Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-08-01
TERRIBLE RIOT IN NEW ORLEANS
Between Whites and :!ssfoss Killed
and Many Wounded.

and Many Wounded.
New ORLEANS, July 2s.-Robt. Charles,
the negro desperate who killed two
police officers and mortally wounded an
other Tuesday night, which resulted in
the race riot here this week, was found
In negro house on Saratoga street late
yesterday afternoon, and after desper-
ate battle, in which Charles killed four
more men, two officers and two citizens,
tho negro OUTLAY was shot to pieces. He
was finally forced to leave his place of
hiding, to escape death by flames, his
house having boon oiled and set atiro. AS
he made break for liberty he was shot
dead amp his body was sieved with bull
lots from pistols and rifles in tho hands
OF the ayenging hundreds. An effort was
made made. to burn the body publicly, but the
ried tho body to police headqtartors.
Charles fought until tho last, and ho
went down with six victims of his doadly
rifle. His crimes have thrown tho city
into wild state Of excitement this week,
resulting in the loss of IL l.vos and tho
Wondering and injuring of 2o persons,
some some OF whom will die Rack riots havo
and mob rule prevails, although tho
polihe and militia arc in force on tho
streets.
II was after most desperate battle,
lasting for several hours, and in which
Charlos succeeded in killing Sergeant
Gabriel Porteous, Andy Van Kurof,
DIoomflold, young % boy, Coz Corporal aI0J John II,
+. Lally, and fatally wounding John
Vanville, ex-Policoman Frank IL. Evans,
A. S. LeCleric. ono Of tho leading con-
footionors of tho city, and moro or less
seriously wounding several citizons, that
tho desperate who killed Captain Day
and Patrolman Lamb and badly wounded
Oficer Mora, was smoked out Of his
hiding place in the heart of tho resi-
dcnce sootion of the city and literally
shot to piocos.
The tragedy was ono of tho most ro-
markable in the history of tho city.
10000 people. soldiers, policemen and
citizens, was gathered around the square
IN which Charles was finally put to
death. Tremendous excitoment reigned
in New Orleans rs tho battle won't on bo-
tween tho police and citizens and the
negro with his Winchester. After tho
tragedy was ovor and Charles was
dragged from tho mud and slush in
which he had fallen, with the mob howl
ing for tho burning of his body, state
monts were mado that tho man killed
was not really tho desperate who had
killed Day and Lamb, but papers found
on his person aud the fact that he fought
50 desperately for his life and shot so
accurately secm to leave little doubt
that tho right man was put to death.
In the meantime an immense throng
had gathered in tho vicinity and schemes
were on hand to got Charles out of the
building. Charles, however, did not pro-
tO hn n nfnrnl on1I,nr h;y
lifo dearly. Timo aftor time he camc to
tho window and as citizons, ono by ono,
entered the alley, he blazcd away at
thom. In this manner ConfectiOner I.c-
Clcrc, who was one of the special police
squad, exPOliceman Evans, John Ban
villo and George II. Lyons, son of tho
head of tho biggest drug establishment
in the south, were wounded.
At this time tho extra police began to
fire indscriminately at the negro. Just
at this timo Andy Van Kuram, keeper of
the police Jail, got a bullet in his body
and foil dead. Just aftcrward ii. H.
Bait, an old man, aged sixty five, work
ing for tho Mutual Benevolent Associa
ton, doing business in tho vicinity, was
hit and mortally wounded. About the
samo time with Charles firing his Win
chester indiscrimnatoly, Frank Rcrtucc
received a shot in tho left shoulder and
j. W. Bofil got a hot bullet in tho right
hand.
Ultimately it was concluded by those
who were handling the situation that
the only way to get Charles at all was to
burn tho building in which ho was on
trenchcd. There we're, however, some
scruples about resorting to this method
of getting him, owing to the extremely
thickly populated section in which tho
house was situated. Nevertheless it was
determined that tho fire department
should be called out, in order to protect
surrounding property, in case it should
be resolved to burd tho building.
At the moment of apparant INDIGESTION
somo ono went to noighboring grocery
purchased can of oil and, pouring it
over the rear steps of tho building, ap-
piled n match and soon had tho building
in flames. SO ficrccly did the fire burn
that it became evident that no human
being could live in the building, and
picked men from the police, special
squads, members of the soldiery sta
toned themselves about tho building in
order to pick off tho desperate as
he attempted to leave tho house. a
young soldier named Adolph Anderson,
a member of the State militia, was ono
of the first to see Charles as ho ran down
tho steps leading to the second story
Charles ran across the yard and entered
the second room. He fired several times
armed with a Winchester rifle, shot the
negro in the breast and ho fell and died
soon after.
40 sccn as .hs negro fell, ilumbers of
people armed with winchcstcrs and rev0l-
vers rushed in and fired into the body.
Charles was literally shot to pieces. Aftor
it was certain that he was dead, a mob
entered the yard and dragged tho body
into the street. There the police and tho
mob cmptied their rcvolvcrs into it, while
a son of one of tho murdered men rushed
up and stamped the face beyond rccogni-
ton. Thoro were then loud howls that
tho body should be taken to vacant
square in the vicinity and publicly burned.
At this instance, however, q big squad
of police dashed up in a patrol wagon.
There were thousands of people cOngrc-
gated In tho vicinity and it seemed as if
there might bo clash bctwoon tho Off
cors and tho mob. The police seemed,
however, to have rogainod thoir courage,
and they promptly pushed tho crowd
aside, picked up tho body and threw it
into tho patrol wagon. Tho driver
whipped up his horses and tho wagon
started OFF with 5000 people running
after it and clamoring for tho cremation
Of tho body of the desperado. Tho
wagon, however, was llootor than tho
mob and it ultimately made it's way in
safety to police headquarters. There an
immense crowd had gathered and great
difficulty was experienced in taking the
corpse of the negro from tho wagon into
tho morguo. When Charles body was
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