Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-02-06
AN EDITOR WOUNDED.


Mr.. 1ian.lt, OF the N omit Hnreb (Wis.)
SUI" Fired Upon In His Own House
by q Aliscreant--A Parallel to the Had
7 dock Case. - ,*1-. q i, |@.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 2-G. G. Mandt,
the young and fearless ed tor Of the Mount
Horeb Sun, was shot down in his own
doorway at midnight Thursday night by
an unknown assassin. The circumstances
connected with the bloody deed are In
many ways similar to those under w Aich
Rev. Mr.. Haddock lost his | fe at Sioux
City. The village Of Mount Horeb, where
the tragedy took place, is twenty miles
west of Madison, in Dane County, and has
about 500 inhabitants. There has been in
tense excitement since the shooting and
should the guilty party be captured the
villagers are in q mood to mete out sum.
mary vengeance.
Editor Mandt had been at work very late
and he was preparing to retire when he
heard q rapping at the front door, Blow.
Ing out the light, he openel the front door
and said: "Who is it," The only
reply was the report of q pistol.
Tho editor fell to the floor with q
bullet In his breast His wife, who was
In bed, arose and, rushing out, fell over
the body Of her husband The house is
situated in the center of the village, and
she soon gave the alarm. The neighbors
hurriedly gathered with lanterns, and
found Mandt lying on the threshold Of his
house gasping for breath and Gov.
cred With blood. DR.. Evans, the only
physician in the Village, was summoned
aud promptly cared for the wounded
man. He found that the ball had en-
tered the right breast and was imbedded
in the lung. The doctor nursed him
all through the night and by daylight the
patient was able to say that he know Of no
enemy whom he cou d suspect Late Fri
day afternoon physicians who had been
summoned from Ma lison arrived, and
after diagnosis gave slight hope of his
recovery
Shortly after the attempted assassina-
ton became known men in the village
started in pursuit Of the assassin. The
night was dark, and after diligent scar. b
they returned without having gained a
single cIew. Sheriff Vernon, who arrived
with the Madison physician, at once went
to work on the case, but gained no infor-
nation which would warrant the arrest of
any one.
Mr.. Mandt has been publishing the
Mount Horeb sun for about year. From
the outset he has made bitter and per-
Y.
There are two saloons in the village, and
the farmers about Mount Horeb have
patronizel them very freely Ed
itOr Mandt has advocated tho regu.
lating Of these saloons, and in many ways
m dc himself obnoxious to the saloon,
keepers Several days ago he received an
anonymous letter abusing him in scurrilous
terms and threatening him in case he should
continue to attack the liquor men. In
his last issue Mandt replied to the
letter III fearless tones and urg. all good
citizens to unite in suppress ng the sa-
looms ana "clean out the stink-holes
among us which foster sneaks, towards
and Grim nails" He continued ir this
vein and closed by saying that the is
of cowardly assass MS woul not dete4 aim
from dong his duty. In this we ks issue
he was to have continued his crusade
against the lquor dealers, when bull
let brought him down.
There is great excitement among the iu-
habitants Of Mount Horeb, and an indig-
nation meeting was held. 1t was resolved
to hunt the criminal, or or minals, down
at all hazards and bring the guilty ones
to justice A man is suspected now,
and he is being closely watched, but his
NAM will not be made public until more
proof is secured. The saloon men are
nervous, but deny that they knew any,
thing about the affair. They claim
that they had no anmity to
ward the wounded editor, and say
that what he published did not worry
them at ALL They are objects of suspicion
to tho majority of the villagers, however,
and feel their delicate position. At u late
hour the wounded editor was still alive.