The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-13
NEGROES shot like DOCS
New Orleans ROustabOuts Murdered
by Mob of White Men.
POLICE BADLY FRIGHTENED
The Bold Protectors OF Peace in the Cres.
cent City Are Paralyzcd with Fear.
A Scene OF Unparalleled
Brutality.

New Orleans, March 12.-Another
bloody riot occurred along the levee
this morning. The scene of the con-
flict was on the river front between
Ann and Decatur streets. Three men
We're killed outright while number
were wounded.
The killing was done by a mob of
white men numbering about 200, who
Were armed with pistols and Winches-
ter rifles The negroes were about to
start to work on the steamer Engineer,
lying at that point when white men
approached from all directions. All
We're armed and many took positions
behind box cars and poured volley
| upon volley into the negroes. Those
who We're on the scene say that 1t re-
minded them of battlefield, so fast
and furious was the firing. The
| negroes We're given no quarter, and
were shot down like dogs. Not only
were the darkies shot down, but sew
eral innocent persons suffered.
| Among those killed was Jules elise
| Carabee, a shoemaker, who happened
| to be in the vicinity. James Bane, the
| purser of the Engineer, was standing
| ON the levee near his ship when the at
| tack was made, and he received four
| wounds, three in the head and another
in the arm. He was fired upon by sew
eral men, who aimed over the heads of
| three policemen, who were kneeling be-
hind some freight just on the edge of
| the wharf His wounds may prove
| fatal.
AS near as can be stated the shooting
| fn, af n
| this morning. There was a dense fog
prevailing and this afforded the white
men an excellent chance to do their
bloody work. At the time there We're
only six policemen on the scene, and
| there were no arrests made, as the po-
| lice were as badly frightened as the
| negroes. The attackers We're COM
posed of two parties. A large number
| of men appeared at the corner of De-
| catur and equally as large a mob came
from the corner at st. Ann street
| Officers Were pOwcricss.
Corporal Devanney who was in
charge of the handful of policemen, or
dered the mob to disperse, but no at
tention was paid to him, and the mob
began to grow larger every minute.
| Il
a startling effect on the men. The first
report was followed by five or six
shots, and then the firing became gen.
eral The smoke and the fog combined
/ made the scene almost as dark as
night. The negroes were on board the
ship and had just raised the tarpautin
off of hatch No. 2 when the attack was
made. They were taken completely by
surprise and their cries were pitiful.
| Many sought refuge aboard the ship
while some ran down the wharf and
made their escape. One negro. 1t is
stated, jumped under the wharf 1t Is
impossible to estimate the number of
shots fired, but is it said there We're
about 200.
After the bloody work the men hur-
ried off as fast as they had come. The
attackers fired recklessly on all sides,
not caring whom they shot. The white
men came in body moving along the
levee up town unmolested. After their
departure a large number of policemen
under command of Sergeant Day made
their appearance on the scene and
cleared the wharf of the large crowds
which had gathered.
| 1t was known that many men had
been wounded and several killed, and
a search was made for these persons
by the police and others. Carabee was
found on the banquette in front of one
of the show windows Of Lions clothing
store, at the corner of st. Ann and De-
| catur streets.
Blood was gushing from q terrible
wound i'm the head, and he was quite
dead No one seemed to know how or
where he was shot He had been seen
running back to st. Ann street, and
Just as he reached the banquette ne
staggered and fell headlong to the
pavement and expired n few minutes
later. Sergeant H. Hevron, who hur-
ried up from his precinct to the scene,
had the bodies of the negroes sent to
the morgue in the patrol wagon. One
of the negroes was found on the levee
at the head of st. Louis street The
man was dead and lay In pool of
blood which came from q large wound
in his head. The negro was running
from the scene of the shooting. The
other body was found some distance
away from the first. The man had
there died. No one in the vicinity knew
the names of the dead men.
Police Knclt In Terror.
Purser Bane was not given chance
for his life. He was on the wharf at
tending to business when the white
men appeared. and he was about to &c
aboard the vessel for safety, when he
was fired on. Three policemen were
Immediately in front of Mr.. Bane. and
they knelt down and seemed terror
stricken One man showed the barre
of q pistol in close proximity to Mr.
Bane's head and fired, and the pursei
fell, bleeding. Another man shot Mr.
Bane in the right arm. Captain Wood
of the Engineer, had just arisen, wher
the shooting occurred He hurriedly
dressed himself and came on deck and
saw most of the conflict. He says thai
there was firing from all sides, and the
scene was like battlefield.
After the shooting, the captain picked
up Mr.. Bane and sent him to the hos.
pital. Captain Wood denounced the
shooting as an outrage. and Mayor
Fitzpatrck appearing on the scene
Captain Wood paid his compliments tc
his honor in unmeasured terms. Mayor
Fitzpatrick had hurried to the scene
as fast as possible and was very much
disappointed when told that there was
, no arrests made. He called the police
together, and told them In firm tone
that whenever they saw n man fire O
shot, to get that man at all hazards
, Continuing he said. you men wall
along the wharf and II you see any
! one whom you think took part In tn,
shooting. arrest him."
r The Victims Of the Outrage.
I The negroes fired upon were In tn,
employ of Stevedore Geddes, of tn,
Harrison line Of steamers. 1t Is sale