Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-08-31
MUCH BLOOD is SHED.
Awful Results of Riot in the City
of Akron, o.
Mob Angry mt Escape of object of It's
Hatred, Attacks City building
TwoS, Persons Killed - Many
wounded-TroopsC Called Out.

ated over an assault upon the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Mas by Louis Peck, colored man,
searched the city prison, the county
Jail and the old courthouse Wednes-
day night for the negro, engaged in
battle of bullets wieh officers of the
law. killed two persons and wounded
many more, set fire to Columbia hall
and the city building, destroying both,
using dynamite on the latter Shortly
after midnight the mob broke into
hardware store and stole all the am
munition &nd firearms in the place,
including guns, rifles and revolvers,
proceeded to the city building and
opened fire on the defenders, at the
same time applying the torch to Colum-
bia hall. The flames spread rapidly and
efforts of the fire department to stop
the impending confagration were re-
sisted by the rioters.
Search the Jnils.
Peck was arrested Wednesday and
murmurs of gathering trouble caused
the sheriff secretly to transfer the
prisoner TO Cleveland. The report that
he had confessed spread rapidly and
the mob gathered soon after dark. Not
believing the statement of the sheriff
that Peck had been spirited out of
the city the crowd sent committees
through the city prison and the coun-
ty Jail to search for the negro.
This proving fruitless the mob gath
cred in fr9nt of the city Jail, threaten
Ding its destruction unless Peck be pro-
Ix.nnhinp h,
of everyone in the crowd, and even the
rope had been provided and was dang
ling from the arm OF citizen.
Mayor w. +. Young FASTENED to the
building and mounting the steps called
upon the crowd to disperse, pledging
his word that the prisoner had been
escorted out of town.
Attack on City Prison.
At ten o'clock the mob began TO at
tack the city prison for the third time.
In the excitement some one fired a sh hot,
which was followed by frsillade. The
officers in the building appeared at the
windows and began to shoot over the
heads of the people. A man armed
with a shotgun leveled his weapon at
the officers and they were soon made
the target for the mob's fire.
An indescribable scene followed. Sew
eral of the policemen fell wounded, 9TH
ers were struck by bricks and other
missiles hurled oy the mob, and the re-
turn fire of the laws officers wrought
havoc in the ranks of the mob.
The victims.
Two people are dead, three fatally
wounded and several others badly hurt.
The dead:
- Davidson. four-year- child of John
NJ. Davidson. shot dead while sitting In a
baby carriage.
Glenn Wade. ten years old; shot through
the heart.
The fatally wounded:
Fireman, name unknown: shot in the
body. will die.
Alonzo Manchester. fireman. shot in the
neck; will die.
Fred V. orwick. % years old. of 4S North
street; hit by charge of buckshot, dying
at the hospital.
Arthur l.. Sprague. shot In the head; can
not live.
The injured:
John Hern. shot In the arm.
- Null, shot in the head and legs; taker
to the hospital; may die.
Police officer, name unknown, badly hurt
by being hit by flying bricks and stones
taken TO the hospital.
Police officer name unknown, shot ir
the stomach and both legs broken in the
melee; taken to the hospital.
Park Stair. shot in the leg.
Unknown man, driver for American Ex
press company, shot in the leg.
John f. Washer. keeper of the prison
knocked down by a brick thrown by one o.
the mob; seriously injured about the head.
1t is also known that at least ten 9th
er policemen and Is or 90 citizens wer.
IN, ha -;
Refused to Call Out His Men.
Mayor Young called on the Eighth reg
iment, national guard of Ohio, sta
toned here, but the captain refused alb
solutely to call his men out.
Mayor Young sought refuge in tn
city prison and sent an urgent appea
to the governor to order out the militia
All of the ambulances in the city wer
called out and the fire bells were KEEP
ringing all the evening.
Public Buildings in Flames.
Following the shooting, Columbi
hall was set on fire and within shor
time had burned to the ground. Thi
building adjoins the city prison and TIL
flames were soon communicated to tn
Jail, which was destroyed.
Not content with firing the buildings
the mob determined to prevent the fire
men from attempting to stay the prog
ress of the flames. The hose was Gu
at every opportunity and one firema'
was shot.
The Office of the Morning journal
Beacon, opposite the city building, ha
been partly demolished by stones an
bullets.
Dynamite was being used in front @
the city building. The first charg
smashed all the windows in the cit
building and did much other dan
age. All prisoners have been released
'sf'- Hot Spell Broken.
Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 23.-The he
spell in central and western Kansa
was broken by a severe rain, win
and hail storm. About two inches c
FL ~.