People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1895 — Mob Around an Ohio Jail. [ARTICLE]

Mob Around an Ohio Jail.

Tiffin, 0., Oct. 24. —Lee Martin, a farmer near Watson, yesterday tried to strangle a small boy to death. His screams brought the assistance of Frank Burkhart, who was hunting in the woods close by. Burkhart swore out a warrant for Martin’s arrest and at night Officer Sweeney and Marshal Shultz went to the scene. When they reached the home of Martin a terrible struggle occurred, in which Marshal Shultz was shot and died within a few minutes. Officer Sweeney was shot, but not fatally. Martin was lodged in Jail in this city, and large crowds are about the jail and it is feared he will be lynched.