Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-08-29
OBJ TERRORIZES AKRON
{ alked in an Effort to Lynch a Negro,
1t Begins to Shoot.
He COUNTY JAIL STORMED,

cters Numbering Thousands In Battle,
and Many Shot Down by Jailers -
Negro Prisoner Was Spirited to Cieve-
land - Frenzicd Crowd Applies tho
Torcii-Mayor Appeals For Troops.
Akron, Ohio (SpeciaD.-An angry
10 bafiied in it's attempt to lynch
negro. began Il pitched battle with
= Mayor and other city officials. \
by and n tcn-ycarold boy We're
killed and many unknown men shot.
J. NJ. Davidson was in an open
carriage in the main street OF Akron
with his wife and baby. The child
was asleep i'm its mothers arms. y
shot from policcman's revolver in
stantly killed the child. Another man
was also shot. and will die.
The dead are: Glen Wade. aged ten,
shot through the heart; John NJ. Day
idson's four -year-uld child, shot dead
in q baby carriage.
Mayor w. r.. Young and other city
officials. after being hootcd and stoned
by the mob. took refuge in the inner
rooms Of the city building.
\ negro named Louis Peck made an
attempt To assault Christina n six
vcarold daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. The
odore Mas, white people of this city.
The negro was arrested AT one o'clock
next morning and locked up in the
rity prison. At 80 o'clock u. III. Il
mob of several thousand persons gath
cred about the prison yelling for the
life of Peck. They forced their way
Int hn IL, ~
tue cells. The officers offered no re-
siStance as the negro had been re-.
moved in the early part of the even
Ing. Tho mob then rushed for he
rcun'y Jail and forced open the outer
doors of the building. The Jail was
soon packed with the bowling mem
hers of the mob who insisted that Peck
WAS there.
Deputy Sheriff Stone addressed the
mob. saying that Peck was not there.
\ committee was appointed by the
mob and was permitted to search the
Jail from top TO bottom. The mob
then rushed across the street and
forced open the doors of the Court
House and searched that building.
Peck was not there ana another rush
was made for the city prison. which
was again soon packed.
The officers made no resistance and
Mayor Young appeared nj n window
IN the upper part OF the building and
attempted Ia address the crowd Uc
told the people that Peck and anuthpr
negro named Bug" Howard. who WAS
arrested two weeks ago for shooting
n White man. were removed from the
city by Sheriff Kelly. At { o'clock he
look the two colorcd prisoners to
Cleveland for safe keeping
The mob attacked the city building
FOR the third time soon after 10 o'clock.
People in thc crowd opened fire on the
hulldlng and II WAS returned Jy :hc
police officers in the buildinS one
hoy was shot dead aud several ppoule
wounded. Shortly after midnight The
mob broke into II hardware store and
stole all the firearms and ammunition
they could find. Including guns. rifles
8nd revolVcrs, and proceeded To the
city building and opened fire on the
defenders. and finally sci fire 10 the
Columbia Hall. which adjoins the city
building.
Columbia Hall was burned to the
ground and the city building was set
ON fire. The Fire Department was
called out. bur was unable tn do much
work. One fireman was shot and The
rioters cut the hose at every oppor.
lunltr.
Inc trolley wires and some of the
electric light and telephone wires i'm
Inc centre of The city were cut
Ihe Mayor tcleGIaphod TO the Glove
land Police Department for forty no
licemen.
The office of the Morning Journal
beacon. opposite the city building. was
partly demolished by stones and bul-
lets.
dynamite was used in front of the
cry building. The first charge smashed
M the windows In the building and
did much other damage.
All prisoners were released from, tbo
city prison. AlonZo Manchester. fire.
man has been shot in the neck. John
Horn was shot in the arm.
ne Governor was requested 10 call
out the National Guard TO supDress
the riot.