The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-08-31
THE RIOTS AT AKRON.
City Prison Destroyed--TwO Killed
in a Fight With the Police.
Many Others on Both sides Were
Seriously Hurt-The cry
Now PatroIIed by ohio
state Guards.

Akron. O., Aug. 24.-Early Wednes
day morning Officer Duffy arrested
Louis Peck, colored, about 40 years
old. n, confessed of having on Mon
dav niclt attempted to assault Chris
INA. 6-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Mas, Industrious and
respectable people. The story OF ms
confession spread like wildfire, and
a mob Of several thousand gathered
about the city prison at $3.50 p. m
and forced the doors and made
search of the institution.
Early in the evening the prisoner
had been quietly taken away to CleNe-
land
4 mad rush was then made for the
iail. and il soon was in the hands OF
/ the mob. They were informed ny
/ sheriff stone that Peck could not be
found there. They went TO the court
house and ransacked that building in
the search for the prisoner. \ second
time the mob visited the city prison
and Mayor Young addressed the
crowd, saying that Peck had been
taken out of the prison at o'clock
/ by sheriff Kelly and driven out OF the
city in a closed carriage. The people
i'm the mob would not believe the
mayor and continued 10 yell and de-
mand that Peck be surrendered.
At 10 o'clock the mob attacked he
city prison, and those inside defended
Il. Many shots were exchanged be-
tween the mob and officers. Two peo-
pie were killed and another Is dying
in the hospital. Many were wounded.
shortly after midnight the mob
broke into a hardware store and stole
all the firearms and ammunition they
could find. including guns, rifles and
revolvers. and proceeded 90 the city
building and opened fire on the de-
tenders and finally set fire TO the Co
lumbia hall. which adjoins the city
building.
All the officers who had been
penned up in the city building for
two hours, escaped through a rear
window and ran for their lives. The
mob then placed dynamite under the
city building and partly wrecked 'hat
structure. IL was later set ON FIRE
and completely destroyed.
Akron. o., Aug. 24.-Thousands Of
people came TO this city Thursday 20
see the ruins of the buildings de-
stroyed by the mob Wednesday night.
The city hall has been totally ruined
by dynamite and fire.
Chief OF Police Harrison has left he
city and his whereabouts are IN
known. He is suffering from a nerv-
Gus shock.
Mayor Young Thursday morning
issued a proclamation 90 close all sa-
looms until further orders.
AT $3.50 Thursday morning every
thing was quiet about the ruins OF
the city building. IN the destruction
Of the building the city has lost all
records of the city clerk and also The
records of the city engineer. City
Engineer Payne said that the loss in
his department will be fully n half
million. The automobile patrol
wagon has been run into the canal.
With the approach OF dawn Thurs
day morning the riotous mob which
held possession of this city through
out the night melted away, and when
the sun rose the streets assumed their
usual appearance.
At o'clock Thursday morning
Company {, of the sth Ohio regiment
arrived on a special train from Can
ton and was at once marched 20 the
scene of Wednesday nights rioting.
The mihtiamcn were at once placed
on guard duty around the county
buildings. but they found little TO do
The excitement has Gained down
and now the people of Akron are con
templating the smoldering evidences
= of the wild fury of the mob
Nine companies of the 4th regiment
arrived at 500 Thursday morning.
Beside the city building destroye,
: by the mob, the Columbian building
adjoining is heap of ashes, and sew
eral smaller frame buildings in thu
, vicinity are in ruins. The property
: loss is fully Sl,OOO,OOO. Ii is estimat
: ed that the mob was composed o
e not less than 500 men.
T. At 10 o'clock Thursday morning i
/
mob had marched 10 East Akron
broken into a hardware store an,
J stolen quantity of ammunition TN,
b dynamite, together with all the gun
: in the place, and that IL was thei
intention to charge on the troops a
the first demonstration.
officers commanding the troop
say that any attempt to start a rio
, will be the signal for a charge b,
,. militia.
The mob. which has had possession
: OF Axiom since early Wednesda,
+ night, is still parading the streets
! although there is now no organiza
4 ton.
}. There was no rioting Thursday an,
= affairs are quieting down, the mob be
ing awed by the militia.
salvation Army Lad.
Wichita, Kan, Aug. 24-CalvIn III
I. tus, who scaled the walls OF Picking