The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-04-04
ONE AGAINST A MOB
White Miner at LslvsLwarth HII . Hard
Time With : Crowd Of N,grass.
He Uses a Revolver Freely and With Fatal
EHect-Chased by . HOwling HIOb and
Shot by a Policeman - Sol.
diers Called Into Use.

KANSAS CRY, April IA special 'am
LesvenWorth gives q sensational acc. ut
OF q bloody fight between one white N usr
and an iniuriated mob OF negroes in y rth
LeavenEerth this evening. The inciT snt
riot resulted in the death OF one Hegro. ne
fatal wour ding OF one more, while one
negro and the white man were each seri-
ously shot. The details Of the affair are
about as follows:
About hslf-psst O'Clock t., evening,
as James King (shlte), cablemar
in the Leavenworth coal ne, was
walking along the street he me- Harrison
Young, 8 notorious colore1 ard politi-
clan, Sam Hedspath and Ben L4ston, also
colored. The three negroes we're standing
at the corner of Second St, a. tae exact
spot where, one year sgo, = I path had
knocked down aud brutslly a5 zen King.
King wss sccosted by YoUu suc Heds-
path, who wanted to fight aejspath
drew = knife and sprBug sl-lrd King,
while Icung put his hand j. s pocket,
saying, Lets kill the Irish s. ~ -
At this King drew p 3s-cali5er rss0,Yer
/ and fired two shots at NoUUg WhJ cropped
/ dead with & bullet throughout .7 ore
/ head and shot through the hesrt King
/ then turned on HedspatL snd S. MIN
! In the right groin, infictinc fatal Wo- j.
/ He then shot EsstCn IN The left thigb
The scene Of tee shooting is in the Yicin.
| ity OF the IesVeEWorth cosi mines. Thee
/ mad been bad feeling between the white
and coloTed miners for some time and ne
J report that q white miner had killed three
colcred men created intense excitement
I among the negroes, who compose a large
| part OF the population in that neighboT-
hood. IN q few moments negroes Hooked
| to the sCene from every direction, carrying
/ shotguDs, rifles, knives, TeVOlyers snd
clubs CT every description, ell clsmorlug
FOR rsveree. King at cnce stsrted 10 run
! I'D the river bank, pursued by 2 constantly
! increasing mob OF negroes, yelling
at the top Of their voices. The mob
| fired six shots st King, who gRmely
turned and returned the hTe. Ia short
time King, COW pressed by bis wrathful
pursuers, turned snd sought refuge in the
pump-house Of the WatsrTOrks. A tn
umphant shout went up iIem the MOB,
I who now thought they had secured thel1
prize. The negroess swarmed through
the wateYEorks building, searching II
every nook aud corner for King, while the
coloTed women urged them on. TnelI
search was unavailipg, and it was TO his
being able 10 hide himself for one hour
that King owes his life.
w nile Tue EAClkcmEHk WINS ~ It's lACA NHk
Z Mayor Neelg appeared on the seems ano
attempted TO order the turbulent crowd
back. A dozen Tevolvers were pointed at
him, and Chief Of Police Roberts met with
no better success. Mayor Neely made IN
successful efforts 10 communicate with the
! sheriff or his deputies by telephone, and
hDsy TN %00nfRg gs3 morse oTos S1se q
soldiers. In the meantime the entire
police force OF the city had ar
rived and aided in the search
for King. A squad Of policemen
finally found him crouching under an OBJ.
, scure stairway. They ordered him to sur
render and he responded By leaping out
with g cooked revolver ready TO shoot
Policeman Street then shot him, the bullet
! entering the muscle Of the arm Just below
the shoulder, inficting painful and seri'
ous wound.
While several policemen guarded the
7 prisoner, Others went outside and informed
the excited crowd that King wss dead
having been shot by the policeman while
be was resisting arrest. a cheer went up
fiom the mob, many OF whom we're salts
fed and in q short time nearly ali had
left under the impression that King was
, dead. King was kept secreted in the
building until late hour tonight, when
a company CT cavalry arrived from Ft
LesyenWortE and he was taken tc
/ 10 Ine lCIl 10 pEoNeHL q AguCuALS =.
He appeared cool and determined and
) said he did not regret shooting Young and
Hedspath, both Of whom had threatened
to kill him, but he was sorry for shooting
Easton, who he thought to be a friend oi
his would-be murderers. King bears .
good reputation and has an invention Of 8
safety brake for cable cars on steep in
clines. he is poor and was going to see .
man to induce him to help him ge. pat
, ent when the trouhle ocCurTed