Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-18
All Saloons Were Closed and One
Hundred and Fifty Special
OILERS We're Sworn In.
TWO BATTLES OCCUR
NEAR EACH OTHER.
In the Fir.t Four Men I.ay Dead Upon
the Sidewalk. aud One Killed
IN The Second 4 Terrible
Street Battle In Texas.

Hot springs AK. Nlhfcu lt.- fftc'
and quiet prevails IN this city today,
although details Of yesterday bloody
street riot IN which five well known citi-
zeus were killed. nre eagerly discussed
on the streets
Governor Jones has arrived from Lit
de Rock and the presence of the states
chief executive has done much 30 pacify /
the community. Judge Belding who I
was sworn in as chief u police has APP !
/ pointed $50 special policemen, aud the !
entire city is being paroled By these OH I
Gers
There are many coufiisting reports as
10 the csu-e of the riot. one report Is
that the hot municipal political cam
aign now going on is responsible for
the affair. AMI this l. considered the cor
rect version
sheriff Williams was elected az the
last election rs an independent candi-
date in opposition % the regular Demo
cratic nominee and since then has been
booked upon a. the head q a very strong
faction in local politics.
A. the eorouer's inquest IL T. believed
the details of the shooting viii b.
brought 10 light
Hot Springs Ark March if-Fiye
men are dead as the result of terrible
riot which occurred here between some
Of the most prominent men identified
with local politics The affair is the
ouigrowth Of the campaign for city
officer which has been growing hotter
and hotter each day for several weeks.
The dead are.
T. G Toler chief - police.
Tom Goslee sergeant Of police
J + Hart city detective
Louis Hinkle. business man
John O. Williams. sOnof the sheriff q
Garland county.
FL spears deputy sheriff. shot
through the neck and win BE- probably
fatal
Asa sequel 20 street duel between
Policeman Tom Goslee on one side and
sheriff r. l. Williams and his son. John
O. Williams. on the other, isarfully
bloody riot occurred at O'Clock this
afternoon It was the most horrible af.
fair In the history II Hot Springs The
memorable Flinn-Doran riot of 1884 did
not compare 10 II In terrible results z
was a bloody sequel 10 the ARRAY earlief
in the evening. in which Goslee and
Williams participated Aport.on OF the
police faction headed by the chief aud a
portion ~ tho Williams faction met on
the sidewalk in front of Lemp's beer de
pot and the furion, firing began.
The police were going down the streeI
and the other party was coming mp
Who began the aiIray cannot now h
learned. as nearly all the principals ar,
dead Fifteen or twenty shots wer'
fred.
The streets were crowded with pcopli
and the widest excitement prevailed
Chief of Police Tom Toler. his sergeant
Tom Goslee Of the police faction, la,
dead upon the sidewalk On the othe
side John O. Williams son Of the sheriff
lay mortally wounded and Ed Spear wa
shot and cut Ia the neck. Louis Hinkle
: the driver Of Schwartz beer cart. wa
killed by a strgy bullet Hinkle was no
a participant In the feud
sheriff Williams was not prcsen
when tine battle occurred, but soon az
peared and on learning Of the death a
his son. became frantic His brother
Coffee Williams, and nephews, Sam an
Win Watt. we're with him ana all woT
armed and crazed with grief About
minutes after the main battle anothe
ARRAY occurred in which four or tiy
shots We're fred This occurred on tn
sidewalk little below where the othe
dead bodies lay. The great multitud
'r which had gathered siampeded in N
widest excitement, tumbling over eac
other in every direction. In this fusi
lade Detective Jim Hunt went dow