The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
AN EDITOR WOUNDED.

A1r. Slands, 0f the Mount Hercb tWIs.)
i" sur" Fired Upon In His Own House
by . 1tiscresut-A Parallel to the Had.
dock Csss.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. &c. q. Mandt,
the young and fearless editor Of the Mount
HOreb Sun, WAS shot down in his own
doorway at midnight Thursday night by
an unknown assassin. Tho circumstances
connected with the bloody deed arc in
many ways similar to those under waich
Rev. Mr. Haddock lost his ! fe at Sioux
City. The village Of Mount Horcb, where
the tragedy took place, Is twenty miles
west OF Madison, in Dane County, and has
about 500 inhabitants There has been in
tense excitoment since the shooting and
should tho guilty party bc captured the
villagers are in q mood TO mets out sum
mary vengeance.
Editor Mandt had been at work very late
and be was preparing TO retire when he
heard . rapping at the front door. Blow.
ing out the light, he opened the front door
and said: "Who is it," The only
reply was the report Of . pistol.
The editor fell to the floor with .
bullet in his breast His wife, who was
in bed. arose and. rushing out, fell over
the boiy 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 COW
cred with blood. DR.. Evans, the only
physician in the village, was summoned
and 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 nurscd him
all through the night and by daylight the
patient was able to say that he knew Of no
enemy whom he could suspect. Latc Fri
day afternoon physicians who had been
summoned from Ma iison arrived, and
utter diagnosis gave slight hope Of his
recovery.
Shortly after the attempted assassina-
tion became known men in the village
started In pursuit Of tho assassin. Tho
night was dark, and after dilgent scar h
they returned without having gained q
single clew. 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 q bitter and per-
sistent fight against tho liquor element.
There arc two saloons in the village, and
the farmers about Mount Hor,b have
patronizei them very freely. Ed
it0r Mandt has advocated tho regu-
lating Of these saloons, and in many ways
m lde 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 s:iau!d
continue to attack tho lGuor men. In
his last issue M,ndt rc;i:ed TO the
letter IN fearless tones and urge d all good
citizens to unite in suppress ng the So
looms ana .clean out the stink-holes
among us which foster sneaks, towards
and Grim nals.n He continued in this
vein and closed BY saying that the threats
Of cowardly assnss.ns wOull not deter him
from dong his duty. In this we ks issue
he was to have continued his crusade
against the Quor dealers, wien bull
let brought him down.
There 10 great excitement among the in.
habitants Of Mount Horeb and an indig
nation meeting was held. 1t was resolved
70 hunt the criminal. or cr minals, down
at all hazards and bring the guilty ones
to Justice. A man is suspected now,
and ho is being closely watched, but his
| name viii not be made public until more
proof 10 secured. The saloon men are
nervous, but deny that they knew any
thing about the affair. They claim
| that they had no enmity to
| ward the wounded editor AMI 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 delicate position. At . late
hour the wounded editor was still alive.