The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-28

is heavy semi-circuIar barred door.
Wnlcn was attacked with sledge hammers.
ate AIter pleading and threats had failed to
GET the men to desist the guards fired
their revOlvers into the ceiling The sound
oI the nre-arms did not make the crowd
ninch.. As last resort the guards fol-
lowing the command of the sheriff, turned
their death-dealing weapons direct upon
tRe attacking party and poured voliey
The volley of six Winchester balls
brought death to Henry Mutchler. Jr.
and Christian Matse. They fen lifeless
where they had stood helping in the
the cell IN which Martin lay, crouching in
fear OF his life being taken away before
the judgment of the law.
The bodies of the two men were carried
away b. their comrades This tragic
check only served TO add to the fury of
The mob. The work OF demolition was
brought TO a stop only because certain
members or the mob had gone from the
scene TO secure dynamite with which TO
destroy the Jail and the hated inmates.
W nile the vain search for the terrible
explosive was in progress. Police Officer
sweeney and Faulkner went to Murderer
Martin s cell, unlocked the door, hand
CURED him and took him safely from the
jail by rear door, which the mob had
not thOught OF guarding. The hunted
prisoner and his guards entered a waiting
can at the door and were driven at a
furious pac& TO Fremont. twenty-four
miles distant
The guards who had carried out the or
the law with such terrible effect disaD-
peared from the Jail soon as word came
mat Martin was safely on the way to
fremont The mob quickly learned that
the object of their vengeance was no
longer within the Jail and slowly dis
persed The hunt for dynamite had prov
ed fruitless.
Baffied in their plot to lynch the slay-
er OF their friend the marshal the mob s
rage and threats of vengeance We're di-
rected against the deputies who had kill
IN M
the officers and learn their identity if
possible, but their names are known
only to the sheriff and few trusted
With the break of day excited crowds
began to gather again in the vicinity of
the jail ana Sheriff Van Ness found it
of the Ohio National Guard, as well as
TO apply to Gov. Mckinley for additional
coHlpaHleS. me crowd which swarmed
OUTSIDE the jail refused to believe that
the prisoner had been removed and
laughed at the several committees of cit
liens who gave the interior of the struc-
ture a thorough inspection and reported
that the murderer was not there.
A company OF militia arrived tonight
from Toledo and went into camp in the
vicinity OF the Jail where the other four
companies OF the national guard are on
duty, making an armed force of train
ed men sufficient to repel any attack
Wnlch even an organized and heavily
armed mob might make on the Jail.
Col. kounts OF Toledo, as ranking officer,
dsSuuleu command or the militia and the
situation at a late hour, gives no indica-
tion Of another outbreak
Mutcher was q years OF age and a la
borer He was drunk during the night
and was loud in agitating lynch law
Matte was 30 years of age and a butcher
Neither was married.
It is expected that the Campbell cam
paign tomorrow will attract a large crowd
to the city and that there may be scenes
of violence, as threats are still-beiug made
TO blow up the jail to avenge the shooting
of the men.
Tifin, o., Oct %, 1 a. m.-AH is quiet
at midnight and no disturbance is ex-
pected tonight. Two companies of the
Sixteenth regiment and four of the Sec
ond are quartered around the court house
and jail, with Mai. Bunker in command
assisted by Mai. Kuert. Adit. Gen Howe
and stan are also here. The authorities
at Fremont, where the murderer was tax
en- for safe keeping, became alarmed over
the situation here. and fearing that the
mob from Tiffin might traverse the eigh-
teen miles between the two cities and paw
visit to the Jail tonight, wired that
they had sent the murderer to Cleveland.