deputy sheriff Fossen dead

the story begins at 8 am thursday  october 10  deputy fossen was called from the police department in hill county that a car was stolen in havre mt  and there is reason to believe it was headed down hiway 2 toward chester   the good deputy headed east to set up road blocks while enroute he notices a hitchhicker at the turn into joplin his hometown stopping to check with the man there was a struggle and according to cecil heydon an eyewitness shots were fired and one man fell into the ditch and the car sped off heading west calls were  made to the liberty county sheriff fossens long time boss mr remington,   the report was mr fossen lay bleeding profusely from 5 gunshots to the neck and abdomen and locals had put him in a car and were headed to the liberty co hospital fossen one who could be counted upon to settle most situations told the men  TAKE IT EASY BOYS      he died before they reached chester.            fossens car was spotted on the north side of the tracks in the municipality of chester  care was taken to approach it with  guns drawn  to the officers dismay   the car was empty  NOW THE MANHUNT BEGAN by 10.00 am  the men started showing up in town  soon the gun carrying posse numbered 200  no time was wasted with any formalities the order was to find this cold blooded killer  who was still hiding in our town  by 1.00 pm  most if not all good people of chester had locked there homes and drawn their curtains  praying that there would be a quick end to this nightmare  the day passed slowly   till it was evident that darkness would soon blanket the good as well as the evil, the cold was numbing with a few inches of snow on the ground,  some were thinking he  must have slipped town  but how, all the trains were stopped  no cars were allowed thru town  for the last 6 hours  he must still be here   at 6 pm barber mahaffey closed up shop  and was walking home  one of a few men not carrying a weapon that evening when he heard a voice in the darkness  coming  from the vicinity of the farmers union elevator outhouse hey he said  " hey come over here i need help"  mahaffey being no dummy flagged down the patrolling posse and  they confronted the voice in the dark    with guns at the ready  sherif remington ordered the man out into the light    silence    again "come out"  this time followed by a blast from mr remingtons 38  into the ground  just in front of the outhouse.   the culprit with raised hands staggered  out thru the door of the commode  screaming "What did I do" restraint was used by most of the men there not all      the  last duty Deputy sheriff Fossen performed was to attempt to arrest one Mr Donald  L  Bujok  21 from  Roundup mt ,  Otto Fossen was a  man who could understand the weakness of humanity, a man who kept the peace in his community, in his state and in his heart. this happened  on October 10  1957  thought you should know