The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-08-30
MOB IN OHIO TOWN.
Storms The Jail and Court House aad
Creates General Pandimonium.
MOB DETERMINED 70 KILL A NEGRO
Who Had Confessed to An Assault on
a White Giri-Two Killed ara -
Number of People Wounded.

Akron. Special.-When day dawn
ed in Akron Thursday morning 1t re-
vealed scene of dcso!atioa and the
evidences OF violence and laWEssness
UNPARALLELED IN the history Of this city.
The rioters had dCre their Work ann
had disappeared. One child was lylng
cold in death. and nearly a score or
people were suffering from the wounls
of pistol balls. buckshot and missiles.
The city building was a ceap CT
smouldering ruins and beside It s.eam-
ed the water-soaked ashes OF Columbia
hall.
At 6 o'clock the crowds begin 10 in
crease as the curious spectators nur-
ried to the scene of the trouble. A po-'
liceman appeared and then another,
timid at first, but with increasing as
surance as no violence was offered.
Then Co. C., CT Carton, de.achDent
Of the gallant Eighth Ohio rsg!m2nt,
marched down the street from the train
and haltirg befJre the ruins OF me
building. was at oLce set to patr@h-G
the fire lines.
There was no evidence Of il! will or
disquiet on the part of the crowds at
the lines. There was no talked OF Vio-
lence. as the turbulent element had
sunk away with the coming OF daylight
and order was once more fully restored
after an awful night of terror and an
archy.
At $50 o'clock Thursday morning
Co. c, Eighth regiment, of Canton. un-
der command OF Captain A. Fisher. ar
rived in Akron under riot orders. The
soldiers were met in the Valley depot
by Mayor Young and party OF city
officials. They ware marched immedl-
| ately to the scene Of the ricting. As
the troops marched up the main thor
oughfare Kisses and Sro1ns were
heard
At $50 nine companies Of the Fourth
regiment arrived in the city and
marched to tie scene OF the nights
rioting.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Mayor w.
E. Young issued n proclamation cloz-
ing every saloon in Akron until fur
ther orders. One killed, one fatally
injured is the result CT the MODS Work.
Glen Wade was shot and almost IL
stantly killed. He was in the mob and
a bullet from the revolver CT a police
man in the city hall struck him. The
lad was only II years Of age.
Another innocent who will die is
Rhoda Davidson, the seven-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. David
son. Sitting in a carriage with her
mother and father en- the outskirts Oh
| the mob. stray bullet struck her in
the head. No hope is held out for her
| recovery.
The resistance shown by the police
officers and city officials in the city
hall only s.rved 70 lash the mob into
greater frenzy. Failing in its efforts
to fore an entrance into the city hall
a po..ion OF the r:Gb ran to the store
Of the Standard Hardware Co.. on Main
street. abcu. che and a Ei.f blJck5
from the scene of therioting. ReVolv-
ers. rifles, saotguns. raZors and thou-
sands of rounds CT ammunition weTs
taken. and with these weapons tic Eiot
returned TO the city hall, where the
city officials were harranguing the
mob.
Adjoining the city hall. which was
| constructed almost entirely OF bri;k
was an immense building which for
many years past was the principal
public hall 3f Akron. This building
was set aire. The various ire compa-
nies responded to the alarm. bGt the
MOI refused 20 permit them to work.
Columbia hall was soon ruin. but the
city hall w2s yet standing. Filming
embers were thrown into the oiff rent
rooms nd the building was soon birn-
ing. Some of the more thoughtful ones
in the mob liberated The prisoners frcT
the cells below the hall.
A stick ofdynamite was thrown into
the front # the burning building. A
terrific crash followed and portions OF
the wall crumbled away like dust be-
fore a breeze. Another charge was ex-
ploded and the worl; OF devastation
was completed.