San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-10
CHICAGO THUGS TERRORIzE THE
POLLS AND THREATEN THEIR
VICTIMS.
Police Captains and Inspectors I'm
plicated and Justice Goes IN
avenged While Honest
Men Are Shot Down
in Defense of the
Ballot.

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toughs while watching the count
ing of ballots in the 23rd ward,
promises to develop into a cele-
brated case. Indignation is high.
In nearly every ward on the north
side meetings Were held last night
to protest against the election day
outrage and to pledge united ac-
ton to avenge the death Of brave
Gus Colander, who died in defense
of the ballot. Fevered speeches
demanding reparation both in the
courts and at the polls were ap-
plauded by Democrats and Repub-
licans alike, regardless OF past
party strife or affliction.
The facts brought to light by the
police drawing a net to indicate
more conclnsively that the Market
street gang" otherwise known as
the "O'Malley gang" had formed a
deliberate plot, not only to seize
the ballot boxes of several precincts
by main force, but to kill the judges
and clerks if necessary. 1t is known
that the members of the "gang,"
all of whom have more or less un.
savory regulations, held number
of meetings in the rear of a Market
street saloon, have plan no less
perfect than the Cronin murderers.
The recorder says today that office
holders were in communication
il not in direct collision with the
gang that they had promised its
members immunity from police
interference, and that they had
paid the livery bills for the car
riages that were used before and
after the murder of Colander. Ii
the facts which were limited at
can be proven the case will furnish
most sensational developments and
the names of persons high in office
will be dragged into it. 1t is also
evident that the bravadO of the
gang is not yet broken. Its men,
bers, who are still at large and re-
ly on the promised protection, have
shown their hand several times by
appearing to threaten the lives Of
men who are supposed to have in
side information of their doing. f.
M. Dickson, the Republican chal-
lenger at the polling place, ll3 Illi-
nois street, who was beaten almost
to death, was approached by two
men on Thursday as he lay in his
room, at IL Clark street, and was
ordered to keep silent as to his
knowledge of the "gang" under
pain of death. Shortly afterward
he was taken away by his friends,
and the report that he was dead
was subsequently published in or
der to throw his Iursuers off the
track. He lies at the home Of his
physician, where he is being
watched closely Fears are enter
tanned that bruises which he re-
ceived will ultimately cause his
death. With this in view the COM
mIttee visited Mr.. Dickson and
took a full statement OF his knowl-
edge OF the gang and the facts
which led to the attack on the poll
ing place where he was stationed.
The men captured Thursday, with
the exception of "Jack" Dougherty,
whose connection with the case
could not be established, are still
locked up at the station. So far
they have refused to say a word,
which will show that they were
concerned in the gangs raid. The
men the police want most are John
Santry, "Major" Sappon, "Uncle"
Lynch and Frank Conley. Inspec-
tor Shack is certain that Santry
was the man who was shot through
the body and that he must be in a
very bad condition, if he is still
living at all but the police thus
far do not seem to have located
him. "Eddy" O'Brien, who is as
serted to have fired the fatal
shot, was arrested last night.
The civic federation has al
ready gone vigorously into the
work of prosecuting the gang. 1t
began to collect it's evidence yes.
terday and no effort will be spared
to convict those who are guilty.
No warrants will be sworn out,
however, until the police have done
what they can to find the men
wanted. Inspector Shack says he
is perfectly willing to capture such
men as he can turn them over for
prosecution. He thinks the great
difficulty will be in getting the
necessary identification for the men
who were implicated in the murder
Of CoIander, although it will be a
comparatively easy matter to pick
out the ones who were concerned
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