Members of the Deitz family during happier days prior to the 1910 shootout with sherriff's deputies. Front, from left, Helen, John Deitz, Myra, Clarence, Mrs. Deitz and John Jr. Standing are Stanley and Leslie. Deitz was jailed after a long trila and later pardoned.

John Deitz held off a posse while hading in this barn on his farm along the Thornapple River during an assault to capture him in 1910. Deitz later dashed to his house where he and members of his family surrendered to members of the posse.