The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-28
Doors Of the Jail Battered In, but the
Checked by the Guards Guns.
TWO OF THE RIOTERS KILLED
ONE POLICEMAN FATALLY HURT
AND OTHERS ROUGHLY HANDLED.
The Prisoner Spirited Away to An
other COunty-state Militia sat Once
Called Ont by Governor Mckinley.

TIFFIN, O., Oct. 27-This city was the
scene Of bloody riot early this morning,
in which two would-be lynchers shot
to death and several officers injured, one
fatally. Last Wednesday L. ]. Martin
killed Marshal Schultz. The former was
arrested and placed in Jail in this city.
Soon after o'clock this morning a mob at
tackled the prison. but the guards protected
their prisoner and succeeded in spiriting
him away. Several companies OF State mi
litia are now here and the trouble is prob
| ably over. though the city is still in fer
ment. The dead rioters are:
HENRY MUTSCHLER, shot through the
| left temple.
CHRISTIAN MATz, shot through the
| heart
! The mob that attacked the jail was COM
posed of as bad specimens of law-defiers as
| any community can produce. Whisky had
| been INDUCED in until the rioters were more
like bloodthirsty wolves than human be-
| ings To reason with them meant danger
| of death. The mob came from an unex-
pected quarter The report was current
that crowd of farmers from Hopewell
| township was organizing on the outskirts of
the town to avenge ,Schultz's death, and
many people had gathered in the streets.
Instead of farmers, however, the attack was
made by a mob that had been in the vcin-
ity of the jail all evening. 1t was not sup
posed the city toughs would dare to do such
a thing. and the police made no effort to
| quiet them.
! No overt act was committed until about
| lis a. m. when six men gathered on the
lawn about fifty feet from the Jail. In
moment about thirty others joined them.
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. The
sledges were procured at stone quarry.
| and the rope was thick enough to hang
dozen men. AS the would-be lynchers made
a rush towards the Jail they emitted blood
curdling yells. A squad of policemen on the
! steps were brushed to one side as though
! the officers were many straws. Officer
Keiffer, who made a brave resistance, was
struck on the head with sedge and
kicked brutally. He was carried home un-
conscious. and to-day he is lowering be-
tween life and death. Officer Fisher was
| thrown against brick wall and partially
stunned. and officer Hennessy was tumbled
| over in the grass and kept there by a ruff
| fan who held murderous-lookngc club over
him and threatened death if he did not lie
still The other officers were treated in the
same way.
DOORS BROKEN DOWN.
The mob went direct to the side entrance
and attacked the door with sledges. No
demand was made for the keys. Michael
Schmidus, powerful, drunken teamster,
welded sledge, and the door was broken
In splinters in a short time With each
81 ;v,or hon
hthe entrance was gained there was a wild
rush and the hallway filled with ex-
cited men. Sheriff vannest and three men
stood in the opposite end. The sheriff
begged the rioters to disperse. but his APP
peal did no good, for the men only grew
fiercer The entrance to the corridors was
protected by heavy sheet-iron door. The
lock was broken off with few blows and
there remained only the heavy grating.
Then the guards, after warning the mob.
fired over the rioters heads. The mob re-
Piled with pistol shots, and the officers
then shot to kill. One guard afterward
said the men had sworn to kill every per-
son inside the Jail, and to show their pur-
| pose. the rioters began to shoot. The guards
said no shots were fired by them until the
attacking party had fired through the graf
ing first. Henry Mutschler who carried
the rope was shot through the left temple,
the ball coming out on the right side, and
he died instantly. Then Christian Matz
received a bullet through his heart. He
was also picked up dead.
When the mob two of its members
fall there was a pause. Then the would-be
lynchers left the place, cursing wilder than
ever. Victor Vindone, a young Italian
laborer, hurried away with the intention of
getting dynamite to blow up the building
but he failed to put in an appearance after
ward. While the mob was attacking the
| Jail vindone rushed upon a daughter of
the sheriff and threatened to kill her. An
! other rioter held a revolver close to the
| heart OF Andrew Greer a one-armed SON.
in-law Of the sheriff, and pulled the trig-
| ger, but it missed fire. and the next instant
the one fist of Greer felled the would-be
assassin to the floor. One rioter ran up
stairs to attack the sheriffs family, but
some one threw him headlong to the floor
below.
MARTIN SPIRITED AWAY.
| Between 3 and o'clock this morning.
after the mob had left the Jail. the prison.
er was handcuffed, taken through a side
door and then to a side alley where car
riage was in waiting. Police Captain Falk-
ner and officer Sweeney took him to San
dusky county as fast as horses could carry
them Citizens viewed the scene OF the
tragedy to-day by hundreds. Many people
refused TO believe that the prisoner had
been taken away, and at 10 O'Clock a
crowd numbering hundreds started to make
another attack, but wiser counsel pre-
vailed. Finally. to pacisy the people. one
of their number, who knew the murderer.
was allowed to search the building He did
not find the prisoner. and SO Informed the
crowd but IL refused to believe him. Then
Company E. of the Second Regiment of
militia OF this city, was called to guard
the building. This afternoon the crowd
again surrounded the place and became so
threatening that COMMITTEES of six we'll
known citizens again searched the building
from cellar TO garret. Among the party
was Mayor Rex. When the search had
been finished he appeared on the front
steps of the building and, in behalf OF the
committee. said the could not be
found. Captain Falkner. who had just re-
turned from Sandusky county, spoke TO the
crowd also: and the greater pars dispersed
In response to the Governors orders
Company ]. OF the Sixteenth Regiment
Ohio National Guard. thirty-nye mcn,