Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-08-24
Attacks the Jail After a Battle
with the Police.
LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED.
Frenzied Crowd Attempts to Secure
Louis Peck, u Negro, Who Had As
yaulted a 6-Year-Old GIrl-Dynamite
Used on City Building.

years OLD, q mop IN the great SCale
Of Ohio shed it's own blood.
Several thousand angry citizens, led
by Theodore Mas, father of the ne
gro's victim, stoned the Jail and de-
manded possession of Louis Peck
They pushed by the guards and
searched for the prisoner in vain. A
committee was sent in to find the
man, with no better results. Again
the mob entered the building, but
again returned empty-handed.
Open Fire on the jail
Frenzied by the enormity Of the
crime committed, and yelling for re-
venge, the mob refused to believe the
officers statement that Peck had been
transferred to Cleveland, but felt that
be was secreted somewhere about the
Jail. Unable to find him by personal
search, the mob began firing upon the
building, trusting that some OF the
shots would ferret out the negro.
Guards in the jail returned the fire
and in the indiscriminate discharge OF
weapons which followed two innocent
children were killed, while many other
persons were injured.
Two Children Killed.
The dead are: Glen Wade, 10 years
old; shot through the heart. Child OF
John M. Davidson, 4 years old; shot
dead in a baby cab. The injured:
Fred V. Orwick, rs years old, 4S North
street; badly wounded with buckshot
dying at the hospital. -- Hull, shot
In the head and also in one of his legs.
Unknown man, driver for the Ameri-
can Express company. John E. Wash
or, prison-keeper; knocked down with
a brick and badly injured about the
head. Arthur E. sprague, shot in the
head. Park Stair, shot in the leg.
Alonzo Manchester, fireman; shot in
the neck; serious. John Horn, shot in
the arm.
A report has been received from the
city building by telephone that one Of
the officers had both of his legs broken
and that another was badly wounded.
Sends to the Governor for Help.
Mayor Young was In the building
and sent an appeal to the governor to
call out the militia. All the ambu-
lances of the city were in use and the
excitement became intense. the front
of the city building is total wreck.
Set Fire to Columbia Hall.
Shortly after midnight the mob
broke into hardware store and stole
all the firearms and ammunition it
could find, including guns, rifles and
revolvers, and proceeded to the city
building and again opened fire on the
defenders, and finally set fire to Colum-
bia hall, which adjoins the city build
ing.
Riot Rules the City.
At o'clock riot held full sway. Co.
lumbia hall burned to the ground and
the city building was on fire. The fire
department was called out and was I'M
able to do much work, as one fireman
had been shot and the rowdies cut the
hose at everp opportunity. The trolley
wires and some of the electric light and
telephone wires in the center of the
city were cut.
The mayor telegraphed to the Cleve-
land police department for forty po-
licemen.
The Office of the Journal-Beacon, OPP
posite the city building, was partly
demolished by stones and bullets.
All the officers who had been penned
up in the city building for two hours
escaped through a rear window and
ran for their lives.
Blow Up City Building.
At LAS a. m. dynamite was used in
front of the city building. The first
charge just fired smashed all the win
dows in the city building and did much
other damage. All prisoners were re.
leased The crowd threatened to de-
stroy the city building with dynamite.
Peck Confesses His Crime.
During the day Peck, who was ar
rested, confessed to Prison-Keeper
Washer of having attempted to as
sault the girl, who is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Mas, indus
trious and respectable people, who live
on Perkins hill. On Monday night he
offered to give the child ride in his
buggy. Christina accepted the invita-
ton and a few hours later she was
found on the side of road west of the
city. In the police court he pleaded
guilty and was bound over to the Com
mon Pleas court, his bail being placed
at $4,000.
The story of his confession spread
like wildfre throughout the city, and
officers learned that an attempt would
be made at night to lynch him. Peck
was badly frightened, and was great
" relieved when he and another
negro, Bud Howard, under arrest for
shooting John Forbes, were sent to
Cleveland for safe-keeping.
Columbus. O., Aug. 23.-Gov Nash
has received the following appeal from
the mayor of Akron to quell the riot
In that city:
Troops Sent to Akron.
akron, O., Aug. %. 1880 a. INTO
His Excellency, Gov. Nash, Columbus