The age-herald., 1900-08-23
BRYAN SPEAKS IN
 HIS OLD DISTRICT
Great Crowds Greeted the Democratic Nominee at
 All Towns Where He Stopped.

ments of the jail the crowd started to bat ter down the big iron doors.
 Sheriff Stone stood in front of the prison doors and made a speech.
 He informed the crowd that Peck could not be found in the jail and told the people in the mob to select a committee and he would allow the committee to search the jail from top to bottom.
 committee was quickly selected, and the jail was searched, every cell being peered into. Satisfied that the negro was not there the mob then rushed across the street and forced open the doors of the courthouse The courthouse was soon packed and all rooms searched except those in the treasury department. A dart was made to tear off the iron doors of the treasury department, but the mob decided not to tackle the job, and then the thous- ands of men and boys again rushed back to the city prison crying for the blood Of Peck.
 Building Again Surrounded
 The city prison was again surrounded and hundreds of people forced their way
 r to the prison for the second time, insist ing that Peck was there. Mayor Young at this juncture appeared at one of the windows in the upper part of the building.
 He addressed the mob as best he could, saying that Peck had been taken out of prison at o'clock by Sheriff Kelly and driven out of the city in a closed carriage.
 The people in the mob would not believe the Mayor and continued to yell and de- mand that Peck be surrendered.
 At 10 o'clock the mob began for the third time to attack the city prison. Some one
 in the crowd began shooting at the build
 ing. This was followed by several more shots The officers in the building ap- pearcd al the windows and began to shoot over the heads of the people. A man with a shotgun then fired at the officers. It is said that several officers were wounded. The crowd then began to smash in the windows of the city building and firing became general. Hundreds of shots were exchanged, and a boy, Glen Wade, was carried dead from the street. It Is certain that dozens of men were wounded A re-
 port has been received from the city build ing that one of the officers had both of his legs broken and that another was badly
 wounded.
 Mayor Young remained in the building to
 direct call for the militia All the ann
 bulances of the city were called out and
 the excitement was intense. Building Total Wreck
 The front of the city building is a total wreck
 At 10:45 p. m. Prison Keeper John E. Washer came from the city building and l was knocked down by brick. He was 1 badly injured about the head and had to 1 receive medical attendance It is known that two people were killed 1 and another person Is dying at the hos ] pital.
 The dead:
 Glen Wade, aged 10 years, shot through the heart
 John M. Davidson's 4-year-old child, shot dead in a carriage. Fred V. Orwick. 25 years old, is badly
 wounded with buckshot. He is now dying at the hospital.
 man named Null shot in the head. A driver for the American Express Com pany was shot in the leg. It is certain that
 many more people were wounded. Riot Holds Full sway
 of the city building In which is located the 1 city prison. The mob, which is composed
 mostly of boys, is still at work. Columbia | Hall has burned to the ground and the | city building is fire. | The fire department has been called out, and is unable to do much work, as one fire | man has been shot already and the rowdies | cut the hose at every opportunity. There | is some chance of saving the city building. | The mob is continually shouting and hurl- | ing stones at the city building. The trolley wires and some of the electric light and telephone wires in the center of the city have been cut.
 It was undrstood that a call has been sent to Cleveland for militia. The mayor has telegraphed also to the Cleveland police de- partment for forty policemen. There is a rumor that the mob intends to seize a freight train and go to Cleveland to take Peck from the jail there. The office of the Morning Journal-Beacon | opposite the city building has been partly l demolished by stones and bullets.