The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-11

. TANNER EXPLAINS HIS ACTION.
Seat Troops Ia PaBm at the Request
Of Prominent Citizens.

SrRfNGFiEIdp. AL. April in,~Goy.
Tanner this evening had The following 20
Say with reference 20 affairs at Pana;
''At Sheriff Itowneys request. about
three weeks ago. / removed ell the troops
sTts1n panA after he had madn A state
naent IN writing that troops @ere no longer
needed. THAI he could preserve peace and
protect life and property with the civil
Atthorisiea II | would send him ~ Stands
tf arms and 20sa rounds of ammunition.
chleh request complied sith and removed
TIE iyoops. About tn.31 o'clock this MORN
hts MIR. Fen~eli, mayor of Fana. tele-
thoueh me that there was q riot an. that
tour people had heen Killed aud the batile
sv+ss guiuE with continual urlIg. ard
aslsra far troops. replied that I would
aEvise .Gta tsse sheriff ava sailed Sheriff.
Nawney rs telephone aud got l3lm sbuu; II
O'clock and asked hlns Eha situation. He
replied that ha had the trouble under con-
tol and would hc able 10 quel the riot
arA Il would not be necessary 10 send
tfonle
~ received telegtums and telephone mes-
sagea from time To time from citizens
stating that firing Was going on and peo-
81 were being shot. wounded and Killed
an about 2 o'clock ] learned that the
sheriff had taken prisoner and With the
laetense OF saving him from mob violence,
i1a taken him 10 Taylorvllie, About the
srma time | received further adeices that
fhe riot was coutinV.uE and that seven
prople had been Killed ana great many
wtnrGea and That the people were shoots
los Into the houses with their long range
-..r',s. Killing innocent citizens,
PIN "a few minutes ] learned that two
more CnoFed men HAD been killed and un.
isss tfoors were sent there would be a
general nastla there tonight / Was also
savised by Mr. Schuyler. one % rana's
bsSi citlKens that II the mob knew the
tspupz We're coming there would De nfty
psoeie killed before the troops reached
there. I Immediately directed Ad5uiant
GENERAL Rscce e. order three companies
those from tails city. Decatur and Taylor
Vale, In proceed ~ the scene Of the trpn~
bic ~ the eaFilvss possible moment pro-
vfdiug special trains fer thegr traUspoTta-
tsau ( renewed ray original proclamation
II last November, declaring Fana under
marital law ard directed the aifutans
svnersl tn pToceet With all haste with
tr-ops te qe~H The riot RESTORE order pro-
tsvt i'e and property au5 cisarN AL PER
esta fuI"i MIA gums
AZ o'ciaek I received "a telekrars from
SHERIFF tsoV8oy. who was at T4ich3sld "a
~ way noin~ with hgs prisoner stating
shat order haa been RESTORED 81 f'Ana ard
thgf aN WAS quies and yAere Was tso ne-
a tSitt - weHsiior troo.a ara rot Jo make
a mistake ~ dn'0E $40. However. with the
evidence fssptv tfr frut1 CITIZENS cf fsana
and 'Ac fact haf ~ Bat aca fe.r, the
rcrue ana Ras at thet fisue e3zty--3ye miles
ave.. paia So attention go AlS request
"a sa' O'Clock this evening / Received
~ re3te 0IrE tgioish.se rooesaaa f-sua
ShefsT t'a@ney fra@1 E'zY'oFts}le. who're
HHft.. sf go haf tar faet EtfH hss rr}s..,.
Nh> were trrans s.}eFot - parR
WIZ rtert fttne Nas 4gtet7 WHY are
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