The times., 1899-03-27
THE zELTNERs IN JAIL.
Gave Up ON the Promise That They
Would Not BE Lynched.

Would Not BE Lynched.
Toledo, o., March 26.-John and Paul
Zeltner, of Hoytsville. who killed Attor-
ney E. II. Westenhaver and Clarence Wit
temyer, on Saturday, are in Jail at Bowling
; Green and strong guard of armed men is
patroling the place to protect them from
mob rule. The zeltners surrendered short
! ly after daylight this morning. They had
| been barricaded in their home. two miles
and half from Hoytsville, for eighteen
hours, and had successfully defied 600 men
( all that time. They fired round after round
! of shots from rifles and revolvers at the
posse surrounding them, and in turn their
! place of shelter was the mark of hundreds
| Of bullets from all sorts of weapons in the
hands of citizens. e. II. Westenhaver
the North Baltimore attorney, and Clarence
| Wittemyer, teamster, who was member
OF the posse, are the only dead.
| 1t was reported that Andrew Korse hner
| also one of the attacking party. had been
| killed. He was struck by 4 bullet from a
| firearm in the Zeltner house. and he fell to
| the ground Later he crawled out Of
| range of the marksmen. who were defying
small army Of men, and secured medical
| attention. After 2 o'clock this morning
| there was little firing between the posses
! that hunted the defiant men. The night
was moonlight. Occasionally the Zetners
| thought they saw some one trying to crawl
| up to their barricade, and they would send
! bullet crashing after the object but the
shadows deceived them. Some time after
midnight the Bloomdale Company, of the
| State National Guard, arrived and a few
hours later the North Baltimore militia
disembarked from a train and marched
| through mud and water to the scene of the
| trouble.
| AS soon as dawn appeared one of the
| Zeltner men stepped out of the front door
waving white handkerchief as flag
of truce. He announced that il former
! Sheriff Dick Biggs would come to their
! home they would talk the matter over with
| him. Mr.. Biggs was summoned. After
| shouting to the Zeltners that he was COM
| ing he started for the house, Smith. a
| neighbor and friend of the murderers,
followed him. While Biggs and Smith
were traversing the few hundred yards
| between the posse and the Zeltner home,
| there were fully 500 rifles aimed at the
house. If a hostile move had been made
by the ambushed party the members of
| the posse and militia would have shot at
! the house in an instant.
When they reached the house John Zelt-
ner said he and his brother would sur
render if Biggs would guarantee that
they would not be lynched All he asked
| was the protection of soldiers. The sheriff
| ton in his power. He drew the soldiers
| up to the front door and ordered the mob
| to disperse. There was grumbling from
the men and threats of vengeance. The
| two men were handcuffed together and
| then marched out of the house. The pres
ence of the soldiers stopped further DEM
onstrations, but the crowd cried for ven
| geance" and ropes" Finally some of
the leaders suggested that if the citizens
| had an opportunity to take a good look
at the handcuffed murderers the crowd
would be dispersed without molesting the
prisoners.
Accordingly Sheriff Kingsbury placed the
| two mon in charge OF a strong guard. and
then a thousand men, women, and children
fell into line and marched past the prison
ers, satisfying a morbid curiosity by gazing
the Zeltners out of countenance. The sol
diers formed hollow square. the prison
ers We're placed among their ranks and
they were marched to Custer, distance
of six miles.
The Zeltners express no regret at the
death OF Westenhaver, but said they were
sorry they killed Wittemeyer. who was in
the party that attacked the house