St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-04-17

shots of the officers had more effect, as
thew had human wall as target, ana IT
vonld have been q miracle mad the pallS
nassed harmlessly through. 1hus the
first shot Is left to be accounted Tor by
individual testimony, and may not De re-
yealed even by the coroncr's jury ana the
indicial Investigations which must IN
evitably follow. at.,u
The scene on the bridge directly after
tho shooting was one of the widest con-
Snsion and excitement, and for time all
traffic ceased and foot passengers were
warned that to attempt to cross was 10
take their lives in their hands. The ny
inc deputies, who had just turned aho
fred volIey, were hurfying across 10
ST. Louis with the intention OF giving
themselves up to the authorities. "neh
the deputies hurried on to the orl"@e
they were followed by an angry mop OF
several hundred people and cries OF
"cArcH THEM AND STRING THEM UP!'
"Hapg thcm!" "Stop the men with
onns.'' were heard on every hand. me
Identities kept together, moving at double
onick. and at the bridge watchman's once
Mayor joyce and City Clerk CAVITY OF
East St. Louis called to them to surreh-
dor Some one struck the mayor with
winchester, the rife CHANGING from the
head to the shoulder. the official escap-
ing virtually uninjured. About nifty 1eet
beyond the bridge toll Office the crowd
pressed the fleeing deputies SO closely
that they turned and fired several shots,
one of which struck C. e. Thompson, OF
4Ool California avenue, St. Louis, IN the
groin, inflcting a fatal wound.
The deputy sherffs continued In their
western flight, followed closely by Of1cer
Doud, of East St. Louis, who had been
unsuccessful in his attempts to make
them surrender to INN. 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 81.
Louis and desired to put themselves IN
der protection. Weynacht called ms
partner, and the two accompanied the
men to the station at Seventh ana Carr
streets. Somewhat OF crowd 1olloWed
! them, gathered both by the excited APP
pearance of the men and rumors OF the
tragedy. As soon as the names were
taken, the patrol wagon was rnng up ana
| the whole party was forwarded to the
Four Courts.
At the corner of Fourth and Morgan
streets q mall HutiSA NnatICS 1Aii''Ss 60
street-car driver, stepped up to the small
army and wanted to know what they ola
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 che rear if he did
not want to be hurt.
DEAD AND INJURED.
The casualties reported are as follows:
C.. e. THOMPSON, of 1921 California av-
| enue shot in the groin, fatally.
| Patrick Driscoll, a Wabash section
hand, shot through the body, dead. Resi-
dence East st. Louis.
Oscar Washington, painter, shot dead
Residence, Fourth Ward East st. Lonis.
Mrs. Joseph Pfeiffer, shot in the small
of the back, fatally. Residence, East st.
Louis.
Major Rvckman, 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, a bystander, shot
through the right leg.
An unknown man was shot and slightly
injured while standing near Steurs coal
house.
Mrs. Klenhein was crossing Cahokia
| Creek bridge when the shooting COM
menced, leading her little daughter bv
the hand. A Winchester bullet grazed
the child's head, inficting only slight
wound.
STARTLED BY FIRE.
About half-past nine o'clock people
passing on the bridge near the Louisville
& Nashville depot discovered smoke curl
ing up from the yards. A few moments
later small fame could be seen issuing
from box-car located only short dis
lance from the Louisville & Nashville de-
pot, and in the center of a train, with cars
on the tracks on each side. No one
seemed to notice the burning and no one
ventured near the car. A few spectators
Oh 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 l0: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 short distance of tue 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 to protect 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, and in
formed them of the facts. Company I'll,
Fifth Regiment, from Decatur, quartereo