The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-07-28

Before the gallant fellow could look
about him ia the room he fell to the floor
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
He had been twice shot at besides.
Two young women, Mrs. yanderhoof
and Mrs. Georgianna Reynolds, sisters,
and daughters Of the owner of the
house, Mr. Miller, sat in the room un-
derneath where this. tragedy occurred
They heard the heavy fall on the floor
above Of the slaughtered policeman,
and were frightened almost 10 death
Mrs. Nanderhoof darted out into the
yard, while her sister, Mrs. Reynolds,
remained in the house, paralyzed with
fear. Presently down stairs dashed one
Of the Thilhorns, and through the lower
apartments. He seemed crazed, and
levelled his great navy revolver at the
defenseless female. lie Iired, but for
tunately the ball only grazed her head.
Out into the street the ruiiian NJ 80 dart
ed, followed by his brothers. Dicker-
son, the black policeman, fed before
them. They shot him in the back, the
ball entering the left side Of the back
bone, CHANGING upward through the
lungs The villains next shot and seri-
ouslv wounded a Mr.. John Cahill, re-
siding next door, who ran ont from his
dinner TO see what the noise was about.
Cahill had not raised finger or spoken
word % the ruiiians. All this occurred
in great deal less time than ii takes to
narrate the bare facts. The despera-
does appeared to be regularly possessed
with
A MURDER DEVIL.
Down Jackson Street they dashed
live a trio Of savages, crowd after
them, keeping, however. a respectful
distance from the reyolver-armed mad
men. II was close TO two o'clock when
they sprang across the canal bridge
and up into the second floor of Daw-
sons factory. They sung out for
Meyers, but before a reply could be
given they began TO make sad havoc
among the workmen nearest them
Charles Fischer, assistant foreman, and
one Of their assumed enemies, was the
, nearest TO them. Thrice they shot at
/ him. One ball pierced Fischer's heart,
/ and he fell dead instantly. They next
/ shot John Aloers, a young workman,
son-in-law Of Meyers. He was shot in
r the head, lungs and arm. He lived
/ only few hours. Meyers, fortunately,
was in far off part Of the factory, SO
: that although they shot AT him repeat
edlv they did not hit him. They made
dash for the workmen up stairs in the
: third floor, but by this time-and twas
7 but A few minutes subsequent TO their
e entrance-the workmen rallied with
E knives and stones and drove the muir
j srs.
e the eldest Thilhorn, had a revolver in
! each hand the other two one each. At
r the foot Of the stairs they shot a work.
4 man named Frederick SLUT, and struck
J.. him. but his wound was only a scalp
r scrape Then ensued
u THRILLING SCENE.
\ The workmen in the factory, to the
Z, number of about thirty, maddened at
= the spectacle of the dead Fischer and
: the diving Albers, seized long knives
E used in their business and charged the
= murderous trio. On they drove them
y along River Street, between the Morris
: and Essex Canal and the Passaic River,
the Thilhorns turning every now and
then in their flight 10 fire volley into
L the crowd of pursuers. The latter were
e too far behind to be hurt. Finally the
X murderers were forced into corner
It the fence against Balback's place and
n great bank Of oyster shells, together
J. with the approaching workmen form
O inc an inclosure from which there was
n no escape except by the river. The
a brothers waited till the workmen we're
e nearly upon them, and then we're driven
/ into the river. As he was going over
l. board, Charley, the youngest, leveled
q and fired his revolver at John Weiss
IS The ball missed Weiss. Not so the
e knife of Weiss, which nearly severed
' Charley's right hand. The three
: were then literally stoned to
= death in the water. Up to five
2 o'clock the only body found was that of
l. Chas. Thihorn. Ii presented a chastity
y spectacle, an ugly wound on the head,
( showing that he had been stoned as
It well as knitted. The body was taken tn
d Complains morgue. 1t lay there no,
far from that of the murdered white
:, policeman Elsden-the murdered al
!, most alongside his murderer. 1t was a
: CHASTITY, horrible sight. Fischer.
a body was taken TO his late home Dick
y erson was removed to 81. Michael's
I. hospital. where he died during the even.
y ing. John Albers also died, SO that the
= following is the
IL LIST or THE DEAD AND WOUNDED:
: Benjamin Elsden, dead.
i Augustus Dickerson, dead.
N Charles Fischer, dead.
D, John Albers, dead.
D. The three Thilhorns, dead.
<, John Cahill, wounded.
r. Frederick Siutz, wounded.
N The Thilhorns were natives of Mag
he deburg, Prussia. and were about from
&c 50 TO 40 years of age. They woulc
n probably have been ynched had they
a not met the fate described, so bittel