Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-09-23
ALYNCnING PREVENTED
Riotous Virginians Fired Upon by
Military Company.
NINE KILLED, NINETEEN WOUNDED.

The Mayor Was Shot Before Giving the
Order to Fire--The Prisoner, a Negro,
woman-One of the injured VIII Die.
ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 21.-Robert Smith,
o negro, yesterday assaulted and nearly
killed Mrs. Henry Bishop, wife Of we'll
to-do farmer of Botetourt county. Mrs.
Bishop was at the market with a load of
produce. and Smith bought box Of
grapes. He asked her to go with him to
get the money, and taking her to house
near by locked the door and bound her
Then drawing razor he demanded her
money. She gave 1t up. and while doing
so jerked the razor from his hand. The
negro choked her, threw her down and
pounded her head with brick, leaving
her for dead Mrs. Bishop shortly after
wards regained consciousness, and return
ing to the market told of the outrage.
Detective Baldwin soon arrested the
negro. An excited crowd attempted to
take Smith away from the officer and
lynch him, but Baldwin, with the prisoner
on horse. dashed at full speed in the
face of the crowd and soon had him be-
hind the bars. An immense crowd re-
manned at the Jail for long time, but
were finally persuaded by the mayor to
disperse
Soon afterward, however, a crowd gath
cred around the Jail and kept increasing
as night approached. At O'Clock the
Roanoke light infantry marched to the
Jail by orders of Mayor Trout. Guards
were posted and the streets in the imme-
date vicinity cleared. About dark the
crowd was increased by hundred men
from the vicinity of the Woman's home,
headed by Mrs Bishops son. a fireman on
the Norfolk and Western railroad
AT O'Clock portions of the mob bat
tered at side door of the Jail, where the
militia and Mayor Trout had retired Then
shooting was commenced by the mob, and
the mayor was shot in the foot The
militia were then ordered to return the
fire, and yolley from about twenty-five
rifles was poured into the mob Nine
men were killed and nineteen wounded,
one of them fatally. During the excite
ment caused by the volley the negro was
taken from the Jail by an officer and
secreted. The dead and wounded were re-
moved to drug store and to the offices of
nearby physicians. TIE militia were then
dispersed, and left the scene as quietly as
possible.
The following is list OF the dead and
injured:
Killed-S. A. Wick, hotel proprietor;
William Sheetz, railroad fireman; Charles
w. Whitmire, railroad conductor; j. d.
Tyler, of Blue Ridge; George White, shot
through the leg and bed to death; w.
Jones, railroad engineer; John Mills, dis
tiller. Black Creek George Settles, of Vim
to1: Emmett j. Small, of West Roanoke.
The injured are; Otto Falls, shot through
the body, and will die; VIII Eddie, shot
through groin; George o. Monroe, shot in
head; Frank Mills, shot in arm; Tom Nell
son, leg off; Leroy White, shot in back;
j. b. McGhee, shot in leg; - Shepard,
shot in leg; +. j, Small, shot in abdomen;
Charles Powell. shot through the body.
Those less seriously injured are: ]. II.
Campbell, Edgar Wahling, C. w. Figgatt,
c. p North. O. B. Taylor, - Hall, David
Ruggles, N. L. Sparks and T. Il. Nelms
Mayor Trout is firm in the position he
has assumed, and declares that he will up.
hold the law.