The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-31

breast and he fell and died soon afte$-
ward.
Soon as the negro fell a number OF
people armed with w~inchestsrs and
re~volvers rushed IN and fired into the
body. Charles was literally shot 10
pieces. After IL was certain rna he
was dead. q mob dragged the body into
the street. The police and the mob
a son OF one OF the murdered men rush
UP and stamped the face beyond rec
ignition.
There were then loud howfs that the
body should be taken TO a vacant
square In the vicinity n publicly
burned At this instant however. a
big squad OF policemen dashed W in
a patrol wagon. There Were thousands
Of people in the vicinity and IL SEEM
ed as II there might be a clash be-
tween The officers and b mob. The
police seemed however, 10 have re-
gained their courage and they prompt
ly pushed the crowd aside. picked up
the body and threw IL into the patrol
wagon. The driver whipped up his
horses and the wagon started of with
5000 people running after IL, and clam-
oring for the cremation of h body OF
the desperate. The wagon, however.
was feeter "a the mob, n II ulti-
mately made its way in safety 10 po-
lice headquarters.
There an immense crowd had
gathered and difficulty was experienced
in taking the corpse OF the negro from
the wagon into morgue. When the
body was stripped it was found 10
have been ~lacerated from head 10 foot
with bullets.
Later in the evening Joseph Stassi.
a responsible Italian, arrived at the
prison and, seeing the body, said posi-
lively that it was that Of the murder
er Of Day and Lamb.
Coroner Richards said TO a represen-
tative OF the Associated Press that
upon examinarfon of the clothing of
the deceased he had found a slip OF
paper bearing the name OF Rober V.
Charles, who also went d the
name of Sly Jackson.
Shortly after the body of Charles had
been AXE from the scene a report
spread thai there We're still some ne
| groes in the building. The square was
! again quickly surrounded by picked
| men and under guard of men with
Winchesters, a squad made its way in
TO the building. In a room which the
fire had not yet reached three negroes
I were found in female attire. They
were hustled III and Immediately sent
20 prison in a patrol wagon.
II SuDSCQupIlIS a lOuI HcSIO. d III
latoo, was discovered in the building.
He made a desperate resi- ance against
being arrested and while in the hands
Of the police was killed by a shot fired
from a pistol in the hands of the dis
orderly mob.
Just about the time hat Charles
body reached the morgue the body OF
| an unknown negro, who had been shot
and stabbed to death on Galatin street,
u-ac 90 r--ia1 in This 6a rEV WAS nASS-
ing through the French market when
he was seen by a crowd of whites. The
Ia tier were intensely excited by the
news of the slaughter of Porteous and
others up town and they Immediately
mObbed him. The unknown negro ran
for his life and the angry mob kept
at his heels, the crowd increasing In
numbers evry minute. The negro n
| nally succeeded in entering a house on
| GaTlatin street. He ran UP stairs and
jumped from the gallery TO the ground.
! Before he could arise the mob shot
| and stabbed him TO death.
At a late our tonight the moi
| had evaded the militia and the citl-
Zens police, attacked the Thomy Lafor
school house, Sixth and Rampart
l streets, upon the supposition that ne
| groes had stored arms and ammuni
| ton in the buildin. They quickly
| gained possession and fired the struc.
| ture, destroying it completely. This
| school building was erected a few
| years ago by the city and was devoted
| exclusively to the education of coloret
\ children. No negroes were found II
the school, but a number wh'
emerged from houses in the vicinity
were pursued for quite a distance. 4
strong force was dispatched to tn
scene as soon as the alarm was given
but too late to save the school house
The mob was quickly dispersed.
This morning the better class of ne
groes resumed their ~avocations fire.
from molestation and the restoration
Of order promised to be permanent
The early hours of the afternoon, how
ever, wrought a woeful change in tn
situation.
The fresh violence Of to-day revive
the turbulence Of Ae unruly element
and added strength to their force:
The citizens police force has been in
creased to over 1000. All the compa
MES of the state militia are under arm
and guarding the prisons and othe
important points. The general belle
Is that the force in hand will be alb
to the lawlesS element.
A complete list of casualties show
that six negroes and fou whites hay
been killed and ten negroes and twe1
ty whites wounded since - troub
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