The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-10
HADEs BREAKS LOOSE AT TAMp,
MObs of Drunken Negro soIdi.r.
RiOting.
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From the Tampa (Fla) Tribune
Fort Brook and Ybor Citv were ,,ir.,,
any In control of mob Monday night and
tuesday morning, and the most disgracefu
scenes were enacted. and. to their shame
be II said, the disorderly mob was comnos.
ed entirely of soldiers of the United States
army
me soldiers were nearly all colored. and
were members of the Twenty-fourth ana
Twenty-ffth United States Infantry Reo,
ments. They began their work of do
struction bys forcibly taking possession of
parrooms In Fort Brooke They showed
themselves to be lot of thieves and MIN
derers with no respect for the law Of tbe
iand and If the officers of the army do NOT
take steps to bring the members of the
MOB TO justice, the Governor of the state
VIII no doubt be requested to demand thar
the Secretary of War order a strict Inve.
tigation of the matter
The saloons that were wrecked v,ere
owned by men who pay the state and
county license tax, and these men are en-
tltied to protection, but they are not get
ting a. The state and county authorities
nave done nothing whatever to sion The
rloting, and Marshal Stevens of Fort
Brooke seems to be the only officer who
faced the mob
The mob of white and blaclr dr,,ri,o,
soldiers started their wild acts in the sa-
loon of Francisco Ysern, and broke up
everything in the place. Then they stole
every bottle of whisky and beer in The
place and fired their pistols to intimidate
the provost guard.
Ihe cafe Cantante was next visited and
completely wrecked The furniture was
broken up and everything to drink was
stolen nv he oh 4
were nred, and citizens fed for their lives
Houses of III repute were entered by
force, and the white and black inmates
We're forced, at the point of pistols, 10 sub
mat TO the men who were disgracing the
uniforms of the United States Women
were outraged and while these women are
the lowest type, the law gives them pro-
lection, and the penalty is the same for
outraging a woman of this kind as though
the victim was Of high moral character.
only last year negro was hung in Jack
sonville, by due process of law. for out
raging a colored prostitute.
The mob visited the Seminole Cafe at
the end of the car line in Ybor CITY ans
demolished everything an the place An
other mob went to the Scrub and broke
INTO half dozen saloons, and the same
scenes were enacted as in Fort Brooke.
The provost guards and the city police
were powerless to stop the mob. and the
disorder was continued until after daylight
when a battalion from the Georgia reet-
ment of volunteers was sent out with or
ders to stop the rioting. The Georgia boys
meant business. and the mob soon found il
out and dispersed
A number Of shooting scrapes took place.
and several soldiers were wounded bur
the officers ana men refused 70 give the
names of the victims.
one negro was shot by policeman
about o'clock Tuesday morning. but was
not seriously injured
A negro soldier shot a member Of one
Of the cavalry regiments, and was after
wards arrested by the provost guard and
locked up. The wounded man was taken to
dressed
Several drunken soldiers came down
town during the day and kicked open the
doors Of several saloons that were closed
in order to comply with the election law.
In order to stop the Iawlessness an extra
heavy guard was placed on duty last night
and large squads OF volunteers mostly from
the Georgia regiment, patroled the streets
quite number of arrests were made but
there was still considerable disorder
The officers of the army are well aware
OF the way their men acted Monday night
and the citizens of Tampa expect that Ia
the future orders win be issued to keen
the soldiers in camp after 6 o'clock. This
may be quite hard on the innocent but
until the guilty parties are found and Sc
verely punished the innocent will have IA
suffer with the guilty
Affairs have gotten to such q point that
citizens are afraid to walk the streets alone
at highland nearly every person now goes
armed Several citizens remained no all
night last night with shot guns and rifles
by their sides determined to protect their
property, even If they have to fire upon
the mob.
Few people can realize that there are
soldiers in the United States army that
are so devoid of manhood. that they would
deliberately shoot at a helpless little child
but such Is the case. and the shooting oc-
CURED In this city about daylight yester-
day morning. II was witnessed by a large
number Of other soldiers who looked on
and thought it great sport, because the
child was a negro baby.
While the mob of soldiers were having
sport breaking up the furniture. and steal
ing the property belonging 10 the saloon
keepers, in Fort Brooke and Ybor City. one
party of men caught a little colored child
about two years old, and decided 10 have
some fun One Of the men held the child
by the legs with one hand and spanked II
with a shingle. This caused great laughter
among oniookers.
The child was then held at arms length
by the feet with head down, and the man
holding it called to another to shoot at It.
The man with the pistol might have been
a good shot and had no intention Of hitting
the child. but the escape was close one.
The bullet from the pistol passed through
the sleeve of the child's night dress, and
grazed its arm.
This satisfied the brutes and they re-
turned the child TO its mother. a man who
saw the whole affair said yesterday, that
the men implicated wore the uniforms Of
the Ohio volunteers.
Tampa Correspondence Jacksonville
Times-Union: After all the trouble which