The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-04-05
soMEREsULTsOFTmE RIOT
Forty one People Killed. But a Jail
Full Of Murderers Saved

wounded will probably never he ascer- /
tanned, AZ many OF the wounded were
carried away by their friends The
numbers Of those killed outright or
dying at the hospital is forty-one.
The number of persons known to have
been wounded is 19O, and there are
probably half as many more not re-
ported.
The Committee of Fifteen, at a sub |
sequent meeting, decided to raise by
subscription $4,000 to be used to pay |
1000 extra police
The events of Friday and Saturday |
night have given rise to a new feel |
ing-that of Indignation against the
militia. Only the holessneSs of a
conflict with this powerfully armed
force prevents an attack upon it.
The newspapers, usually conserva-
tive in tone, speak with great freedom
to-day on the situation, The ToiES-
blGtt, German, says:
The calling out of the militia on
Friday night can only be character
lied as a grave mistake. Our militia
know and can do nothing else, it APP
pears, but shooting. II reliance had
been placed on the police, order might
probably have been restored without
loss of life.
The Commercii Gasette says:
The feeling Of the mass that stood
before the Jail ON Friday night was
that which pcrvaded the whole people
Its action was mistaken, but its feel
ing was no crime, for it was the pub
lie sentiment Not before in America
has there been such an array of peO-
pie and Justice ON one side, and Of pr
lice force and military support on the
other. Such an array was most de
plorable.
To fire into such people for the
protection of murderers against JUS
tice was fearful thing to command.
Against popular mass. having no
worse impulse than justice against
murlerers, there was no call to take
desperate hazards OF troops, or of the
public safety, or of property. Who
does not now wish that the militia
had not been called into the sail!
Who would not gladly exchange the
present situation for one in which the
men who first attacked the Jail had
taken out and hanged every man STAY
er? The rational probability is that
they would have stopped with the eN-
ecution of few of the most notorious
murderers.
Capt FOlligor, who commanded the
militia which fired the tirst shots, has
published card denying the state
ment that he ordered his men to fire.
He says:
SHERIFF Hawkins gave the order in
the words. Give If to 'em, boys, fire.
| and in the excitement | could not
stop them, 50 | cried, For Christ
sake, boys, fire high Ny men would
never have fired if it had not been
that four OF them were wounded with
stones and shots from the crowd, and
they shot on the Sheriff order"
| A portion of the soldiery are being
ordered home. The Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Regiments, from HILLSIDE
70 and Columbus, the Governors
Guards and the Duffy Rifles (colOred)
from Columbus, started home this
: afternoon. These regiments have
ibeen on continuous duty for thres
days and nights at the Court House
and Jail, defending the barbados al
the most dangerous points, and havs
been the objects of attack by the
! mob..
Before starting for the depot tn,
troops were drawn up in line befor,
the Jail, and highly cohgratulatory
: and commendatory despatch from
Gov. Hoadly was read to them. Th'
Governor spoke of the dangerous posi-
ton they had defended, and OF tn,
J. bravery shown by them, and thanked
: them for the manner in which the.
had discharged perilous duty.
: The troops remaining in the city
e the First, Second, Fifth, Fifteenth
T Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Regi
e ments, together with the batteries
will take the places of those ordere'
l. home, and win gradually be returne'
to their homes.
4 The courts have been reestablishe
in the public library buildings. COY
I les OF the pleadings will be substitute
L for the originals on application to tn
n courts. The Grand Jury viii resum
u it's sessions at once, and arrangement
e will be made for the speedy trial {
C criminal cases. The members of I'll
bar have appointed committee
X ascertain and report Whist Legislation
L. is necessary to cover the loss of the n
"a cords and legal papers.
ID The barricades about the Cou
ne House and Jail have ceased to attraC
ID attention. Many persons went With
y the lines to-day on passes to look
x the ruins.
The Municiple Reform Associatio
;" have issued manifesto to the voter
~ saving that the occurrences OF the pa
" few DAYS more than ever demand N