Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-24
MAYOR TROUT HERE.
Came Quietly Into The CITY Friday and Is
at Psrd's
NOT HIS ORDER TO FIRE.
He Neither Gave Nor Heard Such a
Command Given.
WAS NOT INTERVIEWED.
The Statement Ttl.yaphsd from Lynch
burg Not Made BY Him.
VERY QUIET DAY IN ROANOKE.
No Deaths or Funerals TO Fan the
Flames Of lawlessness,
GENERAL ANDERSON LOOKS ON
u, Declnn TO Discuss the Riot But Has
Decided Opinions
TESTIMONY BEFORE THE CORONER
Story Of the Bloody Conflict Told by
Many Eye-Wtnesses.
CAPTAIN BIRD DID NOT LEAVE.
CAPTAIN BIRD DID Not LEAVE.
Most Of the wounded Getting Better
Threatening Notices from Nigiiants-
Dr. Caiisch on the Law.

Threatening NOtices from hiEh"u'e
Dr. CaIisch on the Law.
The command for the military 20 fire
,5uon the excited crowd that attacked the
Roanoke jail on Wednesday evening was
NOT given by Mayor Henry $. Trout, If
indeed such an order was given at all.
This statement is made upon the author
i,, II Mayor Trout. who is a guest at
Fords Hotel in this city. lie declines TO
uako any other statement in connection
with the lamentable affair or 10 discuss
the matter AT all in detail, but he is very
positive in the declaration made above.
Mayor Trout has been in Richmond
since early Friday afternoon. though the
f,rt that ne was here aid not become
generally known until late in the
day Yesterday When he left Lynch
burg Friday morning It was thought
nat he had gone North, but
instead u this. he took the Chesa-
r,ake aud Ohio cast-bound train and
arrived here at 7. VI. lie drove to
ForVs and was shown Immediately to
his room. an airy chamber at the southwest
corner of the house His name was not
entered upon the register, and very few
OF tie people in the hotel eyeh knew that
they had a guest whose movements are
attracting so much attention just at this
time
Mr. Trout has hosts Of friends in Rich
moul. having spent a good deal Of time
here while "a member Of the Senate. but
very few. n any. Of these were advised OF
his coming. either before or after his
arrival lie needed rest after the great
strain that he had undergone, ana he de-
sired 70 be quiet. He spent Friday even
ing and nearly the whole Of yesterday in
his room.
NOT INCLINED To TALK.
The rlucky chief Of the growing city OF
tho Southwest IS naturally man Of mod
osty and reserve Though affable anu
pleasant he never seeks publicity and
shrinks from notoriety. To those about the
hotel and the few acqualntances who were
received in his room yesterday. he was
talkative on any other subject. but had
very little to say about the lamentable
occurrence in his city. He wo'ld discuss
his own injuries or talk in n general way
about the tragic scenes of Wednesday, but
he could not be induced 20 give anything
Ike an account Of the trouble.
when representative of the Dispatch
was ushered into Mayor Trouts room
Yesterday afternoon he was found In his
shlrt-slccvcs sitting at small table writ
ing Several unsealed letters and some
that had been finished lay on the stand
before him. He still looked rather tired
and rest-broken, but was apparently as
calm as ever. He was exceedingly courte-
Gus. and very firmly declined TO submit to
an interview or TO make a statement for
publication.
NOT BY HIS ORDER.
"You must excuse me-" said Mr. Trout
after greeting the Dispatch man, but
cannot make n statement for publication.
This is neither the time nor the place for
me to do So
Have YOU seen the interview alleged
10 have been held with you and tele-
graphed TO the Baltimore Sun and other
papers from Lynchburg last night?" asked
the scribe.
eyes. have. and It has given me more
pain than anything that has been pub
lished in connection with the lamentabic
affair. You will do me great Kindness
20 say that no such interview was had
with me. and that the facts as published
are erroneous"
"were you not interviewed at all at
Lynchburg?'
''No. sir, was not. a reporter called
10 see me but declined TO make state
ment. and while he might have written
something from the little | said | did not
begin to say what is attributed TO me.
/ don't see how the story could have been
made up unless what l said was blended
and mixed with rumors and statements
gotten through others"
81 see that you are quoted in that inter
view as having said that you ordered the
military to fire upon the crowd
THAT statement" replied Mr.. Trout
with emphasis. lis utterly without foun
dalton. II places me In an entirely raise
light, as / neither made nor could nave
made such statement. i did not give the
order TO FIRE, and 1 will be glad II you
VIII so state In the Dispatch in most pos
tive terms Besides, / was not In charge
OF the military. and they would hardly
have obeyed such an order from me un-
less given through their commander"
Il understand then" said the reporter,
''that you neither gave the command to
fye nor felt that you had the right 10 do
80, except through whatever officer was
In command OF the company"
THAT is my position exactly" Mr.
Tout replied.
who did give the commando
81 did not hear any given"
WOULD NOT GO FURTHER.
DO you think. then. that the firing was
done without any direction from proper
suthorities?'
You must excuse me-" said the Mayor.
but told you IN the start that l could
not be interviewed. l must decline TO
discuss the matter at all further than TO
make the denial, as i have done. that 1
gave the order for the military to fire."
Were you In the prison or on the out
side when IL became necessary TO use
harsh means TO repei the excited crowd?''
II cannot nay anything more on that
line"
you have Jus, had your wound dressed
j belieye-ls It at all seriousY
''No, I hope not. though It causes me a
good deal OF pain.
The ball entered just back of my big toe.
and passing through the bone. lodged In
the top OF the foot where It Was cut out
by DR.. Buekner."
"where was this operation performed? p
sIn Roanoke"