The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-09-29
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
Continued from 1st Pdge.)

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short time poiice he police and citizens
on foet and on horseback were
Searching for the fiend.
He was captured at l o'clock by
Detective Baldwin, in the woods half
a mile east of the city. His first ex-
clamation was, 81 did not hit the
woman" He said his name was
Robert Smith and that he lived in
Vinton, three miles east of Roanake.
The detective made the negro get
behind him On his horse and rode
rapidly into the city with him. Mrs.
Bishop identified the prisoner as
her assailant. The woman had re-
ceived deep and ugly cut on the
back of her head, and two severe
blows over both eyes. The doctors
considered her case serious.
A large crowd gathered around
the Jail with the intention Of lynch
ing the negro on the spot. The de-
tective approached the Jail at
galop, and the crowd, being without
leader, opened out to let him pass
into the Jail with his prisoner
Mayor Trout and Attorney Hare
away addressed the gathering, coun-
selling obedience to the law and pro-
missing speedy trial of the prisoner.
The crowd then dispersed, but later
in the day gathered about the Jail
in great numbers, muttering threats
against the prisoner. About o'clock
the situation became so grave that
the Roanoke Light Infantry was
ordered out, and with loaded rifles
and fixed bayonets they proceeded
to clear the streets and sidewalks
for block in front of the Jail. The
mob was disposed to be very unruly,
and at one time riot was imminent,
but the firmness of the militia ana
the promptness of the police averted
trouble for the time. Two or three
of the ringleaders were arrested and
locked up.
With the coming of night the
mob rapidly assembled. Mrs. Bishop
has son employed by the Norfolk
and Western Railway, and the rail
way men hurried after supper to
avenge the outrage. Crowds also
came in from the surrounding coun-
try. Arrangements were made to
bring militia from Salem by electric
car. There were fully 5000 people
in the streets in the vicinity of the
jail.
About 8 o'clock a volley and a
shout were heard two blocks away
The neighbors of Mrs. Bishop were
marching in solid column about 300
strong to the Jail. They mingled
with the great mass of the mob and
with yell rushed over the military
line, the sentinels falling back before
their aggressors.
Mayor Trout and the police had
retired into the Jail, while the mill
tary we're drawn up in line of battle
about seventy-fve yards west of the
Jail with rifles loaded and bayonets
on them. Suddenly the mob began
with wild yells to surge forward,
there was a sound of heavy blows
and an explosion of powder. The
mob cheered and it seemed as if the
fate of the prisoner was sealed.
Suddenly there was a sound of
small arms at the Jail, which showed
that the police and the men inside
were firing and being fired at. Many
of the crowd hurried from the scene,
but before they reached the corner
a rattle of rifles rang out. Numbers
fell dead or wounded under the
shower of bullets. AS each new vic
tim was carried to neighboring drug
stores, the rage of the mob became
intensified.
Men rushed down the streets call
ing on each other to rise up and
avenge the death of their friends,
but, while the mob was frenzied
with rage, no concerted attack was
made upon the soldiers. When the
wounded had all been taken care Of,
and the dead bodies gathered from
around the Jail, it was found that
eight had been killed and twenty
wounded.
Several speeches were made after
the militia retired, and Judge Woods
assured the mob that the negro,
Smith, was removed from the Jail,
and accompanied the crowd through
the Jail to prove the truth of his
statement. This did much to pacify
the crowd, but they hung around
the Jail and adjacent streets for sew
eral hours. Many dispersed to
search for the prisoner. At midnight
the place had quieted down.
Nine persons were killed in the
battle and of about twenty wounded
some would likely die.
On the following morning the
mob found the place where Thomas
Smith, the negro who assaulted Mrs
Bishop, was secreted, They took
him from the policeman who was
guarding him and hanged him. A
coroner's inquest was held on the
body, and the jury returned yer
dict that the negro came to his
death at the hands of persons un-
known to the jury.
After tha innuasI fha moh fook