The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-29
MOB Law IN OHIO.
Excitjre Scenes Witnessed IL ;hs
City Of Akron.
TWO CHILDREN KILLED.
An Angry Crowd Of Paople Seek
30 Lynch 2 Negro fer At.
tempted Assault on
q Girl.

Girl.
\ dispatch from Akron, Ohio, says
between one aud two o'clock Wcdnes.
day morning Officer John Duffy arrest
ed colored man who, during the Day,
confessed 10 Prison Keeper Washer, to
having attempted to assault Christina,
the six year Old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theo. Mas, Industrious and re,
spectacle people who live on Perkins
hill. The prisoner has given his name
as Louis Peck He is about 10 years
old, married and recently moved here.
The story of his confession spread
like wild fire through the city and off
GERS learned that sn attempt would be
made TO lynch him In tie police
court Peck pleaded guilty and vas
bound over to the common pleas court.
His bail was placed at s. coo
Several thousand people were ready
to lynch Peck. \ large crowd gath
cred about the city prison at 1:3O
clock and forced in the doors The
prison was soon packed with the mob
and the officers offered no resistance,
as Peck earlier in the evening had been
quietly taken away to Cleveland.
To satisfy the mob the Off GERS sug-
gested that committee of six be ap
pointed to search ali the cells and go
through every part OF the building
This was done, ard as the negro was
not found, yell was made, "No9 foC
the county Jail Give Us the niger and
we will deal with him. a mad rush
was made for the j.i! snG soon the jail
was in the hands of the mob After
goiry through the private apartments
Of the Jail the crowd started to batter
down the big iron doors.
Deputy Sheriff Stone stood in front
Of the prison doors and made speech.
| He Informed The crowd that Peck could
not be found in there and he told the
people il the mob to select commit
tee and be would allow the committee
to search the jail from top to bottom.
4 committee was quickly selected and
the jail was searched, every cell being
examined. Satisfied that the negro
was rot there the mob then rushed
across tie street and forced opea the
doors Of the county court house. The
old court house was soon packed aud all
rooms searched except the rooms in the
treasury department..
The city prison was again surrounded
and hundreds OF people forced their
way into the prison for the second
time, insisting that the negro was
there Mayor ". f. Young at this
tine appeared at one OF the windows in
the upper part Of the building. He
addressed the mob as best he could,
saying that Peek had been taken out Of
the prison q. clock by Sheriff Kelly
and driven cut Of the city in closed
carriage.
The people in the mob would not be-
lieve the mayor and continued to yell
ard demand that Peck be surrendered.
At 10 o'clock the mob began for the
third time to attack the city prison.
Some one in the crowd began shooting
at the building. This was followed by
several more shots. The officers in the
building appeared at the windows and
began to shoot over the heads Of the
people. a man with shot gun then
fred at the officers.
It is said several odicers were WouaG-
ed. The crowd then began to smash
in the windows Of the city building and
the firing became general Hundreds
Of Shots were exchanged, and one boy,
name unknown, vas carried dead from
the street Il is certain that dozens Of
men were wounded.
All the anbulances Of the city have
been called out and the excitement has
become intense. The front Of the city
building is total wreck and the FIRE
bells we're rung.
At l0:45 p. N. Prison Keeper John
E. Washer came from the city building
and be vas knocked down BY brick.
He was badly Injured about the head
and had to receive medical attention.
1t was known that two people were
instantly killed ard another person is
dying at the city hospital. The dead
are: Glen Wade, aged 10, shot through
the heart; John NJ. Dsvidson's four
year old child, shot dead in baby car
| riage.
Fred V. OrBick, age 25, is badly
wounded with buckshot. He lives at
No. 70 North street, and is now dying
at the hospital. a man named Null
was shot in the head and also in one
leg.
Another man, whose name could not
be learned, but who is driver fer the
American Express company was shot
in the leg.
At II p. m. the crowd began to leave
for home, and the indications are that
DO more trouble will take place.
Shortly after midnight the mob broke
into hardware store ard stole all the
firearms and ammunition they could
fnd, including guns, rlfes and revol-
vers ard proceeded to the city building
aud opened FIRE on the defenders and
iraliy set fire to the Columbia hall,
which adjoins the city building. At
last accounts the flames were spreading
rapidly.
No Prisoners Were Made.
4 dispatch from Berlin says general
attention has been attracted by an ln-
terview published il the FraDkEuGteT
Zeitung between that papers cores
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