Evening journal., 1888-12-26
BOLD, BAD RIOTERS.
Whiskey Causes High Carnival at Sixth
and Walnut Streets Yesterday other
Fights.

whiskey Causes High Carnival at Sixth
and Walnut Streets Yesterday-o other
Fights.
A war of the races took place yester-
| day afternoon at Sixth and Walnut
streets that for the time it lasted and
number who participated in il was fortu-
natein having no more serious results
| thanthere were.
The neighborhood is conducive to rows
at all times A great number Of colored
people infest the two corners on the
upper side of the street
| Yesterdays trouble is supposed to
have originated at a low dive, No. 306
East Sixth street white man and
colored man got into a row in front of
the place. The white man was getting
the better Of his opponent, and several
| colored men, who were near, attempted
to rescue their friend, and the result was
a general row ensued
| For q time pitched battle was in pro-
gress. The whites drove the blacks into
the house, No. 3O6 East Sixth street and
the white men attacked it fercely throw
ing bricks, stones and whatever missiles
that came handy, at it. This had con
tinued for a short time when the blacks
came out of the house in great force and
rallied against the whites. Things we're
hot and the air was full of flying bricks
and stones. Great crowds of people were
attracted to the scene by the fight,
large number taking up a position on
Sixth street hill, watching the battle and
making no attempt to quell the trouble.
Matters reached n crisis when a colored
man slipped up behind Charles Collins Of
No. 105 Bennett street. and shot him in
the heel of the right foot Collins fell
at once to the ground and arising, walked
a distance and fell again The whites
who saw this, seemed maddened to fury.
A number who had not taken part previ.
ously now joined the rioters and a yell
was set up to "kll the niggers' mum
Der of blacks were roughly handled The
| fight had lasted fully halt hour and not
a policeman had been seen. Both the sa-
looms in the neighborhood had closed their
doors The demoniac yells and threats,
coupled with flying stones, were simply
terrific. A number of cool heads in the
neighborhood attempted to quell the riot
ing, but TO no purpose. Someone
thought Of the FIRE alarm and an alarm
was struck from box No. 13, Fifth and
French streets. The alarm at first had
a tendency to disperse the crowd But
after a short time the men came back
Thelalarm brought out the police, officer
Wilhelm leading the men. He at once
made rush for William Cooper, colored
man who was industriously throwing
bricks. Cooper had an armful Of stones
when arrested. When the officer rushed
into the crowd stones passed by his ears
in lively style. Coopers arrest seemed
to take the sand out OF the blacks and q
| break was mazda IN perapa Chief C,vfo-
gett, Sergeants Tucker and Peterson
with a squad OF policeman arrested John
Doran, white; Josephine Banthem, VIII
liam Cooper, James Anderson, George
Lewis, Percy W. Price, all colored.
While the blacks were fleeing the angry
white men set upon several Of them and
beat them numerically Lewis, one of
the men arrested, would in all probability
have been killed il he had not been
rescued by Chief Swiggett.
These arrests ended the trouble and the
crowd began TO disperse, the officers al.
lowing no one to stand or groups "a
gather, and by o'clock the locality hac
assumed its normal condition.
Collins, when shot, was taken to DR.
p. w. Tomlinson's drug store, south
west corner of Sixth and Walnut streets
and Dr. H. W. Stout summoned. TIL,
doctor found the bullet in his heel, but
made no effort to remove it, as such re
moval would have made amputatioI
necessary. The ball will work itsel
out when healing. During the day othel
riots occurred. in none Of which, however
serious damage was done. Freedom o.
liquor was the cause of all the trouble
and the police station was crowded witt
prisoners.