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Show Austrian Is lead and 1 Hfficer Shot I Fierce Fight at Bingham I Between Foreign ' , I Factions. H Deputy Sheriff Chidester Is Likely to H Lose His Leg His Assailant H Escapes. WM A dead Austrian and a badly wounded deputy sheriff mako up part of tho re- suits of a midnight battlo between rival 'H factions in Bingham's Slav colony yes- H terday. More than 200 shots wero fired. H Deputy Sheriff Lafayctto Chldcstcr, am- H bushed during an effort to quell tho dls- H turbance, and Tony Skojvlk. shot down H by fellow-countrymen during tho melee, 1 aro In the Kcogh-Wrlght hc6pitp.l, tlio H latter dead, tho former a crlpplo for life. HH Sheriff Emery and deputies aro still look- H Ing for "Frank Smith," leader of one of H tho warring forces, supposed to bo tho man who shot Chidester. Like tho Mafia. H Mafia-like methods, Including the use of ramparts and ambuscade, marked tho H fight, which lasted from shortlv before midnight to 1 o'clock ln the morning Two factions of greasy, dark-skinned foreign- H crs. one behind and tho othor storming a rnmpart. battled a full half-hour. Ono retired; tho othor took rcfugo ln a houso Help was called for by a law-abiding cltl- B zen. Chidester responded with three H others. With a view of making peace ho H went alono to enter tho house, whither H the besieged party had retreated. As ho strovo to do this a group of tho bcsleg- era. who had stolen back to tho place, H pushed In with him. By his tlashllght Chldcstcr saw a man facing him with a 1 drawn revolver. The deputy grasped the weapon and managed to pull It down. H then fell, shot through the hip and lower H part of the log. Pandemonium broko H loose. Scores of shots were exchanged H between the Austrians who entered and HI those within tho house And "Chidester .H was trampled under foot after being H beaten down by a pistol butt. Ifl Deputies to tho Rescue. mt Then tho other Americans, who had H come with Chidester. managed to reach his side. They dragged him Into tho roael. As they did this tho fighters surged out Into tho highway. Skojvlk and others W followed them. As Skojvlk' turned. to fieo BJ he was shot down by a countryman. Ho fell, and with characteristic bravery a HJ number of Austrians leaped upon tho H prostrate man, beat his head to a pulp B and kicked his body. B That Is the substance of tho story. Last B night Chidester was resting easily In tho B Keogh-Wrlght hospital. Drs. Keogh nnd B Wright had removed pleroo of crushed B bone from his hip and from his log below B lho knee. He may lose the limb. As It B Is, he Is a cripple. Skojvlk died at 31 B o'clock. Ho was shot through tho abdo- B men and leg, and ono finger is shot oft". B His skull has been badly Injured by tho B terrible beating ho received, and his body B and limbs bruised by kicks. B Feud in tho Colony. jfl What started the original trouble Is not H given out by tho Austrians. It all began B Frldav afternoon, but was then confined: B to threats. The colony was arrayed ln B two. factions. Friday eveninp these fac- B lions dashed In an Austrian saloon. B After thoy loft this place ono faction re- H tired to a house near John Bogan's B boarding-house. In a narrow defile opnn- B ing Into the Slav quarter at Bingham. B Tliey used this houso as a base of opora- III tlons. They fortified tho defile with B boxef. barrels and great rocks which they B rolled Into tho road from tho mountain B sldo above. Then thoy lay In wait for " B their fellow-countrymen. B Storming tho Works. H Thoso soon camo. They stoimed lh B works. Tho shooting wns something tor- B rifle Bullets tlcw everywhere except Into B opposing ranks. Three went through tho B walls of tho Bogan boardlng-houso and B two of these penetrated tho mattress of ;B a bed whereon two children wero asleep. B Then the attacking forco