Daily Republican., 1888-12-26
THIRD EDITION.
A SERIOUS RIOT.
PISTOLS SHOT AND STONES
THROWN.


About 1 o'el9ek yesterday afternoon
three or four yOunR men came Keeling
out Of Heiss' saloon, al Sixth ard WAlnCt
sire G., and stopped on the corner. In q
few minutes they commenced wrestling,
when some coiored men, who were also
under the influence OF liquor, urged
them on 10 throw each other down The
white men then started to Wrestle with
the colored fellows, but In a little time
al became angry, and blows were ex-
changed. Cne oil ire colOred men was
Knocked down into the gutter, and while
q couple q III white men were beating
him some lther eelored men came up and
undertook to pull them of
In Ices time than Il takes to write It
large crowd had collected, and general
nght snsned. Stones and brickb bats were
used freely, and the colored men, who
had gathered In force, were being driven
down Sixth street, when some one fired a
gun or pistol from the window Of a
house occupied By eolored people at No.
300 East Sixth street. This acted as the
signal for a general airing, and for q lew
minutes there was = cracking Of pistols
like fre-eTaekers. In the meantime a
number OF the eolored rioter, driven
back BY the whites, had taken refuge In
VT A0Ael ~ w. GU anu NhAlG SOME OF
the crowd were calling on the others TO
tear the place out, the inmates made a
aortie, and armed ifhplstols, stones and
clubs, drove the white back and up alxih
street to Walnut. Here thz whites made
: stand, and IRON around the corBsFs
poured volley Of Siones into the rAuks
Of the blacks.
About this time word vas sent % police
ftation for assistance and OfIlcEr Wa
helm responded. When be reached Sixth
hid French streets he was warnel that it
would be dangerous for him 10 attempt
10 enter the infuriated NIB alone, and be
struck an alarm from box 10, at Fifth
and French streets. The officer then
went on down and forcing his way
through the crowd succeeded In arresting
q colOred man named William Cooper,
who was pointed out to him as one
81 the rioters. Officer Brown, who
resides In the vicinity, was coon on
the scene, and 10 little time was j4ined
BY Officer Zcrby, Chief sWlggett and Ser
geant Tucker also came down, and the
prompt presence Of the officers had the
effect Of quelling what threatened to be
one Of the most serious riots that hsd
ever occurred in this city. The Chief.
with his men made seven arrests, one Ol
the priaoners being white and the other.
eOlored.
Chief swlggett arrested James Ander.
son, and probably saved his life by SC
doing, as he was surrounded by a crowd
Of whites who seemed determined to XII
him Officer Brown secured james Lewis
smother colored man, who was trying L
make his escape through a back yard
He had been beaten and used pretty rough
BY the mob. Sergeant Tucker seized
John Davis, colored, and started 10 tax
him 70 police station, when he was sur.
rounded by the crowd who threatened /,
take his prisoner and ceal with hin
Themselves but the cool and determine,
manner Of the officer deferred them frLu
making the attempt The souHdlnR O
the Ore alarm had the effect Of drawinl
an immense crowd, and u is probabl
that by 43O o'clock there we're thre
thousand persons on the ground aud il
the vicinity, all the streets around beiu
completely blocked.
Notwithstanding the fact that theI
were such large number Of shots fired
no one was killed, and but very few bur
a eolored man, whose name could not B
nscert4insd, was taken up Poplar sire,
while the fight was In progress said " /
wounded 10 the breast He was 10 chan
OF two men and evidently suffering vsT
much. Another colored man vas tAks
up Walnut street with a gaping WouI
10 his head, from which the blood vi
flowing freely, leaving a track along Il
Sidewalk Charles Collins, a white maj
Tpsiding At No 7O5 BeLue street VI
ehot In the foot. He was taken TO d
Tomlinson's drug store at Sixth Al
Walnut streets, where an unsuccessi
Atempt was made by DTs. Tumius
and Stout 70 extract the ball lie "
Afterwards taken 10 his home, and I
wound may yet cause him to lose /
foot.
An unknown white man was shot
the hand, causing q painful wound. /
WAh taken 10 DR. Browns ONCE. a. Tsyl
and Poplar streets, but as the doctor y
rot In be was taken TO another physicls
several other men we're struck vi
HtOnes, some Of whom received paint
injuries. Chief SWiggstt, Sergeant Tuck
end the other officers are entitled TO 1
greatest credit for their prompt action
sppprsfsing the riot, as bad they not act
q they did there lie no telling what t
consequences might have been All
nose who were arrested were 10 ked
there wAs al immense crowd gathered
front Of police station, and Market strt
was almost impossible
This morning the prisoners were
raigned before Judge Ball, when Pei
W Price, colored, was discharged, a
the others held In $500 ball each fO
further hearing this evening,
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