The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-13
POLICEMAN KILLED BY THUGS
STREET CAR STRIKE AT WATER
BURY CAUSED THE TROUBLE.
The Feeling Between the Union and
Nonunion Partisans Is Intensely
Bitter-Violence of Worst Kind Oc-
curs-Trolley Car Attacked at Night
by Masked Men-volley of SHOTS.

Waterbury, Conn, Marcn y.-Vio-
renee III ILs WORST form nds UrUneu out
anew ID waterbury as Iesu4L uI the
nISn IeelIng III connection Win Lne
sLilne Oh Cne nOtOrmen anu Conductors
VI the connecticut halIIOau O. Light
ing company. POIlceman raul Menuel-
SCUM was Killed; Jonn w. Cnamuels, a
nonunlon motorman, was cIuuDeu and
pursued by thugs, and his conductor,
george WeDernOuOrter, was pounded
INTO lnsenslDlnIy.
Inc scene OF the crime was at For
est Park, the terminus of the Nortn
Main street line. Inc spot is isolated
and the car reached the end OF the line
and the crew made preparations for
the return trip.
Immediately after the conductor
turned the trolley ana me motorman
reversed his levers eight masked men
sprang from the bushes by the road
side, entered the car and discharged
their revolvers, every man being arm
ed. Officer Mendelsohn fell at the first
report and as a later examination
showed, the first shot was fatal, hav-
ing pierced his heart The motorman
was dubbed and leaped from his car
with cry of pain.
Conductor Was Beaten.
Some OF the men followed MIN, while
the remainder turned Lneir attention
20 the conductor. lie was thrown 10
the floor OF the car and pounded and
Kicked until he was UNCONSCIOUS. Inc
men then left him and joined their
companions outside. FROM this point
In the attack their actions are wrapped
IN mystery and are causing much APP
prehensiOn. Webernordorter saw his
mOtOrman leap from the car when he
was shot and he also saw him followed
by the murderers.
Policeman Killed.
The conductor regaIned his senses
with difficulty and went to the side of
the policeman, whom he found was
dead. The conductor, hardly able 10
stand, went to the controller and start
ed the car back toward the city. On
the way he met another car, the crew
of which relieved the injured man and
/ huA AiCQ W lllC CllJ LII dOOloIduCG.
The body of the dead policeman
was carried into police headquarters
ard Webernordorfer was also taken
there. An alarm was sent around the
city by the police and in few minutes
the entire detective department, &C
cOmpanied by 10 policemen, went TO
the scene Of the murder.
VOney VI onU.s rired.
The car when it reached the city
showed that volley Oh snots mad Deen
nred while the trolley pole was off,
the three men were in perfect darkness
and were caught like rats in a trap.
At the time of the shooting the
cause of the heavy downpour OF rain
streets were practically deserted be-
which had been falling all evening, but
the news spread about the city like
wildhre and half an nour after the car
carrying its victim reached the center
of the city there were at least 5000
persons in the vicinity of police head
quarters, where the body had been
taken, and public feeling is running
high.
Shortly after midnight the search
ing officers came upon Motorman
Chambers. 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 of a revolver. He told a startling
story of his experiences. He said that
as soon as he leaped from the car four
men followed him, firing their revolt
vers. He ran for the switch nearby,
ana when lie discovered LnaC MS pur-
suers gained on him ne lay down. The
murderers rushed by without discover
Ing MN. lie fell in with a policeman
afterwards, who conducted him to the
car barns, where Chambers had his
| injuries attended to.