'll
ness. Bedford gave Harry East. Sheriff
McCord's deputy, all the information he
could ahutit Reynolds, including good
description, and haunts that the man
might seek as cover
Company D Pressed Into Service.
Company ID. which was then COM
manded by Gen. James Rush Lincoln
now of Ames. was pre- ssed into service
and participated in the search, being
out all night, The miitiamen carried
several rounds Of ammunition for their
old Springfield rifles.
The story of the nights search was
full of thrills. but proved fruitless. The
counterSign was George McCord, and
everybody was challenged.
Charles Wait Shot
A detail on the Diagonal" brige, the
Chicago Great Western bridge east of
the city), challenged some one VINO had
been seen at one end of the bridge. The
stranger, under the cover Of darkness.
dropped thru the bridge to the ground
below after Charles Wait had attempt
ed to arrest him. The man shot ut
Wait after he had fallen, hitting Wait
in the leg. and causing serious wound.
This was also a 3Scaliber long ball
While 1t was never proved that the man
who shot Wait was Reynolds. it was
always taken for granted that the de-
tail on the bridge just missed captur
ing Reynolds. The shooting of Wait
took place just about midnight, after
mem bcrs of Company d had fred on
Il he fleeing form of the man in the
darkness. as he approached the bridge
near whore Wait was on guard
Few Incidents Of Nights Hunt.
A few incidents of the all night hunt
for Reynolds are related by the Times
Republican. one tells of ABB Click
and ED" Statler, of Company D, chal-
longing a man in the darkness. Both
Of the soldiers jumped behind trees
and leveled their Springfields on the
outline of the mans form. Before
either could shoot, however. the man
made his identity known, and proved
to be Newell Stiles, another searcher.
CAR Forney, seeing what he be-
lieEed to be a man in a cornfield,
called upon some one who were near
him to fire. F'orney banged away, after
demanding the man" to throw up
his hands. After the fusilade was over
and an investigation was made, little
calf, in its last struggle, was found.
The searchers paid for the calf
Among some of the seachers who are
still living, in addition to those named
are A. A. Moore, l.. G. Abbott, w. W.
Doolittle, Emmett Waters, Ran" ana
Frank Willard, and Billy" Ward
Reynolds Captured at Bluffs.
The search for Reynolds continued
for one entire week before the burg
lar was made a prisoner. He was ar
rested in Council Bluffs on July %,
and was taken after he attempted to
shoot a policeman who had called up
on him to halt. Reynolds snapped his
revolver, the last shell he had in his
gun, but the cartridge failed to ex-
plode.
The story Of Reynolds capture may
be told briefly. f. L. Warner, of
Boone. a Northwestern brakeman, had
put man off his train at Honey
Creek. Frank f. Green, Of Fostoria,
o., another railroad man, had seen
printed description of Reynolds, and
believed the man Warner had put off
to be the one wanted. Gren notified
an officer at Council Bluffs. The Of
ficer was not inclined to arrest the
man, and Green threatened to call an