Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1895-10-30
Two of Them Shot Down In
Attempting to Get an Ohio
Murderer.
Policemen Defending the Jail
Also Roughly Handled by
the Mob.
Four Companies Of Militia
Sent to the Aid of Local
Officials.

been shocked from center to circumfer-
ence over the attempt to lynch Marshal
Shultz's slayer. The streets have been
thronged with people all day all filed
with morbid curiosity, but many with
trouble written plainly on their faces.
The mob that attacked the jail early
Sunday morning was composed OF the
worst specimens of law defiers that any
community could produce. Whisky
had been indulged in until they were
more like bloodthirsty wolves than
human beings. To reason with them
meant danger, if not death, to the
peacemaker. About 1:15 a. m. six men
gathered ON the lawn about 80 feet from
the Jail and in moment about 10
others joined thcui. Then sharp
whistle was heard and out Of an alley
on the opposite side of the street and
little to the west rushed
Fully Three Hundred More,
the leaders carrying a rope and several
sledge hammers with which to accom-
plish their work. AS the mob made the
rush they emitted yells that We're blood
curdling, eclipsing savages. A squad
ron of policemen who had stationed
themselves on the steps were whisked
to one side as though they were so many
straws. Officer Keiffer, who made
brave resistance, was struck ON the
head with sledge and kicked brutaliy.
He was carried home unconscious and
is lowering between life and death.
Officer Fisher was thrown against q
brick wall and stunned and Officer
Hennessey was tumbled over in the
grass and kept there by ruffian, who
held murderous looking club over him
and threatened 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 Onslaught on the Door
with their sledges. Michael Schmidtz,
powerful teamster, welded the
sledge. The door was broken In
splinters in short time. Sheriff Van
Nest and three men stood in the op-
posite end of the hall. He appealed to
the mob most bravely and strongly,
asking them to desist. 1t did no good,
for the men only grew fiercer. The en-
trance to the corridor is first protected
by heavy sheet iron door. The lock
was broken off with a few blows and
then there remained the heavy grating.
Then it was that the guards who were
in that portion began to fire. At first
they shot over the rioters heads, but
seeing the mob meant to kill every per-
son inside they began to fire to kill.
Henry Muitschler, the first man killed,
was the one who carried the rope. He
was shot through the left temple, the
ball coming out on the right side, kill
ing him instantly. Then Krist Mates
got
A Bullet Through His Heart.
He was also picked up dead. This aw-
full work and the determination of the
guards awed the would-be lynchers,
and they left the place, cursing and
wilder than ever. Between and 4
o'clock, after the mob had moved
further down the street, the prisoner
was handcuffed, taken through side
door and to side alley, where car
riage was in waiting. Police Captain
Fallcner and Officer Sweeney took him
to Sandusky county as fast as horses
could carry them. A crowd of hun
dreds started to make another attack
but wiser counsel prevailed. Finally
one of their number was allowed to
search the Jail. He informed the crowd
that the prisoner was not there, but
they refused to believe them. Company
E of the Second regiment of militia Of
this city was called to guard the build
ing, and later four companies from Fos-
toria, Kenton, Clyde and Fremont ar
rived ON the scene by order of Governor