The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-13
Denver Man Wanted Vengeance
Against Neighbors.
Killed Three. Wounded Three, and
One Missing-Was Himself
Killed.
A BATTLE WITH THE POLICE

rten VICTORIOUS, ana swearing VEN
geance against him and his family,
George Schistler, a teamster, armed
himself with a rifle yesterday 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 wound
cd, 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 sergeon.
Capt. William Bohanna. acting
chief of police.
Mike Kelly.
The wife of George sschistler is
Frustrated over the affair. and may
die from the shock
Schistler had brooded over his
troubles with the Fill family, who
were immediate neighbors. Taking
rifle OF improved pattern, and buck
ling on a belt of smokeless cartridges
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.
Mrs. Fill rushed to her husbands
side and was instantly killed by a
bullet from Schistler's rife. Schistler
then set fire to the Fill home, which
was destroyed.
A son of Fill is missing. and is be-
lieved to have persisted in the flames.
Schistler returned to his own
house and barricaded 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 headquar-
tiers. and an ambulance with Police
Surgeon Dulin. Capt. Bohanna aud
three officers hurried to the scene.
Upon the arrival of the officers and
before they could leave the ambu-
lance a rain of bullets fell about
them. Dulin and Bohanna fell to the
floor of the ambulance wounded. The
driver refined his horses, when an
other shot from Schistler dropped
one of the animals to the ground
With the assistance of spectators, the
wounded men were removed from the
scene.
Dulln was shot three times, once
in each leg and another time in the
left thigh. His condition is critical.
Bohanna received bullet in the leg.
hut is not dangerously hurt.
A call for achievements brought
all the available men from police
headquarters and the sheriff's Office
and consultation was held to for
mulate a plan to capture Schistler.
Firing squads were stationed in
nearby houses, and a larger force
was placed in a portable fort made of
baled hay piled upon a hay wagon.
During the preliminary arrange
ment schistler kept up a continuous
fire in all directions. This was re-
turned by the officers and hundreds
Of shots were exchanged. Kelly was
slightly wounded Finally Schlister
ceased firing, and the hay wagon
fort was moved cautiously toward the
house. When the attacking force
reached the front gate without shot
being fired one of the officers stepped
out into view, thinking to draw the
fire of Sehistler, II he were still alive.
None came, and, with rush the offi-
GERS charged the house and battered
down the door, They found schistler
lying upon the bed bleeding from
several wounds. He died soon after
wards II is not known whether he
was hit by the officers. or shot him