Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-02 | Page 3 | Mob after Slayer of a Woman

Mob After Slayer of a Woman Drink-Crazed. Murderer Has a Narrow Escape From Lynching by Infuriated People. CHICAGO, July 1. After killing his former landlady, Mrs. Annie Wa-clawlsk, Wa-clawlsk, Stephen Wnclavik was pursued for blocks by foreigners, and rescued after being badly brulsod in the contlict. The man lived at Mrs. Woclawlsk3 until a few weeks ago, when the woman forced him to leave because of intemperance. intem-perance. He knocked at tho door last night, and when tho woman opened it he rushed into the vestibule, drew his revolver and fired twice. Both bullets struck the woman In the right arm. She ran to the kitchen, shouting for help. A boarder saw Waclavlk shoot again. The bullet struck Mrs. Waclawlck just below be-low the right shoulder. Thc- woman leaped against a screen of an open window. It gaA'e way and she fell eight feet to tho ground, dying shortly afterward. The assailant rushed out of the front door, still holding thc revolver. A score of men saw him and pursued. Their number was increoyod until hundreds, mostly foreigners, had joined the chase. They had surrounded Waclavlk when the police came. Mrs. Waolawluk wan 27 yeurs old, and left a husband and two children, one an infant.