The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-17
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE
Fnry Of George sehistler Vented In
Awful Manner.
KILLS FILL AND WIFE
After Doing These Deeds lie Sets the
House on Fire, Barricades Him.
self, Shoots Officers and
Loses Own Life.

Denver March 13.--Nad with rage
because Of his aefaat In a law suit IN
which X. FIJI, tie man when he pro-
nounced his bittsreet enemy had been
victorious, and swearing vengeance
against him and his family. George
Schistler. a teamster. armed himself
with rife Sunday and started out to
do murder. When the smoke OF battle
mad cleared away three persons were
dead, one was missing and three others
lay wounded, two at least dangerously.
The dead: l.. Fill. Mrs. X. FIJI,
George Schistler. The missing: A child
of the Fills Wounded: DR.. Frank
Dulin police surgeon. William Be-
hanna acting chief OF police, ana Mike
Kelly.
schistler had hrooded over his trou-
bles with the Fill family, who were
dimmediate neighbors and announced
that he would even UP matters. TAX
ing rife of improved pattern ana
oEckling on belt OF snokeless cart
ridges. he started for the FIJI home.
Ffll saw Schistler approaching. ana
ried TO avoid him by entering the
house, but Sehistler sent a bullet into
his brain Mrs. Fill rushed to her
husbands side and was instantly killed
by a bullet from Sehistler's rifle.
Sch:EtieT th~n sci fire to the FIJI home.
which was destroyed. son of Fflrs
is missing and is believed TO have per
ished In the flames
Schistier returned 10 his own houss
and barricaded himself inside. In the
meantime neighbors appeared on the
scene. but quickly retreated when bull
lets from Schistier's rife began falling
near them. A telephone message was
cent to police headquarters and an am
eulance with Police Surgeon DulIn.
Captain Bohanna and three officers
hurried TO the scene
Upon arrival of the officers and be-
fore they could leave the ambulance a
rain OF bullets fell about them. Dulin
and johanna fell to the flcor OF the
ambulance wounded. The driver refined
lbs horses when another shot from
Sehistler dropped one OF the animals
To the ground. With the assistance Of
Spectators The wounded men were re-
moved from the scene. Dulin was shot
three times, once In each leg and an
other time In the left thigh. His ooudi-
ton is critical. Bohanna received bul-
let In the leg but Is not dangerously
hurt
call for reinforcement1 brought an
the available aen from police head
quarters and the sheriffg office and a
consultation was held To formulate a
plan of capture Of SchlstleY. Firing
squads were stationed Ia nearby houses
and large force wis placed Ia a mort
able fort made Of haled hay. piie~a uF.at
a hay wagon. During the pretin1tnar,
arrangements Schistier keT1 a egfltlnu-
Gus fire IN ali directions This vax
by the ofIiczrs and hundra4s
~ shots were exchanged Kelly WAS
slightly wounded. Finally schlstIer
ceased firing ard the hay wagon fort
wsts moved cautiously toward ffe
hous~ When the attacking force
reached the front gate wtth aut q sh.a;
being fired, one % TIRE officers IS @npsd
put into view thinking 20 Grasv the
IRE ~ SchistleF II he wrFe stu alive
None esme ana with rush the officers
charged the house ard battered dasvn
he doors They found 9ChsN l~r living
upon bel bleeding from several
wounds he died soon aftsrNyard Il -
rot known whether he was hlt by bal.
Us from the weapons - the pursuing
party or committed 50 ci.s
Mrs S<hlstfer vas way from, home
- th@ Zine ard when sas learned 81
he afrar fetf PROSTATE IL In thought
he viii die from the shsrk