Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-03
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Z. >. Mccormick. White. Mst by Morgan
Eso'nssn. Cetored-The Result OF .sa1a1au
SS~sssS on Hsa0's LGLe--Selj Deiease tho
Epeuse.
Complaints of disorderly conduct ameng
the skaters on Hoag's lake, near the corner
OF Sixth avenue north, and Fifth street
have been numerous during the past week.
The neighborhood has been annoyed in
a great degree by broils and fights. and
the shouting, yelling and profaae lam
guage of hoodlums. The disgraceful
matter eliminated in shooting aGray,
wherein a white man car
ried home 35 calibre bull
let in his right leg at the hands of
a colored youth. The name of the
wounded man is P. j. Nee ormick,
boiler maker, employed in the Minneap-
oils & st. Louis railway shops, aud who
lives on Fifth avenue north. between
Washington avenue and Third street,
while the name of the colored youth is
Morgan Robinson, well known Office
japitor ABOUT town, in partnership with
Banks Reed, another colored man. Ee is
twenty years Of age.
The affair created great excitement. and
when Robinson was arrested he was fol-
lowed to the lookup by mob OF about
800 men and boys, who threatened to hang
him.
OFFICER KIRT's STATEMENT.
To GLOBE reporter Officer Rirt,
member of the mounted patrol. who made
the arrest, made the following statement:
81 heard riosous noise on Sixth avenue
north ami rode in that direction, when I
saw crowd of men and boys running to-
ward First street and followed, and was
told that a colored man had shot white
man. I saw the colored man run into the
house of a colored family, and 1 dis
mounted and went in. There sesmed to
be great excitement prevailing, and when
asked for the young man the woman told
me they knew nothing about him. To-
gether with man who saw the shooting, I
searched the house and found the msn Sc
GREETED under bed, and arrested him.
NIoHA1L LYxoH's STATEMENT.
in the arrest, said:
81 was on the ice and saw tas whole
business. The boys were playing game
they call "hog." When they catch the one
who is tho hog he has to kiss the ice. If
he refuses they down him ana compel him
to kiss the ice. The coon refused and the
boys dubbed him. I saw the coon pull
revolver and run up. I told him to get off
the ice or they would kill him. McCor-
mick also told him to get Of. The coon
then pulled one skate off and some one
hit him and he pulled up his revolver and
l grabbed his arm but not in time to pre-
vent him from shooting. The bullet went
into McCormicks right leg near the body
The coon then pulled his other skate off
and ran up Sixth avenue. 1 followed and
caught him and he pulled his pop on me
and threatened to shoot me. I then went
with the officer"
JAS. Reardon, one of the bows skating on
the lake at the time, stated that the col
ored man was not playing hog but was
skating with other colored fellows with
three colored girls, when the crowd drove
them off the ice with clubs. Some one
threw board IN front of Mccormick who
fell down. He jumped up and accused
Robinson with having thrown the board
and started toward him. At the same
time some one else struck Robirsoa who
pulled his revolver and as Mccormick
came up he fired the shot.
THE PRISONER,
who was found in cell II, claims shat The
shooting was purely in self defense. For
no cause whatever he was assaulted by the
mob with clubs. He was skating with his
sweetheart" when a friend of his got into
trouble and he undertook to play the role
of peacemaker, when the blows rained
down upon his head thick and fat. He
took off his skates to leave the lake and
was followed by the entire mob who up-
dertook to surround him. He concluded
that they intended to murder sim and
fred to protect himself.
The prisoner will be arraignea this
morning.
Il Temperance GGtheFinJ.