Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-10
CoxH cAPIuRED.


The Leader OF the co.nmonweaI and His
Lieutenant Arrested While attempting
to Enter the National Capitol
WASHINGTON, May 2-The common
veal army was astir early yesterday
upon Brightwood heights with prepare
tions for the great procession to the
capitol Ali the men carried slaves on
which huttered white flags with the
motto: Peace on earth, good will to
men, but death to interest on bonds !"
The first delegation to join the pro-
cession was the J. S. Coxey club 1t
consisted of 125 men. mostly bricklay-
ers, who met the army at Boundary
street. the old limits of the city
At Thomas circle Marshal Browne
ordered a slight halt for a rest, while
the men gave three cheers for peace. !"
The police dashed up and upon their
command the army promptly moved
on. The commonwealers turned into
Pennsylvania avenue about 1918 and
as the opening was reached solid
| front of mounted policemen was seen
They stretched from curb to curb.
| making ingress toward the capitol i'm
possible. Coxey sprang from his car
| riage and made his way back toward
| the entrance to the capitol A howl
| ing mob was on his heels but the flank
movement was appreciated
Browne followed, bearing his banner.
The rank and file of the army stood in
the street The squad of police sud-
denly discovered that Coxey had turned
back. Quickly the officers spurred
through the crowd after Coxey and
Browne. Coxey had slipped through
the struggling mass, and before any
| he Of
front entrance to the capitol He was
recognized. Then the officers closed
in above him and his further passage
was barred.
Capt Garden quietly took Coxey by
| the left arm and Lieut.. Kelly took him
by the right. Again the mounted po-
lice charged; the crowd surged and it
looked as though there would be trou-
BILE. But the little knot of officers
pressed forward with Coxey in the cen
| ter They were satisfied in having
prevented the use of the capitol fol
Coxey's speech and attendant demon
| stration
When the way had been cleared
Coxey was given unrestrained liberty.
He turned toward his army, which
stood on B street Carl Browne was q
shining mark for the policemen on ac
count of his conspicuous costume, and
| from the same 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 mounted police charged after
him across the grounds, escaping by &
miracle from running down any of the
people, who scattered right and left be
fore them
When Browne reached the foot Of
the capitol steps there was hurried
and exciting dialogue between hin
and the police, which could not be
heard through the uproar. Then two
| policemen threw themselves upoI
| Browne, grabbed his flag of peace and
smashed the staff. seized Browne by
the shoulders and thrust him through
| the crowd several hundred feet to the
sidewalk. Clubs were seen descending
upon mems shoulders in the group, but
whether Browne was hit could not be
seen.
AS the two officers rushed him
! through the crowd he was seen trying
to shelter his head, as though he ex
pected blows and could be heard shout
ing: ~ am an American citizen;
stand on my constitutional rightsP
Despite his constitutional rights, the
dramatic marshal was dragged to the
| police station.
Jesse Coxey led the army back t.
camp, his whitehead sister, the Goodies:
of Peace, retaining her courage admir-
ably.
Late in the afternoon Brownies bal
was fixed at $500. Mrs Emily Briggs
wealthy resident of this city, and
| Mrs Anna Hahn, a prominent labor
| sympathizer, undertook the bond and
| the chief marshal was set free.
Coxey said he was well satisfied with
what had transpired during the day.
He believed that the fact that the com
mon people of the United States, rep
resented by his followers, had been de
MED the right peaceably to assemble
and state their grievances, would
be heralded throughout the land
and would result in bring.
ing many thousands of the
unemployed to this city. He still ad
vised peace and declared that he be.
lieved his two bills would be passed by
congress inside of two or three weeks
There was a large crowd about the
camp during the evening. and large
detail of police was posted there to pre-
| vent disorder.