Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-23
A MOB ATTACKS A CIRCUS,
ONE OF THE EIGHT WOUNDED
SHOW MEN DYING.
Dissatisfaction With O'Brien's Perform
ance the Cause of the Outrage
Departure from the City Made Under
the Protection of a Sherif7s Posse
Misdeeds and Mishaps Elsewhere

/ Del, saws that O'Brlen'S circus am
menagerie was attacked by a mon afte
/ saturdays evening performance. Tn
mob opened fire on the wagons as the
were being hauled TO the depot for EN-
barkatiOn occupied by a guard of show
men. Eight or ten Of the circu
employees were shot, some seri
Ously. Charles Henderson, one o
the propretors, was shot in the ev,
and head. One of the drivers was sho
from his wagon. A portion of the wound
( ed were taken to the office of a physician
where their injuries were attended to, anC
others were carried to the cars. A com
mlttee of citizens waited upon the Sheriff
at midnight and requested him to restore
order and call out the militia to suppress
the outbreak. That official hastily sum
moned posse with which he waited upor
! the prOprietOrs of the show and rendered
1 them his services, and under their
/ protection the remainder of the wagons
/ proceeded from the shok grounds
| to the depot without molestatfon. All the
wagons were loaded, and at O'Clock this
morning a special started. for Cambridge
Md, with a physician in charge of the
wounded. No arrests have yet been made
/ Several private residences and places OF
business were riddled with bullets
Breech loading guns and reYOlverS We're
the weapons used by the attacking mob.
who were dissatisfied with the show. A
dispatch from Cambridge, where the show
exhibits tomorrow, states that there is
no hope of the recovery of Henderson.
The names of the other wounded men or
the extent of their injuries could not be
ascertained.
LIVERPOOL, April pa cotton and
general warehouse Of Sir Edward Bates
and ship chandlery and ropeWalk of
GarnOck, Bibby d Co., at LancelOt's quay,
Liverpool, were burned last night. Loss
estimated at over 100000.
ST. LOUIS, April 22.-A pile-driying car
fell through a bridge over creek eighteen
miles from Helena, Ark, on the Iron
Mountain Railroad, Friday night. Four
teen persons We're carried with it, four
of whom were badly hurt. One engineer
named Fitzgerald was fatally hurt.
Extensive works of the ST..
Louis Stamping Company, in the
block bounded by Collins, Main and
Florida streets and Cass avenue, caught
fire about midnight last night, and was
damaged to the extent of $50, 1000 The
loss is covered by insurance.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-The
schooner Two Brothers, Captain Balk
hence for Salt Point, capsized Thursday
of Bodega Head, and all hands, including
the Captain and five men, whose names
are unknown, and Captain Schernberg, a
passenger, were lost. The vessel drifted
into Bodega Bay bottom up.
NEW ORLEANS, April 22.-POliceman
John Cotfey, while to-day attempting to
arrest Alfred GOsette, negro desperate,
was shot and killed. Another officer,
named Tiller, then shot and captured Go
Sette, who is not expected to recover.
COtfey leaves wife and eight children.
ATLANTA, April 2l.-ln the Superior
Court of Henry county, Leonard johnson,
cOlOred, was indicted for assault with in
tent to commit a criminal outrage on a
young country girl named Harris, and
convicted. In view Of JOhnsOn's bad
character and his escape from the chdn
gang, he was given the extreme penalty
OF the law in such cases, which is twenty
years Imprisonment. He was about to be
remanded to Jail when sensation was
created in the court house by the appear
ance of Mrs. Cook, lady of that county,
who identified the prisoner as one who had
recently perpetrated an outrage on her
person when she was alone at
her home in that county, and
unprotected. This startling revelation
created profound excitement in the viii
lage, and the grand jury Immediately
brought in a second indiotr1o., - t'-';'
was Immediately locked up in the county
Jail, and the Judge detailed an extra
guard of armed men to protect the build
ing, as grave fears were enter
tained that these revelations would
cost the tend his life. The precautions
were timely, for at Il late hour last night
a BODY of disguised and armed men ap-
preached the Jail to take Johnson out and
hang him. The attempt was frustrated
by the bold front of the Jail guard, who
opened a sharp fire on the raiders, who
were dispersed. johnson was brought to
Atlanta to-day for safe-keeping.
ATLANTA, April 21.-James c. Jones,
the wife murderer, was convicted to-day
in the Superior Court of OglethOrpe cOun-
ty, at Lexington. Jones and his wife
were married when she was II years old.
He assaulted his mOther-in-law and fed
the country. He returned not long ago,
and his wife refused to live with him and
he murdered her.
ST. LOUIS, April 2l.-Four brothers
named Barlow. and two men named
Galland and Winfield, all desperadOes
living in the vicinity of Normanville,
Kansas, terror to the community, went
to the store of John Movies, Postmaster at
this place night before last and demanded
liquor. On being refused theyswrecked the
store, robbed the safe and fired several
shots from revOlvers, one of which
mortally wounded the POstmaster's wife.
The gang then fed Sheriff Blair, with a
posse, has started in pursuit.
FORT DODGE, Iowa, April PA fire
at Aurelia, Iowa, 60 miles west of this
city, destroyed % business buildings be-
tween and O'clock this morning.
The loss is estimated at between 100000
and 100000. Almost the entire business
portion of the town is gone. The in
surance is about 100000. There were
several very narrow escapes from death.
There being strong wind from the south
east everything on the track of the flames
was burned.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2l.-The Times
Democrats TeXarkana (Ark.) special
dispatch reports the burning of II. s.
Matthews lumber mill. The loss is esti-
mated at 100000.
HAMBURG, April 2l.-The. largest oil
warehouse in this city was destroyed by
fire to-day. The structure embraced three
buildings. The destruction involves the
loss of 1000 hundred weight of oil.
NEW CLEANS. April PA special to
the Picdyune, from Warnersville, La,
says: ''Durng a severe wind and rain
storm this afternoon d. Stein & Co.'s fire
wall was blown down, falling on small
frame building occupied by II. c. GlassOn
as saloon, completely demolishing it.
II. {. Glasson, W. A. Darby, Marion
ShultZ, Thomas Dawson and 7. c. Jones
were in the building when the wall fell.
GlassOn was killed. Darby had his leg
broken and was otherwise seriously and
probably fatally injured, and Shultz and
Dawson were badly hurt. Jones was also
injured"
IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH, April d.
Work at Keeltidge mine has been
abandoned, as it Is impossible to take the
bodies out, the earth caving in faster than
the men can take it OITt and the cavity
being of such nature that it cannot be
limbered. The danger is so great that the
men refuse to work.
MONTREAL, April 2l.-TWO freight
trains cOllided on the Grand Trunk Rail-
road, near Wales, Ont, to-day. Thirty
cars, among which were two locomotives,
were smashed, causing loss to the COM
pany of 100000.
CHICAGO, April 2l.-A dispatch from
Dallas, Texas, to the Dd1ty -Nelrs saws:
"The cowboys now on a strike in the
Panhandle district are becoming more
violent One hundred of them. well
armed, are encamped at Tocosa, Oldham
county, under the leadership of man
named Harris, and make open threats of
violence against all who may come to
take their Places
Mace's Maori to Fight Mitchell.
NEW YORK, April PA fight with
bare knuckles between Mitchell, the
Englishman, and Jem Mace's Maori,