Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-28
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colleague Charles again nreu. ihc ~
liens nevertheless got Lallys pody out
of the alley and afterwards Succeeded
in taking out Porteous' BODY.
1t was seen that Charles did not pro-
pose to be captured without Selling MS
life dearly. Time after time he came
Ito the window and as citizens. one by
lone, entered the alley. he blaZed away
at them In this manner COnfectioner
II.eclere who was one of the special po-
lice squad. ex-Policeman Evans, John
Banyille and George II. Lyons, son OF
the head of the biggest drug establish
ment in the South, were wounded.
At this time the extra police began
to fire indiscriminately at the negro.
Andy Van Kuren, keeper OF the police
Jail. got "a bullet in the body and fell
dead. Just afterward n. II. Ball, an
old man aged 65, working for the Mu-
tual Benevolent Association, doing
business in the vicinity, was hit and
MORALLY wounded. About the same
time with Charles firing his Winches-
ter indiscriminately, Frank Bertucci re-
ceived shot in the left shoulder, and
j. w. Bofit got a bullet in the right
hand.
Ultimately it was concluded by those
who were handling the situation that
the only way to get Charles was to
burn the building in which he was en-
| trenched. Someone went To neigh
boring grocery. purchased a can of oil
| and pouring it over the rear steps of
| the building applied a match and soon
had the building in flames. Special po
| lice squads and members Of the militia
stationed themselves about the building
in order to pick the desperate as he
attempted to leave the house. Soon
| Charles ran out of the house across
the yard and entered the second room.
A young soldier named Anderson armed
| with Winchester rifle, shot the negro
in the breast and he fell and soon af-
terward died.
| AS soon as the negro fell numbers Of
people armed with Winchesters and re-
volvers rushed in and fired into the
body. Charles was literally shot to
| pieces. After it was certain that he
was dead a mob entered the yard and
dragged the body into the street The
police and the mob emptied their re-
volvers into ii while son OF one OF
| the murdered men rushed up and
stamped the face beyond recognition
|
their courage and they promptly
pushed the crowd aside. picked up the
| body and threw il into the patrol
wagon. The driver whipped up his
| horse and the wagon started off with
5000 people running after it and clam
oring for the cremation of the body Of
| the desperate. The wagon. however
was feeter than the mob and it ulti-
mately made its way in safety to po-
| lice headquarters.
Shortly after the body had been placed
| in the morgue, Annie Cant. a negro wo-
man. declared that it was not that OF
| Charles. but of his half brother, Sly
Jackson.
| Later in the evening. Joseph Stassi a
| responsible Italian. said positively that ii
| was that Of the murderer of Day and
| Lamb. Coroner Richards said to re-
porter of The Associated Press that upon
| examination of the clothing of the de-
| ceased he bad found a slip of paper bear
| ing the name Of Robert Charles, who also
| went under the name of Sly jackson.
Shortly after the body of Charles had
| been taken from the scene report
spread that there was still some negroes
| in the building. and in the room where
| the fire had not Vet reached, three ne
| groes Were found dressed in female at
| tire. They We're hustled out and immedi- |
| ately went to prison in patrol wagon.
| Subsequently a fourth negro. mulatto,
| was discovered in the building. He made
| a desperate resistance against being ar
rested and was killed
Just about the time that Charles body |
| reached the morgue the body of an un- |
| known negro man who had been shot ana !
stabbed to death was carried in This |
darkey was passing through the French !
market when he was seen by a crowd oil |
whites. The latter were intensely eX
| cited by the news of the slaughter Of |
| Porteous and others Immediately mobbed |
| him. The unknown negro ran for his life |
! and the angry mob kept at his heels. the |
crowd increasing IN numbers every MIN
ute. The negro finally succeeded in enter |
| ing house in Gallatin street. He ran up |
stairs and jumped from the gallery TO |
| the ground. Before he could arise the |
mob shot and stabbed him to death.
Up to the time Of the tragedy at Clio |
| and Saratoga streets. the city had been |
practically quiet. The tragic scenes. |
| however. which We're enacted here, this |
afternoon. make it almost certain that |
both the 500 special officers and the 1909 |
militia will be kept in service at least |
mayor issued a proclamation imploring |
the people, to keep the law; ordering the
police to disperse crowds and assemblies |
and closing the bar rooms.
August Thomas was identified. today. |
as the negro who met violent death At |
the hands of hoodlums. Wednesday |
Villers street. Lewis Taylor. one of the |
negroes who was shot and dubbed at the
French market. Wednesday night, sue
cumbed. today. to his wounds.
Late this afternoon. Harry Mayberry |
called at Central police headquarters and |
identified two men under arrest. George |
Flanagan and Mike Foley. as members of |
the mob who murdered Anna Mayberry.
his mother. while she was asleep in he" |
home on RoSSeau street this morning.
The grand jury was called in special |
session. today. Judge Baker delivered |
strong and impressive charge on the sub
iect of the dsgraceful scenes which have
occurred in New Orleans during the past
few days. The grand jury examined
large number of witnesses, including
newspaper reporters, with a view to OBJ
tanning information which might lead to
the apprehension of the perpetrators OF
the outrageS.
A complete list of casualties shows that
six negroes and four whites have been
killed and 10 negroes and 20 whites
wounded since the trouble began.
New Orleans July 2S.-1 A. M.-The La
fon school building has been burned by
Il mob.
Berlin papers record the finding Of a