Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-04-15
SHOT BY SHERIFFS.
A Reign Of Terror in East St
Louis.
Deputy Sherins, After Being Guyed, Fire
Into the Mob, Killing Several Persons
Intense Excitement-The Depu.
tics Chased For Their Lives
-Incend;arism.

ST. LOUIS, April 10.-Great excitement
was occasioned by events that occurred over
the railroad strike in East St Louis yester-
day afternoon. Four deputy sherffs
stationed at the Louisville & Nashville
yards, near Broadway, fired into crowd Of
500 strikers about 2:3O p. H.. Five men
and one woman were shot Three of the
men were killed and the woman was sup
posed to be MORALLY wounded. 1t appears
that number of strikers, without
apparently having formed any pre-
concerted plan, congregated at the
Relay depot and began a discussion
Of the general situation. AS time
passed their numbers was augmented until
the original knot OF men increased to fully
POO The discussion became more animated
and the crowd more demOnstratiye until
some one proposed that they 60 to the
Louisville & Nashville yards and drive out
the men employed there. The cry ION to
the Nashville yards" was caught up and
the crowd advanced. AS they proceeded the
numbers again increased, some joining the
men simply as spectators, while others were
in full sympathy with the movement, until
from 3G0 to 500 were advancing toward the
yards.
TIE SHOOTING.
Arriving there, they Swarmed into the
yard and persuaded the men at work to de-
sert their posts. The crowd remained in
the yards for some time, and although con-
siderable excitement prevailed no violence
wis resOrted to. Just at this time, how
ever. a Louisville K Nashville freight train
Was slowly passing, guarded by eight
deputy sheritfS armed with Winchester
rifles. In the meantime crowds OF men,
women and children had congregated on
Broadway, where the Louisville 81 Nash
vile tracks cross the street, ana also
upon the Broadway bridge, which
spans the CahOkia creek, and in
the open space to the east. Just as
this train reached the Broadway bridge the
trouble began. The crowd Oh the bridge
began to yell and jeer at the officers, and it
is asserted stones were thrown, which
struck two or three of them, and it is also
said that pistol was discharged. The
deputies Immediately leveled their rifles
ard fired two vOlleys into the crowd on the
bridge with fatal effect, four men being
killed and one MORALLY wounded. The
dead are: Patrick DriscOll, a Wabash Sec
q painter, not striker; Major Rychman. a
mill employe. not a striker; Mrs. Peitfer,
said to be the wife of striker, was shot
in the back and MORALLY wounded.
The MOB EXCITED.
The greatest excitement Immediately pre-
vailed and pandemOnium reigned. The
crowd fled in every direction and when the
deputies realized how fearful was the re-
suit of their fire, they sought means OF es-
cape by rushing for the bridge, with view
Of fleeing to this city. At the approach,
and just at the bridge tower, on tho east
side, they were met by Mayor Joyce, City
Clerk Canty and third man, who seized
the deputies guns and cndeavOred to turn
ltem back. One of tie deputies, in his
terror, fired upon the trio, killing man
lamcd c. Z. Thompson, who stood between
Joyce and Canty. Some shots were fired
)y the remaining deputies at the approaching
strikers and all started over the bridge.
The scene on the bridge WAS one of widest
confusion and excitement. Coal teams
Oaded and other teams with wagons were
westward, and shouting to all
pedestrians and tcanSterS to turn back.
Women and men on foot were running to-
ward the city and waving back all they met,
while immediately behind came the dcpu-
les, pursued by the vanguard Of the crowd
rom East st. Louis. One of the frightened
guards threw his gun into the river, while
mother hid his weapon in a wagon that
vas in full retreat. On arriving in this
,ity the deputies went at once to the Chest
nut street police station, where, after
stating the facts of the shooting, they sur
endcred to the sergeant in charge and were
aiken to the -Four Courts, where they
we're placed in custody after giving the fol-
owing names: +. &. Hewlett, John Hague,
Sam Jones, John S. Williams, G. Luster,
stewart Martin, George Marnell, w. F.
laird.
THE FRIGHTENED DEPUTIES.
Some of the deputies who failed to es-
APE with those who fled to this city, where
chased by the crowd in the freight ware
louse and Offices of the Louisville x Nash
lille The warehouse was surrounded by
N immense crowd who hOOted and yelled
nd urged the men TO attack the
tronghoId and drive out the deputies.
len went among the crowd nrging
,thers to procure arms and shoot all the
deputies they could find. Some of the
deputies, finding their opportunity, slipped
nut and made their escape among the
reght cars unObserved. \ Louisville &
train backed down beside the
reight house and took away the others to
place of safety. Two were chased under
nc bridge One Of them was caught in
rOnt of Toney's house on the levee ard |
eaten to death by the mob; another was |
eported to have been shot as he was es-
aping under the approach to the bridge.
The other deputies escaped unframed.
INCENDlARY FIRES.
/. ST. LOUIS, April lO.-Later in the even. |
ne two companies of militia, one from |
Decatur and one from Nashville. ILL.,, came
n ard were assigned to quarters. Still later |
ONE excitement was caused by the dis |
overy of fire in car loaded with hay in |
he Louisville & Nashville yards, but no
amage was done beyond the burning of |
he car. About eleven O'Clock fire broke |
ut in the Cairo Short Line yard at the
over end of the island, and meager re-
orts from that locality at midnight |
nv three or four cars were burned, |
ut no other damage was done. Two
re engines and BabcOck extin-
usher were sent over from here soon after
he fire in the Louisville & Nashville yard,
nd it was through their assistance that no
lore property was destroyed. Three more
lilitia companies from Springfield and one
rom CariinvilIe came in about midnight
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