The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-28

officers and the negro fed from the scene.
The reports OF Charles Winchester and
Abe fact that two officers lay bleeding in
the yard raised tremendous excitement.
hurry calls we're scot to. the mayor, tho
chief OF police and Colonel Wood. in COM
mand of the special police, and ms fast as
possible armed help was rushed to tho
scene. In a little while there was an i'm
mense, crowd encircling the square In
which Charles was located. Meantime
Father Fitzgerald Of st. Joints church was
summoned TO administer extreme unctioa
10 the police officers who were lying in
the alley. The priest responded promptly
and be was amounting the body OF Por-
teous with Alfred j. Bloomfield a young
boy. standing by his side. when Charles
again appeared at the window. The lad
saw him and begged the desperate not TO
shoot him. Charles immediately fred his
winchester again and Bloomfield fell dead
The priest. unhurt left the scene after
pluckily performing the last offices for
the dead officer At thls time the ampu-
tsered to go into the alley way and bring
out the body OF Lslly. They entered and
while they were attempting 10 take the
body Of the dead officer from that OF his
colleague, Charles fred again. The cit :
liens. nevertheless. got Lally's body out
OF the alley, Afterwards succeeding in
taking Porteous' body out also.
Meantime an immense throng had gain
cred In the vicinity and schemes were set
on foot to get Charles out Of the building.
Charles however did not propose TO be
captured without selling his life dearly.
Time after time he came to the window.
and rs citizens one by one entered the
alley. he bazed away at them. In this
mnnner Confectioner Leclerc. who was
one OF the special police squad expo
lloeman Evans. John Banville and George
II. Lyons. son OF the head o, the biggest
drug establishment in the South, we're
wounded.
AT this time the extra police began ia
fire Unfortunately al the negro. Who
shot him will never be known. Just al
this time Andy Van Kurem, keeper Of the
police Jail, got a bullet in the body and
fell dead Just afterward II. II. Bait. nm
old man, aged 65, working for the Mutua
Benevolent association. doing business Id
this vicinity. was hit and MORALLY wound
ed About the same time, Charles trims
his Winchester Unfortunately, FranI
Bertuccl received a shot in the left shout
der and J. w. Boil got a bullet in tn,
right hand Ultimately It Was concluded
by those handling the situation that In,
only way to get Charles at all was to bur,
the building in which he was entrcnched
There were. however. come scruples abou
resorting to this method OF getting him
owing to the extremely thlckly populated
section in which the house was situated
Nevertheless Il was determined that tn
fire department should be ollled out II
order to protect the surrounding propert,
iu case It should be resolved to burn III
building At the moment OF apparent in
decision some one went to a neighborn
grocery, purchased can OF oil and, pour
ing 1t over the rear steps OF the building
applied a match and soon had the buildin
in flames. So fercelv did the FIRE bur
that 1t became evident that no huma
being could live In the builAlpg, On
picked men from the police and specie
squad members OF the soldcry statonc
themselves about the building in order
Pick Off the desperate as he attempted
leave the house. A young soldier. name
Adolph Anderson. member Of the Thii
toenth company OF tao State militia. W;
one Of the first to ace Charles as he ra
down the steps leading to the second stor
Charles ran across the yard ANA ontert
the second room He fired several tim,
at Anderson, and the latter. who wa
armed with a Winchester rife, shot n
negro In the breast and he tell and die
coon afterward.
As soon as the negro fell numbers n
people, armed with Winchesters and re
volvers, rushed in and fred into the body
Charles was literally shot to pieces Afte
1t was certain that he was dead h mo
entered the yard and dragged the bod
into the street. There the police and tn
mob empded their revolvers into II
while a son OF one OF the murdered me
rushed up an6 stamped the face beyon
recognition. There were then loud howl
that the body should be taken to a vaoan
suqare in the vicinity and publicly burned
AT this instant, however, bigger squa
OF police dashed up Ia a patrol wagor
There were thousand OF people congre
gated In the yinclnity and II seemed a
II toere might be a clash between the Off
GERS and the mob. The police. however
promptly pushed the crowd aside pickle
up the body and threw Il Into the patro
wagon, The driver whipped up his horse
and the wagon started off with 5000 PEG
pie running after Il and clamoring for IN
cremation OF the body of the dcs2eradc
The wagon however, was neeter tha
the mob and Il ultimately made its wa
In safety to police headquarters Ther
an immense crowd had gathered and Kref
difficulty was experienced In taking tn
corpse OF the negro from the wagon int