The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 30, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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THE LEADER GUTHRIE OKLAt THURSDAYK AUGUST 30. 1906.
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Dielz Family in Front of
"Fortress" After the Battle
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Haywnrd Sawyer county. Wis
John P. Liet. the homesteader the
"outlaw of Cameron dam." wilt re-
main an outlaw for many a day. un-
less tho sheriff of Sawyer county can
devise some means of capturing him
without the help of the Wisconsin nu
tlonal guard. This Is the only satis
faction that was given to Sheriff G1
land who led a posse of crack rifle
shots after the man at Cameron dam
when he asked the governor for troops
to serve a wsrrnnt on this home-
steader nvho for threo years has de-
fled tho stnto courts and who for
part of that time has stood oft oven
the United States authorities.
It sounds more like a t.Me of the
mountains of the west or of tho grand
duke ridden steppes or Russia than
a story of a Wisconsin homesteader's
fight for what ho believes is simple
justice does tho record of John P.
DIetz's successful defiance of tho en-
tire state of Wisconsin.
It began with an effort on tho part
of tho poor farmer of the wilderness
to collect a debt from n great lumber
company backed by men with mil-
lions. Ho has so far failed to get
what ho claims was due him but the
lumber company which opposed I'l
will to tho porslstenco of the woods
man has lost far moro than the orlg-
'nal claim. Ho originally claimed n
small sum a few hundrods of dol-
lars. Tho company's loss slnc it
failed to pay what was domanded has
reached a total of fully a quarter of
a million dqllars and some estimates
put tho figure nt nearer a million.
Tho Chlppowa River Lumbor com-
pany has lost 20000000 feet of tim-
ber and has been forced to discon-
tinue extensive lumbering oporatlonB
In tho uppor waters of tho Thornnpplo
river by the guard placed at Cam
eron dam by "Outlaw" Dletz who re-
fuses to let a log go to markot until
his claim Is paid. He has succoe&rully
tipheld his right to the dam for threo
years against posse after posse
against bands of woodmen In tho em-
ploy of the company and in tho face
of efforts to dynamite tho dam.
State Is Appealed To.
The state has been appealed to to
send troops to stop the war of a lone
woodsman against a great lumbor
company and has refused telling tin-
sheriff that it is his duty to oap'un-
Dletz If he has a warrant foi the un-
law and that It Is not nerfbsarv to
call out the militia to a-iest one law
breaker
Aftor threo years of intermlu ni
fighting recontly Sheriff Oylland w!u
had already appealed to tho rovei noi
for troops in vain went into the wl
derness about tho Dletz home with a
posse of crack shots from Mil wan iter
headed by a private detective wh hs
figured in many a thrilling encounti r
with angry strikers counterfoil! 3
and In other situations requiring a
man of iron nerve.
Thirty miles through the wilderness I
Sheriff Oylland led this posse and at
the end of the trip found a deBpfiate
man nrmod with a repeating riflo
with his two sons fighting valiantly
beside him and with even the worn n
ready to defend tho fortress against
the Invaders. At the end of tho bat
tie the po&eo withdrew not in the
precise order and desperate resistant e
at every step that one reads about in
war storied but precipitately dashing
thiough the woods at a pace which
would make the deer seom like snails
beside a Jack rabbit in comparison.
Behind them was left John Rogicb
of Milwaukee thrice wounded and In
the fortress was Clarence Diets shot
In the head by a rifle ball but taved
front death by the hair's breadth by
which the bullet struck him a glanc-
ing Instead of a direct wound
Were it not for the v h-dll fatal
wounds sustained by IlogiUi the Krone
of the battle might almost bo a mm
edy for at one moment fighting depu
ties the Diet family was quick to re
turn to the even tenor of Its way.
him. Mennwhllo they charged that
Dletz had captured and killed the
prisoner.
Dletz Not Bloodthirsty.
But Dletz if lie is an outlaw. Is not
so bloodthirsty a man as that charge
would Imply.
Ne -s or Uie expected attack upon
the Dletz stronghold had roached
Hayward.and it was expected that this
final attack on Dietc would mean his
capture A newspaper correspondent
stalled for the Dletz home about the
time that the sheriff was leaving civ-
ilization for the wlltlernfss on tli
other side. Dletz did not even show a
gun at the arrival of the newspaper
mnti four hours after the battle but
wub a simple hospitable Wisconsin
plno slashing pioneer In appearance
and manner. The newspaper man was
given a bed that night well fed and
told the story of the war of Diets
against tho lumber company and tho
courts and hoard of earlier offorts to 1 tlon.
capture the "outlaw of Cameron dam."
At the ond of tho visit the ontlro
family accompanied Uio toportor to
tho edge of tho river. As tho nowipa-
per man took to tho woods amid tho
waving of hands I1I3 ears woro greet-
women too for all the girls hare been
taught from tho cradle tho use ot a
rifle.
It b a oaso of a poor man's war
against a lumber company which ho
could not afford to- fight in the courts
and because Diets has used Uie means
offered him he has been termed an
outlaw.
