The record-union., 1894-05-12
BLOOD BEEN SPILLED At LAST.
The Result of LawIessness by One Of
the Armies"
They Steal Train. Resist Arrest. and
Assault an Officer-The Latter Kills
Ono of His Assailants.

At last human life has been sacrificed
as the result of law wlessness on the part of
the so-called Industrials, who were re-
Gently encamped here.
While an officer at Rocklin, Constable
Fleckenstein, was in the discharge of his
duty by arresting the engineer OF cap
tured train he was pounced upon and
/ beaten by mob of the Industrials, and
in self-Gefense shot and killed one of the
number, known as Captain Paisley.
The circumstances leading up to the
affair, as learned from officers who were
present when the train was captured, are
substantially as follows:
I On Thursday, Superintendent Mackey
of the Rancho Gel Paso informed Colonel
Smith that the army was obstructing his
property in the vicinity of Ben Ali Sta
ton, which was not railroad ground; that
he was preparing to make a large ship
ment of thoroughbred colts to the East,
and needed all the ground about the sta
| ton.
Smith promised to move on, but did
not, and another interview was held with
Smith i'll the evening by Mackey and
| Sheriff O'Neil, the latter having been
called on TO enforce the order for the
army to move on. Mr.. Mackey offered
to give the men beef and q large guam
tity of potatoes, and to send these and
their luggage by wagon to Auburn.
The offer was accepted, and Deputy
Constable Brissel set to work making
| preparations to that end. lie came to the
city and procured the supplies, which ar
rived at the camp about O'Clock yester-
] day morning.
/ While preparations were in progress
| for the army to march, as the officers sup
posed, a freight train came.along from the
city, bound Eastward. 1t was composed
Of a number of box and flat cars. the lat
ter loaded with lumber.
As the train approached the switch,
several of the Industrials threw pile Of
| bags filed with earth upon the rails, caus-
! ing the engineer to bring the train to a
halt. Then four men. who had been Sc
creted by the cattle chute, climbed aboard
the locomotive and deposing the engineer
placed one of their own number, named
in the situation at a glance and remarked,
smilingly: well, boy, L guess you've
got me! 1 can't help MYSELF
The trainmen sought to fool the army,
! howeyer-the members of which had by
this time all boarded the cars-by cutting
| it in two. The train started up, and after
going some distance the discovery was
made that there were but three cars fol-
| lowing the locomotive, SO it was stopped
| and run back, when the other cars were
hooked on.
This train was due to meet the incom-
| ing overland train at Antelope, some
niles beyond, and owing to the delay the
conductor had to make fast time. There
was no means of sending back word
| from Antelope. but when Roseville was
| reached a telegram was sent to the rail-
road office here, informing the Office of
! the situation.
The wires were put in operation and
Constable Fleckenstein at Rocklin, five
miles further on, was notified to arrest
J the engineer who was running the loco
motive of the captured train.
After the train had pulled into RocSlin
F'leckenstein set about doing his duty.
| He wentto the engine, served the warrant
on Engineer Williams. placed him under
arrest, and was about taking him away,
when a mob of the Industrials rushed
upon him, bore him to the ground and
piled upon him in the effort to rescue his
prisoner. What followed is best told by
one who stood by and saw all that hap
pened.
AS SEEN BY AN EYEWITNESS.
| Charles c.. Folger of Rocklin was an
| eye witness to the whole trouble. He
was in this city yesterday and called at
the REcoRD-UNIoN office, when he made
| Inc following statement.
Constable Joseph Fleckenstein went
| to the engine to arrest a man named
| Williams, who was on the engine and
about to pull out eastward with the train.
| This Williams was stationary engineer,
but not locomotive engineer, and
knew nothing about air. but was forced
! by the men to run the train.
1.-The Constable arrested Williams and
started with him to the Office of the JUS
tice of the Peace. / was right behind
them, and Fleckenstein asked me to help
| keep the men of. The crowd came from
the train and rushed after the officer,
who pushed his prisoner along ahead OF
him, keeping his revolver in his hand
and warning them not to interfere with
| him or he would shoot
.'Just as he came to the platform in
| front of the Justices Office the crowd
! commenced to yell: Take his gun away
from him = and Immediately several of
| the foremost jumped upon the officer,
pulled him down backward and at
! tempted to take the revolver away from
him. They chol<ed Fleckenstein until he
was black in the face, but he would not
give up his revolver, and finally shook
| himself free from them.
He stood there a moment, facing the
crowd, with his prisoner behind him. BY
pointing his revolver at the crowd he
kept them back for moment. He was
|
received, and could hardly get his
breath.
'Just then Paisley, who was large
man, came from the side at a rapid gait
toward Fleckenstein. AS soon as the
latter saw him he whipped his gun in
that direction and fired. Paisley walked
a step or two and fell.
"Fleckenstein then rushed his prisoner
into the Justices Office, and the crowd
commenced to yell, Lynch him = The
/ Constable was not frightened, however,
and after putting fresh cartridge into
his revolver went out again on the plat
form in front of the crowd.
"The prisoner then begged me to get
/ FleckensteIn to get out of the way, as he
believed the crowd would lynch him. I
went to the Constable and induced him
! to go back in with me and make his
escape by the rear of the Justices Office,
which he finally did"
FLEcKEN STEMS STORY.
Joseph Fleckenstein, the Rocklin Con-
stable was brought to this city yesterday
afternoon by Sheriff Conroy of Placer
| County and placed in the County Jail,
| where he was seen by RECORD Union
reporter and asked to give his own vers-
ion of the shooting.
+ 81 am very sorry it happened,n he
| said, ''bdt cannot think that l did any,
thing wrong. | saw the train come in.
! bur did not go up town for some time.
| Then got up and started out. 1 met the
Justice of the Peace on the street. and he
told me Mr.. Wardell, the train agent.
wanted me. / was given warrant for
the arrest of the engineer who had pos
session of the engine, and went over to
where it was.
81 served the warrant on him, and he
said he would go with me. He made no
objection and acted quietly. He had just
started the engine 10 pull out, when l
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