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Show Man Who Started Trouble Said to Re Ex-Convict Who Burglarized Burg-larized General Store. INNOCENT OLD MAN IS WOUNDED BY MISTAKE Surrounded hy His Pursuers, Criminal Opens Fire, With Telling Effect. TONE, Or.. July TSighfc men were shot in a battle between a sheriff's posse and T. G. Earhenrt, said to be an ex-convict, at tins place last night. W. JI. Bscue, an aged man, said to be of Portland, was shot by members of a posse by mistake and "Earhenrt was wounded 111 the back after having shot six of his pursuers. None of the victims, vic-tims, with the exception of JJscue, is seriously injured. linrheart surrendered lo (ho posse after af-ter his antmuniiinn was exhausted and ho was taken to lleppner. The wounded: William Clark, shot in shoulder, .loscnh Meezely, shot in faeo and legs. 1:1. T. Perkins, postmaster, shot in foot. lohu Johnson, shot . in leg. Deputy Sheriff Waiter Casson, shot in back. Charles Pitchie, shot in leg. W. II. ICscue. shot in bod-, perhaps fatally, by members of the" posse. T. G. Earhcart, shot in back. Tlnrheart got into trouble last night with E. E. Miller and is alleged to have drawn a knife on the latter. Bar-heart Bar-heart afterwards broke into Walker's general store and stole a shotgun and a quantity of ammunition, it is claimed. In the mean lime, Deputy Sheriff V, C. Casson was summoned and gathering a posse about, him. commanded Earhcart to surrender. The reply was a shot land then Earhcart started to run. The posse fired several dozen shots after tho lleeing man, who returned the fire. After taking refuge under a warehouse, ware-house, Earlmart fired at his pursuers, hitting several. An old man named W. IT. Escue, who was sleeping 011 the ground near the depot, was aroused by the shooting and got up. Some niom-bors niom-bors of the posse mistook him for Ear- heart and fired at him. indicting injuries in-juries from which he may die. When Earhcart 's ainuinnition was ex-j ex-j hausled he surrendered and was taken to lleppner for safe keeping. Ear-heart Ear-heart evidently had been drinking. After Af-ter his arrest he declared that a conspiracy con-spiracy was 011 foot to murder him and that lio had armed himself and iired at his pursuers in self-defense.. lie was roloased from the penitentiary a few months ago, having served a sentence for attempted murder. |