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

court IN which all The Wis are Kept, is In ar
excellent condition. The wounded, Will
few exceptions, are doing wen.
THE wouNDING OF MR. SWIFT.
! The physician attending Briggs Swift say:
his condition is much improved, though hi:
advanced age, seventy4three 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 both fell. Mr.. Swift was
shot throuh the thigh az the left leg. In his
fall he drew Mr.. Hanna with him, who faint
ed with excitement.
MORE DEAD,
1 At the hospital, since last report.
Henry Neimeyer, aged 40, tailor, shot
through the right shoulder and lung, and
Philip Raabe, aged Al aoulder, residing in
Avondale, shot through llie chest, have died.
Rabies 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 respiration and in
| spiration.
Thos. P. Green, coIored coachman,
and son Of the Ray. E. W. Green,
Marysville, KY, also died this morning.
Green was shot near Powells store, on
Main street during the attack Of the mob
upon that place, while passing on his way to
take a ear home. Heis spoken of by his
! former employers as most exemplary young
colored man, and vas an Odd Fellow in
| good standing. The hospital physicians pro-
nounce the patients from the riots as a most
unexeeptionaliy fine body Of men, and with
but few exceptions, they are a magnificentIy
developed and spleaslly formed class OF
mechanics and laborcts.
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 Vogelgesang's il a peculiar case. The
entire top OF his skull vas blown off by a shot
from Calling gun, and the patients brain
Is laid bare; yet lie is apparently conscious OF
| his surroundings and seems 10 have some,
though feeble, control Of his muscles.
Charles Miller, an cid German, whose wife
| and daughter are with him, is also in a criti-
| cal condition, with a wound in the left tenn
| pie, from which protrudes the brains.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
About O'Clock this evening fatal acct
dent happened in front of the Jail a num-
Der Of soldiers of the governors guard, Col
umbus, were lying. against stone wall on the
sidewalk asleep, wheI one Of the guns leaning
against the wall was knocked down and dis
charged. The bayonet, in falling, slightly
wounded A. L. Stockwcil, the bah struck
the wall, knocked off piece Of stone which
wounded 0key Armistead, drum corps sar-
geant, and the ball then CHANGING, struck
Israel s. Gatz in the eye, and lodged in his
brain. He was removed TO the hospital, where
at 8 p. m, he was in dying condition.
Gatz was clerk ia railroad Office at Column
bus
WAR Times.
The scenes about the jail and court house
were stridngly like those witnessed in war
times. The barricades were constantly lined
with soldiers with guns lying ever ready at
any instant for service. Within the lines
there was still u,ore martial aspect. On
Sycaraore street 4tooitssts S pieces Of artillery,
with artflleryrnen on guard On the side
walks were soldiers off duty, sitting down, OF
stretched in blankets asleep, with their KNAPP
rollicSing humor usually seen in
militia camps, but the tone
was that Of soldiers after hard fought
battle. The general conversation. was in
| low tones. A considerable number of cid-
zens mingled with soldiers, talking, or look
| ing at the signs of the mob violence on the
| jail and court house, or on the Dsbot build
! ing, where so many bullet marks are visible.
The jail Office is still In the confused condi-
! ton in which the mob left it Great beams of
timber, used as props to the broken doors,
are still in the place.
THE sTeHT-sEEEs.
Sight-seers occasionally wandered through
! the ruins of the court house, 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
| suggestive readiness OF those protrudfng
guns and the uncomfortable uncertainty
wheter they might not be discharged, upon
sufficient provocation, took away ali the in
terest TO the mere sight seers. People did
not like to see squad collected anywhere in
sight of the soldiers, and the policeman's re-
quest 'tmoye on" was always promptly
obeyed.
THE FEEDING OF THE MILITIA.
The subsistence of the troops at the jail
has been comparatively easy, though the
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 the men
have been fed at a restaurant within the
lines. 1t VS. observed, with unfayorabie
comment, that one Of the several saloons
within the lines was open and doing an ex-
/ cellent 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-
ence is expected, as many of the deed rec
oris are saved, and besides the abstract COM
pany has 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 eases 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, viii 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