The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-05-03

Hurried signals were passed from
Co1ey 10 Browne 1t was clear thew
would not be thus led willingly away.
Half block up B street Brown halted
his column and dismounted. he
turned over his horse to an attendant.
then he went to Coxey's carriage and
spoke to the gentleman. Coxey turned
| to get out, but his wife tried to re-.
strain him. He paused and kissed
her. Then he sprapg from his car
riage and made his way back toward
the entrat ce to the capitol. ~ howl
ing mob was on his Peels as the flank
movement was appreciated. Browne
followed, bearing bis banner. The
rank and file of the army stood in the
! street. The squad of police suddenly
discovered that CoXey had turned
back. Quickly the officers spurred
their horses through the crowd after
Coxey and Browne. The two had
found b street impossible. Coxey
sprang TO the heavy stone paling,
which surrounds the foliage of the
east front of the capitol grounds, and
with bound cleared the fence and
was lost amid the tangled shrubbery.
Browne followed.
The mob shouted with their disap-
pearance. The police we're not TO be
daunted by this escape to the shrub
berry. The first officer, mounted on a
fine bay, refined his horse to the stone
fence and then horse and rider cleared
the fence and dashed into the shrub
berry. The other mounted officers fol-
lowed, Small trees, bushes and flower
beds went down before the sweep of
police and the yelling crowd which
followed. CoXey and Browne lodged
through the bushes to the open area
at the east front. Here blue coated
mass awaited the oncomers. There
was crash as the tugitives, officers
and mob from the street met the wall
of officers and people in the open.
The onslaught was so sudden that the
officers broke for a moment. People
surged and shouted. Coxey and
Browne were lost for the moment
The policemen stemmed the rus
after minute, during which one off.
Ger used his baton freely. In the in
tense excitement OF the rush Coxey
had slipped unobserved through the
struggling mass and before anyone
knew it was bounding up the east
front entrance to the capitol He was
up to the tenth step before he was
recognized. Then the officers gathered
about him and his further passage
was barred.
The crowd now recognized him and a
shout went up from every corner of
the vast tassemblage. Coxey turned to
the crowd and raised his hat He was
slightly pale. Captain Garden of the
capitol police stepped to the side of
him and Lieutenant Kelly of the city
police was at the other arm. The
officers formed solidly about him. The
crowd below was kept back by menac-
ing clubs.
"What do you want to do here?"
asked Captain Garden.
II wish to make an address," re-
sponded General CoXey, his voice
showing intense emotion.
"But you cannot do that" said Cap
tain Garden quietly but firmly.
Then can | read protest2" asked
Coxey.
There was moments hesitation.
He drew from his pocket type writ.
ten manuscript and began to unfold
it. There was movement among the
officers. Captain Garden quietly took
Coxey by the left arm and Lieutenant
Kelly took him by the right arm.
They moved down the steps, the solid
flank of officers following. Coxey was
thus impelled downward and forward.
He was not pulled or put under arrest
but firmly pushed away.
At the foot of the steps the great
crowd greeted CoXey and the officers
with storm of shouts Again the
mounted officers charged. the crowd
snrged and for a time ii looked as
though there would be trouble. But
the little knots of officers pressed for
ward to see Coxey flanked by the
mounted officers. Thus Coxey made
his exit from the capitol entrance at
the east front. AS he moved away he
tossed the typewriter protest to the
group of newspaper men and said:
THAT is for the press"
There was no formal arrest OF Coxey,
The officers merely moved him away
from the centre of the conffioU They
were satisfied in having prevented the
use of the capitol for Coxey's speech
and its attendant demonstration.
When the arena had been cleared Gen.
eral CoXey was given unrestrained
liberty. He turned towards his army,
which stood still on b street.
Carl Browne was shining mark for
the police on account of his costume,
and for that reason the most aggres-
sive and tumultuous portion OF the
crowd followed him. As he broke
through the foliage of the lawn half a
dozen police charged after him across
the grounds, and he escaped by q
miracle from running down any OF the
people who scattered right and left
before them.
When Browne reached the steps
there was hurried and exciting dia-
logue between him aud the police
which could not be heard through the
uproar. Two policemen threw them.
selves upon Browne, grabbed his flag
of peace and smashed the staff,
seized Brown by the shoulders and
thrust him through the crowds
several hundred feet to the sidewalks.
Clubs were seen descending upon
mems shoulders in the group, but
whether Browne was hit could not be
seen. AS the two officers rushed
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