The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-09-23
ALYNCHINGPREVENTED
Riotous Virginians Fired Upon by
a Military Company,
NINE KILLED, NINETEEN WOUNDED.

The Mayor Was Shot Before Giving the
order to Flro-Ths Prisoner, a Negro,
Had Assaulted and Robbed white
woman-one Of the Injured win Die.
ROANOKE, Va, Sept. 2i.-Robert Smith,
q negro yesterday assaulted and nearly
killed Mrs Henry Bishop, wife Of a we'll
to-do farmer Of Botetourt county. Mrs.
Bishop was at the market with load Of
produce, and Smith bought box Of
grapes. He asked her to go with him to
get the money, and taking her to a house
near by looked the door and bound her.
Then drawing a razor he demanded her
money. She gave IL up, and while doing
80 ierked 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 a horse, dashed at full speed in the
face OF the crowd and soon had him be-
hind the bars. An immense crowd re-
mained at the Jail FOR a 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 8 o'clock the
Roanoke light infantry marched to the
fail by orders of Mayor Trout. Guards
were posted and the streets in the imme-
diate 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 a side door Of the Jail, where the
militia and Mayor Trout had retired. Then
shooting was commenced by the mob, and
tho mayor was shot in the foot The
militia were then ordered TO return tho
| fire, and a volley 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
seoreted. The dead and wounded were re-
moved to drug store and to the offices Of
nearby physicians. The militia were then
| dispersed, and left the scene as quietly as
possible.
The following is list OF the dead and
injuredl
Killsd-s. A. Wick, hotel proprietor;
William Sheetz, railroad fireman; Charles
W. Whitmire, railroad conductor; j, b.
Tyler, Of Blue Ridge; George White, shot
through the leg and bled to death; w.
Jones, railroad engineer; John Mills, dis
tiller, Black Creek; George Settles, of Vim
ton; Emmett ]. Small, of West Roanoke.
The injured are: Otto Falls, shot through
the body, and will die, win Eddie, shot
through groin; George o. Monroe, shot in
head, Frank Mills, shot in arm; Tom Mel
son, leg of; Leroy White, shot in back
J. B. McGhee, shot in leg; - Shepard
shot In leg; E. ]. Small, shot in abdomen
Charles Powell, shot through the body.
Those less seriously injured are; j. H
Campbell, Edgar Wahling, G. w. Figgatt
G. p North. o. B. Taylor, - Hall, David
Ruggles, H. E. Sparks and 7, E. Nelms.
Mayor Trout is firm in the position hI
has assumed, and declares that he will up
hold the law.