The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-19
THE MILITIA GONE.
Excitement Has subsidized at
Washington Courthouse.
BITTERNESS AGAINST SOLDIERS.
The shot People Called Out by Alarm
OF Fire-Four Men KILLED, Others
Dying.

WAsHrSsToS COURTHOUSE. O.. Oct. IS
This place Is as quiet as though riosing
and bloodshed had never been seen within
its borders The withdrawal Of the last
detachment of soldiers acted like sooth-
ing potion upon the half-crszei people.
William Samm died tonight, which in
creases the list of killed 10 four Theodore
zimmerman Is dying. and r. l. Niiter-
house can hardly survive until morning.
Little George Heating whose injuries were
at first thought TO be surely fatal, may
recover, but ne will be horribly MANNED.
WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE. o.. Oct. is
The feeling against Col. Colt and his
troops Was so intense this morning that
had they remained in town. further riot
ing and bloodshed could not have been
avoided. Charges will be preferred against
him By responsible citizens, and . court
martial will be asked. Indignation
against Sheriff Cook is as fierce as against
Col. Colt Leading Republicans are cir
eulating petitions asking Cooks removal
from the Republican ticket, upon which
he Is a candidate for reelection II is be-
Iieved that there would have been no
trouble whatever had the militia not been
called out. No word in defense Of fhe
guards who fired last night can be heard.
They shot without warning into a public
street crowded with people, most of whom
had been called out by an alarm of fire.
and were returning horne. When it broke
out the streets were comparatively de-
serted. and not more than $50 were abolt
the courthouse. The fronts of buildings
facing south from the courthouse show
the effects of the fusillade in broken glass
and shattered masonry.
Twenty-four people were wounded,
among them two women. One boy was
killed outright. two men have since died
of injuries, and three more are fatally
hurt.
Gov. Mckinley was appealed to this
morning to remove the troops still re-
manning, and at 1870 be ordered the First
regiment TO return 10 Cincinnati, which
they did at IL 80 There is now no guard
at the jail or courthouse. The latter is
filed with curious people, but there Is no
danger of further violence.
COLUMBUS Oct. IS.-Jasper Dolby the
negro sentenced a. Washington Court
house to twenty years imprisonment for
criminal assault on Mrs. Mary c. Boyd, an
aged white woman. was landed in the
penitentiary at o'clock this morning. He
was escorted by Sheriff Cook and Deputy
Busick. accompanied on the train by
troops. The prisoner was taken from the
train at DennIson avenue and walked to
prison. The military remained in the
cars and were carried TO the union station.
A reporter who came with the train
says that after midnight things quieted
down. The citizens had nearly all gone
home. yet many people stood on neighbor-
ing corners until a much later hour dis.
cussing the affair. The militia, until $50
a. M, numbered less than 100 men.
Against the hundreds of men called into
or about the courthouse this small band
had to keep up a determined front for
twelve or fifteen hours. Finally the First
regiment from Cincinnati and two com-
panies of the Fourteenth at Columbus ar
rived about $3.50 a. m. A square was
formed by the men of the Fourteenth and,
escorted by the First. the line Of march for
the cars was taken up. the negro being
within the square. The prisoner was in
the courthouse about twelve hours, the
officers not daring to attempt TO return
him 10 Jail after sentence had been passed.
Just before the troops LETT. the death of
G. W. Johnson, or Mac" Johnson, was
announced. making three deaths. He
lived at Kyles, Butler county. O. Frank
Niederhouse. aged 20. shot in the leg and
suffering amputation, cannot survive. He
was the only prominent citizen injured.
Theodore Armenian, aged p, was at last
accounts still in critical condition.
The prisoner stated to the prison officials
that he was not guilty. but entered the
plea OF guilty because he had been informed
that he was TO be mobbed. He vas clearly
identified by his victim.
Gov. Mckinley, being asked about the
affair, said: 1.-The act speaks for itself.
Troops were sent 70 act in aid Of the civil
authorities, who were poweriess to queil q
mob that was seeking TO overthrow the
law and its orderly administration" The
governor says he will no. leave Ohio as
long as there is possibility OF trouble.
He ha. Cancelled his engagements at Lou
isville and Nashville.