St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-06


the forty who succeeded in eluding the
rlfes OF the guards, all avenues of escape
Delng guarded and posses are being organ
iZed 10 Scour the country. The scene of
the outbreak is some miles from a teIe-
| graph Office.
The Rock Springs Riots.
GREEN RIVER, Wyo., Oct s. Some
testimony OF startling character was given
to the grand jury to-day, calculated to throw
new light on the transactions at Rock
Springs during the recent riot there. Rev.
Timothy Thirlow, Congregational minister,
who resided at Rock Springs with his fam
lily during the riot made sworn statement.
as 10lloWS: Il am a minister of the gospel
and was residing at Rock Springs on the I'd
OF September last, on which day the riot
occurred, and was in the vicinity OF China
town. On that day | heard there was
| large number of men moving around toward
the north end of Chinatown, with guns,
cluos and other weapons. [ stepped out of
the house with my rifle and saw the first
TWO houses that were set on fire. While
we were standing there could see a num-
Der OF white men at the north side of China
town, and at the same time four Cinnamon
came out OF house in the southeast part of
town, only short distance from u.s. They
were some two hundred yards from the
white men. The four Cinnamon had not
moved more than twenty yards from the
house with their bundles, when some one
called them back, and they remained in the
house two or three minutes before coming
| out again. In the meantime volley was
neard on the north side Of Chinatown and
almost Instantly the Cinnamon rushed out
OF the building. They had hardly left
when we saw the building was on fire No
White men were to be seen near the house,
and 1t was apparent that the house was
| fired by
THE CHINANIEN THEMSELVES.
My daughter, VINO talked with some of
| the Cinnamon afterwards, can tell you more
| about that and the object of the Cinnamon
in setting fire to their own houses The
two houses that were first burned belonged
to the railroad company and were known
as Nos. Is and 16. Among the Cinnamon
that came out of No. 16, the first house set
on fire, I recognized All Quong" The state
ment OF Miss Eleanor Thirlow was as
follows: 81 came to Rock Springs last
December and have given instructions to
the Chinese at my fathers house in the
evening. L think we had the confidence of
| the Chinese, who regarded US as their
friends. Just as soon as they returned
| some OF them come to see us and told US
about their troubles. All Quong, who lived
in the cellar of Gang House No. 16. which
was the first house set on fire, told me that
| China boy was scared, 'fraid American boy
would get things, so China boy set fire to the
housee.'" Lew Ack Sen, nephew of All
Say. the Chinese interpreter, also told the
| same facts about the setting fire to houses
of other Cinnamon, that they were afraid
the white men would find their money and
for that reason the Chinese set fire to the
house. All Quong said: ''China boy no
likee American boy. Catch him things and
China boy set fire to houses" Mrs. Eleanor
Thirlow testified substantially as her
| husband, and also that the Cinnamon were
| seen running from the houses, which i'm
| mediately burst forth in flames, as if touched
Off with gunpowder
a Camera An Officer OF the Law.
| Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Curious evidence
has been obtained by member of the Prop
| erty Owners association, now engaged in
an attempt to clean vice out of the mercan-
| tile portion of Sixth avenue. Warned by
previous experience that the policeman will
testify when the cases under preparation
are brought up in court that the assailed es-
tablishments are not wicked and that the
excise laws are not broken in them, this
earnest investigator has used camera to
| some purpose. The rotten neighborhood is
| brilliantly lighted at night by electricity;
| the city street lamps there are electrical,
and these are reinforced by those hung in
front Of the saloons. The interiors of the
dance houses, concert gardens and variety
shows, too, are glaringly Illuminated.
! Armed with pocket camera for taking in
stantaneous views, he has made over hun
dred negatives, the prints from which show
the character of the nuisances beyond the
possibility of contradiction. In every case
THE CAMERA WAS USED
after o'clock in the evening, when the
sale of intoXicants is supposed to have
stopped. The street scenes, showing
| throngs of men and girls en-
tering and emerging from the door
ways, were obtained without difficulty, for
only a seconds exposure of the lens, like
the flash of dark-lantern, was required in
each case. Sixty of these were made with
out attracting any attention. Then he un-
dertook the more delicate job of interior
photography. He got eighteen covert sheets
from galleries and private boxes of the Hay
market, Sans Souci, Roster GS Beals, Pros
pect, Alhambra. and Coffees, all in the re-
gion of retail districts. Shopping is injur-
! iously affected by their presence. AT this
stage he was caught at it, but he declared
that he was at work for the Police Gazette,
which was going to publish laudatory ac-
counts of the resorts, and thus, in the guiSe
of "a special artist on the spot;" he victor
iously completed the work 1t is expected
| that juries will believe the pictures against
| the word of the police.