The Brookhaven leader., 1886-04-15


st. Louis with the Intention Of giving
themselves up to the authorities. when
the deputies hurried on to the bridge
they were followed by an angry mob of
several hundred people and cries Of
"cATcH THEM AND STRING THRMUPl"
"Hang them!" "Stop the men with
guns" were heard on every hand The
deputies Kept together, moving at double.
quick, and at the bridge watchman's office
Mayor Joyce and City Clerk Canty of
East st. Louis called to them to surren-
der. Some one struck the mayor with
Winchester, the rifle glancing from the
head to the shoulder, the official escap-
ing virtually uninjuEed. About fifty feet
beyond the bridge toll Office the crowd
pressed the fleeing deputies so closely
that they turned and fred several shots,
one Of which struck c., f. Thompson, of
402l California avenae, st. Louis, In the
groin, inficting fatal wound.
, The deputy sheriffS continued in their
western flight, followed closely by Officer
Doud, of East St. Louis, who had been
unsuccessful in his attempts to make
them surrender to him. They ran up to
officer Wevnacht, of the Third District,
who was doing duty at the west end OF
the bridge, and surrendered to him, stat
Ing that they had killed men in East st.
Louis and desired to put themselves un-
der protection. WeynaCht called his
par1ner, and the two accompanied the
men to the station at Seventh and Carr
streets. Some what of a crowd followed
them, gathered both by the excited ap-
pcararice OF the inen and rumOrS of the
tragedy. As soon as the names were
taken, the patrol wagon was run@ up and
the whole party was forwarded to the
Four Courts.
At tire corner of Fourth and Morgan
streets man named Charles Kline,
strect-car driver, stepped up to the small
army and wanted to know what they did
that outrageous shooting for. This kind
of talk he kept up for some time. when
suddenly the guards came to a halt, and
with their rifles in their hands, told Kline
he had better move to the rear II he did
not want to be hurt. -'I
DEAD AND INJURED.
The casualties reported are as follows:
G. f. Thompson. of 1927 California av-
enue, shot in the groin, fatally
Patrick Driscoll, Wabash section
hand, shot through the body, dead. Resi-
dence East ST. Louis.
Oscar Washington, painter, shot dead.
Residence, Fourth Ward, East st. Louis.
Mrs Joseph Pfeiffer, shot in the small
of the back, fatally. Residence, East st.
Louis, ..-....
Major Ryckman, rolling.mill worker,
shot in the head and shoulder; wounds
considered necessarily fatal. Residence,
East ST. Louis.
Mike Bonner. an emplOye of the Water
works, shot through the left breast, be"
low the nipple, fatally.
An unknown man was seen to fall into
Cahokia creek; body not recovered.
James Scollard, bystander, shot
through the right leg. .H.'
An unknown man was shot and slightly
injured while standing near Steul's coal
house.
Mrs. Kleinhein was crossing Cahokia
Creek bridge when the shooting com
tnenced, leading her little daughter by
the hand. A Winchester bullet grazed
the child's head, inhicting only slight
wound.
srARrIFD BY FIRE.
About half-past nine O'Clock people
passing on the bridge near the Louisville
ing up from the yards. A few moments
later a small fame could be seen issuing
from a box-car located only Il short dis
tance from the Louisville Z Nashville de-
pot, and in the center of train, with cars
on the tracks on each side. No one
seemed to notice the burning aud no one
ventured ueaf the car. A few spectators
on the bridge watched the flames, which
were slowly growing larger, for fully
half an hour, and made no attempt TO eX.
tinguish the fire or give an alarm. FINAL
ly, about 1O:l5, two men who resided
near the, track came running excitedly
along the bridge looking for assistance,
and ran on up to the bridge Office to get
the bridge hose. They laid the pipe down
to within a short distance OF the fire,
when the night superintendent of the
bridge arrived on the scene and instruct
ed the men to pay no attention to the
burning cars but merely toprotect the
bridge. BY this time the flames from the
burning car were shooting up into the
air, and were visible all over the entire
city. Some person ran up to Relay depot,
where the troops were. quartered, aud in
formed them of the facts. Company II,
Fifth Regiment, from Decatur, qutrtered
in the Young Mems Chris tjan ASSOCIATION
room, was ordered to the scene OF the
confagration. They Immediately fell
into line, and, under the command OF
Captain Frank Wells, marched down the
track double quick time. Arriving at the
fire they surrounded the burning cars and
allowed no outsiders around them. BY
this time quite crowd had collected on
the bridge. 1t was composed mostly OF
the strikers, but they took things rather
coolly. and were very quiet. One man
picked up stone and wanted to throw it
down at the soldiers, but he was prevent
ed from doing so by the remainder OF, the
strikers
Mayor- joyce arrived on the ground
about the same time the soldiers did, and
ran up aud down i'll a very excited man
ner, denouncing the burning of the cars,
adding that he thought enough damage
had been done for one day. He looked
around for some time, trying to discover
some possible means OF extingaishng the
flames, and, seeing none,, started to- run
over the bridge, and turned on, an alarm
from box No. SO, at the entrance OF the
bridge The department responded
promptly, and engines Nos, ~ and 25,
hook and ladder No, g., and two hose
carts were sent over the Bridge. The pipe
was soon laid to the fire, bat when the
water was turned on iii was found that
the hose had been cut. This eauseda de-
lay of few moments, but . new line of
hose was soon in. shape and, a stream
playing on the'car1 the flames soon being
extinguishedl The burned carlbelonged
to the Wabash, St. Louis &, Pacific and
was loaded with sand, ..,,..N. ,.t,e..y
THE SECoND FIRE