The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26
ANATTORNEY MURDERED
He Refused to Give Up Papers 10 his
Possession.
WAS SHOT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING
Mob which wants 10 Lynch Hin
and the Officers Who Seek
His Arrest Fight.

| Bowling Green, Ohio, March 25.-H.
Weston Haver Of Baltimore. one Of the
best attorneys In the state, WAS murdered
at Heris Corner shortly after noon today
lie was trying case against Paul and
John zeitner for attorney fees and when
court adjourned ct noon the brothers de-
manded certain papers. which he refused
| to surrender John Zeltner fred at the
attorney. who ran out OF doors, the ball
striking him In the left side. Four more
| shots were fired at him, but they did not
| take effect. At the corner OF the building
| Paul ZeltDer met him and fired two shots
at the attorney, one striking the leg and
| the other going into his forehead Death
resulted In ten minutes The Zeltners
| mounted their horses and rode out OF
town, loading their guns as they went.
posse was quickly formed. but the
brothers have not been cap .ured.
The Bloomdale Guards arrived at Herty.
| Corner late tonight and surrounded the
Zeltuer house. At 1880 this morning the
militia opened fire on the house and there
| has been a continued fire on both sides.
| II is not yet known whether any one has
been killed
| Columbus, Ohio, March 25.--Telegraphic
cdyices from Herts Corner say that after
the murder the Zetners fed 10 their
homes. pursued by crowd OF several
| hundred men. The Zetners stood boldly
| in their yard all the afternoon and deAed
h., oh. .,f
shots between the fugitives and the crowd
| at long range, and man named Wltten.
meyer was shot through the arm and in
| stantly killed. Sherin Klnsbury and u
| posse of DEPUTIES were soon on the scene,
| but the fusillade of shots kept up by the
| Zeltners prevented an effort being made 10
capture them. Later in the day the zelt-
| ners retired within the house and bdrri
caded II. hundred shots were fired
| into the house, but without effect. The
| sheriff had decided TO call for the Bloom
! dale Rifles and in the meantime a guard
was stationed about the house. Mrs.
Zeltner and her three children took refuge
| in the cellar This evening a neighbor of
the Zeltners went into the house under
| flag OF truce and tried to induce them to
| surrender, but they declined to do so be-
| fore morning, fearing the mob. Every
| effort Is to be made to prevent a lynch
| ing. This will be difficult In view of the
| temper OF the people, who are incensed,
| not only by the killing OF Westenhayer,
but by the deathsof Wittenmoyer, who was
a respected citizen. The sheriff will APP
peal to the governor for sufficient troops
| to protect the Zeltners when they are in
custody. The Zeltners seem to have pre-
pared for the trouble, as they sold their
| farm and bought large quantity of am
munition only yesterday. Governor Bush
nell was tonight apprlsed of the riot at
Herts Corner and ordered troops held In
readiness for an emergency
Cincinnati. March 26.--A special from
Toledo says: The Bloomdale company
reached the neighhorhood OF the Zeltner
| home at 1880. They found that the mob
J OF citizens had pickets posted and was
| opposing all approach to the house On a
challenge by the captain of the company
| reply IN the nature of a volley from re-
| volYers was sent The troops were with
drawn a short distance so that the tenn
porary truce was declared The mob IL
determined TO resist any attempt to can
lure the Ieltners, which insures that thew
VIII be held for the law rather than that
summary vengeance shall be imposed. The
| hghtng tonight Is between the mob that
| rs wanting to lynch the Zeltners and the
militia, while the zeltners were still hold
ing their fort against the mob sheriff's
posse and State troops
| An Enquirer special from Bowling oree,
says II the sheriff can keep the Zeltners
In the house until morning an attempt win
| Dc made TO capture them alive. This Is
| not believed possible by those who know
! them best
Desutory firing has continued up 10 this
| hour t2;3O a. M on the Zeitners and II is
reported that Mrs, zeltner, who is an ex-