The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-26

| compared to- the scene that followed. ln
the midst of the turmoil Sheriff KrideI
| forced his w8y through and stepping upon
chair he raised his voice above the cries
of the disputant cock fighters and in
| formed the vast assembly that each and
| every man pre- sent shoulr consider him-
self under arrest for violation OF the laws
of the Site.
The clear, ringing voice of the sheriff
| startled the aggregation into silence for
| sn instant, aud in the moment, all hands
| bad time to look around aud take in the
situation. Rhetoric and composition break
down completely in the attempt to de-
scribe the scene that followed. Certainly
| nothing to compare with 1t has lever
before been Witnessed in Stark
county. With realization of their
| predicament, came a spontaneous and all
consuming desire upon the part OF the
crowd to escape and a terrific crash, then
| a rumble and roar followed the momens
| tary silence succeeding the announcement
| of the sheriff, as the hundreds OF fright
ened prisoners made u concerted and des..
| perate dash for liberty. Every face was
| an artists study, depicting the most alb
| jsct and intense fright and terror coupled
| with fearful anxiety. Men high in bus-
| who had tempted fate by attending the
main, quaked with fear as did the profess
| sional sport and all made one mighty rush
| to get away. The doors, however, were
| Fastened and guarded but great many of
| the panic stricken law violators never
| stopped to hunt door. Everyone made
break for the nearest point toward out
OF doors. For about two minutes after the
| first alarm the tumult and disorder was
| simply wonderful. Over four hundred
men were punched in confused and
tangled mass OF struggling humanity on
the dance hall floor. Men we're knocked
over and tramped upon on all sides. Legs
nntnnU lan m @
the scene presented by the hundreds of
struggling men with their paid, hopeless
looking, terrorized couutenances was one
never to be forgotten. A half doz.n men
we're viewing the battle in the pit from u
step ladder and when the rush occurred
they were thrown heedloug over the heads
OF their companions Ia terror by the fall.
ing of the ladder. Windows all over the
house were kicked out and the more MIN
BILE and daring risked their necks by
jumping from the second story in the
dance hall to the ground below, "a distance
OF twelve or fifteen feet.
Scores escaped and ran like frightened d
deer in all directions from the hotel.
Horses and sleighs we're captured and
utilized TO escape with, without the least
| regard to the ownership of the same and
five minutes after the rush not a rig was
on the grounds excepting those which had
men to guard them or were in stables.
IN THE FIRST SWEEP
of the crowd down the stairway
from the pit to the restaurant the police
men were whirled along like siraws in the
! current Of Niagara. Deputy Sheriff John
Mobley concluded to capture
one man at least, 40 he
| grabbed 1.-THE and athletic sport by
the collar. The panic stricken chicken
! struggle for freedom but John hung to
| him and wreatled him about over tho
| fioor by the neck in most artistic manner.
The Squabble of the young deputy with
his man was one of the most amusing
diversions of this most thrilling event.
fhe crowd surRed from one end OF the
building to another in frenzied madness
seeking some outlet. A goodIy number
| OF the more pronounced sports
| were considerably befuddled by
| having imbibsd freely of liquid refreshs
ments and these stood little snow of es'
cape.
| ONE FoRLoLN LOOKING VISITOR
Of rather unstable equilibrium who dis
played huge sparkling stone on his
| shirt front had been looking out of thG
| window from the second story of tht
dancing room but dared not risk p jumf
| and In the excitement Of the occasion ht
| approached the NEWS DEMOCRAT, which
makes 1t point to be represented at all
| times and places where anything of inn
portance to the public is concerned, anc
trembling like an aspen leaf he said:
Have you got a rope? ?n The scribe hat
not. Oh! for Code sake get me a rope,
walled the disconsoIate sport. II am in
| position that would not ba caught fol
| $1,000. l am married man.
No rope was forth coming and the nez
thing the reporter saw of tho cock fighteI
the sheriff was taking his name.
| During the fore part of the fracas there
| haN n Ii,t,r ~
cock fighters on the outside. Many Of tht
latter got thoroughly rolled in the snow
by the muscular policemen and deput!
sheriffd as they bobbed through bssemen
window9 aud attempted TO escape from
the officers. For a while there was per
feet rush down over the bill onto the iskt
and the ice was covered with lucky mortal
who had eluded the officials and wer
| making quick and lengthy strides towart
home over the ice and snow.
From the time the officers frat arrivel
Sheriff Krider was busy getting the name
of those present, all OF whom will b
brought up before the mayor.
Some OF the schemes formulated by th
victims to escape from the clutches of tn
law were quite amusing to a disintereste
onlooker. Thompson, the colored bsrbe
OF North Cherry street, concluded b
would outwit the officers 80 he hustled ou
to the kitchen and lying upon the foo
upturned a large hox over himself. an
box was not made to conform to the shap
of a man and his position soon began I
be uncomfortable. He saw the vision O
court OF justice rising before him how
ever and therefore srinned and bore hi
discontinue as best he could for a.lon
time. Finally he could stand 1t no longe
and he upset the box and came out.
One fellow made dash for the chec
room and was just going to lock himsel
10 when Andy McCort took him by tn
collar and hustled him out.
Soon after making the raid the sheriff
took possession of all the chickens, whic
were in the east room. A couple OF pris
onerB concluded they would play sharp, p
they toated several sacks full OF choic
roosters into the kitchen and daposite
them nicely Ia a closet, As the job wa
completed one of the owners OF the bird
said to two or three who were stauding hy
"There now; they will he all right an
! they will not be missed.n 1t so happene
that one OF the fellows he was addressin
was Deputy Sheriff Mobley and so all hi
pains in slowing away the fowls 80 NIGEL
were uuavaiiing.
After the first flush OF excitement ha
, passed by and some of the more badi
scared had either gotten away or had tim
. to collect their thoughts, things ran alon
, comparatively sereuely. Many of thos
} arrested took the matter philosophical
! and made the best of the situation. Oa
, OF the toughest things complained Of wa
! the action of the first batch of those VIII
? escaped ia running OFF with all the rigs,
, One poor fellow who ha
/ come all the way from Canal Dover, an
j who was not only under arrest, but ha
had his borrowed horse and sleigh takeI
came up to couple OF reporters and said
"This 10 (hic) pretty obnoxious, ain't 1t.
Occasionally couple of prisoner
, would get little ugly and manifest a de
! sire to indulge ia pugilism, and q cas-