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| Sherwood , Defiance county, Ohio |
Amos Rutman, marshal of Sherwood is not traveling on a bed of roses, so to speak.
He was set upon Saturday night late and nearly killed.
A crowd congregated in a saloon and about closing time they made considerable noise to attract this officer's attention. He went to the place to take some boisterous ones into custody but when he arrived he was greeted by a shower of stones, bricks and other missiles handy to throw.
He was struck on the head and rendered unconscious. Yesterday his life was despaired as he had not regained consciousness.
Last Monday a young man from Bryan came to Sherwood and became intoxicated. The marshal attempted to arrest him, when Swindeman ran. The marshal called upon him to halt but he paid no attention to the demand when the marshal produced his gun and fired three shots after the retreating Bryanite. One of them took a effect in his left arm, producing a painful flesh wound, although not a serious one.
This action incurred displeasure in Sherwood and the matter has occasioned considerable comment. It is supposed the attack on the marshal Saturday evening was the result of indignation fanned by bad whiskey.
There has been no arrests made as yet but it is understood several Sherwood men are quite uneasy.
Last Monday a young man from Bryan came to Sherwood and became intoxicated. The marshal attempted to arrest him, when Swindeman ran. The marshal called upon him to halt but he paid no attention to the demand when the marshal produced his gun and fired three shots after the retreating Bryanite. One of them took a effect in his left arm, producing a painful flesh wound, although not a serious one.
This action incurred displeasure in Sherwood and the matter has occasioned considerable comment. It is supposed the attack on the marshal Saturday evening was the result of indignation fanned by bad whiskey.
There has been no arrests made as yet but it is understood several Sherwood men are quite uneasy.
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