Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-11-08
ARMS AWE THE MOB.
OHIO LYNCHERS MEET WITH
DEADLY BULLETS.
Rioters Break Into the Jail at Tifffn
and Two Are shot Down by Guards
The Offensive Prisoner Had Muir
dcred Marshal.
TrOOnS Called Ont.


Martial law reiCned in Tifiin. Ohio, Sun
day night. The CLEAN of musket and bay
onct was seen glancing back the moon
beams on the streets surrounding the
county Jail. Morris Degan. one of the
rioters. assaulted a militiaman guarding
the Jail and was taken in custody by the
police, who were followed 10 the station
by a bowling. hooting mob. The jail
doors are wrecks. having been battered
from their hinges by an armed mob. Two
men lie dead with bullet wounds in head
and body. one police officer is a home with
probably fatal injuries. two others
are injured and n young man has n bullet
through his hand.
The attempt to lynch Leander J. Mar
tin. alias Miller. murderer Of City Mar
shall August ShultZ. anticipated since the
tragedy. was made in dead earnest at
1 30 o'clock Sunday morning. and result
ed in the instant death of Mutchler and
MatZ, members of the mob which at
tackled the Jail -The rioters exceeded 800
men and most If them were under the in
huence of liqror nj the time.
The mob came from an entirely unex-
pccted source. 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 opposite side of the
street and little to the west rushed fully
800 more. the leaders carrying rope and
several sledgehammcrs with which to ac-
complish their work. 4 squad of police
men who had stationed themselves on The
steps. were whisked To one side us if they
were so many strawS.
\ rush was made for the jail The men
were without reason and made no demand
fer the keys. \ powerful teamster WELD
ed the sledge. The door was broken in
splinters i'll a short time. With each blow
the fury OF the crowd increased When
the entrance was gained there was a wild
rush and the hallway was filled with ex-
cited men. Sheriff Van Nest and three
men stood in the opposite end. He ap-
roaled to them most brayely and strongly
several times. asking them for Gods sake
TO dispense. Ii did 10 good. for the men
only grew fiercer. The entrance to the
corridor is first projected by heavy
shcet-iron door. The lock was broken off
| with a few blows and then there remained
! the heavy grating.
Guards Open Fire.
L iicll Ill WIS lilul Tie SuHFuS, VINO were
| in that portion, began to fire. At first
they shot over the rioters heads 4
guard aftcrward 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 un-
| til the attacking party had fired through
| the grating first. 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 instantly. Then Christ
| Matz received bullet through his heart
He was picked up dead.
The killing of the two men caused ces-
| sation of the attack. Then the mob
thought of dynamiting the Jail and sent
messengers to all the stone quarres in
the city and vicinity, but all returned
| without any explosives. While this was
| going on Sheriff Van Nest placed Miller
| in charge of Captain Falkncr and Officer
! Sweeney. who drove him at n breeknecls
| speed to Fremont, eighteen miles away,
| and placed him III the Sandusky County
| Jail. 1t was found necessary to call out
| the local militia. and as the day advanced
| and tho news spread to the rural districts
| Governor Mckinley was appealed to for
| troops. and ordered the two companies
/ from Kenton one from FoStoria and an
| other from Clyde to go to Tifiin at once.
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