The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-22
ATTACK on 4 VIRGINIA. JAN.
A MurdsrSus Assault On a Woman caasss Riot 4
Roanoke, Va.

county. Mrs Bishop was At the mar
kit with a load Of produce and Smith
bought box Of grapes. He asked her
ito 90 with him TO get The money, apd
taking herto house near BY, locked
the door and bound her. Then draw
ing razor he demanded her money.
She gave il mp and while doing ~
jerked the razor from his hand. The
negro choked her, threw her down and
pounded her head with 4 brick, leaving
her for dead. Mrs. Bishop shortly
afterwards regained CONSCIOUSNESS, and
returned 10 market and told 81 the
outrage. Detective Baldwin soon ar
rested the negro. The excited crowd
attempted TO take Smith away from
the officer and lynch him, bnt Baldwin
with the prisoner on 4 horse, dashed
at full speed ii the face Of the crowd
and soon had him behind the bars. An
immense crowd remained al the jill
for a long time, but were finally per
snaded BY tic mayor tudisperse.
RoANoKE; Va, Sept. %. a crowd
gathered around the jail and kept in-
creasing as nightapproached Atfye
o'clock the Roanoke Light infantry
marched 70 the jail by orders of,Mayor
Trout, Guards were posted and the
streets in the immediate vicinity clear
ed About dark The crowd increased
by hundred men from the vicinity
Of the woman's home, headed by Mrs.
Bishops. son, fireman on TIE Norfolk
and Western railroad At eight o'clock
portions Of tho mob battered at d side
door Of the jail where tho militia and
Mayor Trout had retired The shoot,
ing was commenced by the mob and
the mayor was shot In the foot Tho
militia were then ordered to return the
fire and i yolley from about twenty
I five rifles was poured into the mob II
is thought that about FIVE men were
billed by this fire and rs many moro
wounded, some of them fatally Dur
ing the excitement caused by the vol.
LEY, the negro was taken from The jail
by an officer and secreted The dead
and wonndcdwere removed 10 Il drug
store and To tho Offices OF nearby ply
sicians. The militia were then dis
perscd and left the scene rs quietly MS
possible.
Tho following is a list Of the dead
and injured as far rs known 1T pres
ent
Killed IS. A. Vick, proprietor Of ST.
james Hotel; VIM. Sheetz, fireman
on tho Norfolk and Western; ]. b.
Tyler, OF Blue Ridge, o .scctionmaster
on the Norfolk and Western: w. r..
Hall, fireman on the Norfolk and IVES
tern; John Mills, Of Black Creek,
Roanoke county, a farmer and distiller;
George Settles, of Vinton, shot in tho
head.
Wounded do. G. Falls, member of
Friendship fire company, mortally
wounded; Will Eddy, shot through the
groin; Geo. o. Munroe, shot in the
head; Frank Wills, shot in the arm;
x
Thomas Nelson, leg shot of; Leroy
White. shot in the back; J b. McGe.
hee, shot in the leg; II. >. Small, shot
in the stomach, j r. Powell, shot
through the body; J n. Wayland,
clerk in the postoffice, shot in the leg;
George Leigh. clerk in the Peace de
Leon Hotel, flesh wound in the log;
Walter p. HUFF, knocked down aud
ankle badly sprained; Mayor H s.
Trout. shot in the foot; Emmett j.
Small, Of Northwest Roanoke: ] H..
Campbell, Edgar Whaling, G. n
North. O. B. Taylor, William Hall, N.
+. Sparks, T. E. Nells, foot shot off !;
Charley Moten, colored, d colored wo,
man, name unknown, shot in the head;
William Berry, shot in the leg; w II,
Karnes, wounded in right hand, Sarah
Dooley, colored. shot in the hand:
David Kennedy, wounded over the
right eye; NJ. N White. flesh wound
81 "a
in the thigh; n. Dooley, slight wound
III hand; Wilson Wertz, wrist hart.6
Luther Inge, knocked down and leg
broken; H. Sheppard, shot in the leg.
There are probably forty wounded
ii all. but, as many more were re-
moved from the. SCENE Of the conflict 10
their homes and treated there BY ply
sicians who have al yet made no re-
port to the authorities, no nama can
be given, 1t il a little singular that
Of all the killed and wounded not one
Of them participated IN any Of the at
tacks upon the jail. Nearly every one
was shot in front Of the building where
no attack was made
SEARCHING FOR MAYOR AND PRISONER
The mobheld possessions Of the streets
all night, parties searching every por
ton Of the city for Mayor Trout and
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