Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-23


are known to have been killed. several
others were manned, and for hours to-
night the streets of Akron were filled
with an uncomfortable mob. The trou-
BILE was the outcome of an unsuccessful
attempt to lynch negro. who is charg-
ed with a brutal assault.
The mob formed with the intention
of lynching Louis Peck. a negro, who
was arrested yesterday charged with
having attempted to assault ;Christiana,
the 6-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Mass, who live on Perkins
Hill. In the police court the prisoner
pleaded guilty and was bound over to
A large crowd gathered about the city
prison about $3.50 o'clock and forced in
the doors. The prison was soon packed
with the crowd and the officers offered
no resistance as Peck, early in the even
ing, had been quietly moved to Cleve-
land. To satisfy the mob it was sug-
gested that committee Of six be select
ed to go through the JAIL This was
done. The negro was not found and the
mob began to yell, 'tNOw for the county
JAIL Give us the niger and we will
deal with him." A mad rush followed
for the Jail and soon the prison was in
the hands of the mob.
After going through the private apart
ments of the Jail the crowd started to
uty Sheriff Stone stood in front of the
prison doors and made a speech. He
informed the crowd that Peck could not
be found there, and he told the people
in the mob to select committee and
he would allow the committee to search
the Jail from top to bottom. A COM
mittee was quickly selected and the Jail
was searched, every cell being entered
Satisfied that the negro was not there
the mob rushed across the street and
forced open the doors of the county
court house. The old court house was
soon packed and all rooms searched ex-
cept the rooms in the treasury depar'
ment. A start was made to tear off the
iron doors of the treasury department.
but the mob decided not to tackle the
Job, and then the thousands of men
and boys again rushed back to the city
prison, crying for the blood of Peck.
The city prison was again surrounded
way into the prison for the second ii.
insisting that Peck was there.
Mayor Young at this time 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 the prison at
4 o'clock by Sheriff Kelly and driven
out of the city in closed carriage.
The people in the mob would not be-
lieve the mayor and continued to yell
and demand that Peck be surrendered.
At 10 o'clocy the mob began for the
third time to attack the city prison.
Some one in the mob began shooting at
the building and this was followed by
several more shots. The officers in the
building appeared at the windows and
began to shoot over the heads of the
crowd. A man with a shotgun then
shot at the officers. 1t is said that sew
eral of the officers We're wounded. The
crowd then began to smash in the win
dows sof the city jail and the fire be-
came general. Hundreds of shots were
exchanged, and one boy was carried
dead from the streets 1t is certain
that dozens Of men were wounded.
1t is known that two persons were in
stantly killed and another is dying at
the city hospital. The dead are:
through the heart.
John M. Davidson's 4-year-old child,
shot dead in baby carriage
Fred v. Orwick aged 25 years, is bad
ly wounded with buckshot He is now
dying at the hospital.
/ "A man named Null was shot in the
head and also in one of his legs.
Arthur e. Sprague was carried from
the street. shot in the head. A man
named Parkstair was shot in the leg. AL
onzo Manchester, fireman, was seriously
shot in the neck. John Herin was shot
legs broken and another was badly
wounded.
One officer, whose name cannot be
learned, was shot and will probably die.
Prison Keeper John E. Washer came
from the city building and was knocked
down by a brick. He was badly injured
about the head.
Shortly after midnight the mob broke
into hardware store and stole all the
firearms and ammunition that could be
found, including guns, rifles and re-
volyers, and proceeded to the city build
ing and opened fire on the defenders
and finally set fire to the Columbia hall,
which adjoins the city building. The
flames, spread rapidly and the city build
ing was soon a mas of fire.
The mob then began to cut the electric
light and trolley wires, and practically
stopped all travel, save on foot. Dy-
Mantle was secured. and the windows
in the city hall were attacked, several of
them being shot or otherwise injured,
and the hose cut as fast as laid. Their
efforts amounted to practically nothing.
because of the fury of the mob, and the
hall, to gether with Columbia hall, was
entirely consumed.
Akron, O., August %, $3.50 a. m.-Ev-