The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-05-28
Dragged With a Rope About
His Neck to Plummer
Hill
He is Hung by the Crowd
While. Yet But Partial
ly Sensible,
And a Shower of Bullets in
His Body Adds to the
Sickening Spectacle.


community was thrown in rh'
widest excitement by news from
New Straitsvi.le of the most hor
!rible affair that ever occurred il
the Valley. So terrible was tn.
news, so cold blooded the deed
that there was a great pause il
the affairs of the day, as if the
wings of an avenging Nemesi.
were already shadowing the
Valley.
We present the first chapter Of
thetragedy in a dispatch from
Straitsville to the Ohio State
Journal, which is a reliable re.
port of the affair, dated May
2lst.
A horrible doable murder oc-
Cured here to-day at 11:3C
o'clock that set the town COM
pletely wild. The two victims
were Henry Auer, our town mar
shall, and Hugh McTague, age IL
years. The circumstances that
lead to the horrible murder are
as follows:
MIN Tandy, night watchman,
and Albert Guess from Old
Straitsville, a rough character
who served one term in the Ohio
Penitentiary. went to the house
Of William Wallace last night
and asked to be let in. Tandy
claimed he had a warrant to ar
rest Miss Anderson, who stayed
there, but he did not have any,
and upon their refusal to open
the door they threatened TO break
in. However they gained admis
sion and stayed there until four
O'Clock this morning. and as they
were departing fired five shots at
the house. One ball struck the
stove pipe, narrowly missing the
little children who were asleep
on the bed. This morning a
warrant was sworn out for their
arrest on the charge of assault,
and as Mr.. Auer was arresting
Guess at the corner of the United
States hotef the latter drew a
self cooking revolver of 44-call-
Der and fired three shots in rapid
succession, all three taking effect.
one through the thigh. one in the
abdomen and the third entered
the neck, passing through the
base of the tongue and came out
through the cheek bone. There
were from fifteen to twenty per
sons who witnessed the shooting
but they could not all agree as 10
the number of shots fired. Auer
shot once but il did not take eff
feet, as he fell into the deep
ditch that was near. Guest stood
for few moments reloading his
revolver, but took second
thought and threw it down and
ran in the direction Of Plummer
Hill mine. The revolver was af.
terward picked up by John Kra-
mer, and also the marshal's. The
boy, McTasue. stood near j. F.
Vests stables, fully one hundred
yards away. and The ball struck
him in the back near the spine-
The physicians say that he will
die. BY this time the whole town
was in an uproar, and hundreds
OF men, women and children were
crow.ling and inquiring what had
happened. Men took Henry
Auer from the gutter and carried
him into DIR. q. A. Newton's Of
flee. Great difficulty was expe
rienced in keeping the throng
back. A number of citizens
were depn'ized to keep peace and
order.
AS soon as the Marshal fell.
Guess turned and ran toward
some woods near by. As he start
ed Mayor Spurrier. who had wit
messed The affair, called out to the
crowd. which by this time filled
the street, Capture that man or
shoot HIM down. A number of
shots were fired at Guest as he
ran, but none of them hit him.
Tht. crowd with one wild yell
started after him. He was very
fleet Of foot and had nearly gained
the protection OF the forest when
the crowd got close enough TO
him for shooting purposes More
shots were fired al him bat none |
took effect, though one bullet i
grazed his face and lelt a blue
track across it. He succeeded in
getting into the woods. The
crowd organized and beating
through The woods succeeded in
finding him. He stood at bay
with his hand on his pistol. pre-
pared TO shoot.
Throw up your hands. shout
ID a burly German, raising to his
shoulder a Winchester rifle
1uess threw up one hand but