The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-08-03
MOB Law IN NEW ORLEANS
The City in the Hands of a Law
less Mob.

NEW ORLEANS, July 26.--After be-
ing in the hands of iawless mobs for
several hours, with the police appar-
entity powerless to maintain order, New
Orleans at daybreak again assumed a
peaceful and orderly condition. the vio-
fence apparently nnahy ceased. The
last disturbance occurred about
o'clock, when n white baker, whose
name is unknown, was shot in the leg
while crowd of rioters were chasing a
gang OF negroes. The mayor, police ana
citizens are arranging today TO take
precautions against recurrence OF
asst night In the scenes of disorder. The
mob was composed OF boys and hood
lums, and was without n leader. The
rioting grew out of the intense feeling
engendered by the murder of Captain
Day and Patrolman Lamb and the
wounding of officer Mora by the des-
perado, Charles. The occurrences OF
asst night are greatly deplored by the
best elements of the community. They
represented in no sense an uprising OF
an outraged community against wrong.
one man was Killed, three others will
die, and fifteen wounded.
A delegation of citizens today went
to the city hall and asked the mayor
either to call out n posse of citizens
or appeal to the Government to order
out the militia. The mayor decided
Immediately to prepare proclamation.
Gazing for 500 volunteer citizens to as
sist the police in preserving order The
movement last night started from Il
gathering of men at the Lee statute.
corner of st. Charles avenue and How
ard street. Being ordered to dispense
the crowd moved up st. Charles street.
gathering force as IL went and grad :
uaily becoming iniiamed to the point of
desperation. II was not until after they
had stopped in Morrison Square on
Washington avenue and Franklin
street, near the scene of the assassina-
ton of Captain Day and officer Lamb
that they listened to speech from
man hailing from Kenner, and then
started out TO waylay the negroes
Most of the colored population had
taken warning from the excitement OF
the night before and kept indoors, but
there were some returning to their
homes from work, and 1t was one of
these who was the first victim.
The main crowd continued on down
town, heading for the Parish prison
Tney We're met a block away by a
squad of police who stopped them. Then
they began breaking into the second
hand stores on Rampant street In that
neighborhood hunting for arms and
ammunition. The police made u DEM
onstration and drove them off. After
lingering around Rampant street for an
hour the mob divided. one section going
down town. and the other starting back
up town.
The downtown mob did terrible ex-
eeution, and kept up it's fiendish work
until half-past o'clock. A notorious
character took the lead and they
headed for the neighborhood OF Frank
lin and Custom House streets. They
saw negro In crowded Villler street
car He was dragged out and fllod with
lead, being Instantly kilica They
moved out In the vicinity ~ ths old
Basin on Toulouse street and tr,rorized
that neighborhood, but evidently
found no negroes. Then theS went
down as far as Kelerec and lJuuphin
streets, where they found an Old ne.
gro. seventy-hve years old. named
Baptlste F!leau. whom they beat al
most 10 death.
Coming up town again they met a
negro on Decatur street. whom they
beat into an inHensible condition and
left for dead. They located the porter
of the J.. A. N, pay ear and chased
him up the leyes Acting Mayor Mehle