The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-07-23
BRAKEMAN. SHOT.
BY NEGRO TRAMP
NEAR SCOTLAND
Joe Callagan, Of Sioux
City, Killed on Mil
wau yankee Freight.
PossEE ACT TIVE;
Secured Hutchinson aud Bon-
Homme Counties AnsDay-
SevensS Suspects Arrested.

ElOlllllIC SOQlltICS AUOdy
SevensS Suspects Arrested.
Posses yesterday were scattered
over Bon Homme and Hutchinson
counties in an efrort to land three
negroes, one of whom shot and kill
ed Joe Callagan, of Sioux City, brake
man on the Milwaukee freight train
No. 81, just north of Scotland about
$40 o'clock on Sunday morning.
AS the result of the drag-net set
over a wide range Of territory, a
colored boy was taken In custody this
forenoon at ~Beardsley, a station on
the Milwaukee between Trip sand
Parkston, and seven colored men
arrested yesterday afternoon at
Woonsocket. 1t is not believed, how
ever, that none OF these is the man
wanted for the, shooting.
One Trio Taken Here.
Three colOred men were arrested
by Chief Of Police Wood Smith in the
outskirts Of the city at an early hour
this morning, but non answered the
description of the trio wanted for the
commission of the murder. They
were not armed and apparently were
not dangerous characters, so were
turned loose.
The exact nature of the quarrel in
which Gallagan met his death prob
ably will never be known. About
400 unemployed men, about a dozen
whom We're colored, were on the train
which pulled out of Sioux City Sat
urday morning. Callagan was the
rear brakeman on the train and no
employee of the. railroad was near
at the time of the shooting.
Many different theories have been
advanced as the cause of the shoot
ing, but the most plausible is that
Callagan had caught three negroes,
on the seven car ahead of the "a
boose, in the act of rifling N of the
merchandise freight cars. During
the night, it was reported that sever
al merchandise. cars had been broken
into. Another theory is that Gala
gan was attempting to put them off
the train when one of the trio shot
him.
Lived Halt an Hour.
The train had pulled north out st
Scotland about three miles when Cal
lagan staggered into the cahoose,
with, blood squirting from a wound in
hisMleft breast; and exclaimed to- r.
of the niggers got metz g That was
all he was able to say. He was laid
on the cushions and died half an
hour later. The bullet had entered
his left breast and penetrated an
artery above the heart, causing him
to bleed to death.
Immediately after the shooting,
one of the hoboes on the train came
running up to the tender and inform
ed the head brakeman that Callagan
had been shot. The brakeman ran
to the rear of the train and as it was
slowing up saw three men run into
a cornfield. The daylight was Sjust
breaking and it was impossible to
see clearly. Three negroes, two
men and a boy of 10 years, had dis
appeared from the car on which Cal
lagan had been shot. Callagan's
glove, smeared with blood, was
found on the top of the r
Upon the arrival of the train in
Mitchell yesterday morning, the city
police wer in. waiting and searched
all negroes upon the train. Seven
were found, but nothing incriminat-
ing IA revealed in the search and
they were allowed to go north with
the train. It lis believed that the
seven are the men arrested at Woon-
sockt.
Paul Barcus, of Sioux City, special
agent for. the Milwaukee system,
reached Scotland. by noon yesterday
and commenced an investigation. r.
u. Tremaine, special officer of the
Milwaukee road in Mitchell, went
down to assist In the search. AL Scott
and his two bloodhoundsi were sent
for, and with the sheri6s OF both
Bon Homme and Hutchinson coun-
:..as busy on the scene with their
deputies, the whole country sur
rounding Scotland was combed for
the criminals The farmers in the
vicinity were Ill aroused through the
rural telephones to look for the
three negroes, who were believed ia
be hiding on, nearby FARMS
Timothy CAllagsn, q brother oi
the .murdereds mainland D conductor
on the Milwaukee; road ~nrTiyed lin
Scotland yesterday and took thu
body Of Joe Callagans back to Sioux
City. 1T viii be inte1red' ID Wisc0ni
sin. gsFss k.5fslI u
KHl4SANlFE ANDsAIsSO
NEltsBnOR INTERFERING
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