The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-03
3 FEUDISTS FIGHT
MILITIA AND POSSE
EX-kcntuckianS Surrounded
in Hut shoot Sheriff and
Two Deputies.
HOLD OUT FOR - HOURS

RHINELANpER. Wis. Dec. c.-Three
Kentucky mountaineers. members OF 4
colony Of Ksntuckians Who settled here
many years ago 70 escape the feuds IN
their native state, after being hesieged
.aenty-four hours in solid log hut
I'm "A swamp near Gag.n, thirty miles
from here. aghting on Snerin's posse
of hundred picked rifcmcn and sew
.ral companies OF National Guardsmen.
ESCAPED to the opru forest late tonight
sheriff Crosoot has been shot, together
with several deputies, and TWO "f ~"
besi,ged are believed to b- wounded. but
the Kentuckians havs plenty Of am
munitiou and have ALREADY held Off their
attackers for tw-nty-four hours.
The names of the three kentucklans
are not known. Their friends IN the
colony who supplied them with ammun'-
tion conceal their Identity. The three
men are accused ot breaking into a
saloon at Sparks, "a crossroad IN the
forest near Gagen. The burglary vas
reported To sheriff crofoot AZ Rhine
lander and last night tWo deputy
sherirfs Hans Roid and Andrew And-r-
son, went out to the colony 10y train
20 arrest the accused men.
Their snack Is IN the wilderness. As
the deputies approached and called upon
the Kentuckians TO surrender. the latter
apparently prepared for their coming.
opened FIR. and both officers dropped.
They bound up each others wounds IL
the forest and struggled through TO
Gagen, where they sent out calls Tor
help. and Immediately large posse was
organized to go to their rescue and cap
ture the bandits,
Meanwhile the colony OF kentuckians
was not idle When the deputies lei;
TO call aid the three outlaws cut all
the telephone and telegraph wires to
3 Rhinelandcr and prepared for long
siege, Their friends supplied them
plentfully with baskets ~ cartridges
and then they barricaded themselves in
the hut. waiting for Developments II
Is the belief Of the attackers that two
Of the three were wounded. else they
would have fled deeper into the woods
whale the deputy sheriffs were gone.
As soon as word of the attack on
the two officers reached Rhinciander a
squad OF militia headed by Scrgt l.. l.,
Russell, who scored forty eight consecu-
tive bullscyes AT 1000 yards IN this
years national rifle shoot Mt Jackson
Vile. was called together and started
ON its way to surround the bandits
cabin.
I
riiemen gathered here too. Others were
picked up on the way and rushed to
Gagen lest the three Kentuckians try
90 escape.
AT daybreak another hundred men
from Sparks and Gagen Joined the at
tackers. eucircling the hut and yigor-
Gus attack was made. The posse ad-
vanccd under cover OF the trees and
none was injured. Sheriff Crofoot led
another sortic about noon and n bullet
put him out Of the fight.
A messenger returning from Gagen
late this afternoon reported that Sheriff
Crofoot's wound was probably fatal and
hat In the several clashes during the
day two OF the men in the log shack ap-
parently were injured
Another call for reenforcements met
with a hearty response. The rest Of
the local guardsmen left for the scene
OF the woods battle late this afternoon