Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-13
How Sef-Sacrificing and Honest
Lr1postor Collected Million Names
for the Pardon of the Famous John

twenty-six years old. and my sister is
Maria. now twenty-five.
81 married Kate Finnegan and had two
children, Johnny and Mary, sometimes
called Mabel. The youngsters we're killed
In fight with the sheriff's posse in 1908.
My wife died in Winter, in 1909
"Our trouble with the lumber interests
grew out of their efforts to confscats
our dam. When they found that my
father would not submit they did every.
thing they could to force us out.
Father. mother and were all tried to-
gether after we had been In Jail about
ITO days. Only father was convicted.
He is now Federal prisoner at Waupon.
Wis, because the man he shot during the
raid on our cabh in 1910 was standing
on the Federal Indian Reservation at the
time.
81 have already sent is petitions from
each of the various States have visited
to President Wilson. l addressed them
to Carl Schultz, a Washington lawyer.
OF course, they reached the President, be-
cause they bore results"
The startling discrepancies between
this story and the facts as ascertained
from various reliable sources may now
be referred to.
In the first place, the warden of wau-
pom prison declares that Dietz is not and
never has been a Federal prisoner.
Hence, President Wilson has no power to
pardon him.
Secondly, John F. Dietz, the outlaw, is
not more than fifty years old; whereas
the New York Leslie Dietz" says he is
seventy-six.
Thirdly, the outlaw had six children;
namely, Leslie, Clarence, Myra, Helen,
John and baby.
Fourthly, the real Leslie Dietz is only
twenty-four years old to-day, whereas the
man In New York says he is forty-nine.
Filthy, the real Leslie Dietz was I'M
questionably In Mayville, Wis, when his
namesake was lying unconscious In q
New York hospital.
Sixthly. when shown a photograph Of
the Dietz family, day or two after he
had told the foregoing story, the New
York Leslie Dietz said that a child of
twelve or whereabouts who, in fact. is
Helen Dietz, daughter of the outlaw, was
Clara Dietz, his own daughter, although
a day or two before he had said his own
daughter was named Mary or Mabel.
Seventhly, investigation in Washington
failed to reveal any Carl Schultz, a law
yer. When Intercepted further as to
this, me New York Leslie Dietz explained
that Schultz, whom he now referred to as
John Schultz, was in reality Wisconsin
lawyer, having an office in Madison OF
Wisconsin, but that he was frequently in
Washington. When reminded that previ
ously he had said the lawyers name was
Carl, whereas now he gave II as John. he
explained that the mans name was really
John Carl Schultz.
A dozen more serious discrepancies o.
this character pointed conclusively to the
fact that this man whose efforts have al
ready resulted in the Communication of the
famous outlaws sentence, and whose con
tinued work may bring about the mans
earlier release, Is not Leslie Dietz at all
The fact that he actually believes him
self Leslie Dietz and that under thai
personality he secured Communication Of
sentence for the mans he
may never have seen pre-
Bents one OF the most ~a
striking phenomena ever Il
brought TO the attention -.
Of psychologists. How they -
explain It is told here.