Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-10-12

End in Bloody Fight with
Posse.
Frank Davis, alias Chicago Black
ie.' of Enid, Okla, and harvest hand
known only as ''Nosey," are dead and
Chief of Police Carl Nelson Of Caring
ton 10 in st. Paul hospital, suffering
from q bullet wound through tne
stomach, as result of battle be.
tween a posse and a band of four noid
up men at Carrington Saturday night
Chief Nelson was rusned to st. Pau
on a special train immediately foilow'
ing the shooting, q popular suDscr.p
tion among the citizens of the city
netting the sum Of $500 in less than
iaalf an hour. Nelson was operated
on early Sunday morning, rne bullet
being removed from his stomach, and
there is every aope that he will re
cover. He was accompanied to St
Paul by Mayor Roberts of Darlington
Dr. Mckenzie and Mrs. Nelson.
Seversl Hoid-ups.
Several holdups in various parts OF
the city Saturday night baffled the
police. The noldrup of one Ed. Burch
near the junction of the 500 and N
~. railroad lines, led the police &C
the yards in search Of the men, but
they were unsuccessful. at IL O'CLOCK
We 1cmr. hold-up men entered the
pool room run by Jim Hopkins, and a;
the point of a revolver held UP 50
men in tine hall at the time, getting
away with about 5000.
"A few hours later CHER Of Police
Neeson, VITA several officers ana 6
posse Of Darlington citizens, wenr ;c
the Kilby rGoming house, where Il
was learned the men were staying
An attempt to arrest the men prec'pl
tated the fight. .s
Shoots From Behind.
While Nelson was attempting tc
force the door into, the rocm Of one
Of the men he was shot from i5ehind
by another member of the gang. q
general fusilade followed, in which
Frank Davis was shot through. the
heart and instantly killed. Isaac Day
an old man employed about the room
ing house, was slightly wounded by a
stray shot. Two Of the men were cap
tured by the posse, but 'Nosey" es
capped. His body was found late yes
terday afternoon in q grove about nine
miles from Darlington. A bullet
wound through the lungs caused
death. "Mosey" was known to 'be Sc
.riously wounded when he escaped
and searching parties were sent o0ls
at once in an effort to catch him
How the man managed to get so fal
away from the scene of the shooting
is q mystery. His wound was a So
we're one causing internal bleeding.
"Mosey" .las been working near
Darlington for some time as a har
vest hand. None knew the mans
name, but he always went by the
above cognomen, because of MS ex
tremely large nose.
TIE outlaws were in different rooms
at the Kilby house, and a pitched bat
Tie ensued between them and the
posse.
Darlington people are UP in arms
over the affair, and crowds were
securing tle country in all directions
Sunday in their efforts to capture
the wounded yeggman. The discovery
of the body was a general relief tc
all the farmers in the country sur
rounding.
Sheriff Nelson believes that the
band Of four is the one which has
been terrorising the country for SONS
time. The police and county Off
GERS were unable to get any track o1
the men until Saturday night, when
their daring brought them into Car
rington.
MANY in State.
The band captured at Darlington Is
only one of dozen suca gangs op
Grating IN the state at the present
time, but the officers in every county
are on the alert, and t:le Carringoor
fiKht may put a damper on them.
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