Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-27
Fields standing in her door They

Fields standing in her door. They
brutally beat her.
The main crowd continued on Down
town. heading for the parish prison.
They were met block away by
squad of police. who stopped them.
second hand stores on Rampant street
in that neighborhood. hunting for arms
and ammunition. The police made a
demonstration and drove them off.
After lingering around Rampant street
for an hour the mob divided. one sec
ton going down town and the other
starting back up town. The latter
crowd started for the Basin in the vi
cinity of the Illinois Central depot, as
that is a popular rendezvous for ne
groes. Before starting they INDUCED
in n little pistol play and wounded Os-
valid Mcmahon. a 12-years- old boy. in
the leg. The boy had been following
the crowd. on the way up they went
through the Poydras market and found
a negro Waterman. George Norris.
whom they proceeded to chase through
the market. shooting at him as he ran.
He is seriously injured.
John Deeds, a white man. was shot
during the indiscriminate shooting in
the PoydraS market. The mob search
ed the vicinity Of the basin thorough
ly. and failing to find any one, walk
ed out towards Franklin street. where
they came upon a negro whom they
promptly shot. He was Dan White.
and got bullet in his right wrist.
About ! o'clock. the men headed for the
neighhorhood of Canal street ana on their
way looted two secondhand stores While
trying to break into one place several
shots We're fired with the result that they
wounded one of their own crowd John
Dora. in the leg.
They moved on down to Canal street
and al the corner of Rampant, started to
break into another secondhand store bur
patrol wagon full of police came up ana
dispersed them
The downtown mob did terrible execu-
ton and kept M its work until $50
o'clock. A notorious character took the
lead and they headed for the neighbor-
hood of Franklin and Custom House
streets They found no negroes there and
were going down Where street towards
some negro novels, when they saw a ne
gro in Il crowded street car. They halted
the car. pulled the trolley off. ordered
about 20 passengers out and then muir
dered the black man. He was dragged
out and filled with lead. being instantly
killed. He was evidently laborer. His
name is not known.
Inc iibb litIi IIiONtu bll Oul W IDe VI
cinity of the Old Basin. on Toulouse
street, and terroriZed that neighborhood.
but evidently found no negroes. Then
they went down as far as keerre and
Dauphin streets. where they found ne
gro. - years old, named Baptist Flo.
whom they beat and shot almost to
death.
Coming up town again, they headed for
the French market and met an unknown
negro on Decatur, between St. Philip and
Crsulines. whom they promptly beat into
an inSensible condition and left for dead
He died shortly after He had been pullci
from meat wagon which he was driv
ing to the French market
They found another negro in the mar
ket and promptly put an end to his eX
istence. He is not known.
They located the porter of the Louis
vile Il Nashville pay car and chased him
up the levee. He ran into the custom
house, where he was protected by the
night Waterman at the point Of a Win
chester. The crowd suiked around for a
while and then gradually dispersed.
ton. last evening. calling good citi-
vent the roting.
Just before daybreak the remnants of
the mob gathered in the vicinity of the
Spanish Fort railroad to waylay negroes
as they We're going to their work at Chal-
mette. Some of them came along and the
mob chased them. firing as they ran. A
baker on his morning rounds caught
bullet in the leg.
William Armstrong, negro. sitting on
the Claiborne bridge, was shot in the leg
by mob that passed there last night.