Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-09-01
) Killed, Judge and 3 Deputy
SherIffs Captured by Miners
as New Battle Opens.
SOLDIERS ESCAPE TRAP
Heavy Loss % Life Among Troo oers
Averted When Commander Hslts
Men Just As They Were About
TO Enter Death Snare.

Ethel. w Warmed miners who
dashed with state troopers have cap
ured Fulton Mitchell. justice of the
peace. and three deputy sherins Of
sheriff Don Chains Logan county
'orces. The men are being held as
logtages by the miners who are mo-
lJ!llzaf at 5narplss. Bone county. III
.ent or carrying ont their invasion OF
Aingo county
Advises TO state police headquarters
IRE that the hostages are being held at
cIothier, Boone county. Just across the
logan county line In street fighting
lere woman was killed According
| % statement she had fired on state
| roopers from house window and the
| Ire had been returned
| Five men fell in the encounter while
prospects for another battle on an I'M
Drecedented scale loom with armed
,ands at Sharpies growing FESTIVE
| Heavy Loss Of Life Averted.
| Heavy loss OF life among state troop
srs was averted when Capt p.
8rochus, commanding, halted bis band
IA il was about 10 walk into a trap
aid by the armed bands Captain
Brochus said that the state police
| played In luck" in stopping where
| hey did
We learned from Sharples that
here were between 1900 and 1000
miners waiting for rs To walk into a
rap" Captain Drockus said. and il We
had advanced IL seems assured a very
serious situation would have deyel-
,ped.'
/ All along the way. state police Off
GERS explained. pot shots" were being
aiken at the officers by men hidden in
houses and in ambush
| Fallen Men Carried on.
| He added that after his men had
seen three who had fallen picked up
and carried away by their companions.
he state troopers and deputies retired
because some of their number were in
civilian clothes and il was difficult TO
distinguish them in the darkness from
men comprising the armed band.
| The clash was at close range. ac-
sording to Captain Brockus report. the
men firing at each other when but eight
20 10 feet apart Prior 10 the fight.
| Captain Brockus said. IL prisoners had
been taken by the patroling party
which set out from Logan. ostensibly
toward Blair and Sharpies Four OF
.he prisoners escaped during the en-
lgagement. IL was said. and one Of them
is believed TO have been killed.
| t2 Troopers in Fight
Captain Brockns was at the head of
The advance guard OF troopers and
deputies. IL was this detachment,
comprising IL men. then engaged the
armed band The patrol while pro-
ceeding toward Sharples. Captain
Brockus reported, ran across five men
IN foot. All were armed with rifles
and one had a shotgun. he said
We called upon these men To dis
arm. which they did" the captain co.,
tinued We placed them under ar
rest and proceeded down the road.
Further on. We met two automobiles
and placed six additional armed men
under arrest
With the II prisoners We marched
On toward Sharples and came upon an
other squad OF five armed men Some
one called To us that We would not be
allowed TO pass We called upon them
90 surrender their arms but received IN
reply a volley of shots.
Our men returned the fire and In
The fight five men fell 20 The ground
We waited until we saw that they
we're picked up and carried away, and
then decided To discontinue the ad
vance for the present IL was very
lark and some OF our deputies were
IN civilian clothes. hampertng our dis
tinguishing them"