Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19

was soon checked by the militia.
The pctersburg Grays again vs'tsa
Rovdtou on January II. 1891. AZ an escor'
Tor John Irving. This time the troops
were on duty for ten days. They returneu
| 10 Petersburg with the prisoner on ,s sne
afternoon OF Monday. January %, io'';
Company ID. Fourth Regiment, OF
Hampton, Captain Hope. was caheu 90 20
Elizabeth City Courthouse. February 70;
1891. by a summons from the Shcfhl "
that county. to guard a prisoner VINO VINO
was in danger OF being iyncneu' Inv
order was promptly complied witn'
The Petersburg Grays were on .ns
1sth of March called to Nottowhy ,oois
house Cor the second time 10 sua,o a.'
protect from Iynching the negro prisoner
ytv.l,.r Iohnson. shortly after the ar
rival OF the company the prisoner was
remanded to Petersburg for trial, ana was
escorted there by the Grays'
THE MUscoE CASE,
Captain Thomas Kellar. commanding
| Company ID, Monticello Guards, had ms
| command under arms. by order or tne
| MAYOR of Charlottesville. on the morning
| of April q, 1891. and had them present III
| the execution OF William Muscoe, 10 pre-
| vent disorder
| Company G, Second Regiment, Captain
| Il. A. Rives, stationed at Roanoke, were
ordered out by the Mayor OF that Guy
on saturday night, July %. 1891, at 10
o,c,ock TO resist an attack by mob
10 lynch one John Smith, murderer.
The command responded promptly, ana
remained under arms during the night
| ON Sunday night. they were again as
| sembled. about $50 o'clock, and remained
under arms the rest OF the night. Inc
next morning the prisoner was removed
| to LynchburS. ,oo,
ON the evening OF October IL, 1871, q
marty OF negroes visited Clifton Forge,
| became very riotous. and successfully re-
sisted arrest by the civil authorities. one
| constable was killed, and another wound
ed by the negroes. Later four OF the
rioters were arrested and locked up Du-
| ring the night three of them were taken
| out by a mob and hanged. Inc Mohtlceio
| Guards were ordered TO Cllfton forse
| by Governor Mckinney, and responder
| promptly. Everything was quiet on thelt
arrival, and they returned nome on inc
| first train
THE ROANOKE RIOT.
On the morning OF September 90 1888,
| about 10 O'Clock. II was discovered '''
| n market woman had been murderousiS
| assaulted by a negro in a basemen'-rool'
| under a low dive in Roanoke. Inc cur
| prit was arrested shortly Afterwards anu
| brought back to the scene OF the CRIME
| In the mean while mob mad cohgte-
| gated and an attempt was made to Nhch
| him. Detective Baldwin, who had maze
| the arrest. succeeded in getting his prls"
| oner to the city jail. where he was
| locked up. The mob soon congregateu
| around the jail and demanded the prs
| oner Mayor Trout, the commonwealth
| Attorney, and Police Justice talked u
| them and succeeded In pacifying them
| for a time. They returned. however anu
| clamored for the prisoner. The situation
| becoming desperate, Mayor Trout issueu
| an order about 2 o'clock in the day or
dering Captain Bird, of Company @, 10
assemble his company at once and protect
| the prisoner against mob violence. Al t'SV
o'clock, with sixteen men, Captain BRO
reported at the Jail. and at $50 O'Clock an
! additional fifteen men reported. making
a total of thirty-one men on duty. Ihey
were placed inside the jail. The crowd be-
came more and more excited. About TO
| O'Clock about 200 horsemen from Bote-
| tourt, the county of the assaulted woman,
rode up to the jail, and from that time on
| the greatest disorder prevailed. Captain
| Bird having called In the guards formed
! his men at the different entrances TO the
| building. some OF whom were on the IN
| side. some In front, and others protecting
the entrance 20 the second floor corridor,
where the prisoner had been placed.
The mob, finding their attempt against
the guard In front Of the building was
without avail marched UP and down the
street. begging others to Join them, which
was willingly done.
They then marched to the side entrance
where they made the first attack on the
building Captain Bird had placed one
man at a window who reported that an
| attempt was being made TO break In
there. The Captain Immediately went Ia
the window and called to the men who
| were assembled outside that they must
| 20 back, which was replied 10 by a
| stone crashing through the glass. A re-
| enforcement OF three men was then or
| dered to the window, and the mob was
| again enjoined against violence. After
repeating. Go back. 60 back" Captain
Bird called out to them: Men, / give
you fair warning; my guns are loaded
with ball cartridgesr' There was another
crash OF stone In the upper sash OF
| the window. followed by two pistol shots
from the outside. Then II was that Cap
tain Bird gave the command to fire.
| From two TO three rounds were fired by
| the military. who were exposed 10 the
exterior. The fire was generally returned
| by the mob from all sides. and as a
result of the whole, fifteen citizens were
! killed outright and twenty were wounded
This caused them to dispense temporarily
but they again assembled more Infatuated
than before. In the mean time. the mill
tary had retired, as the prisoner had
| been spirited away.
| The feeling against the Mayor and mill
tia was strong for while. but In a few
days all disorder and animosity subsidized.
DANVILLE AGAIN.
The Danville Grays and Blues, under
command of Captain J. Paul Taylor. were
ordered out on Sunday morning. Septem-
Der II, 1892, at 200 o'clock to resist an
attack on the Jail threatened by a mob
! The two companies alternated in doing
guard duty. until at ll:So T.. NJ. Sunday
! Information was received that q crowd
numbering 100 or more had formed IN
! North Danville. and would make an at
| tack on the Jail. A line was quickly
! thrown across Patton street, the route by
which the mob would naturally APP
proach to the Jail, and with fixed bayonets
awaited the oncoming of the invaders
! When the mob came up, they were or
|
| manded them TO disperse. At first little
attention was paid to this command. The
crowd continued TO increase, and, by
order OF the Mayor. two men. supposed
to be the ringleaders, were arrested. Both
OF these men were armed. Peace was
then restored and no further demonstra-
tons OF attack were made. save that the
city was thrown into darkness by the
shutting off of the water power by which
the electric-lighting machinery was ope'
rated
At $3.50 7. NJ. Tuesday. the 10Th, every
thing being quiet. the military was dis
missed.
In his report TO the Governor Captain
Taylor said: when the mob were loudly
clamoring for the negro, the soldiers stooC
their ground uninchingy. and with g
firm determination TO uphold the law al
any cost
RECENT CALLS.
In the early days of Governor OFFER
rails administration Company +, Second
! Regiment, Captain Mushbach. was called
out to protect the Manassas fiends," "a
they were known. and did some very
hard service. Later the Monticello
Guards, of Charlottesville, and Company
C, OF Harrlsonburg, were ordered tC
stanton 10 assist Company X, OF tins