Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-11-02

he did not lie still.
The other officers were treated in the
same way.
The mob went direct to the side en-
trance and commenced the onslaught
on the door with their sledges. They
were without any reason whatever and
made no demands for the keys.
Michael Schmidutz. a powerful team
ster, welded the sledge. He was one
of the drunken agitators who appeared
early In the evening. The door was
broken into splinters in a short time.
With each blow the fury of the crowd
increased.
WILD RUSH.
When the entrance was gained there
was a wild rush and the hallway was
filed with the excited mob.
Sheriff Van Nest and three men stop
ped in the opposite end. He appealed
to them most bravely and strongly
several times, asking them for Gods
sake to dispense. 1t did no good, for
the men only grew fiercer.
The entrance to the corridor is first
protected by heavy sheet iron door.
The lock was broken off with a few
blows and then the remainder Of the
five guards who were in the portion
began to fire. AT first they shot over
the rioters heads.
A guard, in an interview with a re-
porter, said that the men sWore to kill
every person inside and to show their
purpose, they began to fire at them.
The guards said no shot was fired by
them until the attacking party had
fired through the grating.
Henry Mutchler, the first man killed,
was the one who carried the rope. He
was shot through the left temple, the
ball coming out on the right side, and
he died in a moment.
Then Christ Matz received a bullet
through the heart. He was picked I'D
dead.
This awful work and the determina-
ton of the guards, aWed the would-be
lynchers and they left the place cursing
wilder than ever.
Vic Vindone. a young Italian laborer.
left with the intention Of getting dyna-
mite to blow up the building, but he
never put in an appearance afterwards.
While in the midst OF the attack Vim
done rushed upon a daughter Of the
sheriff and threatened to kill her.
MISSED FIRE.
Another fellow held a revolver close
to the heart of Andrew Greer, a one
armed son-in-law OF the sheriff, and
pulled the trigger, but it missed fire and
the next instant the one fist Of Greer
felled the would-be assassin to the
floor.
The sheriff's family were up stairs
and one of the mob seeing them at the
head of the stairs, rushed viciously at
them, but some one threw him head
long to the bottom.
Between and I o'clock this morn
ing, after the mob had moved further
down the street, the prisoner was hand
cuffed, taken through a side door and
then to a side alley where a carriage
was in waiting. Police Captain Faux
ner and officer Sweeney took him to
Sandusky county as fast as the horses
could carry them. Citizens viewed the
scene of the tragedy today by the hun
dreds. Many people refused to believe
that the prisoner had been taken away
and at 8 o'clock a crowd numbering
hundreds started to make another at
tack, but wiser counsel prevailed
Finally to pacify them one OF their
number who knew the murderer, was
allowed to search. He did not find the
prisoner and SO informed the crowd
but they refused to believe him. when
Company e of the Second regiment of
militia Of the city was called to guard
the building.
This afternoon a crowd again sur
rounded the place. They became so de-
termined that a committee of six we'll
known citizens again searched the
building. Among the party was Mayor
Rex, and when they had finished the
search, he appeared on the front steps
of the building and in behalf or the
committee said the man could not be