The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-10

Thomas Orders "a Troop of CavaI-
ry Under Arms.
Denver, Col, Nov. 6.-Before a bal
lot vas cast in Denver the trouble ue-
tween the police department and the
sherifr's Office, which had been pre-
dicted had begun, and one man dead
and five seriously wounded was the
result. Fifteen hundred special pc.
day and about 1000 special deputy
sheriffs.
Sent to the Polls.
At seven o'clock Special Policemen
Charles +. Carpenter and Green were
sent to Twenty second and Larimer
streets, to supervise the opening OF
the polls in district II, precinct 4 Sew.
eral special deputies were present
Orders had been issued by the fire
and police board to refuse to recog'
nize the authority of these deputies,
and to arrest any who in any way in
terfered with the police. Under these
instructions Officer Carpenter ordered
the deputies to retire 100 feet from
the polls. Hampson Jackson, cclcred,
resisted and drawing a revolver. be-
gan shooting. One bullet struck Car.
penter's arm and a second his foot
Policeman Green came to the rescue
of his companion, striking Jackson on
the head and arm, fracturing his skull
and breaking his arm. The blow
broke the heavy oak club the officer
carried.
Shooting Became General
Shooting by the deputies became
general, while the special police, who
were armed only with clubs, We're at
a disadvantage.
At this moment City Detective Ed
Carberry RAJ up and opened fire with
his revolver, killing Deputy Sheriff
John G.. Branford, colcred, with the
first shot. A score of shots were FREQ
by the deputies and Detective Car
berry and Deputies Stewart Harvey
and Richard Hardimau, both colored,
were shot, the former in the right
shoulder and the latter in the left
arm. it is not known whose bullets
wounded them. Special Policeman
Green was shot in the back. None OF
these are fatally wounded.
Victim an Ex-Convict.
Branford, the man killed, has
served time in the penitentiarv, and
is said to have killed a man some time
ago.
The feeling created by the affair 10
intense.
Monday Judge Hallett, of the Unit
ed States district court, issued an or.
der forbidding the United States
marshal to appoint any deputy mar
shals to serve at the polls, but the
charge is made by the police depart.
men that deputy sheriffs were sworn
in and armed at his office. Said po-
lice Commissioner Robert w. Speer:
-Four Hundred Negro Deputies.
-Four hundred negroes, many OF
them with long records for desperate
deeds, were sworn in as deputy sher-
ifs in the Office of United States Mar
shall Bailey, in the federal building,
and given badges and pistols. The
special officers appointed by our
board were unarmed except with
clubs, and ordered not to use violence
except in extreme cases."
The trouble come as the outgrowth
of the bitter campaign in Denver and
the state, which involves not only the
national and state tickets, but the
election of a United States senator
to succeed Senator Wolcott.
A Partisan Police.
The police department is controlled
by the democrats, and Sheriff Robert
Jones, who was elected as a democrat
but who is said now to favor the re,
publicans, at the request of the Hon
est Election league composed, it is
charged, exclusively of republicans)
has issued a very large number OF
deputy sheriff commissions to mer
named by the league.
Commission Revoked.
Monday the board of county com
m%isioners, in disregard of an order
of Judge Butler, of the district court
revoked the commissions given b,
Sheriff Jones, and although the court
promptly took action against the com
missioners for contempt, the fire ant
police board, acting on the advice O
leading attorneys, decided to disre
gard the authority of the deputies.
Troops Under Arms.
Gov. Thomas has ordered Troop c
Colorado cavalry, to be in READINGS.
to be called out, and they were mus
tered at TIE armory.