The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1888-12-14


above the din could be heard; Nv,
don't want 10 hurt you. Smith. but
we must have that murderer" Then
there was great rush and Shcr' q
smith ordered tho men handling the Cat
ling gun 20 fire. There was q terrible se
ries Of reports, the mob staggered and
men began 10 fall on all sides They hesi
tatei. and as tho deadly tullets continued
n rain upon them. with oaths and cui'n'
they fell back In disorder
A. esult Of the murderous IRE on nc
Gauing gun nine lives were lost aud
many persons were wounded, The names
OF the dead are rs follows
NJ u TarOca morton, the postmaster ). Il.
Mccoy, fell al the frat voiieyi A. n Tsrrait
was shot In the backs A. u. Bryant was sioi
through the heart, Cciner' smith lcoerep,
Died sunday mornings Charles yenkins. sgso
n Of smithsncld shoi through the head disd
-undsy morning 49, ~ Andou. died stnoay
morning. Frank Chiider
An unknown nezro. shot through the Inns,
diod sunday morning.
The wounded are AZ follows
G. {. Tate. painter Of Fast Lake. sgd g.
stot through the hip thigh ana ioin, sfyWi
Lawrence FtShugh, EVIL engineer &c %
Shoulder badly wounded, A J. behicdfs a.
chante formerly Of Kalamazoo. Mich, thoi 10
she left side aud ITS thoasht he viii de. J 7,
Montgomery left jaw Slightly wounded, Mr.
Berkeley shot through both legs below dc
knee g Bailey, Of Boston. a f.ouisylleNA Kew
Il Albany brakeman. shot In tho right siee
wound may prove serious; John H. Merritt
shot through calf Of left leg. Matt Kennedy
aged n, shot through both legs, right les shat
tered left arm brokea, J. " owen, = carpcn
ter. aged 50. shot through right thigh J. W
Gilmore. Of Green spring,, aged 81 thought e
IL. sssslA 81
Il seriously wounded In the back; w. A. Byrd
sred ~, shot IN right shoulder, the ball emery
ms near the spinal cord
Postmaster Throckmorton was yer,
popular citizen. lie was born at Louis
vile. KY, thirty years ago and came u
birmingham In $50 a. agent Ter 80
Southern Express Company. About eight
cen months ago he was appointed post
master He leaves a wife and QUO child
| A. u Tarrant after the fire
yolley, lay down ON the grouns
with the hope Of avoiding the ny
ing bullets Fate would not have
| so, however, and a ball struck him a. h
| lay ON his face and ranged up the back
| After a few minutes suffering he died
MIR Branden, one OF the dead, told a hes
| pital attendant that he boarded a
| the house Of the sheriff Of Etowa
| County at Gadshon and that b
came here on business In the Unite'
State Court Mr. Berkeley, one Of tn
wounded, was sitting on tho rear porch o
W. Siaaers' residence shea shct WI.
/ ism foungbioou SIR. Alexander ana I'd
ward Cooper, first reported as eithe
| killed or wounded. were moi hurt A. i
| Bryant fell ut tho frat vol!ey. He wa
noar tho front Of tho crowd and was try
ing 70 res ran the mob at the time.
| Tho city ls military encampmcnt Civ
authorities have practically stepped dow
and out and Colonel Jones, Of Mon
gomery, with ten military companies
IL absolutely In charge OF affair,
The jail rs guarded by State troops
| with PICKET lines extended sewers
squares In every direction and at eac
approach there frowns a Gattling gun
Mounted scouts are sent out Of the cit
and ut regular intervals acquaint Colon'
Jones with the condition OF the publ
mind and prospects Of an armed rising b
Tho people Fire belts sound miiitar
alarms and soldiers la uniform and arme
with Winchester rides have desolated III
principal streets and driven back the tho'
sands who have all day boon looking 4
warc ths is!l TIE military wcreorderc
cut by u0verutf Hsay froM Non'rofner,
and with the Chief Execctive 0olon'
leres ~ ia regular ,olegrapnic cor ssscons
once. f-Fd nRayrcrrTsf q y 49, -
| expected hero.
ia The meanwhile the cit'ttai have ~
kept within doors. They have congr
| gated in hotels or on street coruors aud
front OF bulletin boards. Some OF Il
streets have been living, maddened ma
| of PEOPLE, and very little orstoric'
| pyrotechnics could readily organii
a mob 70 avenge the killing OF Throcl
morton and those who fell by him A
along the walls Of the city are posted p
titlons OF various kinds signed by tho
sands Of people.
About B o'clock p. m Sunday . citis<
| went before justice OF the peace az
swore out warrant for the arrest OF Smi'
and his deputies on the charge Of murde
THIS was served by the coroner, who -four
Smith in the Jail. The coroner took char
OF the Jail Captain Peyton Bib
In command Of the Montgomery Blues, a
vised that the military take Smith al
Hawes out o: jail and carry them TO Mon
gomery for safe keeping. This VI
not acceded TO. During the afte
noon tho rumor became widespre'
that 1900 miners from Pratt mine
1
would, after dark, march TO the cit
armed with guns, pistols and dynami
cartridges and assault the soldiers, al
with dynamite blow 10 atoms the ia
That such an attempt would DO ma
} was expected even by the militar
though q successful finale was not ante
| psted. Sheriff Smith said OF the TRACED
ave begged and pleaded with the crowd
, | keep back, and they fired the nrst shot Sc
srai shots we're fired by the crowd before
| gave the order 10 fre. We begged them
halt at the mouth OF the alley, and still th
kept coming on. We begged them 70
| back, and time and again warned the
| that We should shoot but they would l
. | listen 10 us. They came halfway up the ALI
close TO the jail door, and shouted Blow
the Jail with dynamiter After all this a
after they opened fire gave the order TO u
! | They continued nring after wo ceased. 4
that we could not have done any tang else