The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-13
SHOT AFTER HE'D KILLED TWO
DENVER POLICE BESJEGE IN
SANE MAN ~ HIS HOUSE.
Crazy TcamSter Iiills NclEhbor and His
VIE. sets Their House on Fire and
Then Barricades HlmSclfWounds
Three Men Before He Is Finally Killed.

Then Harricades HimSclf-W Wounds
Three Men Before He Is Finally Killed
DENVER, Col. March i2.-After killing
Ray sill and Mrs. Sill. seriously wounding
Police Surgeon Dulin, Police Captain Be-
hannah. and Frank Kelly, teamster,
George Sohisuer. a maniac. was shot to-day
by policeman just as he was drawing
bead on one Of the posse 81 which bis slayer
was a member. Fire set by the insane man
/ burned two horses belonging to sill and
/ police patrol wagon horse was shot by
I Schstler
Schistler had had trouble with his neigh
! bors and brooding over il finally crnzed
him. Early this morning he loaded his
/ rife, bucked on belt Of cartridges and
crying that he would wipe his enemies
Of the earth, he started for the homo Of
Ray Sill briclmaker. 200 feet distant,
Sill knew what was coming and tried u
escape, but Sohistler was too quick for him
and a bullet from his rife reached Sill's
heart. While Mrs. Sill was standing over
her husbands body pleading for mercy
Schistler shot her dead
Mrs. Sohistler had followed her husband
and when she saw the two murders she
collapsed Physicians say she viii die
The shooting aroused the neighborhood,
and Sohistler seeing q crowd gathering,
prepared to defend himself.
The police ambulance had been called,
and when IL reached the Sill house. with
surgeon and several policemen. Schistler
opened fire at short range three bullets
hitting 5 rge1n Dulin. Capt. Bohannan being
hit twice, and one Of the horses killed, The
police had not been warned, and were
therefore taken by surprise.
Bystandcrs assisted the ambulance in
escaping. and Schistler, firing the Sill
house and barn, ran back 10 his own house
shouting defiance at the immense crowd
which had gathered. Barroading doors and
windows, he opened fire on the crowd
Three patrol wagons, loaded with police
mon and Mayor Speer drove up to the
house, but were greeted with u shot and
retreated. The police made chnrge on
the house. but Schister fired so rapidly
that they retreated
The police loaded wagon with balcd
hay and pushed it toward the house, but
Schistler poured bullet after bullet INFO
the hay and none Of the police dared show
himself when the wagon reached the house.
After standing there u few minutes they
drew tho wagon away, none being hit by
tho rain Of bullets which followed them.
1t was then decided to throw a strong
guard around the house and starye out
the man, the guard having orders to shoot .
Schistler at sight Some Of the policemen /
volunteered to charge upon the house and .
get the insane man, but Mayor Spaer re-
fused to allow it. Sheriff Armstrong then :
took charge OF the besieging force and
stationing the best marksmen at sheltered
places instructed them TO fire whenever
they saw the muzz!e of Schistler's rifle
prctrude from window.
All this time Schistcr. who seemed 10
have an unlimited supply of ammunition,
was loading and emptying his rifle. rushing
from one room to another. shooting at the
hay wagon. at trees which concealed police
men. and often at the houses Of neighbors.
one Of the bullets wounded Frank Kelly
Every time the policemen could $50 him
a voey was poured into the windows and
doors Of the room, but for a long time
5chistler seemed 10 bear a charmed hfe.
The house, by this time was riddled with
bullets. every door resembling a sieve and
Al the windows being shot out.
Finally Patruiuan Sechrist one OF the
oest marksmcn on the force, saw the muzzle
# revolver protruding from the bottom
II window. Taking careful aim he fred,
md the gun was Withdrawn suddenly
Without being discharged. At almost the
,aine moment a posse OF deputy sheriT5
md policemen charged upon the house
rom the side opposite SechHst'H position
md smashed in a door
Rushing inside they found Schistler
n the room where Sechrist had shot him.
bullet through his head He had been
Wounded in the legs and breast during the {
,attle. but the shot through the head killed
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