Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-11-01
Jail Guards Fire. Killing Two Of
the Attacking Party.
DOORS ARE BATTERED DOWN
Mantle. DECLARING Vengeance
ON the Sheriff.

schulz last Wednesday evening while
resisting arrest. broke out with in
creased fury last night.
About 1870 o'clock this morning an
onslaught was made on the jail by a
crowd numbering 300. The attacking
party was composed principally OF men
from Hopewell township. the home of
The murdered marshal. The latter S
brother headed the mob. The result is
that two of the attacking party were
instantly killed.
The mob formed on the outskirts OF
town and marched to the Jail In a body.
Ihey went to work without ceremony
and commenced to batter down the
doors at the side entrance, making no
demand of the sheriff for the keys or
anything. There was no resistance to
the mob when 1t battered down the
Hoor, but when 1t started to break down
the door leading to the corridor sharp
tusllade was commenced by the guards.
Al frst they fired in the air, but as the
attack became fiercer, the guards shot
10 take effect. The killing put tenn
porary stop to the onslaught, but 1t
made the mob like SO many wild ami
mails. They left the building crying
vengeance on the sheriff, and declared
their intention to blow the jail up with
dynamite.
Henry Mutschler is the name Of one of
the dead men. He Is a laborer about rs
years old. He was drunk in the even
ing and was one of the agitators. The
name of the other Is Christ Matz.
LIKE WILD FIRE.
The news of the attack spread like
Wild fire and hundreds Of citizens hur-
lied to the scene.
All day the city has been shocked
from center to circumference over the
attempt to lynch Marshal Schulz's STAY
er. In veritable uproar the streets
nave been thronged all day with men,
some filled with morbid curiosity, but
many with trouble written plainly on
heir faces.
The mob that attacked the Jail was
composed of the worst specimens of law
dehers that any community could pro-
duce. Whisky had been INDUCED in I'M
I'll they were more like bloodthirsty
wolves than human beings. To 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 crowd of farm
ers from Hopewell township was con-
gregating and organizing on the out
skirts of town and the attack was ex-
pected to be made by them, but instead.
1t was done by fellows who had been
circulating in the vicinity of the Jail
all evening. 1t was hardly supposed
they would dare to do such a thing and
the police made no effort to quiet them.
SHARP WHISTLE.
Ihus matters went on until about is
am, when six men gathered on the
lawn about 80 feet from the Jail and in
a moment 80 others Joined them. Then
a sharp whistle was heard and out of
an alley on the opposite side OF the
street rushed fully 500 more, the leaders
carrying rope and several sledgeham-
mers with which to accomplish their
work. As the mob made the rush to-
wards the jail they emitted yells that
were bloodcurdling, exceeding any saw
age yell ever uttered. A squad of DO
iicemen who had stationed themselves
ON the steps were whisked to one side
as though they were so many straws.
Oiicer kieffer. who made a brave and
herce resistance, was struck on the
head with sledge and kicked brutallv
lie was carried home unconscious and
today he has been lowering between
life and death.
Oillcer Fisher was thrown against a
brick wall and partially stunned. and
Oiilcer Hennessy was tumbled over on
me ground and kept there by a ruf
nan who held a murderous looking
CLUB over him and threa tened death If
ne 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 thare
was wild rush and the hallway was
flled with the excited mob.
Sheriff Van Nest and three men sion
PED IN the opposite end. He appealed
10 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
heavy grating. Then ii was that the
live guards who We're 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 XIII
every person inside and to show their
purpose, they began to fire at them
The guards said no shot was fired bv
them until the attacking party had
fred through the grating.
Henry Mutchler the first man killed
was the one who carried the rope. He
was shot through the left temple. he
oall coming out on the right side. and
he died in a moment
Then Christ Matz received a bullet
through the heart. He was picked IN
dead.
This awful work and the determine
ton OF the guards, awed the would-be
lynchers and they left the place cursing
wilder than ever.
vie Vindone. young Italian laborer.
left with the intention OF getting dyna-
mite to blow up the building, but he
never put insan 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 revolver close
to the heart of Andrew Greer. a one