The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-21
NINE RIOTERS SLAIN.
A Roanoke Mob Sets Out to
Lynch . Negro
NIGHT ATTACK ON THE JAIL.
Miifsiamsn Fear vslieys late The Law
lees rhreng On the Mayors Orders,
Killing and wounding Many.


this city occurred about 10 o'clock this
morning. Mrs Henry s. Bishop Was en-
ticed by negro named Thomas Smith
from the market. where she had come to
sell produce, into an empty saloon base
ment. beaten into insensibi!ity. and robbed
OF her pocketbook. containing less than y
The fiend was captured and lodged In jail.
A crowd gathered around the jail and
kept increasing Is night approached. AT
5 o'clock tho Roanoake Light infan-
try marched 10 the jail by order of
Mayor Trout Guards we're posted and
the streets in the immediate vicinity were
cleared. About dark the crowd was in
creased by about 100 men from the vicinity
of the Woman's home, headed by Mrs.
Bishops son.
At O'Clock portion of the mob bat
tered at the side door of the Jail, where
the militia and Mayor Trout had retired.
Shooting was commenced by the mob and
the mayor was shot in the foot. The mi
litIa was then ordered 10 return the fire.
and q volley from about twenty-five
rifles was poured into the mob.
Nine men were killed by the vol
ley and many wounded. some IA
tally. During the excitement caused by
the volley the negro was taken from the
Jail by officers and secreted. The wounded
were removed TO drug store and to the
offices of nearby physicians. The militia
then dispersed and left the scene as quietly
as possible. Following Is . list ofthe dead
and injured, as far as known at present
the dead:
s. A. VIcK, hotel proprietor.
VrFy SuERTT fircruau A railroad.
CHARLES w. WHrrEMIRE, conductor on
railroad
7. B. TAYLOR. of Blue Ridge.
GEORGE WHITE JONES, engineer on
railroad.
john MILLS. distilier. Black Creek.
EMMETT j. SWALLOW. Northwest Roanoke.
GEORGE SETTLES. Of Vinton.
THOMAS NEWMAN.
The injured are:
Otto Falls, will die; Will Eddy, 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
back; ]. b. McGhee, shot in the leg;
Shepard. shot in the leg; +. J. Small.
shot in the abdomen; Charles Powell, shot
through the body: ]. II. Campbell, Edgar
Wahiin, c. w. Figgat, @. z. North, o. b.
Taylor, Hall, David Ruggles. n. Z.
Sparks, T. Z. Neims.
Several speeches were made after the
militia retired, and Judge Woods, of the
Hastings court assured the mob that the
negro had been removed from the jail and
accompanied two of the crowd through
the jail to prove the truth of his state
ment His statement 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 secreted prisoner. At
midnight the scene had quieted down and
no further trouble is expected. The militia
remain under the mayors orders. al
though probably they will not be called
out again. Mayor Trout is firm in the po-
sition he assumed and declares he will
uphold the laws The dead were removed
to undertaking establishments and will be
prepared for burial.
The mob surrounded the Jail and began
to batter at the door. Stones few through
the windows. and the doors were about to
terror to the hearts of the mob.
The assailants stood moment.
and turning their attention from
the Jail fired on the soldiers. Round after
round followed In quick succession, and in
q lew moments the avenue was clear OF
everything save the bodies of the dead and
dying. There were fully 5000 persons in
the vicinity of the Jail when the military
began firing. but the greater part of
them were only there TO see what was
going on. Five hundred is fair estimate
Of the number of men who participated in
the attack upon the jail. AT the FIRST vol
ley thousands few, and many were
knocked down in the rush, though none
were seriously injured.
The firing of the militia was evidently q
great surprise not only to the mob, but to
the citizens generally. As soon as the
dead and wounded were cared for excite
ment and indignation was again at fever
heat, and the mob swore engeance on the
militia and mayor and again started for
the jail. II was then that the Judge per-
sauded them TO desist, but crowds con-
tiuued TO hang around and denounce the
actions of the authorities in no un mistake
BILE terms.
The Negro Trouble An Loutsiana