The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-31

| in possible hiding, in the rear of the
building, stepped out to his companion
in front of the house, and the two
started off on a run 1own the street
toward the cemetery. Zetrler and the
hired man followed AMI on the way
they called to a man named Kaufman,
who resides nearby, for assistance in
capturing the fellows. Kaufman re-
piled that he was coming, and just at
this juncture fusilade OF shots from
revolver in the hands of one of the
men were fired toward the pursuers.
Altogether four shots were aimed at
the men who were in pursuit, one of
them taking effect in Zettler's left
groin, and leading a downward
course. The chase was then given up
and Zettler was taken home, and DR..
Brant summoned. During the excite
ment the strangers escaped and they
were not seen afterward.
The wound in Zettler's groin is
dangerous one and considerable loss
of blood ensued. The wound was fixed
up as thoroughly as was possible at the
time, and restoratives applied to the
injured man, which allowed him to
rest in an easy condition during the
early part of the night.
A News-Democrat reporter called
upon the Zetler home about II o'clock
and he was informed by a son of Zett-
Ter that his father was resting COM
fortably but that nothing could be
said as to his condition later on, al
though it was hoped that he would re-
cover from the loss of blood which
occurred.
Mrs. Zettler stated to the officers that
she heard one of the men trying to
pry open one of the windows on the
west side OF the house downstairs She
told her husband that the men were
on the porch trying to break in, and
when Zettler walked out of the front
door he encountered the one man as
stated. The shooting occurred several
squares east of the zettler place, close
to the cemetery.
One of the men was described to the
officers as being somewhat heavy set
and rather tall in appearance, and
both men wore stiff hats. A minute or
detailed description of them was not OBJ
tanned Friday night on account Of the
serious condition of Zettler
FOLLOWING CLUES.
Saturday morning, the officers of the
local department visited the scene of
the shooting Friday night. They fol-
lowed the course taken by the strangers
down the street toward the cemetery
and then through some fields across the
show grounds on Tuscarawas street
From there all trace of them was lost
and they were unable to locate them
Various stories were told the officers
during the day respecting strangers
seen in the west end of the city Friday
and few days before, but neither of
them tally so well with the description
given of the strangers as the story re-
lated by Officer Archie Smith, who is at
work also upon the shooting case.
On last Monday afternoon officer
Smith was walking along Lake street
when he was accosted by two strange
men, each one carrying bags over his
back containing some hard substance
or tools, who asked him which way to
travel to reach the fair grounds. The
officer directed them westward and in
dicated to them the proper direction.
The men started off westward. The
officer stated Saturday that these men
answered in detail the description af-
forded the department by Zettler and
that he was of the opinion that they
were the fellows who did the work.
Both men wore stiff hats and one was
shorter than the other, and both were
roughly dressed. They told the officer
that they had a friend at the fair
grounds who was taking care of some
horses there and that was why they
were going there. The fellows were in
that vicinity the past few days. and the
officers are of the belief that these are
the men wanted. Two suspicious char
acters were seen along the line of the C.
Il. and V. railway Friday afternoon by
Massillon officer and he communicat-
ed his information to .ocal parties, but
upon investigation it was learned that
these were not the men wanted.
zETTLER RECOVERING.
Mr.. Zettler was resting very easy on
Saturday and his attending physician
DR.. e. D. Brant, stated that the wound
was or such nature that he expressed
hopes for the ultimate recovery of the
patient, 1t appears that the bullet
coursed through an artery and lacerated
the muscles but did not permanently
| ln1ure the man, so that beyond loss
or blood which weakened him the man
| Will altogether recover, without any
severe future effects from the wound,
beyond a scar. The members of the
family are giving the officers the best
help possible to assist In capturing the
men who committed the deed
Friday evening two strange men We're
seen in a vacant house a short distance
east of the Zettler house. They lighted
matches and neighbors watched them
for a short time, but the men did not
then come out Of the building and no
description further than that furnished
lby the Zettlers was secured.