The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-31
A RIOT In CHARLESTON.
The STATE coNSTA5tES SAVED BY
TIE POLICE

The STATE coNsTA5IEs SAVED BY
TIE POLICE
From Body Of Angry Cl::zecs, Who
Wanted TO LTnch Them-One Man
wounded-AL Lawyer Sent to the S'st:on
House.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 25.-The
prediction that the enforcement OF tne
amended Dispenssry Act would result
in bloodsheG was very nearly Eerlueo
yesterday af,ar-oon, wneL yanoel,
horst street V s packed with croWo
OF citizens aDEs:e'. at a bGlng rnmof
that ooe of the consrablss, while rala-
Ing the grocery store OF L. NoiSe, az
s6 Vando1horSt street, had struck tie
wife oitbe proprietor. The charge was
one which never fails to excite the
righteous indignation Of men &c ti:s
highest pitch, and when to it IS aoced
the an,mosity which is directed TO-
wards the law aud tae Dltter nat!eo
with which the consta6les are regarded
by many people, there Is tistie "oDoer
that the passion of the crowd rose al
most to frenzy and MADE the people
wild IL their desire to see the alleged
perpetrator of such oastaro1y oeeo
brought to swift justice.
II seems that the raid on Mr.. Note s
place was not premeditated one, and
few people knew it was IN progress un-
til there was coupled with the an
nouncement the rumor that the pro-
prietor's wife had been struck by the
constable. Then the crowd began 10
gather. People poured into Vanoor-
horst street from every nelgnooflns
thoroughfare, and in less time almost
than It takes 10 tell it the space. SIDE.
walk ana roadway, between klng and
Coming streets, was mass OF human
ity. TIE windows of the houses were
open and hundreds of beads OF women
and children lnoksd down on the scene
Mr.. Nol.e himself was away from
home when the raid was made, ana re-
turned with the gathering CROWD. he
rushed for the entrance Of his store,
asking for the man who had struck nls
wife. Chief of Police Martin sno
Lieut.. J. II. Fordham rode up III the
heat of the excitement. AS CHIEF Mar
tin reached the front of the premises
Constable Elliott was pointed OUT as
the man against whom the charges
were preferred. Mr. Nolte started TO-
ward the constable and Chief Martln
interposed, with q request to know
what was occasioniug the disturbance:
He vas told that Mr.. Notes Wife nae
)een struck by constable. be turned
to MIR. Nolte and asked did he prefer
such charge, and then he ordered the
people. who By this time were owded
around. to move off while he attended
to the matter. He was then told by
Mr.. Nolte that Constable Elliott was
rhe accused man. and the chief arrest
ed the constable himself.
In the meantime the crowd was get
ting larger and more excited. The de-
monstratioDs which were at first con-
fined to mutterings OF vengeance
against a man who would do Such q
deed as that of which the constable was
charged, began to be more openly ano
loudly expressed. The bitterest ian
euage was begun now to bs heard
There was an excited crowding OF the
people towards the door Of the grocery
where the chief of police and his prls'
oner were.
At this time thefre squsd Of she po
lice department was ordered out &c
clear the street and the sidewalks. and
subsequently they were reinforced bJ
half a dozen other policemen. Ihe
crowd was in very excited conclllo1
and held their ground or only gave
way temporarily before the ohceTs
long after Constable Elliott had beer
conducted to the Guard House BY
Chief Martin. At the Guard HOUSE
Constable Elliott remained for some
hours until Trial Justice Milan coulc
be sent for. The case will probably
come up in that Court to-day.
A reporter called upon Mi. Noits
and asked for a statement regardlns
the incidents Of the raid. MIR. Nclte
said: 81 was not at home when INT
raid took place. When l got there
found Elliott ard six CT mora spies
around my Place. My wife polnteSI
out Elliott as the man who nad sErucE
her. I would have shot him, out oie
not nave my pistol with me. as sooL
as I heard tbs spies were at my place
sent for Mr.. Le,,are, who is my lawyer
for advice. rs gse there just as Chic
Martin and Lieut.. FoIdham arrived
and demanded that Elliott and the 9th
er spies be arrested, Nearly tTo han
dred of Ny frieEds were present, 81:
we did not see ft to use force. Is tnl!
law to compel Us to stand iolv by SIX
eea nnr homes raiOsd and our famlne:
assaulted9"
A re. orser saw Constable Elliott a
the Station House and asked him no"
the disturbance had arisen. he sait
he was DasslDg Mr.. Notes place and
negro said to him be had tt.tter rald II
Hes sa.o he would and went ID. Mfs
Nolte met him aid told HIM there wa
no LIQUOR in there. and that he coult
not 90 in. He replied that he was al
officer In the discharge of his duty, aDt
passed BY her. He said that ne neVe
dre AIMED of such thing as striking
woman. and be believed that anyoD'
who knew him would acquit him Q
such charge. -.
Ii vas impossible to see Mis-. Nolt'
y PERSONALLY, but a general outline CT he
Staten ent in regard TO the raid was 90
tairtd f,Gm what she is reported T.
have sald when charges were lodge
against Constable Elliott. After n
was taken to the Station Mrs. Noit
and her husband came to prefer cnar
ees against him. It is reported tina
Mrs. Not said that Constable EHlot
came into the grocery and wanted Z
search the place. She told him that q
hauor was kept or concealed on th
premises, and objected to bis going an
further, aud that 1t was then that tn
constable struck her and passed on {
complete the raid. The raid took plac
at about 8 o'clock In the afternoon, bu
it was several hours before the last o
the crowd dispersed.
No liquor was found Oh the Nolt
premises, and it is generally believe
that the raid was al impromptu afalI
The fac, that there were DO pollceme
on the ground when it begun looks q
though the chief of police had no. cee
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