Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-20
COLONEL FIsK's OWN STORY.
Marrow Escape from the Hands of
the MOb-HoW He was Wounded
The Mob Thfrsiing for His BLOOD
Gould Rescues Him.

The Mob Thfrsfing for His BLOOD
Gould Rescues Him.
To Sun reporter, who interviewed
him at Long Branch, Jubilee Jim gave
the following account of his big scare
during the Eighth avenue riot
Just then got word from a messen-
ger that my regiment was forming at the
armory and was making ready to march.
| started out and began to walk back.
AS / approached Twenty-fourth street
the crowds on the sidewalk hooted me
and yelled at me. Immediately took
the middle of the street and walked on
in that way till | came in sight of the
Sixth regiment, just ahead. In the
meantime the crowd was gathered be-
hind me, when all of a sudden | heard a
shot and felt bullet whiz past me. |
went in the ranks of the Sixth, the crowd
continuing their hooting at him, until |
reached my own regiment.
"I had left my regimental coat and
sword at the armory and was in my
shirt sleeves. took the Maj or's sword
and assumed command, after dispatching
messenger to the armory after my dry
goods. In the meantime the procession
began to march, and soon after we
started lot of bricks and stones were
thrown at us, and in some instances
shots were discharged. AS for the order
to fire, my men received instructions be-
fore leaving the armory not to fire off
their pieces until they should be assailed
by the mob; and not TO fire If only
stones should be thrown. But should it
become so hot that they could not stand
it, and should any shots be fired, they
were not to wait for any orders, but fire
into the mob and protect themselves.
No attention was paid to the missiles
until Walter Pryor was struck by a bullet
in the knee, and Harry Page was killed.
| was standing within few feet of him.
At that moment discharges of mus
kerry were heard from the head of the
line, and my men, becoming excited at
the death Of one of their best members,
opened fire upon the mob. My regi-
ment was a little distance behind the
Sixth. The crowd on the east side of
Eighth avenue, into which the troops
we're firing, now came rushing between
the two regiments. was standing in
front of my regiment with Major Hitch
cocks sword in my hand. The mob
closed in upon me in an instant, knocked
me down, and trampled upon me.
After the crowd passed me l tried 10
rise and found | was hurt about the foot.
| cannot say whether / was struck by
anything, or received my injuries from
being trampled upon. Some OF my men
seeing my condition carried me into a
bakery close by. j was taken to the
second story and the surgeons examined |
nv foot and found that my ankle was
out of joint. They took hold of it and
ierked it back into place. The surgeons
then left me, and as was looking out
of the window with Captain Spencer, |
saw the crowd close around the two men |
of my regiment who had been left in
charge of Pages body. | saw man
with a sword-cane make thrust at one
of them.
"The next thing / remember was
hearing an Irishman, who stood in front
of the bakery, cry out: The d-d- is
in here. Let's go in and get him out
and kill himl Others said, Hang
himl' Crowds began to gather thick
and fast about the door, and, fearing
that the house was about to be sacked, /
seized a heavy cane which had been
given me and left by the back way. /
must have
JUMPED OVER FIVE FENCES.
when / reached house, through which
went and attempted 10 pass out by the
front door. Looking down the street to-
ward Eighth avenue | saw the mob still
there Coming down from Ninth ave
nue. was another crowd, hard looking
set. For a moment l thought there was
no possible chance Of escape, but on
glancing across the street noticed a
door open and ran toward it. This
house is in Twenty-seventh street, be-
tween Eighth and Ninth avenues.
went through the hallway to the yard.
Here ! met a high fence. / found a
barrel, mounted It and climbed over.
climbed several more fences, until /
became exhausted at last, and started
for house fronting on Twenty-ninth
street. Some woman slammed the