The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-28
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was not aware even of the presence of
these extra jail guards.
After gaining access to the hallway and
oyerpowerlng The Sheriff, the mob soon
broke open the solid steel door w hich
separated them from the Jail. Beh ind
this is heavy semi-oircular barred door
which was attacked with siedge la m
mers. After pleading and threats had
failed to get the men to desist, the guards
fired into the ceiling. The sound of the
firearms aid not make the crowd finch.
As last resort, the guards, following
the command OF The Sheriff, turned their
dea.h-deallng weapons direct upon the
attacking party. and poured volley OF
lead into its midst.
The volley OF six Winchester balls
brought death to Henry Mutchler. Jr.,
and Christian Metz. They fell lifeless
where they had stood helping in the work
of battering down the obstacles 10 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 car
rled away by their comrades
This tragic check only served to add to
the fury of the mob. The work of de-
Inolition was brought to a stop only be-
cause certain members of the mob had
gone from the scene OF lawlessness TO Sc
cure dynamite with which to destroy the
jail and the hated inmates. While the
vain search Tor the terrible explosive WAS
in progress, Police Officers Sweeney and
Faulkner went TO Martins cell, un-
locked the door, handcutfed 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 en,ered waiting carriage at the
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Fremont, twenty-four miles distant.
The murderer was locked in the jail there
temporarily. When bis presence there
became known it was deemed advisable
to remove him TO Cleveland, and he was
taken there by train Tonight
The guards who had carried out the
| orders OF their superior officers and up
! held the law with such terrible effect dis
appeared from the Jail as soon word
came that Martin was safely on the way
to Fremont. Iho mob quickly learned
that the object OF their vengeance was
no longer within reach, and slowly dis
persed, after the hunt for dynamite had
proved fruiLless. Baffied in their plot TO
lynch the slayer of their friend, the
Marshal, the mOb's rage and vengeance
were directed against the deputies who
had killed TWO of their number. They
tried To Ind the officers ana learn their
identity il possible, but their names are
known only 10 the Sheriff ana few
trusted persons.
With the break Of day crowds began to
gather again in the vicinity OF the Jail,
and Sheriff Van Nest found IL necessary
to call out the local company OF the OHIO
National Guard, as wei as TO apply to
Governor Mckinley Tor additional COM
panIes. The crowd which swarmed out
side the Jail refused TO believe that
the prisoner had been removed, and
laughed at the several committees Of citi-
Zens VINO gave the interior OF the struct-
ure thorough inspection and reported
that the murderer was not there.
a company Of militia arrived to-nlght
/ from Toledo and went into camp In the
vicinity OF the Jail, where the other four
com panies of the National Guard are on
duty, making an armed force OF trained
men sufficient 10 repel any attack which
even an organized and heavily armed
mob might make on the jail. Colonel
kOunts OF Toledo, as ranking officer, as
suined command Of the militia, and the
situation at late hour gives no indication
OF another outbreak.
MutchIer was 3 years old, and la
borer. He was drunk during the night,
and was loud in agitaung lynch law.
Metz was 33 years old, aud butcher
y either was married.
1t IS expected that the Campbell cam
palgn meeting tomorrow viii attract a
large crowd to the city, and that there
may DO scenes OF violence, As threats are
still being made TO blow up the jail 10
avenge the shooting of the men.
All is quiet at ll:3O and no further
disturbance is expected tonight. The
authorities at Fremont, where the muir
derer, Lander J. Martin, was taken for
safe keeping, became alarmed over the
situation here. and fearing that mob
from Ilsiin might traverse the twenty
fOur miles intervening between the two
cities and pay a visit To their Jail to- night,
wired that they had sent the murderer
under guard TO Cleveland.