The Portland daily press., 1900-11-07
Republican Deputies
Ordered From Polls.
They Resisted and the Shooting
Begun.

Denver, November 6.-Two men dead
and four wounded one Of whom will
probably die was the result OF q crash
which occurred early today between
members OF the police force and posse
OF deputy sherifrs at polling district
negro deputy sheriff was shot and killed
and Stewart Harvey, white, o special
policeman, died late In the afternoon at q
! hospital.
The Wounded are:
Charles +. Carpenter, policeman, shot
in the leg and arm, dangerously hurt.
Hampton jackson, oolored. special
deputy sheriff, skull fractured and arm
broken; may die.
! Charles Green, special policeman, shot
In the back. seriously hurt.
Fifteen hundred special policemen had
been sworn In for the day and about
l 900 special deputies. At O'Clock
Special Policeman Charles +. Carpenter
and Green were sent to 22d and Larimer
streets to supervise the opening OF the
polls in district II. precinct 4. Several
special deputies were present. Orders
| had been issued by the fire and police
board to refuse to recognize the authori-
| ty of the deputies and to arrest any who
/ in any way interfered with the police.
Under these instructions Officer Car
psnter ordered the deputies to retire 100
feet from the polling place. Hampton
jackson. oolored, resisted, and drawing
a revolver, began shooting. One bullet
| struck Carpenters arm and second his
| foot. Policeman Green came to the res.
cue OF his companion, striking jackson
on the head and arm, fracturing his
skull and breaking bis arm.
| Shooting by the deputies became gen.
eral. while the special policemen who
were armed only with clubs ware at
disadvantage. At this moment City
Detective Carberry ran up and opened
| fire with his revolvers Deputy Sheriff
John u. Branford, oolored, fell dead ct
| the first shot.
A score Of shots were fired by deputies
and Detective Carberry and Deputies
Stewart Harvery and Richard Hartman,
both colored. were shot. 1t is not known
| whose bullets wounded them. Special
Policeman Green was shot In the back.
None OF these wounds weres fatal.
Branford, who was killed, is stated to
have been an ex-convict. The feeling
oreated by the affair Is intense.
The trouble was the outgrowth Of the
bitter campaign in Denver and the state
which involves not only the national and
state tickets, but the election Of Unit
ed States Senator to succeed SenatorssWo Oh
cott. Gov. Thomas has ordered company
| q, Colorado cavalry, to be In readin sss
to be called out and they are now at the
armory.
Although troop G, Colorado national
guard, assembled early at the armory
and remained under ar ms throughout
| the day and 1t was understood to have
been the order of Governor Thomas. the
Governor this afternoon positively de-
MED having issued such orders and the
officers OF the troop refused to say by
whose orders they assembled. Ex-Mayor
II. S. McMurray, chairman OF the honest
elsction league, this evening offered a re-
ward of IS, 900 for the arrest and convic-
tion OF the men who killed Charles Allen.
RIOT IN INDIANA.
Brazil, IND, November I'm a riot
at Caseyville, early today, one man was
killed and eight men were seriously
wounded. Politics led to the tight.
The dead: Wallace Graves or Casey
Vile.
Wounded: William Hustin and seven
Austrians and Italians names unknown.
About 90 men1 became involved in q
political discussion In a saloon during
the night. The Democrats and Republi-
cans finally separated, only to come to-
gether later outside the saloon. Some
one shot Graves with q shot gun. In
an instant many weapons were brought
into action. Over 700 shots were fired.
Local officers quickly swore In num-
ber of deputies and seeing an organized
force entering the field, the rioters fed.
Feeling still runs high and IL the COM
batants can again get. together more