The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-06-01
SHER|FF'S SLAYER
IS KILLED BY
TRAILER
PAUL WALTERS SHOT AND
KILLED BY INDIAN
TRAILER

After eluding his pursuers for
five days, Paul Walters, draft eva
der and slayer of Sheriff Mark Will
der of Churchill county, was shot
and killed at GAS Friday evening
10y skinny" Pascal, an Indian
trailer. Walters was killed on an
island in an alkali swamp seven
rIiles northwest of Parran, two and
one-half miles from the main line
of the Southern Pacific.
Displaying remarkable shrewd-
ness in covering his tracks, he had
followed the line of the swamp for
Is miles, with a posse of 10 men
on his trail. Gathered around the
small island in which they felt GER
tain they had their quarry corner
ed, none of the posse saw Walters,
who was lying flat in the tules, un-
til he leveled his rifle at Joaquin
Brown, who, with Pascal. was the
only member of the posse un-
mounted.
Shouting a warning to Brown,
Pascal fired from a distance of Sc
yards, the bullet from his 1890
rifle blowing off the back of Wal
ters' head before he had time to
Full the trigger. AS Walters lay
writhing in the tule, several other
Iaf1 firnI hnf fh0u uoro nm
necessary, as he was helpless. He
Gied in 16 minutes and the body
was taken to Tanning, hear where
Sheriff Wildes was shot.
Walters carried a 1890 rifle,
field glasses, $50 rounds of am
munition and was we'll provisioned
with fresh pies, cakes, butter, 20
Lounds of bacon and Is pounds of
dried prunes. He had resolved to
sell his life dearly, for near his
body was found his felt hat, the
crown of which had been pressed
in and filled with cartridges. He
wa clad entirely in khaki, making
Linn a difficult mark ever at a short
distance.
Members of the posse were con-
yinced some of them would be kill
ed before they accounted for Wal
ters and it is believed hat the
death of several of them was avert
cd only by the keen eye of Pascal
seeing the sherif's slayer before
he had time to fire a shot. One
OF the posse was standing only 40
feet from him when he leveled his
rifle at Brown and had Brown been
killed this man would have been a
quick second victim.
That Walters was we'll equipped
and provisioned is taken as evil
dence that he had been concealed
by members of a socialist colony
rear Fallon at least part of the
time since the shooting of Sheriff
Wildes. Additional evidence of
this fact is that his clothing was
rev.
Sheriff Wildes left a wife, a son
and a s~tep-daughter. He was elect
ed sheriff of Churchill county at
the last election and was held in
high esteem throughout the county.
His funeral was held at Fallon Sat
Lrday afternoon and was attended
by Governor Boyle, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sullivan, members of the
governors staff and George Wing
field of Reno.
C. NJ. Way of Fallon, who has
served as deputy assessor for sever
al years, has been appointed by the
churchill county commissioners to
succeed Sheriff Wildes.
OF the men who trailed Walters
until he was killed, the Churchill
County Eagle, published at Fallon,
says:
There are few who can realize
the hardships endured by the men
who have been trailing Walters
through the rugged hills since last
Sunday evening. They have work
ed diligently and INCREASINGLY, with
little sleep"