The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-28

to the Heart of u One-Armed Man,
But 1t Missed Fire-SeveraI COM
panies of Troops at the Scene.
TIFFIN, O.. Oct. 27.-The city has been
shocked from center to circumference
over the attempt to lynch Marshal
Shultz's slayer last night. 1t is in
veritable uproar, the streets having been
thronged all day with men, some filled
with morbid curiosity, but many with
trouble written plainly on their faces.
The mob that attacked the jail early this
morning was composed of the worst spec
linens of law defiers that any community
could produce. Whisky had been indulg-
ed in until they were more like blood
thirsty wolves than human beings. To
reason with them meant danger if not
death to the peacemakers. The mob came
from an entirely unexpected source. The
report was current that a crowd of farm
ers from Hopewell township was con-
gregating and organizing on the out
skirts of the town and the attack was
expected to be made by them. But in
stead, it 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.
Thus matters went on until about Lis
a. m. Six men gathered on the lawn
about fifty feet from the jail and in
moment thirty others Joined them. Then
a sharp whistle was heard and out of
alley on the opposite side of the street
and little to the west rushed fully 800
more, the leaders carrying d rope and
q M OF n
accomplish their work. the sledges were
procured at a stone quarry and the rope
was thick enough TO hang a dozen men.
AS the mob made the rush towards the
jail they emitted
Yells That Were BIoodcurdiins,
eclipsing any savage yell ever uttered.
squad of policemen who had stationed
themselves on the steps We're Whisked to
one side as though they were so many
straws. officer Kieffer. who made a
brave and fierce resistance, was struck
on the head with sledge and kicked
scious and today he has been lowering
between life and death. Officer Fisher
was thrown against a brick wall and par
tally stunned, and Officer Hennessy was
tumbled over in the grass and kept there
by rutfian who held a murderous look
ing club over him and threatened death
if he did not lie still. The other officers
were treated in the same way The mob
went direct to the side entrance and com
menced the onslaught on the door with
their sledges. They were without any
reason whatever and made no demand
for the keys. Michael Schmi(futZ. a
powerful teamster, welded the sledge.
He was one of the drunken agitators who
appeared early in the morning. The door
was broken into splinters in a short time.
With each blow the fury of the crowd
increased When the entrance was
gained
There Was Il Wild Rush
and the hallway was filed with excited
men. Sheriff Van Nest and three men
stopped in the opposite end. He appealed
to them most bravely and strongly sew
eral times, asking them for Gods sake
TO disperSe. 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
few blows and then the remainder of
the heavy grating. Then it was that the
guards who were in that portion, began
to fire. At first they shot over the riot
ers' heads
A guard, in an interview with a Leader
reporter said 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 first.
Henry IIutchIer, the first man killed.
was the one who carried the rope. He
was shot through the left temple. the
died instantly.
Then, Christ Matt received a bullet
through the heart He was picked up
dead This awful work and the deter
be lynchers and they left the place, ours
ing wilder than ever. Vic Vindone a
young Italian laborer left with the inten-
ton of getting dynamite to blow up the
building, but he never put in an appear.
ance afterWard.
Acts of Fiends.
While in the midst of the attack Vim
done rushed upon a daughter of the
sheriff and threatened to kill her. An
other fellow held a revolver close to the
! heart of Andrew Greer, a .one-arxned SON
in-law of the sheriff. and pulled the trfg-
ger, but it missed fire and the next in
slant the one fist of Greer felled the
would-be assassin to- the floor. The
sheriff's family were upstairs and one
of the mob seeing them at the head of the
stairs, rushed viciously at them, but
someone threw him headlong to the bot
! tom. Between three and four O'Clock
this morning, after the mob had moved
further down the street, the prisoner
was handcuffed, taken through a side
door. and then to a side alley where a
carriage was in waiting. Police Captain
Faulkner and Officer Sweeney took him
| TO Sandusky county as fast as the horses
| could carry them. Citizens viewed the
J scene of the tragedy today by hundreds.
| Many people refused to believe that the
prisoner had been taken away and at
/ o'clock crowd numbering hundreds
started to make another attack but
Wiser Counsel Prevailed.
Finally, to .pacify. Them one of their
! number who knew the murderer, was al
lowed to search the building. He did not
4 find the prisoner and so Informed the
| crowd, but they refused to believe him
] Then Company E, of the Second regiment
! of militia of this city was called to guard
! the building.
This afternoon the crowd again sur.
! rounded the place. They became so de-
! termined that a committee of six vel
| known citizens again searched the build.
/ ing. Among the party was Mayor Rex
i and when they had finished the search
he appeared on the front steps. of the
building and in behalf of the committee
said the man could not be foun< Cap
tain Faulkner who had just returned
| from Sanduslly county spoke to the
crowd also. They could not help but be
satisfied and the greater part of then
dispersed.
In response to the governors orders
/ Company T. of the Sixteenth regiment. o
\ N c., of thirty-fve men: Company D
Sixteenth regiment, with forty-ive men
i and companies C and I. of Kenton, ar