The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-05-13
NO. Z

5 were strewn about on the bare floor was
study Tor an artist. In shady corner
behind the stairway lay the only corpse in
the motley group, its palIid and glazed
eyes turned toward the ceiling. This man
had been picked up dead and nothing was
round on his perion by which he could be
identified. His garments were soiled and
ragged, and his features bespoke him q
, bohemian or Scandinavian. just at the
! foot of the stairway, where those who de-
} scended were compelled to step over
his outstretched legs, lay another man
apparently with only spark of life left in
him. He moved occasionally and groaned,
and when an officer bent over to ask him
where he was hurt he shivered and mutt
tered II m freezing to death. .
, The physicians and their assistants were
busy with other victims, some of whom
were but slightly wounded, while others
had ugly looking bullet holes in various
parts OF their body. An old man, with
long iron gray beard and wound in his
head, while it was being dressed sat stOl-
idly ON bench and refused to talk to any
one. One of the youngest of the group
had bad bullet wound in his arm, close
to the shoulder. He sat in his chair,
stripped to the waist, while the surgeon
was at work on him, his thin lips COM
pressed and his eyes cleaning like those
OF Z wild beast as they wandered from one
to another of the faceSAof police officers
and visitors who were looking on.
| Outside officers stood guard around the
wagons, silently awaiting orders from
their superiors. Their silence was indi-
cative OF great deal, as was shown when
the order to fall in was again sent along
the line. When the order to march to
No. "a Lake street was passed every man
drew his revolver, examined its workings.
and his face assumed a look which BODIED no
good to the hair. Drained Anarchists of the
Spies-P Parsons order. The march to the hall
was accomplished in quick time, but upon
arrival there it was found to be deserted
| The object of the march was to appre-
bend Parsons and Spies. Considering the
temper OF the police. the notorious An.
arcniStS would have Jared badly had they
fallen into the hands of the police at this
time. Along DeSplaines street were cor
dOnS OF police who stood guard over the
| wounded forms of fallen Anarchists. 1t
was impossible 10 get any estimate of the
number of the latter who were killed or
wounded ), but from the number of forms
which lay on the ground the estimate was
placed at high figure, and they were be-
ing crammed into the Desplaines Street
Station as fast as the officers could handle
them, and those whose wounds were most
serious were taken to the hospital.
A WOUNDED LIEUTENANT'S STATEMENT.
Lieutenant Stanton, of the West Lake
Street Station, who was seen in the County
Hospital, said 81 have four wounds-one
in the leg. two in the arm, and one in the
breast. The first three were made by the
bomb and the last by bullet fired by some
one in the crowd. | had eighteen men in
my detail. The bomb fell a few inches
from my feet, and | think came from
building. The fuse was lighted. As
had seen service in the navy, understood
what it meant and told my men to look out.
1t Immediately exploded. | think the
bomb was filled with scrap iron or bull
let's
Nearly every saloon on Madison street
within two or two three blocks of Des-
PLANES street had two or three wounded
rioters to care for. Very few of the fell
lows would give their names. One man
had four bullet-holes in HMM the back.
face, thigh and foot-and with the blood
streaming from him, he was horrible
sight. Drug stores along Madison street
were beset with men seeking treatment.
the prOprletOrS refused to receive them.
Two men ran into Bauer's drug store
supporting between them man who was
shot through the neck They laid their
burden on the floor and thundered out at
the frightened clerk: Medicine doc
tor quick Get us help or we II cut your
heart out! I" Just then DIR. Minte arrived
and cared for the wounded man. Atfong
intervals after the riot and late into the
night wounded men appeared at the drug
stores or were found roaming the streets
crazed with fright and pain. In every
case where the wounded sought relief they
refused to give their names and the list Of
wounded will consequently never he fully
known. A boy who failed to find a physi.
clan stood i'll the glare of the electric light
at the corner of Madison and HalSted
Streets and with his jack knife cut bullet
from his elbow. The crowd helped to
bandage his wound with shreds of his
shirt.
The following day the office OF the So
cialistic organ, the Arbeiter Zeitung was
raided by the police, August Spies, the
editor, and his assistant Michael SchWah,
were arrested, and quantity of dynamite,
incendiary flags, circulars &C., found.
Fielding has also been arrested.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Officer Deegan was killed and thlrty-odd
others wounded, many of them mortally.
Some dozen or more of the rioters were
known to be badly hurt and q large num-
Der of the killed and wounded were ia,
ken away by their friends.