The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
And Later the Blood of Riotous Anarch-
lists Stained the Dust in the Streets.
Town Of Xeres, Spain, Attacked By Mob.
Armed with Guns, Scythes and All Manner
Of Weapons, and the Authorities Defied.
Three "Reds" Killed. Twenty Wounded,
Some Captured, Others Put to Flight.
Liquor Shops Raided and Barrels ef Good Wine
Wasted-Citzens Robbed and One Killed
-Fruitless Attempt to Release Criminals.
ATTACKED BY ANARCHISTS.

ATTACKED BY ANARCHISTS.
The Town Of Xsres In the Hands Oft Mob Of
Spanish Cut-Throats Three Killed.
Special to the Indianapolis journal. . et
MADRID, Jan. 9.-The town of Xeres. An
dalusia. was attacked by party of An
srchists last night. The latter were armed
with shotguns. old muskets, scythes.
bludgeons. knives tied to poles. etc. They
entered the town last evening at
various points shouting "Viva ls
anarlqua." This action upon the
part of the Anarchists was backed by all
the rough characters of the place. who
helped to swell their numbers to consid-
erable extent Finally several bands of
desperate characters. led by the armed An.
archists met by previous agreement in
front of the theater, where they created q
wild disturbance, shouting seditious cries
and defying the authorities They knocked
down and robbed q number of onlookers.
kicking and otherwise maltreating all who
refused to join in their riotous conduct,
plundered several stores, robbed o number
of private houses. and for q time struck
panic into the heart of the town. One gen.
tleman who was caught by the Anarchists
as he was leaving the theater. in front of
which they were gathered. resisted the at
tempt made to rob him. and was strangled
to death amid hideous applause and laugh
fer from the desperate wretches gathered
about him.
Satisfied with the destruction they had
wrought In the center of the town. the
Anarchists became bolder. and with loud
shouts of Free the prisoners" they marched
in body upon the prison. determined to
release all the convlcts there confined. Ar
riving in front of the prison. the Anarchists
commanded the officials in charge to open
the gates. The latter refused. and an
attack on the prison was commenced
Some of the Anarchists opened fire
upon the prison windows with shot
guns and stones, while others attacked
the gates with sledge-hammers and
beams used as battering-rams. The
gates. however, stubbornly held their own.
and the rioters finally gave mp the attack
and retired. hooting. yelling and jeering at
erybody and everything. While the An
archists were making their attack upon the
PRISON the convicts confined therein sec
onded their efforts to release them by rails
ing small riot inside the prison walls.
The prisoners attacked the doors of their
separate apartments and shouted words of
encouragement to the rioters outside until
the air was filled with a most horrible din.
TAINTED THE SOLDIERS.
The Anarchists, when they reached the
barracks. made stop and became some
what less boisterous in their behavior.
called to the soldiers to come out and join
them in sackinq the town. They promised
to give the soldiers plenty of booty and
pretty girls If they would join them in
their devilish work, but the soldiers re-
mained unmoved by these seductive offers,
nor could they be aroused to anger when
the Anarchists. suddenly changing their
tone. began to address them with insulting
remarks. calling them towards and daring
the troops to fire upon them.
When the Anarchists tired of this diver
sion they marched in bands shouting and
singing into the leading streets with the
passed. The wine shops, it was noticed,
seemed to attract the Anarchists more than
any other place, and on reaching these
places they would trundle out barrels,
knock in the heads and hand out the wine.
which was drank with avidity from the
copper measures usually used in retailing
{ to the public. Some of the Anarchists
put ten or O dozen bottles of brandy in
their sashes or belts and freely distributed
the liquor on all sides to willing or unwill-
ing drinkers. Any person who refused to
join in toasting anarchy was seized and
beaten numerically by the mob and In
some cases rolled in the gutter aud satu.
rated with wine.
Up to this time the Anarchists may be
said to have full swing and to have been
in full possession of the town. The NUM-
cipal and military authorities seemed to be
stupefed with terror and too helpless to
take any action whatever. BY the time
the Anarchists had done about as much
damage as they wanted to do and when
the CUTTERS were in some places running
with wine in which drunken men were
weltering, the town authorities came to
their senses and collected together body
of gendarmes. police and night-watehmen.
These men moved upon the Anarchists and
a series of desperate battles were fought in
the streets. The authorities. however,
were fearful of the consequences of she'd
ding blood. and so only three of the Anarch-
lists were killed. Twenty or thirty were
more or less seriously wounded
TURNED TAIL AND FLED.
The Anarchists no sooner saw that the
authorities were in earnest than they sud-
denly turned tail. and fled in disorder
through the streets and out into the coun-
try. There they were pursued by the
mounted gendarmes. who captured thirty
of them and brought them back prisoners
to Xeres. When the trOuble was about
over the troops were called out. and were
stationed at strategic points about the
streets, but there was no longer any use for
their services. The lav-abiding portion of
the community IS indignant at the weak
ness shown by the authorities who, it is ex-
pected, will receive strong censure from the
proper quarters.
later dispatch from Xeres states that
the attack on the town was precipitated by
the knowledge having leaked out that the
authorities had on the day previous made
all preparations for descent on the
Anarchists haunts for the purpose of ar
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