The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-28
MILlTlAMEN FIRE ON A MOB.
TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL.
WOUNDED AT TIFFIN,


Prisoner for a MurderOus Attack
ON BOy-AnOther officer Who Ac-
conipanied the Marshal Wounded.
Tfmn. o.. Oct. Z7-In an attempt early
this morning to avenge the murder of Au-
gust Schultz, Trims popular city marshal
Who was shot down in cold blood by Lean
dor j. Martin, alias Williams, a farmer
OF Hopewell township, last Wednesday
evening. two more victims were added TO
the tragic affair. At 1;SO o'clock mob Of
l0 iufurlated men. many Of whom were
under the influence of liquor, attacked the
5qu I'm an effort to secure Martin and hang
him. A volley from a half dozen Win
chesters met them and two of the mob
were killed. They are: Henry Mutchler,
Jr. and Christian Matse.
At daylight this morning crowds began
10 gather IN the vicinity Of the jail and
shaHa Van Ness, fearing further trouble,
called out Company c of the Sixteenth
re..neut, Ohio national guard, to main
tain ORDER This company, which is sta
toned here, is not numerically strong and
t1e sheriff, thinking Capt. Loomis' men
would be unable to cope with more
general civic uprising, telegraphed Gov.
Mckinley for more troops.
The governor complied with the re-
quest, ordering three additional companies
to the scene. During the day one com
pany each came from Fremont and san
dusky, and late this evening the company
from kentOn arrived on the Big -Four. IL
is not believed that there Will be any
further trouble, vet the friends OF the
dead men threaten vengeance to the
guards who fired on the mob and the dead
marshafs friends SAY they will Kill Mar
Tin If they can get to him.
Martin was spirited away to Fremont
long before daylight, but this, the peo-
pie refuse to believe.
The names of the guards who fired the
fatal vOlley are known only to sheriff
Van Ness. Three hundred miliJiamen
are guarding the Jail tonight Martin
runs small farm near Watson station,
six miles south of town. Wednesday af-
ternOOn he got into d controversy with a
son of a neighboring farmer. The boy,
who is scarcely 10 years of age, had re-
fused to obey some trivial request of
Martin, and the farmer flew into rage.
He struck the boy with his fist and then
seized him by the neck, nearly strang-
ling him. The boy finally succeeded III
breaking away, and, half dead though
he was, reached town, where he told
his story to the police.
officer Pat Sweeney and Marshal Shultz
Immediately started for the Martin farm.
Martin was still in front of the house
and apparently saw them approaching,
for he rushed inside and when they ar
rived had barricaded the doors and was
watching from one Of the windows.
Sweeney and Shultz has not taken the
affair very seriously and had expected
no determined opposition. They walked di-
rect to the door of the house, but when they
reached close range Martin opened fire
from the window. They blazcd away in
return, but before more than half dozen
shots had been fired both officers had
fallen. Shultz died almost instantly where
he lay.
house at the first gunshot and succeeded
I'm getting beyond the range with two
wounds, which were not fatal.
ReinfOrcements arrived later from town,
and Martin, seeing that further resist
ance was useless, laid down his arms and
surrendered. The news of the death Of
Shultz caused the widest excitement in
town and among the neighbOring. farms,
where the dead man was well known and
liked
shultz's funeral was held yesterday and
was largely attended, the farmers for
miles around adding their numbers to
those of the friends of the marshal living
in town. After the services there was
much talk among the populace, especially
the farmers living near Watson, and 1t
was noticed as evening drew on that few
departure for home. Nothing was thought
of this, however, as the farmers regard
saturdays at this season as holidays and
often make a day of it Sin town" There
town crowd, and plenty of talk about
lynch1ng Martin, but it was not taken
ior much. Sheriff Joe Van Ness, know
ing Shultz's popularity had, however, tax
en- the precautiOn the night after the muir
der to place four or five guards in the
jail and arm them with Winchesters. He
SAID this afternoon that he really eX-
pected no trouble but put the men there
Just to be on the safe side"
AZ midnight most of the saloons closed
ana the town was apparently quiet. II
was noticed that nearly everybody had
disappeared, and the two policemen who
DO night duty around the business POI
uon of the handsome little city walked
thelf beats apparently with the usual
uull night ahead of them
Out at the old fair grounds, just one
mile east of the Jail and court house
which ornament the exact center of the
CITY an exciting midnight scene was be-
ing enacted. Belated residents, making
for their homes in that portion of the
city, noticed groups of men IN various
parts of the grounds, which were lately
sold by the county to syndicate for a
subdivision of the city. The groups grew
and their numbers were augmented eY-
cry few minutes by the arrival of people
from various parts of the city and coun-
ty No leader seemed in evidence.
Shortly after ! o'clock there wasN a
concerted move and the mob, which had
az last found leader, started INTO the
city. The night was dark and the shad-
ors cast by the big trees which lined
the pavements on both sides Of the
streets through which the mob marched
added to the gloom. The marchers on
m0a-laW bent, came into Market street.
lJst east of Heidelberg college, and pass
ing the handsome homes on the ave-
lJe, arrived in the rear or the Jan az
1870 o'clock After a wait of two or
three moments the mob, with a terrlnc
yell rushed through the yard between
the Seneca county court house and the
Jail, and in twinl1ling were demanding
entrance to Sheriff Van Ness official
rs.dence and the Jail Many members
e The mob had obtained sledge ham
rrs which they used with quick effect
on The light door which leads to the cor
faor between the sherim's residence and
The Jail proper. This obstacle was de-
m9lshed with few sharp blows and the
h.9od-thirsty mob surged inside the jail
Sheriff Van Ness and his deputies We're
prepared for the intruders. He met the
urst party of the mob and demanded
their instant withdrawal on penalty Of
the law and bodily harm If they yentur-
gu further. The brave officer of the law
faced the infuriated throng revolver in
lanq, but he was oVerpOwered by the
1eckless and partly intoxicated mob and
ms weapon Wrested from his grasp.
Inc laW-breakers. elated over their ap-
p&fently easy progress toward the object
tl their attack. imagined that the rel
iAalnder of the fatal work would be as
Easy, but they counted without the deter
mined and heavily armed body of six
1Fputy sheriffs who had been sworn in by
liie chief peace officer of the county after
!le arrest of Shultz's murderer and placed
q an advantageous position inside the
.Il, with ironclad orders to resist the