| Show ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE I I IMPEDED THE RESCUE WORK I I Mine BOs Boes Shot Down at Cherry III Ill Eleven ed Bodies Are Recovered Cherry Cheny Ill Feb 18 An attempt to assassinate one of the St StPaul StPaul StPaul Paul bosses added to the tragedy of Cherrys mine disaster to today today today day A dismissed stepping up behind Charles Atherton known as the company boss drew a revolver and crying UTo To pay you back backfired backfired backfired fired three shots Atherton fell probably fatally wounded The shooting occurred in the midst of the work of recovering the bodies entombed in the mine Eleven bodies had been brought up AthErton was standing at his post at the mouth of the shaft working to get the bodies bod Ie up About him stood a circle of widows and orphans all eager to learn whether the ther r rut t It lift of the hoist would bring up their dead thad three thre shots were fired in rapid succession and a man ran from the crowd In the confusion It was whispered that lint W y W V Taylor of Chicago general superintendent of the mines was the victim But a moment later Ath Atherton Atherton Atherton erton was found lying on the ground A hundred enraged miners headed by Sheriff ran down the railroad Continued on Page Two ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE IMPEDED RESCUE WORK Continued from Page One tracks after the tile assassin while the crowd behind shouted Lynch him Shoot him The fugitive was captured In the main street the revolver still in his hand He gave his name nal as Peter Brown but was later identified as Melas Manditch He said lIe he shot Atherton because he lie had been refused a job and had been looking for James Steel superintendent of the com corn mine here and at Granville Ill Later a mob surrounded the jail and to tonight tonight tonight night the prisoner was taken to Prince Princeton Princeton Princeton ton Ill for safety Atherton came hero here from Granville where he has a wife and family He was taken to the hospital at LaSalle Ill III where It was said he probably would not recover The shooting followed a day of anxiety The recovery of more bodies brings Cher Char Cherrys Cherrys rys story up to date as follows November IS l Men len entombed November on rescue work 10 0 November 20 Taken out alive 20 February 4 Taken out dead 1 February 18 Taken out dead 11 Previously taken out dead Total still The peculiarly well preserved condition of the bodies found today gave g ve hope that the recovery recover of tho the other bodies bodle will wUl not be as difficult as was expected One state mine said Bald the bodies resembled mummies Only seven were identified Among these was John McGIll a boy When the alarm of fire spread through the mine the father of the bo be dragged his son several hundred feet fett The Tha Th father tather was discovered by rescuers ro ana awi taken up alive The boy was overlooked |
