Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-13
A MADDENED MOB.
FURIOUS RAID on THE SAN FRAN
CISCO JAIL.
10, O,O0O Men Demand Mamie Kejly's
Slayer-The Police Equal to
the Occasion.
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M.-The indignation excited in this COM
munity by the cold blooded murder of the
l3-year-oid school girl, Mamie Kelly, by
Aleck Goldenson, on Wednesday last,
| hourly increases in intensity. The people
| fully realize the bastard nature of the
crime, threats of lynching are freely made,
and the following card appeared in to-day s
papers:
MURDER MURDER MURDER
The chastity of our daughters has been dealt
a foul and ercel blow An innocent and harm
| less child has been shot dead by a eowardly
assassin The little orphan darling was left
| neither father nor brother to wipe the death
damp from her brow and avenge the cowardly
deed Men of San Francisco attend meet
ing at Metropolitan Temple this friday night.
corner OF Fifth and Jessie streets, at O'Clock,
and tate such action as the meeting in its wis
dom may adopt
THE MEETING IN SESSION.
An immense mass meeting is now in
progress, and it is feared that mob will
made an attempt TO break into the Jail and
take the prisoner. Sheriff Hopkins has
ordered his iull force of deputies on duty
at the Jail, and large squad of police will
assist them TO preserve order.
AT THE MEETING.
SAN FRANcIsco, November 12th-11:30 P.
! M.-Metropolitan Temple was packed to its
utmost capacity, and the whole block on
which the building is located was also
crowded with mass of people anxious to
participate in the demonstration. Inside
of the hall the meeting was presided over
by W. H. Hobart, who addressed the
audience, counseling peace and quiet.
He stated that the meeting was not called
for riotous purposes, but merely to express
the moral sentiment of the community
over the last and most atrocious crime
committed in this city. He cautioned the
people to suppress their revengeful feelings
and give Justice time to show its hand.
He was followed by Judge Roberts, who
spoke in the same strain, advising that no
overt acs be committed to cast shame on
the city Of San Francisco.
C. H Middlestadt, who announced HIM
self as a dynamiter was the only one who
advised immediate action on the part of the
gathered populace He referred to the fact
of twenty-five convicted Ihurderers being
confined in jail, and said that forbearance
had ceased to be a virtue In conclusion,
he added: =" If you are men, proceed at
once to the county JAIL take the latest and
most fiendish culprit from his protectors
and hang him y
Meanwhile, the outside crowd was also
addressed by a number of men, all of whom
| exhorted their hearers to preserve the peace.
| Among the speakers outside were two men
named Hammill and Hagerty. AS soon
as the audience came out of the hall, the
cry was raised,
ION TO THE COUNTY JAIL
It was soon taken up and in few min
utes the crowd, which now numbered over
| I 900 people, fell into line and marched
to the county Jail. located on Broadway,
between Kearny and Dupont streets, and
about mile away. As the column turned
| into Kearny street its numbers were largely
augmented, until by the time it had reached
| the junction of Kearny with Montgomery
avenue over 10000 men were in line. On
arriving at the Jail they found their intent
| had been anticipated. Forewarned was
| forearmed with the city authorities. In
| front of the Jail were drawn up in double
column forty policemen, who allowed no
one to approach nearer than about twenty
feet of the building
THE JAIL WAS BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED UP,
And the scene presented offered a striking
picture-the rigid lines of officers immedi-
ately in front OF its brilliantly lighted wall,
| the clear space in the shape of semi-circle
| in front of them, and the dense, seething
mass of men composing the background of
| this semi-circle AS there appeared to be
no leader, the mob was entirely unorgan-
| lied and without any definite line of ac-
ton but as the crowd increased in num-
bers they became bolder and bolder, and
soon began jeering and yelling at the police,
and occasionally throwing stones.
The excitement on both sides became
rapidly intensified but the officers were
held back by their superiors until what
was considered a more dangerous crisis
should occur In the crowd opinions were
freely and profusely expressed on the adj
visibility of storming the Jail, but no con-
certed move could be effected. p. McCann
who was one of the loudest in venting his
| indignation, was finally asked to deliver a
speech to the crowd. He assembled the
balcony on the opposite side of the street
from the jail and began addressing the
crowd.
THE POLICE CHARGE THE CROWD.
When be had spoken a short time the
police in front OF the Jail were ordered to
charge ard in few minutes McCann was
safe behind the bars of a cell in the County
Jail. Inside the Jail all the occupants
were in the greatest excitement, but with
! faces expressing determination to
hold the jail at any risks. Sheriff
Hopkins was on hand and had force of
! forfy-fve men, all armed with rifles or re-
volvers, ready for any emergency. The
| men were posted throughout every COM
manding position in the building, from the
roof downward.
While the turmoil was at its hight
Major-General Turnbull appeared at the
Jail and held a conference, with Sheriff
Hopkins, the substance Of which was that
if it became necessary the Sheriff was to
call on General Turnbull, as the repre-
sentative of the State authorities, for aid
General Turnbull stated that this afternoon
he had ordered number of companies of
militia to be at their armories in readiness
| in case of need.
MORE POLICEMEN TO THE FRONT.
Chief Crowley timely appreciated the
| need of reinforcements for his force, and
another detachment of So policemen was
brought to assist in guarding the ap-
proaches to the jail With this augmented
strength charges were made on the crowd
at intervals and clubs were freely used on
| those who were not spry enough to keep
I'D with the retreating crowd. Many peo-
pie were injured in these charges. No at
| tempt was made, however, to make arrests,
except where effort was made to resist the
charge of the police.
RIOTERS ARRESTED.
/ vi lneSe CdSSS tDelC h6It fSISii- AAS
first was Victor Brady, aged q, machin-
ist, who stated that he was merely in the
crowd through curiosity. Quickly follow
ing him came Henry Miller, carpenter,
who gave the same innocent reason Tor
being in the crowd. He will carry re-
membrance of the event about with him
for considerable time, as he received a
severe scalp wound from club before
! he was taken in charge. 2. Nc
Cam. who attempted to address the
crowd in the heat of the excitement,
was the next man brought in. He stated
that his arrest was entirely unjustitiable ;
/ that he was exhorting the crowd to await
| the outcome of the action of the Court be-
fore resorting to violence. He advised
them to wait fourteen days, and if Golden
son was not then hanged, then let the peo-
pie break down the jail and mete out JUS
| tice to him. He further stated told the
crowd that if Goldenson was not hanged in
two weeks there would then be time for
| them to take action and hang him. and say