Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-07
PICNIC TURNED INTO RIOT.
SHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF DRUNKEN MEN.
They Descend Upon Party of Innocent Pleas ure Makers and Scene of Blood
 shed Follows.

English, Ind, July 6.-As a result of riot at picnic given by German Ro- man Catholics at Siberia, Perry county, Thursday afternoon, three persons are dead, five fatally wounded and fifty seri- ously hurt. A desperate fight, which lasted for an hour, was precipitated by gang of local roughs, whose numbers were augmented by an additional force from the swamp locality along the Ohio river.
 They came to the picnic inflamed with whisky and armed with clubs and knives and started a fight in which 1000 persons engaged. Many of the injured are women and children, for it seems that the in- truders spared neither sex or age.
 The district is very wooded and lonely. The little place beasts of a few strag- gling houses and a Roman Catholic church, the congregation of which is composed of Germans. They are simple, inoffensve people, but have been greatly annoyed recently by persons opposed to their religion.
 Thursday they planned to enjoy great picnic in the woods surrounding the yil- lage. The entire population turned out to attend and all went smoothly enough till several gangs of disturbers appeared on the scene and began to make trouble. There were a number of booths on the grounds, where intoxicants were served. These were literally patroniZed by the in- truders, who soon began to insult the Germans and their wives.
 A priest present counseled his people to avoid trouble if possible, and pay no attention to the jeers of the half-drunkeu marauders. Mistaking this tolerance Tor cowardce, the intruders became bolder, and soon precipitated fight. which in a few moments assumed the proportions or a desperate riot in which everybody took part Clubs chairs and beer bottles were brought into play. and the peaceful picnic was immedia tely transformed into great group of struggling men and screaming women.
 Samuel Wilson, leader of the outsiders, was armed with huge knife, which he Wielded on every side, stabbing or cut ting many persons. He was finally op- posed by sturdy German, who was more than a match for him until Wilson plunged the knife into him, and the man fell back, the blood squirting from ghastly wound. His wife, rendered des- perate by the sight, sprang through the crowd and dealt Wilson terrible blow with beer bottle, crushing his skull.
 During the melee one of the intruders kicked a woman about to become moth- er killing her child and fatally injpring her. Women fought beside their hus- bands. and screaming children were kicked aside us they sought to save their parents from injury. It soon became ap- parent to the attacking party that they would be annihilated if the fight contin- ued, and after their leader was laid low they retreated, leaving three of their number on the ground for dead.
 Dr. Lomax, surgeon of the White Sul- phur We'll, and his two assistants were Kept busy all night caring for the wound ed. Dr. Lamox states that he saw fifty four injured, and that he believes several of them will die. A courier sent for sup plies for the surgeons stated that three persons were dead, all members of the picnic party, and Wilson, the leader of the rioters, cannot live