The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-03
After AZ st3siliiiing Three Persons ana Fa-.
tally yvoundinE SEVERN Others.
the Nesro Desperate, Robert
Charles, = Smoked i ont of His,
HiidinE Place and LiteralIy Shot
to Pieces-Twenty Thonsand Peo--
ple. Soldiers, Policemen. and Citi--
sens. Gathcred Around the Scene
Where the Fight Occurred.

Frank H. Evans and A. s.. Leclerc,
one OF the leading confectioners Of the.
city, and more or less seriously injur-
ing several other persons, the negro
desperate, Robert Charles, who killed
Capt. Day and Patrolman Lamb and
badly wounded Officer Mora. was
smoked out of his hiding place in the
heart Of the residence section of the
city yesterday afternoon. and
Literally Shot to Pieces.
The tragedy, was one of the most re-
markable in the history Of the city,
and 10000 people, soldiers, policemen
and citizens, We're gathered around the
square in Which Charles was finally
put to death. Tremendous excitement
reigned in New Orleans as the battle
went Oh between the police and citi-
zens and the negro with his Winches-
ter. Sergeant Gabe Porteous, one of
the best known officers on the force,
and Sergeant John e. Lally, who has.
a fine record for bravery, were in
formed during the day by negro that
Charles was in hiding in a house on,
Clio, near Saratoga street. Determin-
ing
To Take Hin Alive
if possible the officers summoned g.
number of patrolmen to their assis--
lance and went to the house. The ne
gro informant of the policemen accom-
panied the officers. They entered the.
side alley Of the house and were sur
prised in practically the same way as
We're Day and Lamb. Before the etfi-
GERS were aware of their danger
Charles, who was hidden behind a
screen on the second floor of the
1NpriI ~
began a furious but accurate fird
Lally fell with bullet in the
side of the abdomen. POrteOus
shot through the head and dr.
dead across the body of Lally.
other officers and the negro
Fled From the Scene.
Hurried calls were sent to the
or, the chief OF police and Col.
in command of the special polic
as soon as possible armed hell
rushed to the scene. In little
there was an immense armed
circling the square in which Oh
was located. In the meantime r.
Fitzgerald of ST. Johns church
summoned to administer extreml
ton to the police officers who w
ing in the alley. The priest resp
promptly and he was anointip
body of Porteous with Alfred
Bloomfield, a young boy, standi
his side, when Charles again app
at the window. The lad saw h
once and
Begged the Desperate
not to shoot him. Charles INN
ately fired his Winchester again am
Bloomfield fell dead. In the mean
time an immense crowd had gathere
in the vicinity, and schemes were 9
on foot to get Charles out of t.
building. Charles. however, did n
propose to be captured without sell
his life dearly. Time after time
came to the window and as men,
by one, entered the alley, he blazs
away at them. In this manner SO
eral men were wounded. Ultimate
it was decided that the only way
get Charles was to burn the building
which he was intrenched. Some ON
went to a neighboring grocery, pur
chased can Of oil and, pouring it over
the rear steps of the building, applied
match and soon had
The Building in Flames.
So fiercely did the fire burn that it
came evident that no human bel
could live in the building. A mem1
of the Thirteenth company of the st
militia named Anderson was the fiji
to see Charles as lie ran to the secol
floor. Anderson shot the negro in
breast and he fell and died soon aftd(
AS soon as the negro fell a number or
people armed with Winchesters rushed
in and fired into the body. Charles
was literary shot to pieces. The body
was dragged into the street. There the
police and mob emptied their revolt
vers into it, while a score of men
rushed up and stamped the face be-
yond recognition, There were loud
bowls that. the body should be taken
to n vacant square in the vicinity and
publicly burned. At this instant, how
ever, a big squad Of police dashed UP
in patrol wagon. They pushed the
crowd aside, picked up the body and
threw it into the patrol wagon. The
driver whipped I'D his horses and the
wagon started off with 5000 people
running after it and
CIamorfng for the Cremation
Of the body of the desperate. Just
about the time that Charles body
reached the morgue the body of an
unknown negro who had been shot
and stabbed to death on GallatinS,
Z
of the tragedy at Clio and Saratoga
streets the city had been practically
quiet. Disturbances had occurred
only III isolated instances. and Mayor
YCapedeville was confident that the
situation was SO well In hand that he
would be able to dispense with tie
special police this morning. The tragic
scenes, however, here yesterday after
noon make 1t almost certain that.
both the 500 special officers and the
4 500 militia viii be kept in service at
lest until Monday. n II
8,fs SsE HOB Burns ~ school.
4 After nidnight d 4 mob which had
seyaded the mil tia and Sthe citizen poe
lice, attacked the Thony Ilafon school
Sixth and Rampant streets, upon sup
pOsiti that negroes had stored arma
and a nrnunit ION IN the build ding. I'm
opposed they had no a Guilty in gain
ING pbseesaion and dring the structural
Destroying IL conple teiy No negroel
were found in the school butsa numbeI
who emsrged from the hotise In tha
syicinit sers pursued fDF auitega dia