Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-12-05
FOR LOVE AND REVENGE
CAUSES SAID TO HAVE LED TO THE
SHOOTING AT RITZVILLE.
Charge From the DOuble-BnrreIed
Shotgun Alleged to Have Been
Fired by John ThieI.

Ritzville, Wash, Nov. 99.-Since the
hurried report which appeared IN Satur-
days Spokane uaIIy papers of what was
then supposed to have been an accident,
In connection with the jubilations over a
marriage tesIlval which was celebrated
at this place on Thanksgiving day, new
developments nave arisen, and now the
prevalent opinion is that a sinister pur-
pose underlay the shooting. In that
report which appeared exclusively in
The Spokesman-RevieW, it was stated
that two young people, George Achziger
and Matilda Rolof were married on the
above date, and that after the ceremony
a number of their friends were celebrat-
ing the event, when an accidental gum
shot, fired by one of the party, entered
the house, the contents passing through
the shawl on the shoulder of the BRIDE
ana lodging in the head Of a Miss Mary
Bauer, one of the guests, now lying at
the home of her parents, who keep
ranch seven miles west of here.
After the faint of foul play was at
tached to the affair the correspondent as
certained all the available facts, of which
the substance is given.
The Belle of Adams County.
1t appears that Miss Matilda Rolof,
prepossessing young 1S-year-old girl, who
resides with her mother and stepfather
Gchn Keison) was much sought after by
the young German ranchers who abound
i'll this neighborhood From the death of
her father she will inherit considerable
property on attaining her 21st year, ana
this, together with the fact that she was
a comely German maiden, brought ner
suitors galore. Among those was John
Thlel, aged about 80, who runs ranch
some four miles west of town. He was
conspicuously enamored of Miss Rolot
and though persistent in his overtures Tor
her hand, she decided to cast her lot
with 26-year-old George Achziger, VINO
owns a nice ranch close to her step
father.
They decided to get married. Thanks
giving day was selected for the event,
and numerous invitations were sent out
to nearby neighbors, including some oO
young men and women. The German Lu-
theran minister, the Rev. Gilman, was
notified, and the happy transaction was
ratified at l o'clock in the afternoon in
the presence of a large circle Of friends
at the baSne. of the brides parents.
The ceremony over, all sat down to
we'll served banquet, after which they
INDUCED in convivial pastime until ABOUT
4 o'clock, when preparations were COM
menced for the departure of the guests.
To keep up a foolish and abominable GUS
tom prevalent among a class OF young
people on such occasions, the major por-
ton of the male visitors carried firearms
which they began to discharge in the ar
around the farm yard.
One Of the party, a married man na1ned
klannakamick, who is laborer ana
resides in town, carried double-oar-
relied gun loaded with buckshot. tie hdd
occasion to re-enter the house for some
thing. and before doing so was asked oy
the rejected sutton, John Thiel, for MS
gun. He handed it to him, and the latter
is said to have gone over to the side OF
the house where the bride was sitting
and fired the shot through the boards,
the contents passing through the sha"l
Of the newly wife, and lodging n
the head of Miss Mary Bauer.
After the commotion incident to such
events had subsidized and calm thought
ana conjecture began to have its say,
several of the more peaceable of the
visitors, including the bridegroom, start
ed to investigate and talk over the mat
ter The man KIannakanick refused to
say anything whatever about the affair."
although he intimated that he could tell
lot If he liked
Arrests VIII Follow.
SC suspicious has this affair since De-
come that the local authorities have tax
en- the matter up, and Klannakanick,
Thiel and one or two more will be
placed under arrest, pending a thorough
investigation.
Under the care Of DR.. A. Adams, Miss
Bauer Is getting on nicely, and If compli-
cations do not arise she has every chance
OF recovering.