St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-01

excellent condition. The wounded, with
few exceptions, are doing well.
THE woUNDING OF MR.. SWIFT
The physician attending Briggs Swift says
his condition is much improved, though his
advanced age, seventy three years, makes
the chances Of recovery less. Mr.. Swift,
with Henry Hanna, was walking on Main
street toward the court house. When at the
southeast corner Of Ninth and Main a sol
der ordered them to halt. They obeyed.
Immediately after gun was discharged in
front of them and Doth fell. Mr. Swift was
shot throuh the thigh of the left leg. In his
fall he drew Mr.. Hanna with him, who faint
ed with excitement.
MORE DEAD,
/ At the hospital, since last report
Henry Neimeyer, aged 10, tailor, shot
through the right shoulder and lung, and
Philip Raabe, aged Al, noulder, residing in
Ayondale, shot through she chest, have died.
Raabe's case was peculiarly affecting one,
wounded as he was, through the lungs, ne
could hardly breathe. At each attempted
inspiration. the air woald enter the oriice in
his back, causing increased agony to be re-
newed at each succeeding resi- piratiOn and in
spiration.
Thos. P. Green, coIored coachman,
and son Of the Rev. Z. ". Green,
Marysyille, KY, also died this morning
Green was shot neaS Powel's store, on
Main street during the attack Of the mob
upon that place, while passing on his way to
take a ear home. BE is spoken Of by his
former employers as "a most exemplary young
colored man, and was an Odd Fellow in
good standing The hospital physicians pro-
nounce the patients from the riots as a most
uneyceptionaly fine body of men, and with
but few exceptions, theY are a nagnifcently
developed and spleaslly formed class Of
mechanics and laborefs.
THOSE THAT WILL DIE.
The following are the most serious cases
now at the hospital, and the death Of any Of
them is momentarily expected:
Lee Simmons, shot through right lung
Leo Fogelgesang's is a peculiar case. The
entire top OF his skull was blown off by shot
from Gatling gun, and the patients brain
is laid bare; yet he is apparently conscious Of
his surroundings and seems 10 have some
though feeble, control Of bis muscles.
Charles Miller an cid German, whose wife
! and daughter are with MIN, is also in q crit-
cal condition, with wound in the left TEN
/ PIE, from which protrudes the brains.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
! About o'clock this evening fatal acct
| dent happened in front Of the jail. a mum
/ Der Of soldiers of the governors guard, Col
/ umbus, were lying against stone wall on the
/ Sidewalk asleep, wheU one Of the guns leaning
/ against the wall was Knocked down and dis
/ charged. The bayonet, in falling, slightly
wounded A. L. 3tockwci, the ball struck
/ the wall, knocked of piece Of stone which
/ wounded Okey Armistead, drum corps sar-
! geaut, and the ball tisn glanciug. struck
! Israel S Gatz in the eye, and lodged in his
brain. He was removed 10 the hospital, where
at 8 p. m, ne was in dying condition
/ Gatz was clerk ia q railroad Office at COlum-
| bus.
WAR ZINES.
! The scenes about the Jail aud court house
were strikingly like those witnessed in war
! times. The barrcades were constantly lined
with soldiers with guns lying ever ready at
! any instant for service. Within the lines
there was still r,ore martial aspect. On
! Sycamore ststei 4too iJ5 piee"s Of artillery
| with artilleIymen on guard. On the side
! walks were soldiers off duty, sitting down, or
stretched in blankets asleep, with their KNAPP
1 sacks for pillows. There was none Of the
/ rollicking humor usually seen in
militia camps, but the tone
was that Of soldiers after a hard fought
battle. The general conversation was in
/ low tones. A considerable number of citi-
| zens mingled with soldiers, talking, or look
! ing at the signs Of the mob violence on the
! Jail and court house, or on the Debolt build
! ing where so many bullet marks are visible
The jail Office is still in the confused condi-
tiou in which the mob left it Great beams OF
/ timber, used as props to the broken DOORS
| are still in the place.
THE sIGHT-sEERs.
! Sightseers occasionally wandered through
4 the ruins Of the court hopse, but the topping
/ inner walls. hanging iron ioist on the stair
ratings, as well as the uncertain floors made
that TOO venturesome for most of the visitors
! Photographers and artists were taking views
! and sketches of the scenes. The people out
/ side did not gather in crowds near
! the barricades. Something in the
1 suggestive readiness Of those protruGing
| guns and the uncomfortable uncertainty
! wheter they might not be discharged. upon
I sufficient pr0vOcatiou took away all the in
/ terest to the mere sight seers. People aid
not ike to see u squad collected anywhere in
! sight of the soldiers, and the policeman's re-
/ quest ''moYe on, was always promptly
obeyed.
THE FEEDING OF THE MILITIA.
The subsistence of the troops at the Jail
has been comparatively easy though tho
/ first meal taken by the Fourteenth regiment
was very unsatisfactory. 1t was served on
/ Sunday morning, by placing on the sidewalk
! barrels Of bread, baskets of boiled beef and
milk cans filed with coffee The only table
was the sidewalk and the only table ware was
! a tin cup for each man. Since then tne men
J have been fed at restaurant within the
lines. 1t VS. observed, with unfavorable
/ comment, that one Of the several saloons
within the lines Was open and doing an eX-
/ celleut business
THE Loss Or THE RECORDS.
/ The chief topic of conversation among
lawyers, who walked about the ruined court
house was, the effect upon all legal business
/ Of this destruction of records. As to real es-
tate titles, not much more than inconveni-
1 ence IS expected, as many of the deed rec
/ ords are saved, and besides the abstract com
pany has a copy Of abstracts OF all titles,
which, With the deeds are in possession OF
/ the individuals keep the titles clear.
/ The greatest Inconvenience and
loss will result from the loss Of the original
vouchers in cases of estates, assignments
and trusts in the probate court. How to col
lect the June taxes is a problem not yet
/ solved. The commissioners have asked to
| be present when the treasurer opens his safe.
! This is because there is no means of deter
mining how much money he has there be-
longing to the county. The destruction
/ of the records Of civil suits, while
causing inconvenience, will clear up
many tangled and tedious cases, and proba-
! bly, not be an unmitigated disaster. Among
| the sufferers from this calamity are the gen
/ tlemen interested in the dramatic festival
which begins on April 81. Their auction