The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-09-11
WOUND OFFICER
IN GUN BATTLE,
PAIR ARRESTED
Deputy Colleps of Alex in Ser
ious Condition as Result Shoot
ing When Ee Attempted to
Arrest Suspects.
HE HAS CHANCE FOR
RECOVERY is OPIONION
Shot Four Times; Tells Story OF
Affair; City and County offl-
GERS Arrest Two Early To
day After Search.

uHY AlLeI OCbl Oh'
J. n. Collins, town marshall and
deputy sheriff at Alex, small town
eighteen miles southeast of Chick
asha was shot four times late yes
terday afternoon by two men VINO
are alleged to have resisted arrest
on suspect of having passed bogus
checks. Two middleaged men, Civ
ing their names as Joe lnman and
Charles Johnson are in the county
iai charged with the shooting.
Deputy Colleps, age &C and said
to be one OF the oldest law enforce
ers in Oklahoma, is confined in a
local hospital and is in serious
condition. He rested easily last
night and physicians at the Chick
asha hospital believe he has a
chance to recover, however.
The bullet holes are in the left
shoulder near the neck. Only one
bullet, according to physicians,
passed through the body
CoIeps Tells Story.
While lying on bed in the Chick
asha hospital this morning, Deputy
Colleps told the story of the shoot
ing.
81 was requested to arrest the
men and hold them. | finally Sc
cured the assistance of Ed Stan
field, a 19-year.old lad, who took
me in his Ford automobile. We gave
chase to the men, who were driving
a Buick touring car. Four miles
rorth of Alex near the Hawkins
school house, the men stopped their,
car and one OF them got out of the
machine.
"A short distance behind them, we
stopped our car. | got out of the
machine and with my gun in my
hand, walked up to the men and told
them that / would have to arrest
them, that they were charged with
passing bogus checks. Who are YOU
one of them said. told them that |
was a deputy sheriff. Under Matt
Sankey,' one of them asked. / an
swered yes
Using one hand and holding the
gun with the other, / searched the
man standing on the ground. After
l had ordered the man l had search
ed to stand back / commanded the
man in the car to get out, that |
wanted to search him.
"He did not obey but instantly
reached for a gun. attempted to
knock the gun out Of his hand and
as | did so the man on the ground
dashed toward me.
"The last thing j remembered
was that | had the man / had
searched down on the ground and
instantly it appeared that my head
had bupsted
Il was unconscious only about
fifteen minutes. When | regained
consciousness, the men had fled in
their machine.
81 remember of firing one shot
and believe that l fired the second
time"
Mr.. Colleps was placed in an auto
mobile and conveyed to the town of
Alex He was Immediately rushed to
the hospital here.
Ed Stanfield, the lad who piloted
the car that pursued the alleged
bogus check artists, is said to have
been shot in the leg. Bill Miller. an
other lad and third member Of the
party, was not injured
Wilson Resumes Pursuit.
Yesterday morning, D'Arthur VIII
son, deputy sheriff here, was called
to Bradley to arrest two alleged
"hot" check artists believed to have
been the pair now in the county
Jail
He missed the men in Bradley
but later got wind" that they were
in Alex. He arrived in Alex soon
after iCty Marshall Colleps had left
in pursuit of the men.
The shooting took place before
the arrival of Deputy Wilson. who
was accompanied by Jim Bond and
Lee Cruise, merchants of Alex.
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