Show desperate battle between sher afa posse and murderer and H s wife results in two be ng mortally wounded west plains mo john roberts and his wife on sunday resisted a sheriff s posse in a desperate battle near pres tonia one mile south ot the missouri arkansas line when the officers at tempted to arrest roberts tor killing obe kessenger Kessl nger a neighbor saturday night As a result the woman and sheriff mooney ot baxter county ar 1 ansas are mortally wounded rob erts and two members ot the posse mas lowery and his son are all serf bously hurt roberts may not survive the murder of Kess mger was cold blooded roberts went to the house late in the evening and called bis vie tim to the door when kessenger Kessl nger ap feared roberts fired deliberately and killed him the cause of the deed has not been learned here sheriff money had collected several deputies when he was informed of the crime early sunday morning and start ed to arrest roberts the posse was hailed by the woman and told to keep away but when the sheriff continued to advance both she and her husband opened fire duoney was shot by the woman his fall disconcerted his deputies and roberts and his wife took advantage of this to barricade the house they defended the building for hours when the firing from with in finally ceased the door was broken down mrs roberts suffering from fourteen wounds was dying and her condition ab such that no attempt was made to remove her to jail rob eris and the wounded officers were taken to mountain home ark |