Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-03-17
GEORGE SCHLISTLER OF DENVER
SHOOTS HIS NEIGHBORS.
He Armed Himself With a Rifle and
Shot at Every One That Came In
His Way-NeiehhorIy ouarreI-5ar-
ricaded Himself in His House and
When Found He Was Dying.


suit in which the man he pronounced
as his bitterest enemy had been vic
torious, and swearing vengeance
against himself and his entire fam
ily George Schistler, teamster, arm
ed himself with 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 deao;
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 q belt OF smoke
less cartridges, he started for the Fill
home Fill saw him approaching and
heard his muffled threats. He tried
to avoid him by entering the house,
but Schistler sent bullet into his
brain with the accuracy of marks
man and Fill fell dead.
Mrs. Fill rushed to her husbands
side and received a bullet from Schist-
ler's rife, 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 iost
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 tc
police headquarters and an ambulance
with Police Surgeon Dulin, Captain
Bohanna and three officers, hurried tC
the scene.
The officers were directed to the
Fill home by neighbors who had VIII
messed the killing and they started
unhesitatingly in the direction of thu
house In doing so they were com
PEELED to come WITHIN range of Schist
ler's rifle. volley of bullets rainet
around them suddenly, and Dulin ant
Bohanna fell to the floor of the ambu
lance. The driver stopped his horses
but another shot from the hous
dropped one of the animals to TN
ground. With the assistance OF spec
tators the wounded men were takel
from the ambulance and conveyed 10
hospital, where their wounds wer
dressed Dulin was shot three times
once in each leg and another time L
the left thigh. His condition is crit
cal. Bohanna received a bullet in tn
leg. but is not dangerously hurt.
Hundreds of Shots Exchanged.
call for reinforcements brought
the available men from police heaf
quarters and the sheriff's office, and
consultation was held for the purpos
of formulating a plan to captur
Schistler. Firing squads were ST.
toned in nearby houses and large
force was placed in portable tol
made of baled hay piled upon ma
wagon. During the preliminary a
rangements Schistler kept up contil
uous fire in all directions, which wa
returned, and hundreds of shots wei
exchanged. 1t was during this sheo
ing that Kelly received his woun
FINALLY fewer shots were heard to e
Mode in the direction of the Schistl'
house. and the hay wagon fort Wa
started toward the house, proceedlr
cautiously and without firing. Final
one of. the officers purposely expose
himself to view in order to draw o.
the fire of Schistler if he was st
alive.
schIister Found Dying.
He was disagreeably disappointe
and the officers then charged the hou
and battered down the door. Not
sound came from inside, and, ente
ing. they found Schistler lying up'
a bed bleeding from several woun
and breathing his last He died so'
afterward. 1t is not known wheth
he was hit by bullets from the wea
ons of the pursuing party or comm
ted suicide. Mrs Schistler was aw