The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-10-31
SHOT BY GUARDS,
WOULD-BE LYNCHERs IN OHIO GET
THE WORST OF 1T.
They Force Their Why Into the Jail
Mt Ttmn With the Intention OF
Lynchins a Murderer-Guards Ope1a-
Fire, Killing Two Of Them.

1T Will 4nlcn1lOn OF
Lynchins a Murderer-Guards Opeu
Fire, Killing Two OF Them.
Tiffin, Ohio, Oct. 29.-Seyeral hun.
bred men forced their way into the
jail here early this morning with the
intention Of lynching T.. J. Martin,
who had murdered Marshal Schultz.
They were fired upon by guards and
two of the members Of the mob were.
instantly killed. The others then re-
treated.
The mob was composed of the worst
specimens Of law defiers that any
community could produce. Whisky
had been INDUCED in until they were.
more like blood-thirsty wolves than
human beings. 10 reason with them
| meant danger, if not death, to the.
peacemaker. The mob came from an
| entirely unexpected source. The re-
port was current that a mob of farm
ers from Hopewell township was con-,
gregating on the outskirts Of the town
and the attack was expected to be-
made by then-but, instead, it was,
done by fellows who had been circu-
lating in the vicinity of the Jail. 1t
was hardly supposed that they would
wv SuSAA
lice made no effort to quiet them.
Thus matters went on until about / 10.
a. III. Six men gathered on the lawn
| about fifty feet from the Jail, and in
moment about thirty others joined
them. Then sharp whistle was
heard and out of an alley on the op-
posite side Of the street and a little.
to the west rushed fully 300 more, the
leaders carrying rope and several
sledge hammers with which to ac-
complish their work. The sledge-
hammers were procured at a stone
quarry, and the rope was thick enough
to hang dozen men. AS the mob
made the rush they emitted a yell
that was blood-curdling, eclipsins
sayages.
Policemen Injured
squadron of policemen who had
stationed themselves on the steps OF
the Jail were whisked to one side as.
though they were so many straws.
Officer Keiffer, who made brave re-
sistance, was struck m the head with
sledge and kicked brutality. He was:
carried home unconscious and is hoy
erirg between life and death. Officer
Fisher was thrown against a brick
wall and stunned, and Officer Hen
nessey was tumbled over in the grass
and kept there by by a rufian who
held a murderous looking club over
him and threatened death if he did not
lie still. The other officers We're treat
ed in the same way. The mob went d.
rect to the side entrance and COM
menced the onslaught on the door
with their sledges. They were with
out any reason whatever, and made
no demand for the keys. Michael
Schmidutz, a powerful teamster.
welded the Sledge. He was one Of
the drunken agitators appeared pre-
vious1y. The door was broken into
splinters in short time. With each
blow the fury Of the crowd increased.
When the entrance was gained there
was a wild rush and the way was
filled with excited men. The sheriff
and three men stood in the opposite
end of the hall. He appealed to them
most brayely and strongly. asking
them to desist. 1t did no good, for the
men only grew iercer. The entrance
to the corridor is first protected by a
heavy sheet iron door. The lock was
broken off with few blows and then
there remained the heavy grating. 1t
was then that the guards who were
in that portion
Began the Fire
At first they shot over the rioters
heads. A guard in an interview with
a representative Of the press said the
men swore to kill every person in
side, and to show their purpose they
began to fire at they. The guards said
no shot was fired by them until the
attacking party had fired through the
grating first. Henry Muitschler, the
first man killed, was the one who car
ried the rope. He was shot through
the left temple, the ball coming out on
the right side, killing him instantly.
Then Krist Mates got a bullet
through the heart. This awful work
and the determination of the guards
awed the would-be lynchers, and they
left the place, cursing, and wilder
than ever.
Vic Vindone. a young Italian labor
err, left with the intention of getting
dynamite to blow up the building,
but he never put in an appearance.
While in the midst of the attack one
rioter rushed upon a daughter Of the
sheriff and calculated to kill her. An
the head 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, rushed viciously at them, but
some one threw him headlong to the
bottom. Between 3 and O'clock this
morning. after the mob had moved
further down the street. the prisoner
was handcuffed, taken through a side
door and to side alley where car
rage was in waiting. Police Captain
Falkner and Officer Sweeney took him
to Sandusly county as fast as the
horses could carry them. Citizens
viewed the scene to-day by hundreds.
Many people refused to believe that
the prisoner had been taken away.
and at 10 o'clock crowd of hundreds
started to make another attack but
wiser counsel prevailed. The militia
has been called out. ~. ...
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