Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-08

>NEALE Valley 4AA- AA- - ~F
Location 3 patch Of some huldrel-
odd company houses near Nc ) Shaft,
inhabited almost exclusively by he
groeS. was this morning visited BY a
vengefHl mob OF $50 white miners
from this city and given . taste Of
mob violence. Last night near mid
night I'VE eoi0Ted Uel held up a
white man named Barney Role be
tween this city and Location. and
after rcbbing him Of nearly 500 in
rscuey. fired three pistol shots into
h.Ea and left him for dead RG2a Is
the third man shot at Location" in
the past few weeks When the white
miners Of this city this morning heard
Of the outrage they marched In q
body 10 Location" By life slfle b
mob arrived most Of the negroes. hav-
ing b~en notified Of the wrath Of the
whites. had fed TO the woods About
A dozen were caught and treated TO
most violent kicks; stone
hurled at them and shots fred. Two
were shot. but not seriously hurt
The boarding house for colOred men
at No. 3 was then attacked All the
inmates fed for their lives The mob
ransacked the houses. breaking fur
nituTe and committing other depreda-
tons. BY noon every negro had fed
the city. All day a gang Of me with
pistols and shotguns secured the
woods hunting for negrVes 70 shoot.
No more trouble is anticipated unless
the negroes attempt TO ONE hack
Later investigation shows that
there were more negroes seriously
hurt than at first reported. Those
most seriously injured are:
Granville Lewis, aged ~. shot in
the head. dubbed with rifles: will die.
Glenn l. Martin. 81. shot in hack OF
head with rife ball and thirty buck
shot in back and shoulders: may die.
Norman Bird. >. shot in neck and
head. also badly bruised by kicks and
internal injuries received Mrs. Bird,
81. wife Of above. shot Ia right cheek
and arm. also trampled upon: viii
die. Maria Bird, IA. daughter Of
above. shot in breast: wound may
prove fatal William Lee. - kicked
and tramped upon Jube Sterritt. Il,
rrampled upon. face arceTated. and
injured internally; also badly u by
barbed wire fence IN attempting TO
escape from the mob. Oscar Prim,
Silas Burden. Jude Stuart. JAMES
Kelley, win Beck, all badly cut and
bruised. Frank Turner. -. shot
twice in the back Of the head and
struck In back and shoulders with
about forty bucksh0t. Frank Burner,
head badly bruised: body also
trampled upon and internal injuries
received.
eme Ordered 10 Leave.
The rioters are all Italian miners.
There has been bad blood between
them and the negroes ever since the
latter We're imported here. and ii is
asserted that they have been waiting
a good excuse 10 drive than out.
This was furnished by the shooting
Of last night. Upon reaching the Ne
gro village the members Of the mob
acted as so many ients. Men were
dragged out Of their homes. and the
women pushed about. slapped and
abused The Italians poured through
the village firing guns and heating
the negroes right and left. As each
house was reached the rioters
smashed the windows. and where
doors Were locked they broke them
down. The interiors were ransacked,
the ome iDsultei and the meE
dragged forth. dubbed and shot.
That there was not a large number
e. immediate fatalities was no fault
OF the rioters. as they used every en-
deavor in their power to xiii the men
outright. One reason that many ne
groes escaped vas that the weapons
Of the rioters Were mostly old rusty
guns that had not been used for
many years, and i'm addition, the men
We're o skilled in the use Of them.
Over forty houses were occupied by
the colored people. and in these We're
two invalid men uho could not be
moved. The rioters served notice on
the women and children who had not
been driven out that they wonld be
given to-day to leave town forever.
and IL they were not zone they would
ae shot down I'm their tracks. Conse-
quently the women have been placing
all that is left OF their household
goods and fleeing oFer the hills in an
directions. Large numbers have
started out In the direction OF Toluca
and others have taken refuge al
Seatonyille.
The injured men, many of whom
are lying at the point Of death. are
sheltered in barns and under trees.