Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — DIETZ SAFE IN HAYWARD [ARTICLE]

DIETZ SAFE IN HAYWARD

Strong Guard Surrounds the Jail In Which He is Locked Up. A strong guard has been placed about the jail at Hayward, Wis.. where John F. Dietz, the outlaw of Cameron Dam is confined. Before he gave up Dietz killed Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp and shot the ear off Chet Colfetch. Dietz did not surrender until his cabin and every other building in his clearing had been riddled with bullets. For six hours and five minutes every volley fired by the attracking forces was replied to vigorously from the loopholed wall of the cabin and Mrs. Dietz says her hueband fired every shot directed at the deputies. When the officers had been convinced that the appearance of Helen Dietz In the clearing with a white flag was not a ruse, they went to the cabin and beheld a remarkable sight. Almost every inch of the floor was covered with flattered, twisted bits of lead that had been bullets until they tore through the cabin wal is, knocking off splinters from the inside and falling harmlessly to the floor. Dietz himself was so weak he could not stand. He had been shot in ’he hand but had kept on shooting ms repeating rifle and automatic pistols until the threatened collapse of his wi‘ brought him to a realization of tl fact that hi; was at best a losing fight.