Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-04-08
VIOLENT Deed OF A MOB
A California Murderer Taken From
Jail and Lynched
COTTON BROKERS' FAILURE
A Woman Afflicted With Leprosy Found
in the San Francisco City
Hospital

=SAN lBERNARDINo, Cal, April =
The horrible butchery which occurred
in this City yesterday, resulting in the
death of old man Goldkoffer and the
woman Francisco Flores at the hands
of Jesus Fuen, eliminated last night in
la lynching. Fuen and the woman
Flores were living together as man and
wife. Fuen chased Francisco with a
butcher knife to the home of old man
Goldkotfer, German, 75 years of age,
who attempted TO protect her life, but
was himself stabbed to death. The as
sassiH then killed Francisco in the
same way. Several hundred people
congregated at the scene In few min
utes, and were prevented from lynch
ing Fuen by the doctors giving it out
that Fuen's wounds on the head would
result in death in a few minutes. Last
night it became known that Fuen was
practically unhurt, and many friends
Of GOldkofier, who was an old and re-
spected citizen, became infuriated.
About II O'Clock this morning about
fifty men marched up the street in
body to the Jail on Court street.
They called on Jailer Brown to pro-
dHce FHen, but receiving no response
sledge hammers were used to force the
doors. AT this juncture Jailer Brown
appeared at the window of the upper
story and demonstrated with the crowd,
but to no effect He then fired several
shots in the air TO call assistance of
other Officers, who, upon putting in APP
pearance, could do nothing with the
crowd, which had swelled TO several
hundred.
Sledge hammers making no i'm.
preston on the iron doors, an iron
beam weighing several hundred pounds
was brought into use as battering
ram by the crowd Even this ponder
Gus weapon failed to staye in the door.
1t was then directed against the graf
ing of the iron window, which yielded
at once, and an entrance TO the Jail
was obtained. Inside of the Jail sew
eral doors had to battered down before
the prisoner could be reached. For an
hour and half the work went steadily
on, until the prisoner was at last
reached, and the mob cut into his steel
cage by chisels in the hands of experts.
At last the prisoner was produced and
the immense crowd, which was CON
tinually swelling, directed by the lead |
ers, marched off with him through the |
streets to the railroad bridge, near First |
street. The murderer carelessly asked |
for a cigarette which was given him, |
and he pufled along on his march 10 !
death as calmly as though going to his
wedding, Before being strung up he
was given an opportunity to say his |
last words Through an Interpreter, he !
said he was brought to his present con-
diti0n by whisky; that his wife had |
wronged him and that he had killed !
her, and that he was ready to die. |
When asked what Goldkofier had done |
to him, he said that he had shot at |
him. The end of the rope was then !
made fast TO the bridge, and the muir
derer was swung of into eternity at |
2:30 O'clock. The crowd was orderly |
the whole transaction. |
Someone fired shot at the body as it |
swung from the bridge, but the leaders |
of the mob at once put stop to it by !
declaring that whoever repeated II |
would himself be shot.