The evening world., 1894-05-01
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continued rom First Pur.)
i,,l. knot OF officers pressed forward
with coxey in their eeandtr e ee,c rnsy , TeIs
Goxey made his exit from the Capitol
entrance and the cast front.
As he moved away he tossed the
W nspeT men and said: THAT is for the
press
Coxey Not Formally Arrested.
There was no formal arrest Of Coxey.
The officers merely loved him away
from the centre Of conflict. They were
satisfied in having prevented the use Of
d 5hs i Gsp% at9end sseR' de s3r sGSl ' &esen
The open area had been cleared Gen.
Coxey was given unrestrained liberty:
He turned towards lis army. which still
Carl Browne was a shining. mark for
the policemen on account OF his con-
spicuous costume and for the same rea-
son the most aggressive and tumultuous
portion of the crowd followed him. As
he broke through the foliage Of the
half a dozen mounted policemen
barely missing many people, who scat
tered right and left before thin.
right and left before them.
browne Dragged to the station.
When Browne reached the foot Of the
Capitol steps there was a hurried and
exciting dialogue between him and the
Police. which could not be heard
men threw themselves upon Browne,
grabbed his nag. Of peace and smashed
the staff, seized the marshal by the
shoulders and thrust him through the
crowd several hundred feet to the side
walk. 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
b to shsl b,Gv his .n head cou 1s he saq nasno he s6o ef.
Ing: II am an American citizen; I
stand on my constitutional rights" De-
spite his constitutional rights the dra-
matte marshal was dragged to the po-
When the police had escorted Coxey
to his carriage. pushing him by the
ciambered Into the vehicle where his
wife sat with Legal Tender in her
lap, and as he stood there a loud cheer
crowd. Then the policemen seemed to
lose their heads. and falling upon the
luckless colored men and women near
~.
The Amy Moves On.
For a moment the army which. while
"tt it "do pii -oi, a. pNNii ""iNilho
on r street. not knowing what to do,
seemed leaderless and in confusion. al
though the men had not broken ranks in
all the tumult. The honor fell to the
humble bass drummer of rescuing 1t
from confusion. for he started a
rhythmic and regular boom upSn the
step and with Coxey bowling to the
[ cohorts turned down Second street to
new camp in the malarious region by
\ the James Creek Canal. in the extreme
southern part Of the city, near the
Jones Also Arrested.
Christopher Columbus Jones. OF the
Philadelphia contingent, was also ar
He and Browne will be arraigned in
the Police Court.
Disorderly conduct and assaultIns an
charges. but later, al Police Headquarte
ers.. It was stated that the charge would
probably be violation Of the special act
Capitol Grounds. The penalty. under
this act, is a fine not to exceed 800. or
Imprisonment not to exceed sixty days,
Gen. coxey talked to an Associated
Press reporter when he reached the new
camp. II was careful to walk on, the
sidewalk and trespass upon no local
regulations when I went up the steps
movement, that is all. The people are
with us-the common people. Look at
the thousands who cheered our cause
to-day. We shall remain right here:
other bands of unemployed will Join us;
Congress will see the will of the people
and will pass our bills
Record of the Prisoners.
Marshal Browne and Citizen Jones',
who was arrested with him, were
locked up in adjacent cells. The en-
tries in their respective cases were:
Carl Browne. aged forty-four. occu-
patton, artist and journalist single :
charged with disoredrly conduct: COM
plainant Oficer Collin Fathers: arrest
Christopher Columbus Jones, nfty-nine
| charged with disorderiy conduct com
| NJ inant. officer Collin Fathers; arrest
ed by officer Auldridge.
browne Had Il Pistol.
Browne had been relieved when he got
to the police station of a revolver. which
he had attempted to draw on the police
man who arrested him.. This was q COM
mon-looEing affair, and was anything bu!
an effective weapon of offense to all
appearances. browne was asked by a
reporter II he desired to make q state
ment. -,
"I don't wish to say anything until
! hear from the American people," was
This was all that could be gotten
out OF him, and he curled himself up on
the bench in .he corner from which he
had come and turned his face to the
wall.
Citizen Jones heard the answer Of the
, the same query.