All northern and western Wisconsin
is interested In his fight and lately
when the report became current that
Gov Davidson would send troops to
help the sheriff effect a capture. It
was found that fully 1000 men in the
counties of Qates Cfilppcwa Rat ran
and Hayward would go to his help If
necessary to fight the national guards-
men. With all tills notoriety a theatrical
manager thought that Dletz would be
a good man to put on the vaudeville
stage hut none of that life for Diets.
He refused the offer.
Not Shy of Strangers.
With the repetitions pt efforts to
capture him It would ho supposed that
tho Dletz family would bo shy of
strangers but this Is not the enso. A
deputy Unltod States marshal went
Into the farm to serve papors posed
as a sick flsennan and war kindly
treated. Ho was unceremoniously
kicked outtof tho placo however whon
he tried o serve the papers
The family usually however seems
to recognize an officer by Instinct. Sev-
eral times have newspaper man been
able to get to the farm and chat with
Dletz but no officer except the United
States marshal who was given 11
hearty northern Wisconsin kick has
ever reached the cabin on duty bound.
Two thorlffs of flawyer county have
resigned after being unable to get the
man One United States marshal
failed and his deputy was Bervod sim
ilarly. Sheriff Oylland has made his
fourth attempt and he has (ailed.
At first the effort was merely to
serve a summons In n civil action to
force the opening of the dam but
when Diets successfully withstood
these efforts to get him off guanl so
that Uie Idled up. timber could be sent
through tho sluices of tho dam a
criminal charge was mado of attempt-
ing to kill a deputy- sheriff who was
wounded during tho previous expodl-
Delightful Summer Havens
along the line of the
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
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There Are many beautv spots in the grand high altitude
Western North Carolina' country and the SOUTHERN
RAILWAY has a considerable amount of free literature
describing the accomodations at Hot Springs Henderson-
vllle Lake Toxaway. Saluda Tate Springs Plat Rock
Waynesille Blowiig Rock Ashevllle Urevard Skland
Balsam and a hundred or so other places where the days
and nights are delightful beyond expression.
in audition to this "A Reminder" has been sent out to
the public to the effect that in Summer they should prepare
for Winter having in mind that next season in Florida
and Cuba will be more radiant than ever.
You might as well begin your plans for next winter's so-
journ in the Southern countiy. You will tmd all the com
forts and pleasures there that you will anywhere else in
Uncle Sam's domain
Tickets with many stopover privileges will bn on sale
the next season as during the past season
fJFor fjiill information write
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Assistant Gen Pass. Agent St. Louis Mo.
Or any representative of the Southern Railway.
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HOT SPRINGS
and Return Good for Thirty Days or
$2210 Round Trip--()0 Days Limit
Take a Rest-Regain Your Health i
Quickest Shortest Line and Best Connection via
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Leave Guthrie' Dally 7.40 rum. Arrive There l-ttfctfc
Morning at 7.
"Write Call or Phone 773
Jos' P. O'Donnell
Gonornl Agent. . Guthrie Okla
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This charge Is ridiculed liy the
friends of DIefz who say that it ho
had shot to kill his target would novor
havo moved again. DioU shoots
straight.
The rotusal ot tho govornor to sond
SHERIFF GYLLAND WHO HAS FAILED IN
FOUR ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE DIETZ.
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rfJ K. & T. R'yarriving Kansas City at 11:55 p.m. and 7:10
x am making important connections. The night train car- $
fi nes a through buffet Sleeper and Chair Cars to Kansas ft
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travel. You don't have to change cars If you travel via A
the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway. Tlirougu
trains over its rails run from Oklahoma City to Kan- s
sas City and St. Louis All through trains have g
Chair Cars and Pullman Sleepers. j
Trav el Rirfht.
M. K & T. trains leave Oklahoma City daily at 10:40 a. $
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travel. You don't have to change cars If you travel via
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The Missouri Pacific Railway
The Fev.st MolII Route Between
Kansas City and St. Louis
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DOUBLE DAILY TRAIN SERVICE 3ITWEEN
GUTHRIE O. T. AND KIOWA KANSAS.
The short line between Oklahoma points and
KIowb Harper Medicine Lodge Kansas; Alva and
Woodward Okla. nd the Pan Handle ot Texas.
S Trains Dodly Eoch Wd.y
Trains leave Kansas City at 8 a.m. 10:10 a.m."
9:15 p.m. and 10:55 p.m.
2 p.m.
eU by a hmn sung b the rntlrf out
law famfh as tin.') marched back up
the hiil to again take up the bitter
Iglit against the world
The DiPtz home in rhaiactcristlc ot
the plcneei district of doi thorn Wis
cousin It U a simple one-wtoi log
hut chinked witli moss and cla and
here Diet lives with hi fiuil ot
crack maikamen es and marks-
troops now fah thp ano with the
nheilff. bm lie annot decide whether
to nend another posse In to shoot
down the fumily or not
It in u abc uf eitermlnaUns the
family men women and girls" he
suB 'The girls tdioot as well as the
men and are Isss afraid ot exposing
themselves They know we don't
want to shoot a woman."
