The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-16
DEPUTY SHERIFF MCDUFFEE RETURNS
HOME---RECEVES CONGRATULATIONS
Relics of Duel With Train Robbers Are On Display at
Haylors Store-Deputy Sheriff Almost Entirely Re-
covered from Wound And Highly Praises the Peo-
pie of Pendleton For Treatment Received


Haylor is small bunch of relics
that will always be retained in the
McDuffee family as mementos Of his
late eventful experience with the
train robbers. These are some of
the little articles that he carried in
his vest pocket. Insignificant though
they are, yet they can be credited
with having saved the life of our
worthy Deputy Sheriff as we'll as
keeping him from being very seri-
ously wounded. q
These are a small bunch of cards,
part of a small comb, comb case,
part of fountain pen and pencil
with a metal covering. It. was the
latter that did the good work of de-
fecting the bullet that was headed
for the region near Mr.. McDuffee's S
heart and each of the articles men
toned bear mute evidence to having
received their portion of the work
of the deadly missile. The pencil
was bent nearly double and the slug
passed through each one of the
others. At the time Mr.. McDuffee
received the shot he had a bunch of
about twenty cards in his pocket and
the charge passed through all of
these. He managed to retain some
of these but the most of them, along
with half the fountain pen and a
portion of the pocket comb were TAX
en- over by the passengers ON the
train as souvenirs. The comb served
a good many for this purpose as they
broke off the teeth and passed them
around, and George considers him
self fortunate in getting to keep any
of the relics. The gun which Mr..
McDuffee used is on exhibition at the
store of Gurdane &, Son, it being the
property of D. c. Gurdane who had
loaned it to Mr.. McDuffee.
There is little left to relate of this
exciting experience of our Deputy
Sheriff. He states that the accounts
Of the affair have been very close tc
the facts, and he is very grateful tc
the good people of Pendleton for the
kind courtesies shown him, and
greatly appreciates the splendid at
tention and care he received at the
hands of the physicians and nurses
at the st. Anthony hospital. 1t was
all that any man could expect. Sc
far as the people of his home county
are concerned, Mr.. McDuffee has ne
words to express his appreciation O.
the good wishes and kindly feelins
manifested toward him here. Thi
has been sincere, yet freely bestowed
with general thankfulness that h,
escaped serious injury and that h,
is able again to be about his dutie
at the office. There is also a unan
imous expression of appreciation O
the good work done by Mr.. McDuffee
He displayed a cool head and goo,
judgment and possesses the prope
mettle of good officer.
Mr.. McDuffee is still harborinj
some doubt as to who shot him. H
feels sure that it was not Manning
though the dead bandit succeeded il
firing a few shots before he wen
down. These were not in range t
strike Mr.. McDuffee where he wa
shot, and it is hard to convince tn
deputy that Meadors did not fire tn
shot that hit him. Meadors make
his denial of this, however. in tn
fol1owinp ctotomopt tolap fron, tL
East Oregonian of the 18th inst:
amy statement that l am the ma
who shot back at you, wounding you
is untrue" was the declaration mad
Saturday afternoon by Albert Mea
doris, one of the confessed hold-u
men, as he and Clarence Stoner tn
other of the band, sat in the sheriff
Office and talked with Deputy Shel
iff George McDuffee of Heppner.
, McDuffee declares he is reasonabl
sure Meadors is the man who cam
within a very few inches of his lii
I as the bullet missed a vital spot
being detected by pencil holder