The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-11-02
A MOB NET WITH BULLETS.
Bloodshed at 1ifRn, Ohio, Las,
Saturday Night.
Attempt to Lynch the Murderer Of tic
Murdered Marshal ends in Three
of the Riotcrs Losing
Their Lives.

Cleveland. o., Oct. 27.-The city has
been shocked from center to circumfer-
ence over the attempt to lynch Marshal
Shultz's slayer last night. 1t is in q
veritable uproar, the streets having been
%thronged all day with men, some filled
with morbid curiosity. but many with
trouble written plainly on their faces.
The mob that attacked the Jail early
this morning was composed of h worst
specimens of law detiers tina. any COM
munity could produce. Whisky had
been INDUCED in until they were more
like bloodthirsty wolves than human be-
ings. To reason with them meant dan
ger, If not death, to the p~eacemaker.
The moi came from an entirely uneX-
Professionalism. The report was current
that a crowd of farmers from Hopewell
township was c-ongregating and organic
ing on the outskirts of the town, and
the attack was expected to be made by
them. But instead 1t was done by fell
lows who had been circulating in the
vicinity of the jail all evening. 1t was
hardly supposed hat they would dare
to do such a thing and the police made
no effort to quiet them. Thus matters
went on until about lis a. M, when six
men gathered on the lawn, about fifty
feet from the jail, and In a moment
about thirty others Joined them. Then
q sharp whistle was heard, and out of
an alley on the opposite side Of the
street, a little to the west, rushed fully
300 more. the leaders carrying a rope
and several sledge hammers with which
to accomplish their work. The sledges
were procured at a stone quarry and
the rope was thick enough to hang a
dozen men. AS the mob made the rush
toward the Jail they uttered yells thai
were b~loodcurdling. A squad of police
men who had stationed themselves on
the steps were whisked to n side as
though they We're so many straw
Officer Keifer, who made a brave an,
fierce resistance, was struck or the head
with a sledge and kicked brutally. He
was carried home unconscious and to-
day he has been lowering between life
and death. Officer Fisher was thrown
against a brick wall and partially stun
ned, and Officer Hennessey was tumb-
led over in the grass and kept there by
a ruffian, who held a murderous looking
club over him and threatened death If
he did not lie still. The other officers
were treated in the same ann
The men went direct to h side en-
trance and commenced the onslaught
on the door with their sledges. They
were without any reason whatever, and
made no demand for the keys. Michael
Schmidutz, a powerful teamster, WELD
ed the sledge. He was one of the drunk
en- agitators who appeared early in the
morning. The door was broken in
splinters in a short time. With each
blow the fury of the crowd increased.
When the entrance was gained there
was a wild rush and the hallway was
filled with excited men. Sheriff Van
Nest n three men stood in the oppo-
Site end. He appealed to them most
bravely and strongly several times, ask
Ing them for Gods sake to dispense.
1t did no good. for the men only grew
%fiercer. The entrance to the corridor
is first protected by a heavy sheet iron
door. The lock was broken off with a
few blows and then there remained the
heavy grating.
Then 1t was that the guards, who were
in that portion, began to fire. AT first
they shot I'VE the rioters heads. The
guards said no shot was fired by them
until the attacking party had fired
through the grating first.
Three men were killed before the riot
ers were driven off.