Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-11
THE SHOOTING FRIDAY.
How II Siarted-Stafcment Of the
Deputies
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

lBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l
ST. LOUIS. April lot. G. Hew-
lett, Charles Kinster, William Tuster,
Sam. Jones, John Hague, W. j. Laird.
Stewart Martin, George W. Burnett,
and j. T. Williams, the East st. Louis
deputy sherifs who surrendered theE-
selves to the St. Louis police after doing
the shooting at the Louisville and Nash
vile crossing, on the east side, yester-
day, are still locked up at the Four
Courts. This morning Chief Harrigan
was notified by Mayor Joyce to hold
the men as fugitiyes from justice until
requisition papers could be secured for
them. They will be held. Hewlett,
who is a special agent for the Louisville
and Nashville railroad as well as being
temporary deputy sheriff, has made a
statement explaining the shooting OF
Yesterday. This is corroborated by the
deputies, and in substance is as fol-
lows:
IN Thursday the strikers captured
one of our deputies, and held him
about an hour and a half. They let
him 60, and told him they intended to
visit US again and do us up. About
10 o'clock a man who recognized me as
an Odd-Fellow came and told me to
look out for serious trouble. | imme-
diately told T. j. Harrahahn. general
manager of this division, and he said he
had also been notified to look out for
trouble. | then wrote two letters to
Adjutant- General Vance, explaining
the situation to him, and sent them to
HIN little before l. o'clock. While
writing the letters | was summoned to
keep the strikers from coming into our
Yards at the east end. went up
there with General Manager Harrahahn.
There were about three hundred men
collected around when we got there.
SheriiTRoperequet was present, and tried
to disbefse The crowd, but they would
not listen to him. They jeered at him,
calling him all sorts Of names. Seeing
he could not dispeIse the crowd, the
sheriff went away. Then commenced
talking to the crowd. said 81 For
Gods sake, men, get away and save
trouble. Look at this thing nationally.
You heard the sheriff read the law to
you and you would not leave then
read the law to some twenty or thirty
men who were nearest me. When |
stopped reading some one in the crowd
said, referring TO me, This man is
right" Another said Pay no at
tention to him We don't care a d-n
for the law. lie is a scab." All that
! said had no effect upon the crowd.
While some Of my men were at dinner
Mr.. Sample came to me and said:
Hewlett, hurry and get some men to
help bring on our coal train. There
are 500 strikers at the crossing" This
was about $50 o'clock. Sample came
to me again IN a few minutes, and said,
Come on, we have no time to eat
now they have halted our train at the
Broadway crossing" We had six or
seven deputies at the crossing to pro-
tect the train, and started with
about twelve other deputies to re-
inforce them. The crowd when we got
there was massed on the bridge over
Cahokia creek and on the east side Of
our tracks around the Green-Tree
House and about the Illinois and st.
LOUIS passenger platform. There was
a great deal Of yelling from the crowd.
They jeered at us and called us every
thing they could think of. This thing
lasted quite a while, until the general
manager induced the engineer to run the
T. ain through the crowd with a rush.
While We were waiting there at the
crossing to protect the fireman and en-
gineer, striker said to deputy,
You will never get out Of these
yards alive" said, II will ar
rest that man; it is my sworn
duty TO do it," | took hold Of him to
arrest him and he resisted. lie swore
be would not be arrested and attempted
TO Jerk away from me, but held on to
him. The mob then closed in on me,
but with the assistance OF one of my
deputies we forced the man out OF the
crowd. turned around TO the crowd
and said "For Gods sake disperse
while am carrying out the law. Don't
persist" Just about that time heard
a pistol shot to my rear. Ii sounded
like report from small pistol, aud
quick as flash | saw stone coming
at my head. | lodged, and it struck
me on the shoulder. Judge the first
shot came from the rear windows OF a
bsr-room on the west side Of the creek.
Ny deputy, Kinsler, says it came from
there. After the first shot was fired
the shooting became general. We
were between two fires and
| then noticed shots coming |
from the rear bar-room window. Shots
were fired at US from the east side OF !
the track from q little house, or from |
coal-cars on the indianapolis and St.
Louis track. The crowd then started !
west along the dixie to cut us of by |
the cross-street from our depot. saw
this movement, and started with my |
deputies across our trestle on run for
the depot, and got there in advance OF
the crowd. We halted at the depot,
and the freight-men begged for protec:
ton, saying that the strikers would
murder every one of them. | told
them to go to the bridge and we would |
project them.
He then described the scene on the
bridge and arrival Of the deputies IN
this city, as previously reported.