The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-18

4 Washington Cot house, O., Oct. H.
Although Jasper Dolby, colored, plead
ed guilty today to outraging Mrs. Mary
C. Boyd. in order to be rushed off to
the penitentiary for protection, he did
not get started in advance Of the in
dignant mobs.
People were 'swarming into the town
all day. The sheriff could not get from
the Jail to the depot after the prisoner
had been sentenced.
A little after O'Clock, the first rush
was made on the courthouse. A crowd
Of determined men attempted to break
in the south door. while another party
charged on the militia at the north
door. Some one threw a stone at Col
onel~Coit, and he cried out that at the
next stone thrown he would order the
men to fire. The crowd at the door
were unable to effect an entrance The
courtyard by this time was filled with
people, and cries Of, "Give US the
nigger" and curses against the militia
nhed the abr. The crowd grew in size
every minute.
Before the firing, Colonel Colt made
g speech. asking the crowd to disperse
but 1t was received with jeers. The
prisoner was FRUSTRATED from fear and
lay crying and moaning.
Fired on BY Military.
Up to this time, Dolby and his
guards had been kept prisoners in the
courthouse by the mob and then they
made an attack.
The military replied, then, without
firing at first, but another onslaught
was made. and the south door was
forced open. This door opens upon the
street, which was filled with men,
women and children. The detachment
of the guard finally fired on the at
facking party. None Of the latter were
hurt but a dozen or more persons in
the street were struck. Two were
killed outright and four more were
1ataaly wounded, one having since died.
Killed:
Smith Welsh, aged Is, son of a prom
inent grocer; shot through the head.
Jesse Juddy, aged rs, mechanic, shot
through the heart
q. w. Johnson, OF Kyles Station, But
Ter county; shot through the stomach.
Wounded:
William Sauer. aged 80, mechanic.
shot In abdomen: Will die.
theodore zimmerman, %, artisan;
Tight thigh.
Dan PARROT, 30. farmer, cousin OF the
outraged woman; shot in the right foot
Frank Niederhaus, IS, shot in left leg:
will die.
Joseph Korn, badly shot in foot.
Ernest Ellis. thumb shot off.
Frank Smith, injuries unknown.
John McHugh, boy; shot in foot and
Will likely die.
1t is believed many others are wound
ed, and a diligent search is in progress
to find them.
Upon the fire, the mob dispersed in
al oirecllons, but soon gathered again
Immediately all places of business in
the city were shut up Mayor Cream
peremptorily closed all places where
liquors were sold. Every street was
filled with people
No time was lost in carving awav
the dead and wounded.
business houses and the engine house
were converted into hospitals All the
surgeons in the city were called into
service. Mothers, sisters, wives and
sweethearts crowded around the dead
ana wounded and added fire to the rage
OF the mob by their lamentations.
Feeling Very Bitter.
Feeling against the military was bit-
ter, vicious and vehement 1t pervaded
all classes.
As time passed the mob grew in size
and fury.
All over the country by telephone
courier and electric wires, the news has
spread ''''9
All the roads leading TO the city were
fiied with men on horseback. in wag-
ons and on foot hurrying with all nos
slpie speed TO the scene of bloodshed.
Meanwhile in Washington court
house a search was going on for arms
ammunition and dynamite.
SHOUTS were heard, Down with tba
military" BLOW up the dogs" and
Along With the black fiend."
These shouts but feebly expressed the
everybody was in the street and all
were members of the mob as far as
personal feeling was concerned. Men
moved about as If bent on business.
but said nothing. There is no doubt
of a purpose to blow I'D the collrt
house. Of this the military are aware.
a full moon lights up every approach
TO the court house. If military rein
forcements do not reach here before
the moon goes down there is danger of
further and greater bloodshed between
an organized armed mob and the mill
tia, and in case the mob succeeds. thera
is danger that many of the militia will
share Dolby's fate.
Additional troops have been ordered
from Cincinnati, Columbus. Chillicothe
and other points.
story of the Crime.
Dolby's crime was committed one
week ago at PARROTS station. Mrs
Mary c. Boyd, aged So. was his victim.
He was brought into court at 4 O'Clock
this afternoon. pleaded guilty and was
sentenced TO twenty years in the pen
itentary. An angry mob gathered
about the Jail yesterday afternoon. af-
ter Dolby had been identified by his
victim, and Sheriff Cook called TO his
assistance the local militia company.
This action increased the fury against |
Dolby, and Governor Mckinley was
appealed 10 for additional assistance |
and troops from Columbus were sent
here this morning, Colonel Colt in
command. The mob surrounded the
jail and court house, attempting TO
take Dolby from the officers when he |
was removed from the jail to the court |
house for trial, but they Were kept at |
bay by the use Of bayonets and
dubbed guns.
0mfnous at Midnight.
Henry Kirk, the brother-ir1-law of /
the assaulted woman, was thrown |
iown the steps of the court house and |
badly bruised. Another man was bay-
oneted through the finger, while a /
bayonet was thrust through the clothes |
of another. Deputies. with revolvers |
drawn, guarded their prisoner in the |
court room. Dolby cried like a baby /
end kept looking around for help Sol |
diers were marched in to keep the |
crowd quiet. After the sentence the |
prisoner was taken TO the grand jury |
room, A mob gathered about the |