Bridgeton pioneer., 1898-08-04
OFFICERS HAVE A FIGHT.
Constable Lore Gouged With a Pitchfork
and Almost Blinded by a Liquid
Warden Watkins Cut With
a Knife

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Monday night Constable Lore and Jail
Warden Watkins had more trouble in
making an arrest, than for long time.
In fact the taking prisoners Of the persons
named in the warrants was only accom-
pllshed after pitched battle.
Monday afternoon Justice Powell
handed Constable Lore warrant calling
for the arrest of Charles Hultzhower and
Caroline Hultzhower, German couple.
The warrant charged them with being
common scolds.
The Constable accompanied by Jail
Warden Watkins started to drive out to
Carmel about eight O'Clock.
When they arrived at the house of the
Hultzhowers, the officers found that the
Germans were evidently expecting Off
GERS, as the doors of the residence were
locke and the windows and shutters
nailed down. The officers raped on the
door, and demanded admission. In
stantly the old man and woman began
the most vigorous and vile cursings.
Then gun was thrust from the.window,
and several shots fired
The officers scarcely knew what they
We're up against, but these two are not a
pair to let persons escape. The uproar
brought number cf neighbors about, and
the officers were warned that the Germans
were very dangerous people.
Watkins and Lore again demanded ad-
mission, and again the volley of gun fir
ing and the horrible profanity. Then the
officers burst in the door.
The infuriated Hultzhowers pounced
upon the officers. The old woman had a
small bottle in her hand and she flung
the contents foil in the face and eyes of
Constable Lore. Instantly he was wild
with agony. The liquid burned like fire,
and the first thought was of vitrol. For a
time Lore was blinded and the brunt of
the battle fell upon Watkins. The gun
was knocked from the hands Of the old
man and Watkins sprang upon him and
bore him to the ground. He was finally
handcuffed.
| Then the old woman was tackled. She
was a tiger in strength, and she jabbed
the pitchfork in Lore's knee. Then she
caught up huge butcher knife and
ripped Watkins across the leg with it.
She also managed to catch one of Wat
kins' fingers in her mouth, and bit him
until blood came. She was finally over
powered and tied with rope.
Then people living nearby took Lore,
who was suffering terribly, and carefully
washed his face and bathed his eyes with
some soothing lotion.
The implements of war were then gath
cred together. The gun. an ak, pi -ch-
fork, butcher knife sheath knife and
a club, together with the empty bottle,
were loaded with the prisoners in the
wagon.
Even manacled, as they were. the two
old folks fought like demons, and after
being locked up in Jail the old woman
yelled all night at the top of her voice.
She was finally thrust in the dungeon.
Officer Lore, after locking up his pris-
oners, went out to DR.. Thompson and
was treated for his injuries. 1t is thought
the bottle contained oil of cloves, which
smarts and burns like fire, but it is not
permanently injurious.
The Hultzaowers are well known in
court. They were arrested in Septem Der,
1894, as common scolds and sent to State
Prison. They are terrors in every sense
of the word.
The man is GA and the woman 63 years
old.