Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-14

exit. AS the latter was executing the
move, Bill Allen, the fugitive, who was
in the kitchen, discovered he was be-
sieged, and, dashing to one of the win
dows, fred at the saloonman. Then
Immediately seeing the officer ap-
preaching from the front he opened
fire on him.
SHOOTING ANOTHER OFFICER.
Alien fired three times, Officer
Mulvehill answering the fire. The
third shot from the negros pistol buried
itself over the poEceman's left eye,
when the negro dashed out of the
door, and although the PROSTATE officer
and his brother fired at him. he escap-
ed through the gate, ran down Green
street, and was lost in the Northwestern
railroad yards that begin at that point.
Within two minutes after this shooting
the vicinity was black with people and
a score of policemen We're on the spot,
brought there in patrol wagons. The
injured officer was at once carried to
the Des PLANES street station and the
officers and crowd, filled with amaze
ment st this last exhibition of the des-
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all directions in search of him. The
tracks of the Northwestern and Pan
Handle railroads, which cover large
plat of ground in this neighborhood,
the lumber yards at hand, the brick
yards and the entire territory for
blocks away sTarmed with policemen
and civilians from this time for
an hour. The outhouses, the flag
mems houses that dot the railway, and
all the hiding places that could be
thought of were peered into, searched
and researched. The police officers
took the lead with drawn revolv ers,
but mob hung On their rear. For an
hour the search was unsuccessful. Po-
lice Officer Wheeler entered large
chicken-coop that stood on the edge of
the Pan Handle track, not more than
800 feet from the house on Halsted
street where Officer Mulvehill had
been shot, and whence Allen had made
his escape.
DISCOVERY OF THE MURDERER.
The search of the officer was not
very thorough. He entered the coop,
looked around, saw no one, and made
his exit. An iurchin who formed part
of the mob following the officers enter
ed the coop after the officer had made
his exit. A large dry-goods box stood
IN one cerner. The boy tilted it, and
there was a movement. The boy leap
ed outside the coop in alarm and call
ed the officer. who was marching
away. Policemen Wheeler returned
re-sntered the chicken-coop and tilted
the box. There was a struggle and then
Bill Allen leaped out, but while the
fugitive was freeing himself from
the weight of the box the officer leaped
out side of the coop, slammed the door
and called for aid. The negro reached
the door before 1t was quite shut and
there was terrible struggle, but two
officers wero on the spot and Officer
Wheeler with his aid closed the door.
Then drawing his revolver he fred
through the thin door. "I's got
enough" was shouted out by the Gagged
negro. Twice more the policeman fired
when the pushing from within ceased,
and the fellow Was heard to fall The
door was opened and the negro was
pulled out. Each shot fired through
the door had taken effect, but whether
he was dead or dying, no one knows
certainly. So soon as the fellow was
pulled out, PROSTATE and apparently
disabled, the mob, which now num-
bered thousands, made rush for the
body. "Hang him." screamed a score
of voices SIS the crowd rushed in. The
officers in the vicinity gathered in, and,
IN the crowding and excitement that
followed this rush, two more shots were
fired into the body as it lay in the cen
ter of the melee.
ATTEMPTING TO HANG CADAvER.
Somebody tied ciothes-line about
the neck of the negro, and the mob
tugged at it while the officers dragged
at the body. A dozen officers, with
their clubs, were defending the body of
the prisoner from crowd of several
thousand. The officers were crowded
upon so terribly that even if they had
been disposed to drive off the mob by
hammering the skulls of those nearest
them they could not have succeeded.
The men nearest the body could not
have retired if they desired to. A pa
troll wagon filed with officers arrived
and they could not reach the center of
the mob for nearly an hour. This
crowd, which grew angrier and angri-
er, surrounded the dozen or more of.
ficers in possession of the body, and
the police on the outside tried to work
their way to the rescue, without going
to the length Of shooting people. Upon
the arrival of the Desplaines street
captain the officers were ordered
to draw their revolvers and the
driver of the patrol wagon was ordered
o drive through the mob. This order
was executed. The body was reached,
lifted upon the patrol wagon with the
rope around its neck, and start made
towards the station. The mob fol-
lowed, growing larger and larger
every minute. The station was
reached, the body was hastily carried
within. The house was surrounded by
the mob, which shouted lynch him l''
"lyncA him I' and became every mo-
ment more ard more disorderly. The
announcement was made that the
murderer was dead. 1--WE don't be-
heve itr was shouted back and the
disorder was increased.
EXHIBITING THE BODY.
Finally, in order to dismiss the
crowd, which was threatening trouble,
the body of the dead negro was
stretched out on board with the head
at the window, and the crowd ordered
to file past and view it. Police officers
were sent outside to hasten along the
line. For two hours line of people
Passed the window at which
lay the dead body of Bill Al