San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-04
MILITIA AND SOLID SHOT
Suddenly Bring A Mob To
A StandStill.
BUT THE DETERMINED MEN RE-
TURN, SECURE THEIR MAN
AND HANG HIN.
Large Number Of Persons Seriously
Injured, Excitement Is At Fever
Heat And More Trouble Is
Looked For, he Mob
hers Are Known,

Urbana, Ohio, June 4.-The climax
in the Mitchell outrage eliminated at
2:30 this morning when the militia
opened fire on the crowd. The volley
resulted in Harry Bell, of this city, be
ing shot through the head and in
stantly killed. A young man named
Hagins ives shot through the body and
also instantly killed.
Dennis Craney, of Urbana, was shot
in the right foot.
DR.. Chas. Thompson, of North Lew
isburg received a slight wound in the
forehead.
Wesley Bowen, of Gable, was shot
in the hip and seriously wounded.
Ray Dickinson, living near this city,
was shot in the shoulder.
Ray Mcclure. of Urbana, was shot
through the muscles of the right arm.
Gus weisner, who was standing on
the street, received a slight wound on
the face and John Wank, was shot In
the foot.
Sherman S. Denton was shot in the
hip.
physicians are on the grounds at
| teding to the injured.
The sheriff has wired Gov. Bushnell
| for assistance.
For two hours the Jail was surround
ed by a bowling mob of at least
thousand to $500 people.
Advances are being made so close to
the guards that they at last opened
fire on the crowd. The soldiers had
been expecting an attack on the Jail,
that tha crowd
intended to make an attempt to take
Mitchell from the Jail and hang him.
About a. m. the crowd became more
boisterous than at any time since the
prisoner has been confined in the Jail.
The leaders were bowling for the pris-
oner and they were evidently planning
an advance to secure Mitchell. The
mob had crowded into the Jail yard,
and was crowding toward the Jail.
Capt. G. w. Leonard, In command of
the militia, addressed the crowd and
gave them three minutes to dispense.
There was general rush from the
Jail yard, but the crowd again return
ed The demonstration was thus pro-
nounced and fully half an hour had
elapsed from the time the order was
given when the roaring of musketry
was heard, volley after volley was
fired until as many as twenty shots
had beeen fired into the crowd. There
was a general panic for a while and
the wounded were carried in every di-
rection in search of doctors offices.
DR.. Robert Henderson, DR.. H. NJ.
Pearce, DR.. ]. c. Burcher and DR., Ha-
vens were called into service and their
offices looked like regular hospitals.
The trouble had been looked for dur
ing the night and it was feared that
the militia would go too far and fire
into the crowd. The affair is horrible
and has embittered the feeling of in
tensity.
The streets are yet crowded and the
most intense excitement prevails.
Now that the people have seen their
neighbors shot down the feeling is get
ting very intense. Another victim of
the shooting has just been reported.
Ralph McComb, of this city was Shot
in the arm.
Urbana, Ohio, June 4.-Never was
there such a calamity in this city as
that which was enacted at 2:30 this
morning. Two men lie dead and six
more seriously wounded with one more
that may die. Since the deplorable
shooting the people are discussing the
awful and appalling calamity that has
Just occurred. When the shooting &C.
Cured an attempt was being made by
the mob to enter the Jail from the rear.
The militia were in the hall on the
second floor and standing at the win
dow. Higgins, of West Liberty and
another man had sledgehammers in
their hands and had broken the glass
in the door leading to the hall from
which the Jail is entered. Suddenly
the militia opened fire without warning
and Higgins fell back with the excla-
nation MY God am shot" Then
followed the scene Of death and de-
struction that brought others down.
One of the panic stricken citizens ex-
claimed, mo one is safe here except
Mitchell" This city of six thousand
inhabitants is an unusually orderly