Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-27
THE TROOPS
Fired On By Wouid-Be Lynchcr~ Al Roam.
oke, Na.-soldiers Return the Fire. KIN
Ing Ten and Nounding Eighteen.

Fired On By wou'd-Be Lyncher~ AT Roam.
oke. Na.-soldiers Return the Fire. KIN.
Ing Ten and wounding Eighteen.
ROANOKE. Va, Sept 2l.-One OF the
most dastardly crimes in the history OF
the city occurred at about 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Mrs. Henry
Bishop. aged about 80 years, from
Cloverdale, eight miles from this city.
was enticed 10y colorcd man named
Thomas Smith from the market, where
She had come TO sell produce, into an
empty saloon basement, beaten into in
sensibility and robbed of her pocket
book containing less than 81
The fiend was captured by Detective
w. w. Baldwin and lodged in Jail
crowd gathered around the jail and
kept increasing as night approached.
At . o'clock the Roanoke Light infan.
try marched to the jail by orders of
Mayor Trout. Guards were posted and
the streets in the vicinity cleared.
About dark the crowd was increased
10y 100 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 por-
tions of the mob battered at a side
door of the jail, where the militia and
Mayor Trout had retired. The shoot.
ing was commenced by the mob and
the mayor was shot in the foot.
The militia was then ordered 10 return
the fire and volley from about TWEEN
ty-tivc rifles was poured into the mob
Several men were killed by this fire
and more wounded. some OF them IA
tally. During the excitement caused
by the volley, Smith was taken from
the Jail by an officer and secreted. The
dead and wounded were removed TO a
drug store and 20 the Offices of nearby
physicians The militia then dis
perssd and left the scene as quietly as
possible
The following is list Of the dead
and injured, as far as known at present:
Killed-S a. Wick, hotel proprietor;
VIII Sheets, fireman on the y. and w.
railroad; Charles w. Whitmire. con-
ductor on the " and w. h.ilroad; j.
Il. Tyler, OF Blue Ridge, Ky; George
White, shot through the leg and bled
to death; w. Jones, engineer of the y.
and W. railroad; John Mills, distiller.
Back creek; Emmett J. Small, of North
west Roanoke; George Settles. of
Vinton.
Injured. Otto Falls, shot through
the body and will die; VIII Eddie. shot
through the groin; George o. Monroe,
shot in the head; Frank Mills, shot in
the arm; Tom Nelson, leg off: LEROY
White, shot in the back; j. H. McChee,
shot in the leg; Sheppard, shot in the leg;
Charles Powell, shot through the body;
J. ii. Campbell, Edgar Wahling. c. w.
Figgate, c. Il. North, o. II. Taylor,
Hall David Ruggles, y. T. Sparks, T.
Il. Mcims
Several speeches We're made after the
militia retired, aud Judge Woods of
the llustings court, assured the mob
that Smith had been removed from ial.
and accompanied two of the crowd
through the Jail 10 prove the truth of
ms statement His statement and the
speech of j. Allen Watts, the demo-
cratic candidate for the state senate,
did much TO pacify the crowd. But
they hung around the Jail and adjacent
streets for several hours afterward,
many dispensing TO search for the Sc
creted prisoner.
At midnight the scene has quoted
down and further trouble is not ex-
pected. The militia remain under the
mayors orders, although it is probable
that they will not be called out again.
Mayor Trout is firm in the position he
has assumed, and declares that he will
uphold the laws. The dead. which at
midnight had increased by the death of
George Settles, were removed to the
undertaking establishments and viii
ne prepared for burial