The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-07-22
SHOOTING FATAL To
HOLD-UP VICTIM SAT.

Forty-eight hours after he was
held up and shot by fellow passenger
in a box car, Harry Owen. whose name
is William Brewis, died at the
hospital in spite of all efforts to save
his life. His mother, Mrs. C. E.
Brewis, and sister, Mrs. Helen
Olson, both of Wheaton, ILL.,, arrived
just few hours before his death.
The thots of seeing his mother no
doubt kept him alive for some time.
Otto Schneck, Harold Mittelstaedt
and Carl Pryts were subpeoned as q
coroners jury, which met Immediately
after death was announced by the
doctors.
The affair, few details of which
were given IN last weeks Herald
Advance. took place on q west-bOund
freight train just as it was pulling
into the yards here. Steve kozlow,
who was the fourth man in the car
and was held up at the same time, was
taken into custody at Webster togeth-
er with all others on the train and
held as suspect. Sheriff Wilson inn
mediately went to Webster and brot
him bach here The following is his
story of the shooting.
"We were in the car sleeping and
the first thing knew | heard some
one yell, Hands up! l stood up and
| put up my hands and then the fellow
with the gun fired at Owen. Owen
fell to the floor and rolled over and
the fellow came for me. l didn't
think Of anything but that great big
80 revolver pointed at mo. He search
cd me and took $1.43, jack-knife and
some tobacco had The other
searched Owen, but couldn't do a
good job and failed to find the $40
bill Owen had. Then they said to
Owen, Guess you'd better get out
of here and Owen said 4 guess I'd
better Owen climed out and the train
went to Summit. There the hold-ups
| got out and said that if / got out
they would shoot me and l stayed in
and went to Webster"
Steve is Russian Pole and seemed
as tho he were telling a straight
story. He was taken to the hospital
|
was used to identify suspect held
Saturday, but who was able to prove
an, alibj. efs
Two men were arrested in the yards
after the passenger went east, who
were held ss possible suspects. They
were taken TO the hospital Friday
and Owen declared they were the men
Shortly after he said they were not
and seemed confused. They were re-
leased and fled from the city before
the eyewitness, Steve, arrived It is
quite possible that the two men were
the mnrderers, but all effort to trace
them and bring them back to face
Steve have failed. A third man was
taken by the Summit constable and
brought here Saturday who answered
the descriptions given. He said that
Thursday night he hal.- slept in q
Watertown hotel. and his story was
found to be true, when the hotel
clerk found the name registered anG
gave 4 description of the man.
Owen was taken to the hospital
where it was found that the bulle,
had entered just below the heart, 60.
ing thru the stomach, liver and Other
organs. The fact that SO many part
were injured made recovery practi.
cally impossible from the first. Wore
was sent to his mother living al
Wheaton, who arrived Saturday after.
noon, Just two hours before he died
The mother said that altho her boy
had not been home for four years hi
had always been good man. He was
80 years of age. They returned will
the body Monday afternoon.
This death is the second one in thu
state OF the same kind. Henderson
a young ex-servicenan was shot anl
killed near Woolsey, when he refused
to carry I.W.W. card Every train
both, freight and passenger carries :
large number OF free passengers
Numerous complaints have been re
ceivcd from various parts Of the stat,
and the state sheriff has issued order
to .keep a strict watch over them AN.
take whatever measures may seen
necessary to keep them under full
control.
, Locally there has been no troubl
!, whatever and city authorities do no
anticipate any.
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