The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-13
BUSY WITH
 /lIS RIFLE Denver eamSter'S Bloody " Day.
vii ID OUT FILL FAMILY
Mad With Rage on Account
 of Loss of Law Suit.
After Staying Man and Wife, Murderer Fired Residence and Burned Chlld-Met Death Resisting
 Police Force.

Denver, Col, March 12.-Mad with l rage because of his defeat in law
 suit in which K. Fill the man whom he pronounced his bitterest enemy, had
 been victorious, and swearing ven-
 geance against him and his family, George Schistler, a teamster, armed
 himself with a rife today and started out to do murder. When the smoke of battle had cleared
 away three persons were dead, one was
 missing and three others lay wounded, two at least dangerously.
 The dead-K. Fill, Mrs. K. Fill,
 George Schistler.
 The missing-A child of the Fills. Wounded-Dr. Frank Fulin, Police Surgeon; Capt. William Bohanna, Act
 ing Chief of Police; Mike Kelly. The
 wife of George Schistler is prostrated
 over the affair and may die from the
 shock.
 Schistler had brooded over his trou-
 bles with the Fill family, who were
 immediate neighbors, and announced
 today that he would even up matters. Taking a rife of improved pattern
 and buckling on a belt of smokeless
 cartridges, he started for the Fill
 home. Fill saw him approaching and
 tried to avoid him by entering the
 house, but Schistler sent a bullet into
 his brain. Mrs. Fill rushed to her hus-
 bands side and was instantly killed by
 bullet from Schistlers rife. Schist-
 Ter then set fire to the Fill home, which
 was destroyed.
 A son of Fill is missing and is be- lieved to have perished in the flames. Fired on Neighbors. Schfstler returned to his own house
 and barricaded himself inside. In the
 meantime neighbors appeared on the scene but. quickly retreated when bull lets from Schistler's rifles began fall- | ing near them.
 A telephone message was sent to po- lice headquarters and ah ambulance with Police Surgeon Dulin. Captain Bo- l hanna and three officers hurried to the scene. -e t-1s' '@'s -
 Upon the arrival of the officers and before they could leave the ambulance
 rain of bullets fell about them. Dulin | and Bohanna fell to the floor of the
 ambulance wounded. The driver
 refined his horses when another shot
 from Schistler dropped one of the ami
 ance of spectators the wounded men | were removed from the scene. Dulin was shot three times, once in l each leg and another time in the left thigh. His condition is critical. Bo- | hanna received a bullet in the leg, but | is not dangerously hurt
 A call for reinforcement brought all
 the available men from police head quarters and the sheriff's office and a
 consultation was held to formulate a plan to capture Schistler squads were stationed in nearby houses and a lar ger force was placed in a portable fort made of baled hay piled upon a hay wagon. During the preliminary arrangements Schistler kept up a con- tinuous fire in all directions. This was returned by the officers and hundreds
 of shots were exchanged. Kelly was
 slightly wounded. Finally Schistler
 ceased firing and the hay wagon fort was moved cautiously toward the
 house. When the attacking force
 reached the front gate without a shot l being fired one of the officers stepped out into view. thinking to draw the fire of Schistler if he was still alive. None came and, with a rush the of- ficers charged the house and battered down the door. They found Schistler lying upon a bed bleeding from several
 wounds. He died soon afterward. It is not known whether he was hit by
 bullets from the weapons of the pur- surfing party or committed suicide Mrs. Schistler was away from home
 at the time and when she learned of
 the affair, fell prostrate. It Is thought she will die from the shock.