The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-03-17
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-NeighborIy QuarreI-Bar-
ricaded Himself in His House and
When Found He Was Dying.

rage because of his defeat in a 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,. 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
tiers. Taking a rifle of improved pat
tern and bucking on 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 a marks
man and Fill fell dead.
Mrs. Fill rushed to her husbands
side and received 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 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 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 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 rainet
around them suddenly, and Dulin an(
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 thu
ground. With the assistance of spec
tators the wounded men were takel
from the ambulance and conveyed to ;
hospital, where their wounds wer'
uTSSSeu. Dullu was SuOI luIt0 tlLlcS
once in each leg and another time il
the left thigh. His condition is crit
CAL Bohanna received bullet in tn
leg, but is not dangerously hurt.
| Hundreds of Shots Exchanged.
A call for reinforcements brought al
the available men from police head
quarters and the sheriff's Office, and
lconsultation was held for the purpos
Of formulating a plan to captur
Schistler. Firing squads were sta
TONED in nearby houses and large
force was placed in portable for
made of baled hay piled upon a ha
wagon. During the preliminary a.
rangements Schistler kept up a contil
uous fire in all directions, which wa
returned, and hundreds of shots wer
exchanged. 1t was during this shso
ing that Kelly received his woun'
Finally fewer shots were heard to e,
plode in the direction of the Schistle
house, and the hay wagon fort wa
started toward the house. prOceedin