New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-08-29
MOB rules IN OHIO CITY
Angry Citizens Of Akron Fight with;
Sheriff's Posse IN Effort to
Lynch a Negro.
TWO PERSONS DEAD AND OTHERS HURT.
Failing to Secure the Prisoner tha
Fire to Buildinss-Use Dynamite.
ON the Prison--GOv. Nash Ssada
Troops to Aid OmciaIs. .ss

Akron, O., Aug. pa mob OF sew.
eral thousand frenzied persons, infnrf-
ated over an assault upon the little
daughter Of MI. and Mrs. Theodore
Mas by Louis. Peck, q colored man,
searched the city prison, the county
Jail and the old courthouse Wednee-
day night for the negro, engaged in q
battle of bullets with officers Of the
law, killed two persons and wounded
many more, set fire to Columbia hail
and the city building, destroying both,
using dynamite on the latter. Shortly
after midnight the mob broke into q
hardware store and stole all the ann
munition and firearms in the place,
including guns, rifles and revolvers,
proceeded to the city building and
opened fire on the defenders, at the
same time applying the torch to Column
bia hall. The flames spread rapidly and
efforts of the fire department to stop
the impending conhagration were re-
sisted by the rioters. TX
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Peck was arrested Wednesday and
murmurs of gathering trouble caused
the sheriff secretly to transfer the
prisoner to. Cleveland. The report that
he had confessed spread rapidly and
the mob gathered soon after dark. Not
believing the statement of the sheriff
that Peck had been spirited out Of
the city the crowd sent committees
through the city prison and the couns
ty Jail to search for the negro.
This proving fruitless the mob gath
cred in front of the city Jail, threaten
ing it's destruction unless Peck be pro-
duced. Lynching was on the tongue
of everyone in the crowd, and even the
rope had been provided and was dang
ling from the arm of citizen.
Mayor w. E. Young fastened to the
building and mounting the steps called
upon the crowd to dispense, pledging
escorted out of town.
Attack On City Prison.
At ten O'clock the mob began to at
tack the city prison for the third time.
In the excitement some one fired shot,
which was followed by fusillade. The
officers in the building appeared at the
windows and began to shoot over the
heads of the people. A man armed
with a shotgun leveled his weapon at
the officers and they were soon made
the target for the mob's fire.
An indescriba BILE scene followed Sew
eral of the policemen fell wounded, 9th
ers were struck by bricks and other
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turn fire of the laws officers wrought
havoc in the ranks of the mob:
The Victims.
Two people are dead, three fatally
wounded and several others badly hurt
The dead: IS
- Davidson, four-year-old child of John
NJ Davidson, shot dead while sitting in a
baby carriage.
Glenn Wade, ten years old; shot through
the heart.
The fatally wounded:
Fireman, name unknown; shot in the
body, will die.
Alonzo Manchester, fireman, shot in the
neck; will die. ~
Fred " Orwick. 25 years old, of 43 North
street; hit by charge of buckshot, dying
at the hospital. .-..
Arthur E. Sprague, shot in the head; can
not live.
Troops Called Out.
Columbus. o. Aug. 23.-Gov. Nash
has received a telegram from the sher-
if of Summit county asking for militia
to quell the riot at Akron. The ia
nous Fourth regiment will be sent to
the scene Of the trouble.
Awed by Troops.
Akron, O., Aug. 24.-After Wedness
day nights terrible experiences Akron
is quiet. Six hundred militia are in
town, and if the rioters of "a hours
ago had any disposition to renew their
attacks on law and order, the presence
of the national guard has evidently a
500 thing effect .~
Thousands of people came to this
city yesterday to see the ruins Of the
buildings destroyed by the mob. The
city hall is a complete wreck and.none
of the city records were saved.
Minneapolis Outstrips st. Paul.
washington, Aug. The census Of
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