The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-08


SAN BxRNARDINo, Cal. April Tho
horrible double murder which occurred in
this city yesterday, resulting in the mur-
der of old man Gordkoffer and woman
named Francisco Flores at the hands of
Jesus Fuen, eliminated last night In the
lynching of Fuen. Fuen and the woman
and wife, and Fuen chased Fran
home of old man Goldkoffer, .
German. IS years of age. who attempted to
protect her life, but was himself stabbed
Francisco in the same way. Several hun
dred people congregated at the scene in .
few minutes and were prevented from
lvnching Fuen by the doctors giving it
out that Fuen's wound ON the head would
result in his death in a few minutes.
Last night it became known that Fuen
was practically unharmed, and many
friends of Goldkoffer, who was an old and
respected citizen became infuriated. At
midnight about nifty men marched mp
the street in q body to the Jail
on Court street. They called on
Jailer Brown to produce Fuen. but
receiving no response, sledge hammers
were used to force the Jail 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 the assistance of the
other officers, who upon putting in an
appearance could do nothing with the
crowd, which had swelled to several
hundred. The sledge hammers were max
ing no impression on the iron doors, so a
beam weighing several hundred pounds
was brought into use as q battering ram
by the crowd, but even this failed to stave
in the door. 1t was then directed against
the iron grating of the window, which
welded at once. and an entrance to the
Jail was obtained,
Inside of the Jail several doors had to be
battered down before the prisoner could
be reached. For an hour and a half work
went steadily on until the cell was at last
reached. and the mob cut into this steel
cage with chisels used in the hands of ex.
perts. At last the prisoner was produced
and the immense crowd. which was
continually being swollen, directed
by the leaders, marched of with
him through the streets, to the railroad
bridge near First street. The murderer
carelessiy asked for a cigarette. which
was given him, and he puffed along on
his march to death as calmly as
though he was going to his wedding. Be-
fore being strung up he was given an
opportunity to say . few last words.
Through an interpreter he said he was
brought to his present condition by
whisky; that his wife had wronged him
and he had killed her, and that he was
ready to die. When asked what Gold
koffer had done to him. he said that he
had shot at him.
TO the bridge and the murderer was swung
off into eternity at 2:3O o'clock. The
crowd was orderly throughout the whole
Transaction. Some one fred q shot at
the body as ii swung from the bridge.
but the leaders of the mob at once.
put stop to il by declaring that whoever
repea,ed it would himself be shot. It was
stated this morning that the leaders Of the
mob are known and that an investigation
would be held, bu; up to the present time
no move in that direction has been made.
A coroner's inquest was held on the
BODY of Fuen, and the jury found that he
came to his death by hanging At the hands
of parties unknown to the jury. No At
tempt was made TO discover who the lead
ers of the mob were, and it is even rumored
that two or three of the coroner's jury
were participants in the hanging bee. The
talk of arrests is dying out, though but
few OF the mob wore masks and are well
known to hundreds Of spectators.
Daniel Psyton Dead.