Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-01
1 Guards FHef Killing Two af
the Attacelne Party.
Tbe Crowd Retreats With Cry Tor Dy.
- re1aiie. Declaring Vengeance
on the Sheriff.

Cleveland. Ohio. Oct. PA special to-
the Leader from Tiffin. Ohio, says:
The sentiment against Martin, the
man who so heartlessly killed Marshall
Schulz last Wednesday evening whlle.
resisting arrest, broke out with
creased fury last night. -
About 1880 o'clock this fpornin an
onslaught was made On the jail NJ a
crowd numbering 300. The attacking
party was composed principal men
from Hopewell township, the home of
the murdered marshal The latter's
brother headed the mob. Tie result is
that two of the attackiug party were
instantly killed.
The mob formed on the outskirts of
G town and marched to the jail in body.
They 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
amy Thing. There was no resistance to
the mob when it battered down the
door but when 1t started to break down
thesdoor leading to the corridora sharp
fusilAde was commenced by the guards.
At FIRST they fred in the air. but as the
attack became fiercer, the guards shot
to take effect. The killing put a tenn
porary stop to the onslaught, but it
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 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 Matt.
LIKE WILL FIRE.
The news of the attack spread like
( wild fire and hundreds of citizens hur-
ried to the scene.
NAll. day the city has been shocked
from center to circumference over the
attempt to lynch Marshal Schulz's STAY
err In veritable 'uproar the streets
have been thronged all day with men,
some flied with morbid curiosity. but
many with trouble written plainly on
their faces.
The mob that attacked the Jail was
composed of the worst specimens of law
defers that any community could pro-
duce. Whisky had been INDUCED in I'M
I'll they We're 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 onAthe out
skirts of town and the attack Was ex-
pected to be made by them, but Instead.
it was done by fellows who had Nheen
circulating in the vicinity of the tail
all evening. 1t was hardly supposed
they would dare to do such thing ant
the police made no effort to quiet them
A SHARP WHISTLE.
Thus matters went on until about Il
am, when six men gathered on tn,
lawn about 80 feet from the Jail and IL
moment 80 others Joined them. Thel
a sharp whistle was heard and out O
an alley on the opposite side of tn
street rushed fully 300 more, the leader
carrying rope and several sledgeham
mers with which to accomplish thei
work. AS the mob made the rush to
wards the jail they emitted yells tina
were bloodcurdling, exceeding any say
age yell ever uttered. A squad of DC
licemen who had stationed themselve
on the steps were whisked to one sid
as though they were so many straws.
officer Kieffer, who made brave an
fierce resistance, was struck on tn
head with a sledge and kicked brutal,
He was carried home unconscious an
today he has been lowering betwee
life and death.
Officer Fisher was thrown against
brick wall and partially stunned, an
Officer Hennessy wars tumbled over O
the ground and kept there by a rui
fan who held a murderous lookin
club over him and threatened death
he did not lie STILL
The other officers were treated In til
same way.
The mob went direct to the side ell
trance and commenced the onslaugt
on the door with their sledges. The
were without any reason whatever an
made no demands for the keys.
Michael Schmidutz. powerful team
ster. welded the sledge. He was on
of the drunken agitators who appeare
early in the evening. The door wa
broken into splinters in a short tim
With each blow the fury of the crow
increased.
WILD RUSH.
When the entrance was gained thel
was wild rush ana the hallway wa
filled with the excited mob.
Sheriff Van Nest and three men stoI
ped In the opposite end. He appeale
to them most bravely and strongl
several times, asking them for God
sake to disperse. 1t did no good, fo
the men only grew fiercer.
The entrance to the corridor is frs
protected by a heavy sheet iron doc
The lock was broken off with a fe,
blows and then the remainder of tn
heavy grating. Then it was that tn
five guards who were in the porto
began to fire. At first they shot owe
the rioters heads.
A guard. in an interview with a n
porter, said that the men swore to XII
every person inside and to show thei
purpose, they began to fire at then
The guards said no shot was fired b