The Worthington advance., 1895-07-18
DRUNKEN INTRUDERS
CAUSE A eLooDY ENCOUNTERED AT
SIBERIA, INDIANA. 9%

1hs CARNAGE Said to Re somsthisg ~
ful-Thrss Persons Killed, Four Fatally
Hurt and Fifty BADLY Injured ~ IN
s.us Father Ends the Existsnos q Hi
Entire Family By Turning ON the Gas
ENGLISH, Ind, July 6.-Startling re-
norta of q desperate riot at Siberia,
Perry county, are coming In BY tele,
nhone and couriers from the scene OF
The encounter. DR.. William Lomax OF
White Sulphur Well has juss tele,
phoned that a thousand men and
women took part in the fight; that
three men are dead, four fatally hurt
and fiftv seriously injured. The dead are
Fred Elmer, William Geise and Frank
Hart. Those fatally hurt are Peter
Bennett, Robert Dodge, Abner STROUD
and Samuel Wilson,.
Siberia is but q hamlet OF . lew
dozen struggling houses and a Roman
Catholic church, the congregation OF
which is composed Of Germans. They
are a simple and inoffensive people, but
have been greatly annoyed recently by
Opposed to Their Religion.
Thu,ydav they planned to enjoy q
great picnic in the woods surrounding
the village. The entire popu4as1oln,
turned out to attend the picnic and all
went went smoothly enough until sev'
eral gangs Of disturbers appeared on
the scene and began to make tronble.
There were q number of booths on
the grounds where intoxicants were
served. These were literally patron
lied by the intruders, who soon began
to insult the Germans and their wlves
Tho priest. who was present, counselleo
his people to avoid trouble If possible,
and to pay no attention the jeers OF the
half drunken marauders. Mlstakane
his tolerence for cowardioe, the lntruo
ers became bolder and soon
PrecIpitated Fight
which in few moments assumed the
proportions of . desperate riot. Clubs,
chairs and beer bottles were brought
into play and the peaceful picnic was
transferred into great group OF strug-
Cling cursing men and screaming
women.
Samuel Wilson, leader of the out
siders, was armed with a huge knife
which he welded on every side, stab
binR and cutting many persons. he
was finally opposed by a sturdy Ger
man who was more than match for
him until Wilson plunged knife into
his neck. As the man fell his wife
sprang through the crowd and dealt
Wilson terrible blow with beer bot
tie, crushing his skull. During the
melee one Of the intruders kicked
woman about to become mother, kill.
ing her child and fatally injuring her.
It soon became apparent to the attack.
ing party that
They Would Be Annihilated
if the fight was continued, and, after
their leader was stricken down, they
ran hastily through the woods to
where their horses were tethered and
leaving three Of their number
On tho ground for dead. y
Cots and litters were hastily impro-
vised and the dead and wounded were
removed to tho church in the village
md all the physicians in the neighbor-,
hood called upon. DIR. Lomax, q sur.
zeon Of White Sulphur Well, and his
Two assistants were kept busy all Of the
night caring for the wounded. DIR.
Lomax states that he saw 81 injured
and believes that several Of them will
die. He says the fight began at 3
o'clock in the afternoon and continued
for an hour. A telephone message
from White Sulphur Well says that at
least 20 of tho iniured will die,