Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-03-18
MURDERED Them ALL
GEORGE SCHLISTLER OF DENVER
SHOOTS HIS NEIGHBORS.
He Armed Himself With a Rifle and
Shot at Every One That Came in
His Way-Neighborl Quarrel-Bar-
ricaded Himself in His House and
When Found He Was Dying.

Denver, Col, March 13.-Mad Wlun
rage because of his defeat in law
suit in which the man he pronounced
as his bitterest enemy had been vic
torious, and swearing vengeance
against himself and his entire fam
lily, George Schistler, a teamster arm
ed himself with a rife Sunday, and
when the smoke of battle had cleared
away three persons were dead, one
missing and three others lay wounded,
two at least dangerously The dead:
X. Fill, Mrs. X. Fill, George Schistler.
The missing-A child of the Fills.
Wounded-Dr. Frank Dulin, police
surgeon; Captain William Bohanna,
acting chief of police; Mike Kelly.
The wife of George Schistler is pros
trated over the affair." and may die
from the shock.
Murder of the Fills.
Schistler had brooded over his
troubles with the Fill family, who
were immediate neighbors, and an
nounced that he would even up mat
ters. Taking a rifle of improved pat
tern and bucking on a belt of smoke
less cartridges, he started for the Fill
home Fill saw him approaching and
heard his muffied threats. He tried
to avoid him by entering the house,
but Schistler sent a bullet into his
brain with the accuracy of a marks
man and Fill fell dead.
Mrs. Fill rushed to her husband S
side and received bullet from Schist-
lers rifle fired with unerring aim.
She, too, fell dead alongside the life
less body of her husband.
Burns House and Fill Child.
Not content with the fullness of his
vengeance, Schistler then set fire to
the Fill home, which was destroyed,
and it is thought son of the Fills lost
his life in the fire
After satisfying himself that the
flames would perform their mission,
Schistler returned to his own home and
barricaded himself inside In the
meantime other neighbors, attracted
by the sound of the firing, appeared on
the scene, but quickly retreated when
bullets began falling around them.
Police Arrive.
A telephone message was sent to
police headquarters and an ambulance,
with Police Surgeon Dulin, Captain
Bohanna and three officers, hurried to
the scene.
The officers were directed to the
Fill home by neighbors who had wit
messed the killing, and they started
unhesitatingly in the direction of the
house In doing SO they were COM
PEELED to come within range of Schist-
ler's rifle. A volley of bullets rained
around them suddenly. and Dulin and
Bohanna fell to the floor Of the ambu-
lance The driver stopped his horses,
but another shot from the house
dropped one of the animals to the
ground With the assistance of spec
tators the wounded men were taken
from the ambulance and conveyed to a
hospital where their wounds were
dressed. Dulin was shot three times,
once in each leg and another time in
the left thigh. His condition is criti-
cal. Bohanna received a bullet in the
leg. but is not dangerously hurt.
Hundreds of Shots Exchanged.
A call for reinforcements brought all
the available men from police head
quarters and the sheriffs office, and a
consultation was held for the purpose
of formulating a plan to capture
Schistler Firing squads were sta
toned in nearby houses and a larger
force was placed in a portable fort
made of baled hay piled upon hay
wagon. During the preliminary ar
rangements Schistler kept up a cOntin
uous fire in all directions, which was
returned, and hundreds of shots wer,
exchanged. 1t was during this shoot
ing that Kelly received his wound
Finally fewer shots We're heard to ex
plode in the direction of the Schistle
house. and the hay wagon fort wa
started toward the house, proceeding
cautiously and without firing FINAL,
one of the officers purposely exposed
himself to view in order to draw on
the fire of Schistler if he was still
alive.
SchlstIer Found Dying.
He was disagreeably disappointed
and the officers then charged the hous
and battered down the door. Not
sound came from inside, and, ente,
ing, they found Schistler lying upo
a bed bleeding from several wound
and breathing his last. He died 500
afterward 1t is not known whethe
he was hit by bullets from the veal
ons of the pursuing party or commi
ted suicide. Mrs. Schistler was ava