Show south dakota bad man slain wayne kelly keidy a notorious outlaw shot to death by deputy sheriff sioux fulls S D wayne kelly accounted counted Ze the last of the bad nion afif of tile the south dakota frontier died with his boots on after a series of thrilling captures escapes and pursuits lie finally was cornered CO recently by it number or of 0 11 I 1 cers and was shot and killed while wit e again endeavoring to make ro ike his escape from froin fits put pursuers auers ills carper career for elusiveness had many of the features of that of the famous billy the kid notorious southwestern outlaw who liepa the frontier of arizona and new mexico in a turmoil for n number of years and his exploits if told in detail would fill ninny many newspaper columns had would furnish the mate material hal for a zane gray novel kellys starn ping ground was in the thinly settled country in northwestern south dakota adjoining southeastern Montil montana tia arid ami northeast ern wyoming as well as southwestern north dakota the region has many wild and isolated hiding places and it Is sold said kelly was familiar with practically every square yard of the immense territory in fit which lie he ro roamed affied i escaped from jail in this region are the famous slim buttes which marked the site of it bloody battle between united states troops and sioux warriors who were fleeing utter after the custer massacre since kellys escape from a jull jail in that region in august where lie was being held for trial on a charge ell arge of cattle and sheep rustling officers nil all over the state have been on the lookout for him recently they learned lie he was on a ranch near covert a small village on the moreau river the authorities were given a tip that ho he had gone to tn therance the ranch to obtain his car which lie had left there some days before and the off officers leers beaded by deputy state sheriff floyd short surrounded the place at night some of the members or of tile the posse concealing bealing themselves in n shod shed which stood between tile the ranch dwelling and the barn when daylight broke kelly came from the dwelling and started toward tile the barn evidently to feed ill ills saddle horse which the off leers afterwards found there As kelly was wa about to pass the pie shod shed tile the members of the posse ordered him to stick ern up tip ill I 1 ally threw its his arms about halt half way up tip and kept backing up tip with the officers commanding 10 lii i ti to put em higher kelly kept drawing hack back anti and finally his right hand hall dropped toward its ills gun and and noting tills movement deputy state sheriff short fired sit at him at close range with a rifle the buffet bi illet struck kelly in the right side half hair way between tile the shoulder and his waist and lie he died almost in early lat last spring a posse was constantly on kellys trall trail for a period of three weeks la in an effort to capture him but lie he finally escaped the pursuing officers olli cers by swimming ills his horse across a swollen stream during the spring freshets fresh fres liets ets kelly was captured last summer but the officers did not hold lot him long iong for after being in a frontier jall tor for less than two nights lie he succeeded in n making his fits escape assistance from the outside at vint that time lie he was traced to li a canyon in the slim Bi biliter battes lites where lie he made ills hig headquarters it a deep ragged ravine entrance to which could be made by only ono person at a time 1 thinking linking if n lookout was maintained tile the 0 collict libers rs ci cm ailed vied some distan distance c to a point near the mo mouth or tile the canyon and then seeing no sign of life made their into the ofie one at a time tills was early one morning kully kelly evidently felt so secure in his fits mountain fastness that no lookout nils maintained therefore the officers were able to crawl up tip on tho the tent in which lie was sleeping and when they awakened him film lie saw tile muzzles of several nuns III within a few feet ot of his fits face N there being no chance for resistance lie he sur rendered tie lie was wai escorted to the fron tier jail preliminary to the convening 0 of f court and speedily mide anade its his escape from it ns as stated later jack kelly wayne wane kellys 5 fa ther was arrested on the charge of aiding his son to escape und and to tills this he pleaded guilty and was fined others were arrested for aiding him to escape but were acquitted |