The Ward County independent., 1921-06-02
ONE Man KILLED, one WOUNDED
City, County and State Officials Partic.
ipate in Capture; Sheriff Shoots
Up Mysterious Ford

farm. The car was secreted behind
clump Of trees in a little draw
along the highway. The trees ap-
pear on either side Of the road and
make an excellent cover. The wires
between Martin and Minot had been
kept hot. The yeggmen's Buick had
been seen travelling through Velva
at fierce pace and Minot was noti-
fled. One man was left in the Wat
kins, car and the others with drawn
guns hid among the trees. The Buick
soon came tearing down the road at
55 miles an hour and the Watkins
car was pulled up directly across its
path in the narrow road. 1t appeared
for time that the Buick would crash
into the Watkins car, but all at once,
the Buick was headed off the grade
down through clump of small trees
into the wire fence, coming to =
halt after one fence post had been
broken off. And then things happen
ed so quickly that it's hard to describe
them.
o. C. Redlin informs the Indepen-
dent that the unknown yeggman, who
was killed, and his pal, Geo. Weber,
who was shot in the leg, jumped from
the car at about the same time. Web
er ran rapidly towards the little tri
angular clump of trees, about two
acres, with Hurd and Redlin pumping
cold lead after him. He fell and then
disappeared in the brush. The yegg-
man who was killed started to run
but as he came to tree, stopped,
turned around and reached for his
gun which was in holster under his
left arm. He grabbed the gun holster
and all, and would undoubtedly have
gotten in a shot or two, had not the
soft holster came away with the .38
automatic. The yeggman fell dead
with bullet hole in the front part Of
his neck, not more than ten feet from
his car. 1t was found that he had
.3S calibre revolver in holster under
each arm. Only Hurd and Redlin had
done any shooting. F. L. Watkins
stood guarding the third man who
did not get out of the car, a grey
haired, cool headed individual who
calls himself Patrick Farley. Wat
kins trained his small machine gun
on Farley but did not shoot. This is
the gun Watkins uses when chasing
'whiskey runners. 1t is provided with
belts Of cartridges and can shoot 300
times in a minute. Farley was slow
in getting out Of the car. Watkins
threatened to shoot unless he got out
quickley. Farley instead Of getting
out of the door, cody stepped over
on the opposite side Of the car and
walked around with his hands up. He
did not lose much time in lighting
his pipe and he remarked that the
morning was chilly. He's an old
bird, with hair as white as the driven
snow, but a face not so old looking.
He claims he's 66 years old, but he
is nearer 55. H Farley was armed,
no gun was found, and it is entirely
possible that he tossed his gun to one
side as he walked around the car.
Farley took his arrest cody and said
that he had just caught ride with
the two men, at Velva. He never saw
them before he said. He accounted
for the SAC in silver officers found in
his pockets by saying he had won the
money at poker at Fessenden T be
night before. Sheriff Scofield fe-
marked that it was queer how Farley
could get the Buick to stop. III tried
to stop a Ford this morning and
didn't want a ride either, and there
was nothing doing," the sheriff re-
markeds Farley said it was easy but
when the sheriff stated that he thot
Farley was lying, the fellow said he
didn't care whether the sheriff be-
1ieved his story or not. Farley said
he would have to employ a lawyer
before he said anything, showing that
he is no novice.
Find Man in Woods
The Watkins force knew there was
a man in the woods, but didn't know
how many there might be. When the
Buick showed up, it made such a
cloud of dust and everything happen
ed so quickly, that it was believed
that there was another man or two in
the woods. Watkins decided to wait
until the sheriff's car arrived, which
did not take long. Sheriff Scofield
and Officer Redlin walked into the
dense brush, leaving. the others to
guard the outer edge Of the timber.
Weber was found lying as tho dead in
the brush. The sheriff found him
and kicked him on the soles of tie
feet to see if he was still alive. Web
er pretended to be very seriously in
jured but was assisted to his feet
and taken to the sheriff's car. He
crawled Is feet from the spot where
he first fell No gun could be found
on him and he denied having gun.
The officers however searched the
woods and found the gun where he
had buried It as he lay on the ground.
It is possible that Weber also buried