New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-11
THE CAUSE THAT LED TO THE SHOOTING
STATEMENT by The LEADER OF THE LOUISVILLE
AND NASHVILLE MEN.

AND NASHVILLE MEN.
ST. LOUIS April lot G.. Hewlett, who is
special agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
as well as being temporarily deputy sheriff, has mado
statement explaining the shooting Of yesterday.
lie was In charge Of the party Of the deputies and his
statement Is corrobo rated by the other deputies. IL
is in substance follows:
Thursday. tho strikers captured OF our deputies
g 9nd held him about mn hour and hai
again and do us ap About 10 O'clock man who recos
nzed me odd Fellow and told Inc to look out
for serious trouble Immediately told Mr. j. T. Harra-
hahn, general manager OF this division. aud he
SAID he had also been notified to look out for
General Vance '" expnnns the situation to him. and
sent them to him little before IL o'clock While writ
ing the letters summoned to keep the strikers
from coming into yards at the east end went up
there with General Manager Harrahahn; There were
about three hundred collected around when we got
disper.s the crowd, but they would not listen to
Seeing he could not disperse the crowd. the Sheriff
went away. Then began talking to the crowd
trouble; look at this thing nationally. You heard
the sheriff read the law to YOU and you would not
men who were nearest Inc. When stopped reading
in the crowd SAID rssrng to =,
We don't care a ID Tor the law. HoIs .Sae:" An
Of my men were at dinusr Mr.. sample came to me
and said: Hewlett. hurry and get some men
500 A Striker. bring The our IA. rs s:'
100 o'clock; MI: Sample came to mo again In few
Broadway ~" crossing" We A''i had six Or seven
deputies at the crossing to protect tho train
| and l started with about twelve other deputies TO
REINFORCE them fhe crowd. when got there. was
massed the bridge Cahoka Creek and the east
side OF tracks around the Green Tree House and
about the Illinois and ST. Louis passenger platform There
great deal Of yelling from the crowds they jeered at
and called everything they could think Of This thing
lasted until the general manager Induced the engineer
to the train through the crowd with rush. While
we were waiting tbere az tho crossing TO protect the
fireman and engineer. striker said 10 deputy !:
You will never get out OF these yards alive"
said will arrest that man 1t is my sworn duty TO
do IT." took hold OF him to arrest him and he resisted
The mob then closed in me- but with the assistance
OF OF my deputies forced the man out OF the
crowd | turned around to the crowd then and
said For Gods sake men. dispense while am carry
ing out tho la Don't persist" just about tnat
moment heard a pistol shot to my rear 1t sounded
like the report from small pistol, ana quick as nash
stone coming at my head, lodged and II struck
the shoulder Judge the first shot came from the
windows of the barroOm on the west SIDE OF the
creek deputy Knser says 1t came from there). Ater
the first shot fired the shooting became general
We between two res and then noticed SHOTS COM
ing from the barroom windows. SHOTS were hreu
at from the sido OF the track, from
little house from coal cars on the lndlanapo,
lis and st. Louis track The crowd then started
west along the dixie to cut us OFF by cross
street from our depot. I saw this movement and
started with my deputies trese on run Tor
the depot and got there In advance or tho crowd We
halted the depot and the freight men came ana begged
protection saying that the strikers wonld murder
every OF them. told them 10 go TO the prdge anu
would protect them.