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f)ai-5S lrts.Itp-nHE DEFIED THE COURTI i vi*llnu (inn* n Frlanner \ nnon viml Unit He Wu* I r*M», Fired #1 Few Shots nml K« raped.P irkersburg. \V Va , Aug 27 -JoeTichm II, a well-known character of this cKy, armed to the tooth. Is torn uht wandering about in the womIs of I Calhoun county, pursued by a posse of officers and citiz 11s. Ib* has swornthat he will not b* t tken alive, anr, if the pursuing: party should ever takej him there would hi* i battle In which I Tiehnell wou'.d not sum mb r till his r' 1 »st ball was tired. Tiehnell has been for some time thought to be proprietor of a speak-easy in Calhoun county. Hewas arrested this afternoon for sHl-Ing without m license at Hrooksvllle,Cn houn county. W ith him were arrested Jack Mills and Dr. I. K. Whiteand his wife, * ttUThe entire party was taken before a ir justice of the peieo at Brooksvllle for(1 trial late this afternoon.ro While the trial was In progress Tich-jr m II ask*- 1 p 8 m to g‘» i * his Stoi n and shut it up. as there was no one in ,s charge. The permission was granted, and Tiehnell went to his tore, whereth * spcak-easy was supposed to bo run. At the jstore he armed himself withh ( a dosen revolvers and plenty ofammunition. He came out with a revolver in each hand and several in his pockets. He walked boldly back, to ♦the courtroom, where the trial was inprogress, and announced that he wasfree and would remain so. The officers started after him hut he kept his two guns leveled on every one who started in pursuit.Hacking cautiously across 1 smallfootbridge, with his rifles and revolvers pointed and ready for use, should any attempt he made to arrest him. he mule his »•*■* ape. At the farther side of the bridge he stopped, fired several times toward the justice who had been trying him tn«i escaped into the woods.Immediately a posse was organized tofollow him, and, arming themselvesth *y started in pursuit.Tiehnell had. however, secured a good start of them, and will probably not be cornered tonight. It. is rumored here 'tonight that he has started for Parkersburg, his o d home, and will attempt to And safety here, It is said that he will enforce his demands at the point of the revolver, and will escape from the Calhoun county officers by intimi-diking every one he sees into helping h i ni.
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Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana, US
Thu, Aug 28, 1902
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