Type is Set For the Editor's Smiles.
Sioux Falls. 8 D-
caster a beautiful
and with the Tightened deputies flee- j who Is editor and
-Misa Dessie Lan
young woman.
publisher of the
lng through the woods at the whia-
(' per of the name of Diotx the members
of thia desperate family returned to
the hay field to resume the interrupt-
ed farm work. Meanwhile Uogich was
crawling through the woods ubsa
dined temporarily by his powaak
1n search ot Shelter from the rain
which was threatening. Rogich spent
an awful a!x hours In the woodB lost
until ho uns found by surveyors aft-
er the dftftrture ot his comrades.
When the returned satisfied that
Dletz y not In pursuit they found
Itoglch pone and it was not for three
days that thoy secured any trace of
Herald a weekly newspaper publish
ed at Butler 8. D. dons not lay
awake nights worrying o.er the ques
tlon of union or nonunion labor The
question has no terrors for her
This is because the love sick young
swains of Dutler perform all the man-
ual tabor about her printing office
In bone of winning a smile from the
fair editor. Tho youux men living In
ths town and surrounding country
under the inspiration at bar jp'&Usg
oven are all learning to "set" type.
When the stools along the type
eases are all tilled with young uwu.
other young tnon fill In Uie time by
folding pairs or pumping the Job
press Mlb Lancaster has only to
sit at her desk and look wise.
It Is said that every fire minutes
or so Uncle Potter or some other
prominent citizen rings up the Jlerald
office over the telephone and gives
the handsome young newspaper wom-
an a string ot locals. Thus she also
has a number of unpaid reporters on
her staff. and finds It unnecessary to
travel ovr the town tor the purpose
of gathering local news.
Misa LiD'.'aster probably Is the only
young woman In the country who con-
ducts a modern and up to date week-
ly newfpper without the necessity
ofhavlng paid employee and a week-
Jy bay jpoll.
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SOUTHERNERS UNFIT FOR ARMY
New Orleans. That an alarming states wast of the Mississippi river
.tttCentage ot the young men ot the or In Ohio Indiana. Kentucky the
ojties of the south are physically u- number of eallelwenta would have
iit to enter the army owing to clga 'been as high as 06 or SO. Cigarette
rette emoklpg late hours and other smoking Is the pri.na.lpal onuso which
bad habits Is the statement of Lieut. ' disqualifies men In Louisiana blasts-
V B. Uennett Jr. in rha.ge of the alppl and Texas
Jocal recruiting office Lieut Hen
neU soys that out of a total ot 10C The only ter required ot recruits
nDDlicantu duruur Ju'y oviv 23 emu in the Chinese army is that hey ur
were accepted Out of tbo came nt;!a able to njsac a running broad jmp ci nj wfcen th rrgcn waa rj(scT'nr
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Good Anesthetic.
Robert Jones a surgeon of Liver-
pool advocates that In ecum where
the patient cannot take other aas-
UiftMcs Uie spinal cord be treated with
ooealne. He says that he used this
process in the case of an old poacher
During ibe proceedings which Includ
ed the cutting out of bones in the leg J
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trains at Rnid with all Frisco awl Hook Island
trains at Guthrie with SanU Pe north and South.
M.. K. & T.K C It. I. & P. Oklahoma Bastern and
Fort Smith & Western.
The moat convenient way to get to snJ from
Oklahoma City and Guthrie. Tickets sold through
and baggage checked to destination.
J. J. CUNNINGHAM C. J. TURPIN
General Passenger Agent General Agent
Passenger leaving Kadfcos City at 8 a. in. arrive at
j Indianapolis lame evening Pittsburg next morning. Ask
5 your agent to sell you via
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
It will be a guarantee of comfort and speed. All roads
connect witli the Missouri Pacific at Kansas City Union
Depot.
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Kansas City Mo
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Grand Trunk Railway System S
Double track from Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls.
Descriptive literature time tables etc. will b Tnalled
free on application to
GEO. W. VAUX.
A. Q. P. T. A.. 186 Adams St.. Chicago.
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at home and the quick service and low tourist
and excursion rates aiTorded via Rock Island l.nes
bring the Rockls wit tun our easy reach.
For Information as to Low Excurbion rates Telephone 508 m
or call on H. L. McGracken. Local Agent g
Our Booklets and Fulders Rue th whole story. S
Write today
Geo. H. Le. J. S McNally.
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CHICAGO INDIANAPOLIS and CINCINNATI
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MONON ROUTE
Louisville. New Albany & Chicago Ry Co.
Finest F'ullmar
Equipment
Including Compartment
Cars
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Dlnlng-Car
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T5he '. Limited" A New Train leaving' Chicago at U.-20
p.m. arriving Cincinnati 7 35 a m . laavlng Cincinnati at
lljSS p m arriving run ago 7.1'ia m Is an especially
popular train larr'efc Indianapolis layover sleeper
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