The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-09-12
With ScanI Wearing Apparel He Invades
Station at POCasset Challenging
All to Fight
SHOT DOWN BY
DEPUTY BROCK
Paid No Attention TO Crash on Skull
With Plank or to Wound Made by
Rock BuIMade for Officer

Apparently having gone "dippy'
over the war. Kaspar Sost sturdy,
muscular German of twenty-six, bran
dishing a large pocket knife ran amuck
at the railroad station at Pocasset and
was only brought down by a gun
wound inflicted by Deputy Sheriff
Brock after all other means to control
him had failed.
Sost was clad only in trousers,
shoes and gloves. large part of his
anatomy being exposed He accosted
evry man, woman and child whom he
met asking If they were seeking him
and whether they desired a fight
Among those whose path he crossed
were two lady school teachers who
seemed at one time to be in imminent
danger Of attack
Defied Passenger Train.
gis first public appearance was
made short distance north of the
station at Pocasset while tramping in
to that town from Minco. He dis
regarded the warnings sent out by the
engineer Of the oncoming passenger
train and wildly waved his arms in de.
fiance to the iron monster which was
steaming toward him The engineer
slowed up and at the last moment
Sost left the track
Shot by Sheriff
Arriving at the station he waved his
knife threateningly at every one whom
he passed. Deputy Sheriff Brock was
hastily summoned but Sost would not
respond to reason. He started toward
the officer with open knife when
some one landed on his skull with
rock. This halted him only for an
instant but that was long enough to
give Deputy Brock a chance to PICK
up small plank with which he in
flicted scalp wound which required
two stitches This did not feeze him
and the officer then shot him in the
leg, the ball passing through the mus
Gle under the knee, which brought the
German to the ground and caused him
to drop the knife. Only the efforts Of
by ISLANDERS to lasso him, which caus
ed him to slash repeatedly at the rope.
gave the deputy sheriff the required
time between assaults to get the adj
vantage without having to kill his
man.
Sost had been employed shocking
corn on the farm OF Joe Clayson west
of Union City and had been left with
a task. When Clayson returned to
look for him his farm hand had disan.
peared and nothing was learned of
Sost till he reached Pocasset.
He was brought in here last night
by Deputy Brock, after hurried atten-
ton had been paid to his wounds.
Wants to Enter Army.
In the sheriffs office this morning
Sost said he was twenty-six years old,
a former resident of Bruck, Germany,
where he is listed for military service
and that when he was winged at Po-
casset he was on his way to New Or
leans to ask the German consul to
send him back home to engage in the
war. He had served both in the army
and navy, he said, and had spent sew
eral years as sailor on various German
liners but had left that service four
years ago to go to Mexico.
The man was evidently unbalanced
and did not recognize the officer who
had floored him when they met this
morning.
Off the Firing Line.
County Physician Emanuel dressed
his three wounds this morning and af.
ter covering his head with a cap made
of bandages a la mode the wounded
man had the appearance Of a man who
had Just come off the German firing
line.
Wants to co Back.
Sost modestly asked Sheriff Bailey
for money enough to get back to Ger
many to which the officer remarked
that there was not money enough in
the county to get him back there
now.