The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-23
A LYNGHING ATERTED.
Terrible Triple Tragedy in the
Village Of Midvale, Pa,
AN INNOCENT INFANT MURDERED.

The Murderer, a Burly Polander, Then
Fatally wounded His wife and n Fell
low Countryman-Hls House Partly De-
molished by an Enraged Mob.
WuKEsBARRE, Pa, March GA bloody
tragedy occurred at Midvale, this county,
last evening. Midvale is village of $50
inhabitants, and the majority Of the set
tiers are foreigners, the Polish element
predominating John Sanders keeps the
largest boarding house in the place. He is
big, burly Polander, greatly feared by
his countrymen.
Last evening Sanders had a quarrel with
Polander named Mike Boshop. The
latter is alleged to have said: "You big
tyrant, | am not afraid of you" The
words had hardly left his mouth when
Sanders ran to a corner of the room and
picked up rifle. Boshop tried to escape
by running out of the back door, but he
was not quick enough. Sanders took aim
and fired. The first shot missed Bishop,
but it found a target in the person of 2
year-old Willie Hendershot, who was re-
clining in his mothers arms in the adioin-
ing room. The ball pierced the little fell
lows brain and he expired almost imme
diately. The mother fell in a swoon, and
at first it was thought that both mother
and child were dead. The second shot
fired by Sanders entered Boshop's body
near the heart and he fell to the ground.
Sanders, thinking he had killed BOshOp,
returned to the house and attacked his
wife, accusing her of being intimate with
the boarders He fired two shots at the
woman, both of which took effect, one
lodging in the tleshy part of the right leg
and the other in the neck. 1t is thought
that the latter wound will prove fatal.
Boshop and the woman were removed TO a
hospital. The doctors say that the man
can live but few hours, and there is but
little hope for the woman.
After the shooting Sanders barricaded
himself in the house. The news of the
tragedy spread rapidly, and in less than
an hour over 800 people had gathered in
the vicinity. The crowd began to stone
the house, when Sanders raised the win
dow and fired two shots from a revolver
into the crowd This made the people
more desperate than ever, and the cry
went up; Burn the house down. Lynch
the scoundrell' Several attempts to burn
the house was made, but they were not
successful, and the mob began to tear the
house down. All the windows were
broken, but nobody had the courage to
enter the house and capture the assassin.
County Detective Whalen and Patrick
McGrorty attempted to enter one of the
windows, but the whiz of a bullet from
Sanders revolver drove them back.
Later Squire Perkins, of Wilkesbarre,
headed party which entered the house.
They found the murderer helpless, his am
munition having been exhausted. He
was found lying under bed, with the
rifle and two empty revolvers lying by his
| side. Blood was streaming from a wound
| in the back of his head, which was
! thought to have been inflicted by a stone
( thrown through the window
! When the murderer was brought out of
the house the crowd wanted to lynch him
to the nearest tree, but Sheriff Walters
/ appealed to them to let the law take its
! course. Several men attempted to take
the prisoner by force, but the wisdom of
the better element prevailed, and Sanders
was finally lodged in Jail.
The house is almost a complete wreck.
Every window is broken and one side of
the building was torn away by the mob
in their frenzy