Show AR NSAS WOMAN FOUGHT DY NED NUSDANOS SIDE Desperate Battle Between Sheriffs Posse and Murderer and His Wife Results in Two Being Mortally Wounded West Plains 11oJohn Roberts and his wife on Sunday resisted n sheriffs posse In a desperate battle near Prcs tonln ono mllo south of the Missouri Arkansas line when tho officers attempted at-tempted to arrest Robotts for killing Ohio Kcsslngor a neighbor Saturday night As a result tho woman and Sheriff Mooney of Baxter county Arkansas Ar-kansas aro mortally wounded Roberts Rob-erts and two members of tho posse MAX Lowoiy and his sonaro all seriously seri-ously hurt Roberts may not survive The murder of Kcsslnger was cold blooded Roberts went to the houso lato In tho evening and called his victim vic-tim to tho door When Kessinger all peared Roberts fired deliberately and killed him The cause of tho deed has not boon learned here Sheriff Money had collected several deputies when he was Informed of the crime early Sunday morning and started start-ed to arrest Roberts The posse w8 hailed by the woman and told to keep away but when tho sheriff continued to advance both she and her husband opened lire Mooney was shot by tho woman Ills fall disconcerted his deputies dep-uties nil Roberts and his wife took advantage of thin to barricade tho house They defended tho building for hours When tho firing from withIn with-in finally ceased tho door was broken down Mrs Roberts suffering from fourteen wounds was dying and her condition was such that no attempt was mode to remove her to jail Roberts Rob-erts and tho wounded officers wero taken to Mountain Home Ark |