The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-24
MOB WAS LAWLESS
AKRON VIEWED THE WORK OF ITS
TURBULENT ELEMENT.
TROOPS WERE ON THE SCENE.
ONE CHILD COLD IN DEATH AND
MANY PERSONS INJURED.

b&iIuinSs were SmoulucrtnH hutns,
for the Mob. Having Sought 10 MUIR
der, Did Not stop at Incendiarism.
Sad killing and WOundinE of In
nOccnts-Incidents of the Rioting
Unparalleled in AkrOn's History.
Akron, o., Aug. 23.-When day dawned
in Akron this morning it revealed scene
of desolaton and the evidences of vio-
lence and lawlessness unparalleled in the
history of this city. The rioters had done
their work and had dispersed. one child
was lying cold in death, and nearly a
score of people were suffering from the
wounds of pistol balls, buckshot and mis-
siles. The city building was a heap Of
smOuldering ruins and beside it steamed
the water-soaked ashes of Columbia Han.
At 6 O'Clock the crowds began to in
crease as the curious spectators hurried
to the scene of the trouble. a policeman
appeared and then another, timid at first,
but with increasing assurance as no vio-
lence was offered. Then Company c of
Canton of the gallant Eighth Ohio Regi-
ment marched down the street from the
train, and hating before the ruins of the
building, was at once SCI to patroling the
fire lines.
There was no evidence of ill-will or
disquiet on the part of the crowds at
the lines. There was no talk of violence.
The turbulent element had skunk away
with the coming OF daylight. and order
was once more fully restored after an
awful night of terror and anarchy
The Troops Arrived.
At $50 this morning Company C, Eighth
Regiment, of Canton, o., under command
of Capt. A Fischer, arrived in Akron.
under riot orders. The soldiers were met
in the valley depot by Mayor Young and
a party of city officials They were march
ed Immediately to the scene Of last nights s
noting. As the troops marched up the
main thoroughfaIe Kisses and groans
were heard At 9:30 nine comranies of
the Fourth Regiment arrived in the city
and marched to the scene of last night S
r.otng.
Shortly before 10 O'Clock Mayor w. E.
Young issued proclamation closing every
saloon in Akron until further orders.
/ One killed, one fatally injured and TWEEN
ty persons more or less injured is the re-
suit of the mobs work Glen Wade was
shot and almost instantly killed. He was
in the mob, and a bullet from the revol-
yer of a policeman in the city hall struck
him. The lad was only II years of age
Another innocent who will die is Rhoda
Davidson. Sitting in a carriage with her
mother and father on the outskirts of the
mob, a stray bullet struck her in the
head No hope is held out for her recov-
cry.
Fired the City HILL.
The resistance shown by the police Of
GERS and city officials in the City Hall
only served 10 lash the mob into greater
frenzy. Failing in it's effort to force an
entrance into the City Hall, portion of
the mob ran to the store of the Standare
Hardware Company on Main street. about
one and a half blocks from the scene of
the riotng. Revolvers, shot guns razors
and thousands of rounds of ammunition
were taken, and with these weapons the
mob returned to the City Hall, where the
city officials were haranging the crowd.
Adjoining the City Hall, which was
constructed almost entirely of brick, was
an immense building, which for many
years past was the principal public han
of Akron. This building was set afre.
The various fire companies responded TO
the alarm but the mob refused to per-
nit them 90 work. Columbia Mall was
soon ruin, but the City Hall was vet
standing. Flaming embers were thrown
into the different rooms, and the building
was soon burning. Some of the more
thoughtful ones in the mob liberated the
prisoners from the cells below the hall.
A stick of dynamite was thrown into
the front of the burning building A
terrific crash followed, and portions of
the wall crumbled away like dust before
breeze. Another charge was exploded
and the work of devastation was COM
pieted. At o'clock this morning the
rioting had practically ceased.
RumOrs of LyBching Peck.
During the day wild rumors were cur
rent that mobs were being formed to go to
Cleveland and lynch Peck but there was
no god ground for them, The arrival of
troops distracted the attention of those
lawlessly inclined and had salu-
tary effect The rumor that Chief OF Po-
lice Harrison had become insane and had
lied caused great deal of comment He
Is in Cleveland.
The saloons have been closed since noon.
At a conference in the afternoon at the
Buchtel Hotel between MaVor Young and
the militia officers. dead lines were estab-
lished and soldirs weer placed in different
narts Of the downtown section Of the clty-