Ellis County KS Archives News.....MAN SHOT AT HAYS May 12, 1911
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Ellis Review-HeadLight, Ellis, Kansas May 12, 1911
Last Friday evening at 6 o'clock John Troth, city marshal, and deputy, Charley 
Rupp, went to the house of John Goetz armed with a warrant for Goetz and his 
wife, John Doe and Richard Roe, B. W. Kirkland defied the officers and moved 
his right hand to his pistol pocket in a threatening manner.  The marshal, 
fearing that his life was in danger, fired three times and almost instantly 
killed Kirkland.
The coroner, Dr. Marty, held an inquest Saturday forenoon and the verdict was 
that the killing was justifiable.  The officers secured considerable quantities 
of intoxicating liquors.

Additional Comments:
I am entering this article in reference to William B. Kirtland.

The newspaper made an error on the order of Mr. Kirkland's initials.  They were 
W. B., not B. W.

This article was on the front page.



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