Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-03-17
MURDERED THEM ALL
GEORGE SCHLTSTLER OF DENVER
SHOOTS HIS NEIGHBORS.
He Armed Himself With a Rifle and
Shot at Every one That Came in
His Way-NeighborIy ouarreI-Rar-
ricaded Himself in His House and
When Found He Was Dying.

! Denver, Col, March 19.-Mad with
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
ily George Schistler teamster, arm
ed himself with a 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 deau:
K. Fill, Mrs. K 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 rife 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 a bullet into his
brain with the accuracy of a marks
man and Fill fell dead.
Mrs. Fill rushed to her husbands
side and received a bullet from Schist-
ler's rifle, 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
Schistler then set fire to
the Fill home, which was destroyed,
and it is thought a 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
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 to |
police headquarters and an ambulance,
with Police Surgeon Dulin, Captain |
Bohanna and three officers, hurried to |
he scene.
The officers were directed to the
Fill home by neighbors who had wit |
messed the killing, and they started |
lnhesitatingly in the direction of the
house In doing so they were com
PEELED to come within range of Schist-
er's rife. A volley of bullets rained
around them suddenly, and Dulin and
3ohanna fell to the floor of the ambu-
ance, The driver stopped his horses,
1ut another shot from the house
dropped one of the animals to the
ground. With the assistance of Spec
ators the wounded men were taken
rom the ambulance and conveyed to a
hospital, where their wounds were
ressed. Dulin was shot three times,
'nce in each leg and another time in
he left thigh. His condition is criti-
al. Bohanna received a bullet in the
eg, but is not dangerously hurt.
Hundreds Of Shots Exchanged.
A call for reinforcements brought all
he available men from police head
quarters and the sheriff's Office, and
onsultation was held for the purpose
i formulating plan to capture
'chistler. Firing squads were sta
Toned in nearby houses and a larger
orce was placed in a portable fort
nade of baled hay piled upon a hay
wagon. During the preliminary ar
angements Schistler kept up a contin-
GUS fire in all directions, which was
eturned, and hundreds of shots were
Exchanged. 1t was during this shoot
lg that Kelly received his wound.
finally fewer shots were heard to ex-
lode in the direction of the Schistler
ouse, and the hay wagon fort was
tarted toward the house, proceeding
autously and without firing. Finally
ne of the officers purposely exposed
imself to view in order to draw out
he fire of Schistler if he was still t
live. f
sehIistIer Found Dying.
He was disagreeably disappointed,
pd the officers then charged the house
nd battered down the door. Not a f
ound came from inside, and, enter '
lg. they found Schistler lying upon t
bed bleeding from several wounds +
ld breathing his last. He died soon r
iterward 1t is not known whether !
2 was hit by bullets from the weap- +
rs of the nllrsnino. -.t.. ~. -.