Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-01
List of Killed and Wounded In the
Chicago Riot.

CHICAGO, July H.-A careful re
view of Yesterdays work between
the mob and the united forces of DO
lice and mounted cavalry, shows tn,
following list of reported casualties
They are but a part of the number
of those who have suffered from pis.
tol shot, sabre and club; but the ri.
oters' method of hurrying off the
dead and wounded prevents the COM
pletion of the list at present:
Rioters killed-Thos. Cassellman, a
baker Of Twelfth street, shot through
the head; Thos. Cooley, 1873 West
Sixteenth street; Charles or Henry
Wilder, Is years of age, corner OF
Stewart Avenue and McGregor st.
Edward Peters or Phillips, So Fish
street, aged II; Michael Hassett, aged
IS years, corner McGregor and Wal.
lace; Mccormick, a rolling mill
hand; A. Widney; J. Wallace, aged
Is, shot in the brain; John Weinert
aged Is, South Canal street; a mar
name unknown, 653 Archer avenue
man, name unknown, lying at the
morgue; Wyentz Nowathobsky, 81
Fisk street, blacksmith, Pole 3t
years of age; Thos. Cooley, lS3 Yves,
Sixteenth street; George Fisher, bar.
Der, German, corner Twenty-sixtt
and Stewart, missing, supposed to bt
killed; Frank Norbock, leader OF
the rioters, baker by profession, {
Bohemian who has headed com
mune movement for years.
Rioters fatally wounded-A. Mea
ny, shot in left lung, James McNally
stock yards hands, in shoulder Davit
Fitzgerald, Ashland avenue, near Ar
cher avenue rolling mills, in hand ant
below right shoulder blade in tn,
back, ball come out at left nipple
taking the nipple with it. He is re
ported to have died during the night
The rioters severely wounded
Frank Newhall, hardware merchant
Halstcad street, near viaduct; boz
name unknown, through the leg; 10
seph Lindsay, in thigh; Martin Ros
ter, in hand. Nick Schillinger, wei
known communist, in arm; Harry
Collins, Locke street, in thigh, ampu.
tation probably will be necessary
John McNulty, lives on West Side
in groin, is suffering much pain Pc
ter Brady, corner Jefferson and De
koven, in arm, bone fractured; Chey,
Kuhlerman, SIS West l7th street, il
Kidneys; Mccartney, boy, dubbed
heavily; ii. Hebner, 18th ST., shot il
side; Albert Wedmer, Bohemian, IA:
18th St., in left breast. internal hem
oragc feared Jas. Plunkett, l73, l6tt
ST., fell on curb stone
Police officers wounded-Geo. Sa
monsky, shot in ankle, fought long
after he was hurt: Fitz Taylor, sho
in calf of leg; Pat. Hanley, shot il
hand; Loindecker, shot through
hand; Pat O'Ilara, in arm; Kelley
stone wound in hand, Lieut.. Gerber.
ry, cut with stone in the head; w. b
King, ratrollman, was shot in leg Sc
verely and his horses chest was rid
died; spectator, name un
known, was badly hurt il
the head with a stone. This list indi
Gates that the police received NOR,
injuries in proportion to their num-
Der than the crowd. Such, however
is not the case, as scores of wound
were inflicted by them and by thei
friends which were not even seel
much less reported. The fact that
man was acting in a reportorial ca
pacity initiated against him with tn
mob, and any inquiry directed to an
of the rioters as to the name or cir
cumstances of killing or woundin,
was u signal for suspicion of the in
quirer and for an attack upon hin
whenever it seemed safe to make il
Most Of the reporters showed persona
bravery, and many of them ran great
er risks OF life and limb than an
other of the law and order part Q
the crowd. Among the inciden,
was the capture, by Superintendent
!. of Police Hickey, OF rioter abol
T whose wrist he fastened q cord. an
mounting his horse hurried the ma
; away to the station, through crow
i of yelling ruffians, who showcre
stones upon him and his horse. TIL
, arrests were numerous and constan
: two officers confining themselves I
: that branch of the service brought i
twelve rioters, and others were no
f far behind. A feature of the fight
was the frequent participation of VIC
q men who fired shots from inside an
q outside their houses,and hurled stone
q and mud indiscriminately at all VIII
wore white shirts or blue coat.
!, Much dissatisfaction is expressed b
, regulars, by citizens and by the pc
: lice themselves at the orders give
0 the latter through the Mayor to avoi'
killing whenever possible. The gen
eral belief is that could the mob b
!, made to understand thoroughly this
no blanks were carried and no quar-
ter will be given, that their valo
would fade away and they dissppea
q 1t is understood that when they sho,