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Show dieTz, his wife -' and son on trial Hayward. Wis.,, May 3, John F. Dietz, His wife and son, Leslie Dlctz, were placed on trial here today before Judge Alexander H. Rtld In tho circuit cir-cuit courL They aro jointly charged charg-ed with shooting and killing Oscar Harp, a doputy sheriff who was ono of a pos6e which besieged the Dietz cabin at Camoron Dam, on Thornapple river, last October and who was found dead after a gun fight with tht Dietz family There were several warrants for John Dietz, who for a number of years had defied tho officers. The trouble grew out of a dispute with the Chippewa Boom & lumber company, which built a dam In the Thornapple river near the Dietz homestead. home-stead. Tho flood waters, Dietz clalmed-damaged clalmed-damaged his land. He claimed he could not get a sat-Isfactor sat-Isfactor settlement out of the lumber lum-ber company and so he destroyed the dam and held up a large cut "of logs for a year or more Tho company was obliged to haul the logs off with teams nr |