The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-03-17
DEADLY ANGER
Of DENVER man.
ENRAaED AT DEFEAT IN A LAW
suITTAKEs AWFUL REVENGE
Z ON VICTOR.
Shoots Latter and His Wife Dead,
Burns Their Home and Engages
= in Battle with Police, Wounding
/. Three-Murderer Dies of wounds.

Denver, COL, March 13.-Mad with
rage because Of his defeat in a law suit
in which X. Fill, the man whom he pro-
nounced his bitterest enemy, had been
victorious, and swearing vengeance
against him and his family, George
Schistler, teamster, armed himself
with q rifle on Sunday and started out
to do murder. When the smoke of bat
tie had cleared away, three persons We're
dead, one was missing and three others
lay wounded, two at least dangerously.
The dead are. X. Fill; Mrs. K. Fill and
George Schistler. A child of the Fills
is missing The wounded are: Dr. Frank
Dulin, police, surgeon; Capt. William
Bohanna. acting chief-of-police, and
Mike Kelly.
4 H w.. Kills Two.
Schistler had brooded over his trou-
bles with the Fill family, who were i'm
mediate neighbors, and announced Sun
day that he would even up matters. TAX
ing rifle of improved pattern, and
buckling on belt of smokeless cart
ridges, he started for the Fill home. Fill
saw Schistler approaching and tried to
avoid him by entering the house, but
Schistler sent a bullet into his brain
with the accuracy of marksman and
Fill fell dead Mrs. Fill rushed to her
husbands side and received bullet
from Schistler's rifle. fired with uner-
ring aim. She, too, fell dead alongside
the lifeless body of her husband. Not
content with the fullness of his ven
geance, Schistler then set fire to the Fill
home, which was destroyed. A son of
the Fills is missing and is believed to
have persisted in the flames.
Battle with Police.
Satisfying himself that the flames
would perform their mission, Schistler
returned to his own home and barri-
caded himself inside. In the meantime
neighbors appeared on the scene, but
quickly retreated when bullets from
schistler's rifle began falling near them.
A telephone. message was sent to police
headquarters and an ambulance with
Police Surgeon Dulin, Capt. Bohanna
and three officers hurried to the scene.
Upon the arrival of the officers and be-
fore they could leave the ambulance a
rain of bullets fell about them. Dulin
and Bohanna fell to the floor of the am
bulance wounded. 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
,es, but is not dangerously hurt. Kelly
was slightly wounded. A call for reen-
agreements brought all the available
men from police headquarters and the
sheriff's Office and consultation was
held to formulate plan to capture
Schistler. Firing squads were stationed
in nearby houses and q larger force was
placed in portable fort made by baled
hay piled up on hay wagon. During
the preliminary arrangements, Schist-
Ter kept up continuous fire mall direc-
tions. This was returned by the Off
GERS and hundreds of shots were ex-
changed.
Dies Of His Wounds.
Finally, Schistler ceased firing, and
the hay wagon fort was moved cautious
iy toward the house. When the attack
ing force reached the front gate without
a shot being fired. one Of the officers
stepped out into view, thinking to draw
the fire of Schistler if he were still alive.
None came and, with rush, the officers
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 pursuing party
or committed suicide.
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