The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-21

DIES FROM WOUND
SHOT IN RIGHT LEG AFTER OP-
ENING FIRE ON SHERIFF
AND DEPUTIES
Thursday night Of last week Sheriff
Thomas Hennessy Of this city and
five deputies went to the Mouse River
bridge near Newburg and stationed
themselves to await the probable pass
age Of an automobile in the unlawful
business Of transporting whiskey into
the United States from Canada.
AT about four o'clock in the morn
ink 9 big powerful Chandler Six auto
mobile loaded with booze came along
and when at the center Of the New
burg bridge, or to be more exact,
when the car had reached a point on
the bridge nearly directly over the
strs the five men stationed at the
east nd Of the span came out into the
road. displayed a search light and at
the tup of their voices ordered the cal
which was coming from the west ia
stop. The command was given num-
Der Of times but instead of stopping
as ordered, by officers Of the law, the
driver opened up the throttle wide in
an effort to make his getaway, and
at the same time while passing,
steered his car in such way as to
nearly run over one Of the deputies.
A shot was fired into the radiator Of
the approaching car, while it was still
q distance Of about 40 yards away,
and after it was very apparent the
driver did not intend to stop. !.
Thereupon the sheriff and his men
stepped to either side Of the road and
started to shoot, as also did the man
sitting alongside Of the driver Of the
car. The authorities fired low in IN
effort TO cripple the car and at least
one Of the deputies declared that he
had bullets whizxing all around him
from the gun Of the man in the car.
AS the car sped on, one rifle shot W.
fired into tho back Of it and bro1a
shout q dozen bottles Of whiskey. AT
4 distance Of about 800 yards from
the bridge the car came to stop,
not Of the drivers own win hut be-
eause the car could 60 no further as
the timing gears were Smashed md
. la1ge hole in the gasoline taAk II
dzsivetseot out of tie cArs4hd stApfee
or tAe Grade toyfhs nortA md made
his eetaway. A1ta1agh Drdered p
stops u did net and II Was not the
mission nor the intentiOn AZ the
sheriff and his deputies to shoot any
man, hence the driver rot away. y.
At about the same. time the driver
slighted from the car, the man sitting
alongside Of him alighted to The s0d
Of the car and sat down on the. roGd,
The authorities ran mp % fast g. they
could but when they reached the mai,
he was practically dead and exannina-
ton revealed that he had, been shot
in the leg, just above the knee and
an artery had been severed. The time
elapsing from the time the car stopped
lunfilsAhe authorities reached the man
was not % exceed five minutes at ,the
,vsffy f outside bdt they: weie too 1ate
t0 save the mans life and the fact
that his life was snuffed out in 50
short q time is hard to believe but
nevertheless true, .
Undertaker Weaver and . local doc
tor were ct once notified and Mr..
Weaver took the corpse at once TO
this city.
.s Esxaninatien Of pernonals of tie
man revealed his name to be w. G.
Kendall and his home to be at Sioux
Falls, s. D., altAough evidence showed
It'd 1he carsMas atsu Sioux City, =.
In the car along with booze was
found three different sets Of license
numbers, one North Dakota, two
South Dakota and one Iowa, q North
Dakota number being on the car ct
the time. IL.
a local doctor is Of the opinion that
had the driver stopped the car when
the man wAs shot and bound up his
lsx his life could have been saved but
instead of this Il drove % fat IS Tie
car would allow him % i order "a
make his own getaway.
Sheriff Hennessy and his deputies
fee1 very badly over the fact that !
life Ind 70 b taken and. The shetif
statsd there and before and after that
he would not iEsntionally kill ! nia1l
Tor III the whi6keys going through
Bottfneau County. That II was g! w
cident That the man. was shot y the
opinion q everyone at III inclined to
be the least III fair il the matter and
this was tho only shell that was fired
high enough u even TIT them. sTss II
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