The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-12
MUROEROUS RIOT.
The New Orleans Mob Again
Attacks Negro Workmen.
Armed With Winchesters They
Shoot Them Down.
FOUR SURELY KILLED.
The Negroes Plunge Into the
River to Escape.
They Were Totally Unprepared
for the Attack.
HAT ENEY FNFEl IND VnT EfU
VOLLEY AFTERVO
Bullets Are Rained Upon tn
Defenseless Blacks.
Members of the Mob Filling Up
on Liquor.

NEW ORLEANS March 12.-The levee
front from Louisiana avenue to Mande-
vile street is in the hands of an armed
mob The police with their scattered
numbers are powerless and unable to
cope with the armed working men. Two
men have been killed, while several
others have been wounded as result of
attacks which have been made upon the
negroes. The white men are completely
in control of things and have declared
that no negro shall appear upon the
levee front AS result of this all work
on the levee is practically at standstill,
while not negro can be seen among the
shipping.
The work of rioting and bloodshed be-
gan this morning at o'clock and re-
suited in the killing of Two men and a
wholesale discharge of firearms in two
different sections of the city. After
o'clock last evening, though there was
intense excitement along the levee and
many drunken men were present, there
were no deeds of violence. The police
were massed in the sixth precinct police
station and had remained there all night
under command of Acting Chief of Po-
lice John Journee.
Everything was reported quiet and
they were hopeful that everything would
remain so, when there came message.
! that dozen men had been killed in front
| of jackson square and that a terrible riot
was in progress. The police were at once
hustled into the patrol wagons which
were at the station and were hurried
away to the scene of trouble.
Shot In the Mouth.
They had barely time when Sergeant
Richard Walsh, in command of the pre-.
cinct heard a volley of shots from the
direction of the levee in front of the
station. The morning was exceptionally
foggy, and when Sergeant Walsh heard
the shooting, he rushed to the scene.
Among the freight cars on the Ievee be-
| tween Phillip and First streets, he found
a crowd of negroes. They surrounded
their wounded companion. The mans
head was covered with blood. He was
shot in the mouth. The negro, who was
unknown, was taken to the station.
Those who were about declare that he
was crossing the levee when a mob
came along and fired volley into them
killing him instantly. When the negroes
body was removed, the sergeant and a
squad of officers went up the levee and
found mob of $50 men armed with
Winchester rifles and other guns. They
marched along the levee up to Eighth
street and theu back on the Choupitoulas
street to jackson and then dispersed, ac-
cording to what seemed prearranged
plans.
Armed With Winchesters.
At Washington street they were ac-
costed by Sergeant Walsh, who recog-
nized most of the men. Among the
leaders was man from down
town named Walter Owens The
mob was fully $50 strong and armed with
shot guns and Winchester rifles They
were sober and acted with deliberation.
On the levee Port Warden McCuben was
seen. He declared that he bad been up
all night and reported the occurrences.
| He said all the men were from down
town and did not belong to the screw
men.
At $50 everything up town was COM
paratively quiet, with very few weapons
in sight All negroes had left the levee
and not one could be seen anywhere.
The mob deposited their shot guns and
rifles in the bar rooms in the vicinity.
While this was going on, the vicinity of
the French market was in excitement
a Bloody Riot.
A bloody riot had occurred there.
Four negroes had been shot and one
caribbean killed The trouble occurred
on the levee at the landing of the Har-
rison line of steamships. opposite the
jackson square.
In the fog which prevailed mob of
one hundred armed men got through the
guards of police and opened fire on the
negroes who were at work. They fed in
} terror, some jumping into the river.
Those who ran across the levee in the
direction of the square were subjected
: to deadlysvolley. The shots seemed to
come from doorways, windows. galleries
and streets. Look where they would,
the negroes saw pistols and heard re-
ports as the revolvers were discharged.
Each man then ran in a different direc-
ton and the poor creatures seemed panic
stricken.
Stones and Clubs Used.
Those in the crowd of whites. who
were not armed with revolvers, picked
up stones, clubs and other improvised
weapons and attacked the crowd OF
negroes. Even the most venturesome OF
the blacks could not stand this and they
l fed. Those seen by reporter say that
, it is impossible to state how many were
2 shot They did not see anybody fall, bat
? know from the yells and cries that some
of their comrades had been hit