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This lucky shot served to momentarily curb the enthusiasm of the mob and it hesitated, allowing the gunman to disappear in the darkness around the Catholic church. But the mob quickly rallied and the hunt was on. “The audacity of the attempt at the murder and the utter absence of any motive dazed the people who appeared at the city street corners to hear a statement of facts. It was the town’s ghost story. For four hours, people gathered as a growing mob of searchers scoured every corner of North Hill,” the paper recorded. Then, shortly after 1 a.m. there came the sound of shots. Henry Stroh had opened the door of a shed and flushed a figure that ran off, pursued by Walter Fritsche and others. Near George Lane’s house, a lucky shot grazed the gunman and persuaded him to stop. He was quickly gathered up and marched off to the jail. ....