St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-02
BULLETS AND BLOOD.
A North Leavenworth Miner
Shoots Down Three Col
ored Men.
The Friends Of the Victims
Flock to the Scene Of
Carnage,
Armed With Shot Guns, Rifles,
Knives, Revolvers and
Clubs.
The Murderer Captured After
Being Badly Wounded by
Policeman.

from Leavenworth gives sensational
account of a bloody fight between one
white miner and an infuriated mob OF
negroes in North Leavenworth this
evening. The details of the affair are
about as follows: This even
ing, as James King (white),
cableman in the Leavenworth coal
mine, was walking along the street, he
met Harrison Young,a notorious colored
ward politician, Sam Headspath and Ben
EaStOn, also colored. The three negroes
were standing at the corner of Second
and Dakota streets at the exact spot
where one year ago Headspath had
knocked down and brutally beaten King.
King was accosted by Young and Heads
path, who wanted to fight. Headspath
drew knife and sprang toward King.
At this King drew 3S-caliber revolver
and fired two shots at Young, who
DROPPED DEAD
with bullet through his forehead and
shot through the heart, King then
turned on Headspatch and shot him in
the right groin. inflicting fatal wound.
He then shot Easton in the right thigh.
The scene of the shooting is in the vicin-
ity of the Leavenworth coal mines,
There has been bad feeling between the
white and colored miners for some time,
and the report that white miner had
killed three colored men created
intense excitement among the ne
groes, who compose large part
of the population in that neigh
borhood. IL few moments negroes
flocked to the scene from every direc-
tion, carrying shotguns, rifles, knives,
revolvers and clubs of every descrip-
tion, all clamoring for revenge. King
at once started to run up the river
bank, pursued by constantly
Increasing mob of negroes yelling at the
top oe their voices The mob fired six
Shots at King, who gamely turned and
returned fire. In a short time King,
now pressed by his wrathful pursuers,
turned and
SOUGHT REFUGE
II the pump house of the water works.
A triumphant shout went up from the
mob, who now thought they had Sc
cured their prize. The negroes
swarmed through the water works
building. searching with dark lanterns
In every nook and corner for King,
while colored women urged them on.
While the excitement was at its height,
Mayor Neely appeared on the scene and
attempted to order the turbulent crowd
back. A dozen revolverS were pointed
at him, and Chief of Police Rob-
ertS met with no better success.
Mayor Neely made an unsuccessful
effort to communicate with the sheriff
or his deputies by telephone, and finally
mounted his horse and started for Fort
Leavenworth to get force of soldiers.
In the meantime the entire police force
of the city had arrived and aided in the
search for King.
A SQUAD OF POLICEMEN
finally found him crouched under an
Obscured stairway. They ordered him
to surrender, and he responded by leap
ing out with cooked revolver, ready to
shoot. Policeman Street then shot him,
the bullet entering the muscles of
the arm just below the shoulder, in
flicting painful and serious wound.
While several policemen guarded the
prisoner, others went outside and in
formed the excited crowd that King
was shot dead while resisting ar
rest. A cheer went up from the
mob, many of whom were
satisfied with the report, and in short
time nearly all had left under the i'm
preston that King was dead. King was
kept Secreted in the building until late
hour tonight, when company of cav
airy arrived from Fort Leavenworth,
and he was taken to the fort to prevent
lynching.