The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-06
RIOTlN PERRY COUNTY
THREE KILLED AND FOUR FATALLY
HURT AT A CATHOLIC PICNIC.
Intruders Raided the Beer Stands and
Started Melee, in which Men
and Women Both Took Part.
A BRAVE GERMAN WOMAN
CRusHEs THE SKULL OF A MAN WHO
HAD KILLED HER HUSBAND.
Fight Besun i'm an Illinois Beer Gar
den and Several People Fa-
tally Wounded.
A BRAVE GERMAN WOMAN
CRUsHEs THE SKULL OF A MAN WHO
HAD KILLED HER HUSBAND.

Associated Press Dispatch.
ENGLISH. ind. July 5.--Startling reports
of desperate riot at Siberia, rerry coun-
ty. are coming in by telephone and couriers
from the scene of the encounter. DIR. VIM.
Lomax, of White Sulphur Well, has just
telephoned that thousand men and women
took part in the fight, that three men are
injured. The dead are:
dead. four fatally hurt and fifty seriously
FRED ELMER.
WILLIAM GELS.
FRANK HART.
Those fatally injured are:
PETER BENNETT. tfts
ROBERT pODGE.
ABNER STROUD.
SAMCEI. WILSON.
Siberia is but hamlet of a few dozen
struggling houses and Roman Catholic
church, the congregation of which is COM
posed Of Germans. They are simple and
inoffensive people. but have been crafty
annoyed recently by persons opposed to their
religion. Yestperday they planned to enjoy
great picnic in the woods near the viii
lage. The entire population turned out to
attend the picnic and all went smoothly
enough until several gangs of disturbers
appeared on the scene and began to make
trouble.
Il
| grounds where intoxicants were served.
| These were literally patronized by the in
truders. who soon began TO insult the Ger
mans and their wives. The priest. who was
present. counseled his people to avoid trou-
BILE, if possible. and to pay no attention to
the ieers of the half-drunken narauders.
Mistaking this tolerance for cowardice the
intruders became bolder and soon precpi-
.ated a fight. which, in few moments, as
sumed the proportions of desperate riot.
in which everybody took part. Clubs. chairs,
and beer bottles were brought .nto play
and the peaceful picnic was Immediately
transformed into great group of strug-
Cling. cursing men and screaming women.
Samuel Wilson. leader of the outsiders.
was armed with huge knife, which nc
welded like a madman. stabbing and cut
ting many persons He was finally opposed
by sturdy German, who was more than a
match for him. until Wilson plunged the
knife into his neck. AS the German fell
back his wife sprang through the CROWD
and dealt Wilson a terrible blow with 9.
beer bottle. crushing his skull. During the
melee one OF the intruders kicked a woman.
about to become mother. killing her child
and fatally injuring her.
II soon became apparent to'the attacking
party that they would be annihilated II the
fight was continued. and after their leader
was stricken down they ran hastily through
the woods To where their horses were tefh-
cred and escaped, leaving three of their
npmber on the ground for dead. Cots and
littcrs were hastily improviscd and the dead
and wounded were removed to the caurcn
in the village AMI all the physicians in
the neighborhool called to the scene. Dr.
I1omax. a surgeon Of White sulphur Well
and his two assistants were kept busy ali
oe enc night caring for the wounded. pr.