River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-07
an EDITOR WOUNDED.


Mr. sisnd', OF the Mount II -reb (wis.i
su ;" Fired Up,n in His own House
by Miscreaat-.A Parallel to tho Had
dock Ca.r.
MADISON, Wis. Feb. &c. G. Mandt
.he young ana fearless ed tor of the Mount
Horeb Sun. was shot down in his own
doorway at midniTht Thursday night by
an un9nown assais The circumstances
connected with the bloody deed are in
many ways similar TO those under W ich
Rev Mr. II daock lost his fe at Sioux
City. The village OF Mount H lreb, where
The tragedy took place, Is twenty miles
west OF Madison, in Dane County, and has
about 500 inhabitants. There has been III
,ense excitement since the shooting and
ihould the guilty party be captured the
villagers are IN a mood TO mete out sum-
mary vengeance.
Editor Ma dt had been at work very late
and he was pr pairing TO retire wlen he
leard rapping at the front door Blow
.ng cut the light, he opene the front door
mn said; who is itm The only
eply was the report of pistol
fne editor fell TO the floor with q
bullet in his breast. His wife, who was
IN bed, arc % and, ru ming out, fell over
the boiy Of her husband. The house is
situated in the center of the llage, and
she soon gave the alarm. The neighbors
nurriedly gathered with lanterns, and
found Mandt lying on the threshold Of mis-
house gdsping for breath and COW
Bred W IN blood DR. Evans, the only
phys clan IN the llage was summoned
and prom fly cared for the wounded
nan. He found that the bal had en-
tered the rigat breast and was imbedded
IN the lung. The doctor nuTsed him
all through the night and by daylight the
patient was able to say that he knew of no
enemy whom he clu suspect Late FIJI
day afternoon physicians who hal been
summoned from Ma ison arrived and
after a diagnosis gave slight nope IF bis
recovery.
SIoity after the attempted assassina-
Il n became known men in the Ilage
started in pursuit of the assassin. The
night was dark and after dill gent scar IA
they returned without having gained a
single c.ew 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 un for about year From
the outset he has made bitter and per-
sstent fight against the Liquor element.
There are two saloons in the llage, and
the farmers about Mount Horeb have
patronizel them very freely Ed
ltOr Mandt has advocated the regu.
lating If these saloons, and in many ways
m de 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 la issue NJ ndt rel lied to the
letter la fearless tones and urg all good
citizens to unite in SUI press ng the ga
looms ana "cletn cut the stink aoles
among us which foster sneaks, towards
and Grim mails" He continued l. his
vein and closed by saying that the r Is
Of cowaI dly assess ms woul not det,. IN
from do ng his duty. In this we ks ISSUE
he was TO have continued his crusade
against the quor dealers, Wien bull
let brought min down.
There is great excitement among the in
habitants of Mount Horcb, ami an indig
nation meeting was held. 1t was resolved
to hunt the or minal or or minals, down
at all hazards and bring the guilty ones
to justice. A man is suspected now,
and he 3 being closely watched, but his
nam viii not be made pubic until more
proof is secured. The saloon IN N are
nervl Us, but deny that hey knew any
thing about the aft sir. Thew claim
that they had no enmlty to
ward the wounded editor, and say
that what he published did not worry
them at all They are objects of suspicion
TO the majority of the villagers, however
and feel their de icate position. At "A late
hour the wounded editor was still alive.