Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-24

the Standard Hardware company, on
Main street, about one and half blocks
from the scene of the ri0ting In a
twinkIing large plate glass window
in the front Of the store was smashed
to atoms, and the mob ran into and
looted the store. Reviewers. rifles,
shotguiIis, razors and thousands OF
rounds OF ammunition were also
taken, and with these weapons the
mob returned to the city hall. Stand
ing in the front windows of the city
hall, Mayor Young Chief of Police
Harrison and other police officials We're
haranguing the mob, endeayoring to
convince the rioters that Louis Peck,
the colored man, charged with as
saulting little 4-year-old Christine
Mas, had been quietly removed from
the jail during the afternoon and taken
to Cleveland for safekeeping.
The remarks of the mayor only In
creased the anger of the mob In his
first attempt to quiet the mob he said
that the prisoner had been taken out
of the city about o'clock. In an
other speech he gave 6 O'Clock as the
time Of the prisoners departure, and
In speaking again he said 8 o'clock.
They believed from the mayors con-
Trajectory statements that he was not
telling the truth and that the prisoner
was still in the city Jail, NOTWITHSTANDING
ing the fact that two different commit
tees had searched the building, from
cellar to roof without finding any
trace of the prisoner. John A. Win
trode, one of the committeeman. who
made the search. stood on the roof of
| the building and told the mob that
Peck was not to be found. The riot
ers refused to be satisfied, and with
| the cry, ssTo the courthouse, TO the
county jail" they started UP the hill
| to High street and across the COM
mons to the courthouse and JAIL
First they attacked the jail and
were met by Deputy Sheriff Stone. On
his request a committee was hurriedly
appointed and every nook and corner
| Of the Jail was searched. TO the
courthouse" the cry was again taken
up. and a dash was made for the
courthouse across the street Doors
were battered In, and the rioters
surged through the different halls and
| rooms but without result A dash
was then made for the treasurers of
| flee. but the heavy iron doors checked
| the mob Leaving the courthouse the
mob returned to the vicinity of the
| city hall BURN them outr' was the
| cry from several people. and the echo
| of the cry was an affirmative roar from
| the entire mob. Adjoining the city
| hall which was constructed almost
| entirely Of brick, was an immense
| building. which for many years past
was the principal public hall of Ak
| ron This buildinga veritahle tin
| der box-caught the eye OF the mob
| as n likely place to set afire in the hope
| that the flames would soon snread to
| the city buildings. No sooner thought
| of than it was done. The large frame
building was presently a mass of
flames The various fire companies
responded to the alarm, but the mob
refused to permit them to work. Sey,
eral cowardly shots were fired at the
brave firemen, and l.. Manchester was
the first to receive an injury. The
lines Of hose were cut and slashed
until there was not a single stream Of
water playing on the deyouring flames.
Columbia hall was soon 4 ruin, but the
city hall was yet standing. While
the adjoining hall was burning the
inmates of the city hall escaped
| through 4 back doorway. Resistance
| withdrawn the mob made a rush for
! the hall Flaming embers were thrown
| into the different rooms and the build
| ing was soon burning. Some of the
more thoughtful ones in the mob liber-
ated the prisoners from the hall be-
| low.
A stick Of dynamite was thrown into
the front of the burning buildings. A
terrific crash followed and portions
Of the wall crumbled away. Another
charge was exploded, and the work of
devastation was completed.
tion was completed.
While this work was in progress
members of the mob having n pecul-
lar sense of honor pulled the automo-
bile wagon from the station. One riot
er. with a large knife in his hand, oc-
cupied the operators seat, and amid
the cheers of thousands. the wagon
was run ,lp and down the street bump
ing into telegraph poles and curbstones
and finally running down steep in
cline into the canal 1t was rescued
in themorning and taken to place of
safety. The automobile, Of which
Akron was so proud. is hopeless
wreck. The physicians Of the city
We're on the qni vive while the riot
ing was IN progress
Negro Assaults Child.
Pittshurg. Aug. "a Robert Harris,
of the Southside. Pittsburg. Pa, was
locked up III the Allegheny county
Jail in default of 1000 bail on charge
of criminal assault upon Mile Rob
erts. aged / years. of Homestead. A
lyching was feared for a time at
Homestead.
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