The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26
Two Brothers In Ohio Threatened
With Lynching.
TROOPS ARE UNDER ARMS
DESPERATE DEEDS OF JOHN AND
PAUL zELTNER.
Murdered a Prominent Attorney In
Court and Then Defied Arrest
Barricaded Their House and Shot
Another Man Dead-House Now
Surrounded By Mob.

/ Bowling Green, O., March $50. E.
Westerhaver of North Baltimore, one
of the best known attorneys in this
county, was murdered at Hoytsville
| shortly after noon today. He was try
ing case against Paul and John Zelt-
ner for attorney fees and when court
adjourned at noon the brothers de-
manded certain papers, which he re-
fused to surrender.
John Zeltner fired at the attorney,
who ran out of doors, the ball striking
Westerhaver in the right side. Four
more shots were fired at him, but they
did not take effect. At the corner of
the building Paul Zeltner met him and
fired two shots at the attorney, one
striking the leg and the other going into
his forehead. Death resulted in "a few
minutes. The Zeltners mounted horses
and rode out of town. A posse was
quickly formed, but the brothers have
not been captured.
Columbus, O., March ga special to
the State Journal from Hoyt's Corners,
says: After the murder the Zeltners
fed to their home, pursued by crowd
of several hundred men. The ZeltnerS
stood boldly in their yard all the early
part of the afternoon and defied arrest.
There was a frequent exchange of shots
between the fugitives and the crowd at
long range, and a man named Witten-
myer, who crossed an Open space, was
shot through the heart aid Instantly
killed
Sheriff Kingsbury and posse of dep
utieS were soon on the scene. bur -he
fusilade of shots kept Ilp by the Zelt-
ners prevented any effort being made
to capture than.
Deputy Sheriff Roach, who took ref
~, Il.
made a special target, and three bull
lets grazed the tree behind which he
stood. Later in the daY the Zeltners
retired within the house and barricaGed
it. A hundred shots were fred into
the house without effect. The sheriff
then decided to call for the Eloolndale
rifles, and in the ,cleanrime q guard was
stationed around the house. Mrs. zelt-
ner and her three children took refuge
in The cellar.
This evening neighbor Of the Zelt-
ners went into the house under a flag
of truce and tried to induce them to
surrender, but they declined % co so
before morning, fearing the mob. Every
effort is to be made to prevent Il lynch
ing. This will be difficult, in view of the
temper of the people, who are incensed
not only by the killing of Westenhaver, !
but by the death of Wittenniyer, who
is a respected citizen. The sheriff will |
appeal to the governor for sufficient !
forces to protect the EeltnerS when |
they are in custody
The ZeltnerS seem to have prepared !
for the trouble, as they had sold their |
farm and bought large quantity Of |
ammunition only yesterday.
TROOPS IN READINESS.
Columbus, o., March .5.-Goyernor |
Bushnell was tonight apprised Of the |
riot at Hoyt's Corners, and at once or
dered troops held n readiness for an |
The news came in the fol-
lowing dispatch to the adjutan. gen-
aral:
''Bloomdale, D., March 25.-Just got
telegram from sheriff of Wood county
to report at Hoyt's Corners at once
With as many men and ammunition as
possible. VIII leave here about II 80
p. m. Zeltner brothers shot and Killed
Lawyer WeStenhaver, and have barri-
,aded themselves in their house, three
niles from Hoyt's Corners, which is
low surrounded by hundreds of ,eiti-
zens, of whom two or tnree have since
been shot
"(signeO L. :. BRYANT,
Lieutenant Colonel. Second Regi-
ment-"
Colonel Bryant lives at Bloomdale.
Company H of the Second regiment, 10
.aIeu IHeIe, 10 commanded DIV captain
4. M FaSig. The governor at once |
placed himself in communication with
Colonel Bryant, and orders were sent
% Colonel Keurt of the Second regi-
nent OF kenton, to be in readiness to
proceed TO Hoyt's Corners. Orders
we're also sent to Captain D. RI. James
II Toledo to hold the Toledo state
'olunteers in readiness. Tn to a late
lour tonight the governor had not teen
70 0r6p .o1If
he company at Bloomdale, but is ready
o respond to the iirst call
Hoyt's Corners is a small town on
he Baltimore & Ohio railroad in the
Western part of Wood county, and near
he southern boundary line.