The record-union., 1899-09-20
Narrowly Escapes Being Lynched
by lnfuriated Citizens.
Officers 0utWlt the Mob and Spirit the
Prisoner Out Of Town.
Was Taken to San Jose and Placed
in the County Jail-Says He Did
Not Intend to Kill the Sheriff,
but Mistook Him for Constable
Allen, Whom He Intended to
Slay.

Allen, Whom He Intended to
Slay.
! SALINAS, Sept. 19.-Salinas and all
| the surrounding towns were in a state
of great excitement all night as a re-
suit of the murder of Sheriff Farley by
George Suesser, but to-day the out
ward demonstration has subsided. New
ertheless plans are being formulated to
mete out to the murderer punishment
such as was given to murderers in the
days of the Vigilantes, if he can be
gotten hold of.
An armed mob followed Deputy
Sheriff Keefe and his prisoner all night,
and once or twice intercepted the fugi-
tive and BIS guardian, but the mob was
outwitted, and the murderer and the
deputy took refuge in a haystack,
where they remained until this morn
ing, when, disguised, they managed to
run the gauntlet of the angry citizens
and reached the Jail safely Their
presence inside the Jail soon became
known, however, and an excited mob
] formed and surrounded the building.
The infuriated people demanded the re-
lease of the prisoner, and a rope was
fastened to a convenient tree, but Dep
/ uty Keefe was not to be baked in his
efforts to save the prisoner, and while
| he argued the matter with the mob,
Suesser was removed from the building
| by secret means.
| Keefe has been with Suesser ever
since his capture, and although he was
a friend of the dead Sheriff since their
/ boyhoOd, he acted courageously ac-
! cording to law, and although other Off
GERS refused last night to assist the
| murderer in escaping from the out
ragged citizens, Keefe announced that
he would die before giving his prisoner
uD.
People arrived here to-day from the
surrounding towns in large numbers
| and on every side was heard loud de-
mands for the lynching of the culprit.
The inquest over the body of Henry
r. Farley, Sheriff of Monterey County,
| was held this morning.
| Ex-District Attorney P. E. Zabala
| was the chief witness He was in the
Sheriff's company continuously until
the time of the shooting. The two
men had been out to Corral &c T-oca,
returning about 9:30 and drove to Mr..
Keefe's house and left the horse. While
there the FIRE alarm sounded. Farley
said they would go downtown to the
| fire.
| Il told him. he continued, there
would be no use going there; that the
proper place to go was to Suesser's
house, if he wanted to find out some
/ thing about the fire. Upon arrival
there we heard loud talking, and heard
Suessers parents demonstrating with
him, but he seemed very much excited
and said he was going to kill Delaney
Suesser went out into the street, con-
| tinuing his cursing and threatening.
Deceased spoke to him and said:
George, be quiet but Suesser said
! Stand back you --- or I'll shoot you,
too Farley said, oh, no you won't
George, don't you know who I am? He
replied, Yes I know who you are De-
ceased then urged Suesser to come
back home and behave himself. Sues
ser then turned to Farley, and lifting
his gun to his shoulder said:
Stand back and upon repeating it
the third time, he pulled the trigger,
the load taking effect in Farley's face
When he fired, his father was on the
sidewalk and his mother and brother
were in the yard. They screamed oh,
my God, he has killed an innocent. Take
him and hang him, he ought to be
killed.
when we went to the house search
ing for Suesser his family again reiter-
ated what they had said, and requested
US to hang him. Suesser did not ap-
pear to be under the influence of liquor,
but spoke with the deliberation of one
seeking blood. Sheriff Farley's pistol
was in his pocket. He had never drawn
it,
The Marshal testified that he had the
gun of Suessers; that he helped to
capture him. when we pulled him
out he said he wished it was Allen,
as he wanted to kill him, and begged
us for a pistol, stating that he would
take his own life"
The Coroner did not deem it neces-
sary to take further evidence, and gave
the case to the jury, who promptly re-
turned the following verdict:
1--WE. the Coroner's jury, summoned
to inquire into the cause of the death
of Henry .Ried Farley, find that de-
ceased was shot in the head with buck
shot by George Suesser; that the shoot
ing was done with intent to kill
Su6SS6T Is dUOuL years Oh age. anu
is an excellent shot. He earned a
livelihood by shooting game in the sur
rounding hills, and has been been in
trouble on numerous occasions. He is
desperate fellow.
There has just come to the surface
news of the narrow escape of j. j
Eendrickson, a Mexican veteran. aged
S3, from the murderous shots of Sues
ser, the assassin of Sheriff Farley.
Hendrickson lives just across from
where Delaney lives, and where Sues
ser attempted to kill the inmates. He
was awakened by pistol shots, and was
about to get out of bed, when a bullet
crashed into the bedstead not a foot
above his head. He rolled out on the
floor, and hearing no further shots, |
went to the window, but could see no
one
SUESSER IN JAIL AT SAN JOSE. |
SAN JOSE, Sept. 1S-Suesser, the
man who murdered the Sheriff at Sa-
linas, was safely landed here at 2:35
this afternoon. He was in the custody |
of Deputies Hughes and Wallace of
Salinas. They left that place this |