Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-09
Policeman Paul MendelsOhn Was
Killed.
CONDUCTOR BADLY BEATEN.
Founded Into insen.ibillty Non.
Union Motormnn Hurt Eight
Masked Men Fire Reyolyers

Waterbury, Conn, March SViolence
In its worst form has broken out anew
in Waterbury as a result Of the high
feeling In connection with the strike Of
the motormen and conductors Of the
Connecticut Railroad and Lighting
company Policemen Paul Mendelsohn
was killed tonight: John w. Chambers,
non-union motorman was hurt and
Conductor George Webernodorter was
pounded into insensibilIty.
The scene Of the crime was at Forest
park. the terminus OF the North Main
street line. The post is isolated and the
car reached the end Of the line and the
crew made preparations for the return
Trip Immediately after the conductor
reversed his levers eight masked men
0prang from the bushes by the road
sldet entered the car and discharged
their revolyers every man being armed.
officer Mendelsohn fell at the first re-
port, and as later examination
showed the first shot was fatal, hay-
Ing pierced his heart. The motorman
was also hit and leaped from his car
with a cry Of pain. Some of the men
followed 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
unconscious
The men then left him and Joined
their companions outside. From this
point In the attack their actions are
Rp b. fa
much apprehension. Webernodorfer
saw his motorman leap from the car
when he was shot, and he also saw
him followed by the murderers.
The conductor regaincd his senses
with difficulty and went to the side of
the policeman, who he found was dead.
The conductor hardly able to stand,
went to the controller and started the
car back toward the city. On the way
he met another car, the crew Of which
relieved the injured man and hurried TO
the city for assistance.
The body Of the dead policeman was
carried into police headquarters and
Webernodorfer was also taken there.
An alarm was sent around the city by
the police, and In a few minutes the
entire detective department, accom-
panied by thirteen policemen, went TO
the scene of the murder A thorough
search was made for Chambers. but at
midnight he had not been found. De-
spite the diligent search not clue
could be found as to the perpetrators
Of the murder.
The car, when II reached the city,
showed that a volley of shots had been
fired at the three defenseless men. The
shots having been fired while the trolley
pole was off, the three men were In per-
feet darkness and We're caught like rats
in a trap.
AT the time of the shooting the streets
We're practically deserted because Of the
heavy downpour OF rain which had
been falling all evening. but the news
spread about the city like wildhre, and
half an hour after the car carrying its
victims reached the center of the city
there were at least 300 persons In the
vicinity Of police headquarters, whore
the body had been taken, and public
feeling is running high
shortly after midnight the searching
officers came upon Motorman Cham
bers. His head was covered with blood.
hut II 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 startling story Of
his experiences. He said that as
soon he leaped from the car four
men followed him. firing their revolt
yers, He ran for the swamps nearby,
and when he discovered that his pur-
suers gained on him he laid down. The
murderers rushed bv without dlscov-
ering him. He fell In with a policeman
afterwards, who conducted him to the
ear barns where Chambers had his in
juries attended TO-