The Seward gateway., 1916-12-01
RUNS AMOK AND
 SLAYS ANOTHER
ONE DEAD AND ONE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED ON R. K. BY
 SUPPOSED MADMAN.

Irving is in the Seward General hos pital seriously wounded as the result of shots fired by Walter Stoker on the railroad near Mile 12 and Mile IA yesterday, Thanksgiving Day. The man who did the shooting is still at large, or was at large at l:3O o'clock this afternoon.
 The first intimation of the tragedy f came when engine No. 1 was hauling the pile driver to Snow river yester- day. Engineer Thomas Ward of the government railroad was on the train and tells the story as follows:
 "Whie the train was enroute at 2:15 p. m. we saw man lying across the track at about Mile 12% and the train was stopped at once. When the train crew picked up the body it wa. found to be still warm but death ha@ taken place. This was John Hend- ricks. An examination showed tha. he had been shot through the side We placed the body in the caboos' and in a few moments we saw anoth. CT man, who proved to be Henry Hanko, running up the track. He told us that another man had been shot at the south end of Snow river bridge at Mile IA. According to the story oi Hanke he and Irving had been thaw, ing dynamite when Walter Stoker ap- preached and asked them if they had his mittens. He carried rifle in his hand and looked ugly and threaten ing. Irving said he did not have the missing mittens and continued to eX- plain when Stoker stepped back about twenty feet, raised the rifle and fired 1 Irving dropped, Hanko says, and Hanko helped him to the fire and then ran up the track for help. Immedi- ately after the shooting, Irving, the wounded man, saw Stoker on the north side of Snow river and going towards Mile 20. It was later learn ed that Stoker had called in at the roadhouse at Mile 12 about 1: 20 p. m., and had asked Mrs. Stanley Schwab if his mittens were there. He then walked up the track towards Mile IA and met Mir. Schwab a short distance from the roadhOuse. He al so inquired from Schwab about the mittens. Craddock, the section fore 1 man who was working near Snow riv- CT was also attacked by StOker after the shooting of Irving. StOker took a shot at Craddock but missed and Craddock made his escape. An alarm was at once sent out over the line by phone to warn all along the road to watch out, both to protect themselves and to capture Stoker if possible. Deputy Marshal Ike Evans was at once notified and with a posse hast ened to the scene Rifles were ob- tained at Mile 12 roadhOuse and the crew at Snow river were armed and set out in search, accompanied by Dr. J. NJ. Sloan whose intended duty it was to render aid in the event of fur ther casualties"
 The dead man, who, by the way, is commonly known as Gus, and Irving were carried to the city on the train, and Irving was taken to the General Hospital and operated upon. He IS shot through the liver, Dr. Sloan says, and very seriously wounded. Dr. ROmig and Dr. Sloan are the physi- clans.
 When darkness fell last night Dep uty Marshal Evans, Bill Weaver Percy Pullen, Melvin HOrner and others were at Mile 20 and still scar ching for Stoker. Early this after noon Mir. Evans returned to the city on business but the posse was still in pursuit. Dr. Sloan went with the posse yesterday afternoon when they arrived just about dark at the cabin of StOker just beyond Snow river They found that he had evidently wis