Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
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A17kok ON Us WATERBURY
sSTREET CAR.
Moeurrnan Shot and Conductor Pound
!. eaand Kicked untif AImostslnsensi.
bhe-seene Of the Crime an Isolated
spdt;at the End Of the Line-Detee-
:t'ves Who Hurried = the Place After
:the'ki,iingt Unable to Obtain Clue.

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Waterbury, Conn, March 9.-Vio-
1ence in it's worst form has broken out
:anew in Waterbury as result Of the
high feeling in connection with the
strike <of the motorn1en and conduc-
tors 6f the Connecticut Railway and
lighting company. This time 1t is
murder, and Policeman Paul Mendle-
sohn lis bhe victim.
; The cseene of the crime was at For
aest Park, the terminus of the North
Main :street line. The spot is isolated
.and when the car reached the end OF
ftFe line The ccrew made preparations
for the return trip. Immediately after
the conductor turned the trolley and
the mortorman reversed his levers,
eight masked men sprang from the
,bushes ,by the roadside, entered the
car, and discharged their revolvers,
every man theing armed. Officer Men
~dlesdhn -
:EeiIzattthe FIRST Report,
land eas "a later examination showed,
the first shot was fatal, having
pierced :hissheart The motorman was
also flitsand leaped from his car with
"a cry Of pain. Some of the men fol-
lowed him while the remainder turned
their attention to the conductor. He
was thrown to the floor Of the car and
pounded and kicked until he was al
most unconscious. The men then left
him and Joined their companions out
side.
The conductor ~regained his feet
with difficulty and went to the side of
the wounded officer, but he saw that
the officer was dead. Weberdofer,
hardly able to stand, went to the con-
tro1ler and started the car back to-
ward the city with the dead officer.
On the way he met another car, the
crew of which relieved the injured
man and hurried to the city for assist
sanoe.
The body of the dead fotffcer was
carried into police headquarters and
alarm was sent around the city by the
police and In few moments the en-
tire detective department, accompa-
nied by thirteen policemen, went to
the scene eof the murder.
Ahotorman 10 Fo.anA.
Shorty after midnight the search
ing officers came upon Motorman
Chambers, who is young fellow not
over twentY years Of age. His head
was covered with blood. but It was
found that he had not been struck With
a bullet, but had been pounded upon
the head with the butt end Of 4 re-
voavef. The young man told q start
ling STORY OF his experiences. He said
Ahnk Aa ao0n sas ME leaped from the:
car fonr snemfollowed him, hsing their
reTo1vera. He ran at top speed for
the swaHps near by and when he dis
covered THAT his pursuers gained ON
him he laid down. The murderers
rushed BY. but did not 60 near the
highway. They soon gave up the
search, whereupon young Chambers
hurried from his hiding place and
started for the city to give the. alarm.
He fei1 in with a p0ficenan who con-
Quoted him to the car barns. where
Chambers had his injuries ATTENDED to.
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Despite the, dtligent search Of the
policemen and detectives not clue
could be found :as to the perpetrators
of the murder. .--.
the car, when It reached the city,
showed that there had been a volley
Of shots fired at the three defenseaess
men. The shots ;hay1ng been fired
while the trolley pole. was of, the
three men were: in perfect darkness
and were caught like rats in trap.
At the time OF the shooting the
streets were practically deserted be-
cause Of the heavy pownpour Of rain
which had been falling all evening,
but the news spread about the city
like wildfire and half, an hour. after
the car carrying it's victim had
feached the center Of the city there
were at least 800 persons in the vfcin-
ity Of police, headquarters, where the
body had been taken and public feel
ing is running high.