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J. T. SLEDGE ISTMAN OF BRAVERY ij- —' IRF.lt; i;\T TRAGKDY OX FARM 0 NORTH OF C ITY IS RFY7F\YFIBY l*FANKINTOX IWPKR.n11a■9hnePlank.r.ton Mail: Mr. and Mrs. J d T Sledge. of Davison county, were : o n over Sunday guests at the home ot * c their old neighbors Mr. and Mrs.i John levies who recently moved to a the Germann farm north ot town. I * Mr. Sledge is the man whcse was ■ invaded by a former hired man, Stre- jt bel, some weeks ago. St rebel tried to v k 11 the family by shooting through ^ a window and succeeded in wounding r Mr Sledge and daughter Miss Chloe P Armed with the revolver of Sledge v in addiri, n to his own weapon. Stre- j v bel then entered the house and tried jr to k 11 Sledge who grappled with him | and after a desperate struggle sue-, cee itd in gaining possession of one p of the guns and made beef of thci* vouldbe assissin. iSledge and his daughter were taken to the Mitchell hospital where the girl died some days later from the edicts o: the wound received. ! Sledge was shot in the shoulder and ah lomen besides being terribly bruised about the head and arms, but recovered.Sledge is a little fellow, but in defense of his home and family 4^eJ: dispiaed courage and bravery un- U equalled w hen unarmed. he out-1 i fought and killed a man twice his'1 size who was armed with two revol- i vers, a coroner's jury exhonerated ' Sledge and justified the killing of ithe man who invaded his home.I
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Mitchell Daily Republican
Mitchell, South Dakota, US
Fri, Apr 09, 1915
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Bob R.
CA, USA 01 Aug 2017
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