The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-28
SHOT INTO The MOB.
Two of a Crowd of Lynchers
Killed at Tiffin, O.
The Mob Was After a Murderer
in the Jail.
CRAZED WITH DRINK.
The Lynchers Furious With
Liquor Would Not Desist.
Guards Shot Two Dead and They
We're AWed.

IIFFIN, Ohio, Oct. 2S.-ln an attempt
early yesterday morning to avenge the
murder of August Schultz, Tiffn's pop
ular city marshal, who was shot in
cold blood by Leander j. Martin. alias
Williams, farmer of aopeweu town
ship, last Wednesday evening, two
more victims were added to the tragic
affair. At 1870 o'clock a mob of 100
Infatuated men, many of whom were
under the influence of liquor, attacked
the jail in an effort to secure Martin
and hang him. A volley from half
dozen Winchesters met them and two
of the mob were killed. They were
Henry Mutchler, Jr., and Christian
Matz.
As the mob made a rush toward the
jail they emitted yel1s that were blood
curdling. eclipsing any savage yell
ever uttered. A squad of policemen,
who had stationed themselves on the
steps, were whisked to one side as
though they were SO many straws. OF
hcer kelffer, who made d. brave and
fierce resistance, was struck on the head
with a slcdge and brutally kicked.
He was carried home unconscious and
has been lowering between life and
death. Officer Fisher was thrown
against brick wall and partially
stunned, and Officer HenneSsy was
tum bled over in the grass and kept
there by a ruffian who held a murder
Gus looking club over him and threat
ened 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 commenced the on
slaught on tie door with their s1edges.
The door was broken into splinters in
d short time. With each blow the
fury Oh. the crowd increased
When the entrance was gained there
was wild rush, and the hallway was
filed with excited men. Sheriff Van
Nest and three men stood in the OPP
posite end. He appealed to them most
bravely and strongly several times,
asking them, for Gods sake, to dis
perse. 1t did no good, for the men
only grew fercer. The entrance to
the corridor is first protected by
heavy sheet iron door. The lock was
broken of with a few blows, and then
there remained the heavy grating.
Then it was that the guards,
who We're in that portion, began
to fire. At first they shot over the
rioters heads, a guard said the men
sw ore 10 kill every person inside, and,
to show their purpose, they began to
fire at them. The guards said no shot
was fred by them until the attacking
=
first. Henry Mutschler, the first man
killed, was the one who carried the
rope. lie was shot through the left
temple, the ball coming out on the
right side, and he died instantly.
Then Christ Matz received bullet
through the heart. He was picked up
dead. This awful work and the deter
1nination OF the guards awed the
would-be lynchers, an they left the
IL,
Between and / o clock, after the mob
had moved further down the street,
the prisoner was handcu1fed, taken
through a side door, and then to a
side alley, where carriage was in
waiting. Police Captain Faulkner
and Officer Sweeney took him to San
dushy county as fast as the horses
could carry them.
Citizens viewed the scene of the
tragedy yesterday By hundreds. Many
people refused to believe that the
prisoner had been taken away, and at
o o'clock crowd numb ring hundreds
ted to make another attack, but
wiser counsel prevailed. Finally, to
: pacify them, one of their number, who
knew the murderer, was allowed 10
search the building. He did not find
/ the prisoner, and so informed the
! crowd, bnt they refused to believe
1 him. Then Company Z, of the Second
regiment of militia of this city, was
called to guard the building Captain
: Fall1ner, who had just returned from
Sandusky county. spoke o the crowd
also. They could not help but be sat-
isfed, and the greater part dispersed.
In response to the Governors orders,
: Company I, of the Sixteenth reg iment,
! O. n. G., thirty-five men; Company D
Sixteenth regiment, with forty fiv e
men, and Companies e and I of Ken
ton, arrived and strict guard will be
kept for several days. Many wild
threats to lynch the Sheriff and to
Kill his guards are heard, but it is be-
lieved there will be no serious trouble
when the excitement has cooled off.
/ Adjutant General Howe and Colonel
j. A. Kuert came with the Kenton
special Over 200 guardsmen are here.