retired. B Bogan. who is a peaceable man, ran to B tho Highland Boy office. He called for B help. Deputy Sheriff Chidester responded B over tho phone, Chidester deputized Er- B nest Warr. William Shelby and Georgo B Everott. All four men armed themselves. B They hastened to tho defile. H Posso in a Man Trap. B Tho pos3c found themselves In a man- H trap. Walls of boxes, boulders and bar- B rcls Impeded their movements. In tho B darkness they had great trouble ln croBs- B ing tho barriers. At Bogan's boarding- B houso they stopped while the proprietor B pointed out to them the houso wherein B tho bigger force of Austrians had retired. B It lav 150 feet or so up tho ravine. A sin- B gle light showed through a window. , B In front of this house Chidester aep- B nrated from his threo companions. Ho B told them that he would go In alono and B trv to stop the trouble. He didn't want B others to go with him, fearing lest It BJ would precipitate moro shooting. And ho BJ went up tho steps alone, his revolver In B his pocket. ! Lights Went Out As Chidester stopped to the door half a II dozen Austrians. who had stolen through WM tho darkness to the samo place, forced B their way In with him. Tho officer heard BJ a movement ahead of him. At tho samo WM moment the one light ln tho placo went B out. Chidester drew his flashlight. Ho B pressed the button. By the gleam of lh BJ little electric bulb ho saw a man within B arm's length facing him, with leveled re- B volver and finger on tho trigger. Tho BJ deputy had no tlmo to draw his own B weapon. In nn effort to turn the courso B of the shot he grasped the arm of his ns- B sallant and boro down with all his strength. This man. believed to bo Frank ! Smith, shot and Chidester fell. M Between Two Fires. B A rush of Austrians at this samo mo- H nient met lho advance of the group who B had crowded with Chidester Into the place. U Chidester was tramplod on by many feet. H He emptied his mvn weapon at tho attack- B Ing force. Blows rained on heads; thon a fusillade of shots rang out. B For fully ten minutes tho shooting kept U up as constant as infantry firo in action. It Is estimated that 200 shpts were dls- ml charged, Tho walls of the houso and lta I HBBBBBBBHBjl IcclllnRS wore torn and riddled with bul-1 bul-1 lets. ( Meantime Chldovter's thrco companions l-ushcd to tho house. They foupht to cei 10 their lender. Finally they managed to drac tho wounded doputy outside nnd as , they did men burst out from tho door. Tho light went on In tho middle of the de-tlle. de-tlle. Skojvik Shot Down. It was hero that Skojvlk was Bhot down and bedton. In tho darkness It wn.s hard I to tell what was jcoing on and who was i:olng It. Tho three unwounded Amert-1 Amert-1 cans managed to mannclo a pair of Aus- trlans who wcro Implicated In the nm-huscado nm-huscado of tho deputy. Two other Aus-trlans Aus-trlans besldo skojvlk wcro shot, it 13 thought, but thoy wore homo away. "With all hnato Chldestcr wns taken to tho Highland Boy ofnee. There ho wns given surgical attention. Later, accompanied accom-panied by Mrs. Chldostcr. ho wns taken 1 to tho Keogh-Wright hospital. ' Sheriff Emery Slakes Arrests. Meantime a posso of citizens went back to tho defile. They entered tho house i whero Chldcatcr had fallen. They found i Skojvlk badly wounded and unconscious. Tho rest of tho Slav crowd had fled. , Among theso was "Frank Smith." Sher iff Emory, accompanied by Deputy Shcr-' Shcr-' Iffc Sharp. Edwards and Burbldgo, hur- I rled to Bingham curly yesterday morning. 1 From ChIdc8terH faint description of his I assailant and from what was learned olsc- I whoro It Is though that "Smith" Is tho i man who shot tho deputy. Sliorln PJmery remained In, Bingham last night. Several arrests have been mndo of men Implicated In the affray Skojvlk's I body was token to O'Donncll's undcrtnk- lng-rooms. |