The Afro-American advance., 1900-08-25
NOB'S MID NIGHTS WORK
Akron, o., at the Mercy of Angry
Crowds Intent on Lynehing
Negro Rapist.
MILITIA CALLED OUT 10 MAINTAIN ORDER
Failure To Secure Prisoner Enrages
the Nob-Attacks Police and city
omcIaIS-PubIie buildings DSnH-
mIted and Burued - one Person
Killed and Many Injured.

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Killed and Many Injured.
Akron. O., Aug. 24,-As result of
Wednesday nights riot two are dead,
two will die, I6 others are more or
less injured, and fully 100000 i'll prop
ertv has gone up in smoke. The city
hall is totally destroyed, the Column
bian building which adioined the city
hall. is heap of ashes. aud several
smaller frame buildings in the Viein-
ity are in ruins.
The destruction was wrought by |
the wild mob which held possession
of the city from dark Wednesday |
night until almost dawn.
1t is estimated that the mob was |
composed of not less than i,500 men.
List of killed and Injured.
The list of killed and injured fol
lows:
KIIED-Gien Wade. aged II years, son
of Lillian Wade. Empire hotel shot
through the heart
FATALLY INJURED Fred Vorwiek,
st3 West North street. huckshot wound in
abdomen; Rhoda Davidson. aged four
years daughter of Mir, and Mrs. j NJ
Davidson, Ill Allyn street. shot through
brain.
INJIfRED--w H. Dussel. flesh wound
in leg. POI North Forge street. Park suair,
flesh wound In leg. lN I'm street, John
f Washer. scalp wound from brick. Ar
thur f. Sprague. teaInHter. scalp wound
John Ahren painter, l43 Benjamin street,
fosh wound, A, Il. chemlostkSt lA8 south
Main street. flesh wound, hand, Albert
Grant flesh wound below knee; Frank
gh In Fireman l.,
Manchester flesh wound. cheek and neck;
Fireman w Roepske, flesh wound In neck
Fireman Minor Fritz, flesh wound IN
cheek. Fireman David Philips hesh
wound In check. Fireman John benius,
flesh wound In leg. Fireman A. EberiN,
flesh wound In breast Policeman Alva q
Greenlesse, struck over the heart with
"A brick serious: Policeman John King,
struck on knee with brick; Detective I'd
ward Dunn struck on the back with
brick Albert Stevens. of Graham station
shot In foot
Ominou. NutserinEs.
Throughout Wednesday, afternoon
there were ominous mutterings of the
gathering storm. (which grew more
and more pronounced as night ap-
! preached, X asa
The authorities did everything In
| their power 10 quiet public opinion.
! but despite their efforts an immense
crowd gathered around the jail where
| Louis Peck, the alleged negro rapisi.
was confined. and soon the cry Lynch
the Niger" was on every tongue
Meantime the authorities had quiet
| Iv removed Peck and another negro
prisoner from the jail and sent them
! TO Cleveland in the custody OF two
deputy sheriffs.
Fury of Mob InCreases.
The mob however, would not be
Iieve that the man they sought had
been taken away. As the night wore
on the fury Of the rioters grew apnce.
finally eliminating in an assault
shortly gfter midnight on the court
house and later on the city hall. I'm
mense charges of dynamite were
placed under the city and county
buildings, and then 20 complete its
work tho mob applied thu torch
Akron will virtually be under mill
tary control until Friday at least
Mayor Young told Col. Potter at noon
| that he wanted the troops TO remn'n
over night. possibly longer. Although
everything Is quiet, the mayor does not
propose 10 take any chances.
Police Chief Is Missing.
Albert Greenlecse, who was appoint
ed acting chief OF police. has declined
to serve and John Durkin, Jr. has been
appointed in his place. Durhn is the
oldest man on the force. Up to noon
nothing had been heard of Chief Har-
rison.
Coroner Leberman will view the
bodies of young Glen Wade and baby
Davidson and will probably postpone
his inquest until later. No arrange
meDts have been made for the funerals
Of the victims.
city Records Barnsd.
The city hall IL q complete wreck.
None of the city records were saved
The automobile police patrol wagon
was practically the only thing saved
from the building. The front wall lit
teTs the street and the rear wall
crushed the boiler room in the rear,
The side walls are intact, though badl y
bulgee.
Mob seeaFss Dysamite.
Akron. O.. Aug. at has just been
reported that mob forced an entrance
into a pottery and seeured large
quantity of dynamite and that this
will be thrown amisng the troops Fri.
day night Feeling is still running
high and leader would probably )
cause further Gepredatiops
Mary weapons stolen.
The Standard Hardware company i
short about % shotguns and rifles. %
rev0lvers. 20 razors and nearly 10
knives Of al kinds and sizes, stolen
from Its store by the mob Friday nigh:
About 100 Ioaaed shotguns and ear.
frldRes and ~. go rounds Of rife and
revolver ammunition were also taken.
Two pairs Of handouts and two oi
-nippers" are missing Only two shot.
| guns have been recovered. Two sticks
Of dynamite were also found in Robin-
sor's sewer pipe yard.
! About - rioters broke into fhs
Standard eompsny's sfore about II
{ O'Clock. smashing big plate glas1 win
dow. Later fully 10 returned 20 tie
store for more weapons. Policemen
!, and employees Of the store we're held 81
, bay across the street. while the ssofs