The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-24
NEMILLION
DOLLAR LOST I.
in AKROl)INS.RIO|lIiI. ,' !.
Day Dawned on Scene Of Desola-,
tion and Evidences Of Vio- *
Ience and Lawlessness,
lONE CHILD COLD IN DEATH.
Score of People Suffering From
Wounds-c Chief Of Police Flees In
Desperation From Bloodshed

AKRON, Ohio, August ss.-Tho,
killed:
Glen Wade, aged eleven years, son
Of Lillian Wade Empire Hotel, shot
through the heart.
Fatally injured: 3 e
Rhoda Davidson, aged four years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Da-
wilson, No. Ill Allyn street, shot
through the head.
The injured:
Fred Vorweek, No. 345 North
street, buckshot wound in the abdo-
men. NJ IA f. {! /,
W. h. Russell, flesh wound in the
leg. .ia
Park Stair, flesh wound in the leg.
John E. Washer, scalp wound from
brick.
Arthur E. sprague, teamster, scalp
wound.
John Ahern, painter, flesh wound;
arm. S.t
E. chielitzki, flesh wound; hand.
Arthur Grant, flesh wound below
the knee.
Frank souers, Carroll and spicer,
flesh wound; hand.
E. Shelby, American Express dri-
yer, buckshot in abdomen.
Albert Stevens, a B. & c. train boy,
living at Graham Station, near
Northfield, shot in the foot. 8.
Fireman L. Manchester, flesh
wounds; cheek and neck. e.
Fireman W. Poepke, flesh wound in
the neck.
Fireman Minor Fritz, flesh wound
in the cheek. q j; 3 ~
Fireman John Denious, flesh wound
in the leg.
Fireman A. Eberly, flesh wound in
the breast.
Fireman David Phillips, flesh
wound in the leg.
Policeman Alva Greenlee, struck
over the heart by brick.
Policeman John King, knee injured
by brick.
Policeman Edward Dunn, struck
by brick.
\ When the day dawned In Akron
Thursday morning, 1t revealed scene
of desolation, and evidences Of violence
and laiylessness nparalleled in the his
tory OF this city.
The rioters had done their awful
work and had dispersed. One child was
lying cold In death, and nearly a score
OF people were suffering from the
wounds Of pistol balls, buckshot and
missiles.
The city building was heap Of
smoulderIng ruins, and beside 1t steam
ed the water soaked ashes OF Columbia
Hall. ,ls, 5,7s
The police force of the city was dis
organized and scattered, the chief flee
ing in desperation from the blood3hed,
riot and burning. crazed by what his
men had done. e
Electric wires, deadly to the touch.
lay across the streets in the vicinity OF
the burned buildings. and debris of nil
kinds was scattered far and near. The
downtown streets were just as the mob
left them, and although nothing was
being done by the rioters. crowds Of
spectators, hundreds In number, hung
Ground, waiting for something to turn
up. 80,
Crowds Began to Increase.
AT 6 o'clock the crowds began to In
crease as the curious spectators hurried
to the scene OF the trouble. A police
man appeared, and then another. timid
Mt first, but with increasing assurance
rs no violence wus offered. Then Com
spany C, OF Canton. q detachment OF the
gallant Eighth Ohio regiment, marched
down the street from the train, hating
before the ruins Of the building, was at
once set to patrolllng the fire lines.
There was no evidence of ill-will or
disquiet on the part OF the crowd Mt
the lines. There was no talk of vio-
lence, The turbulent element had skunk
away with the coming of daylight, and
order was once more fully restored, af-
tor an awful night of terror and an
archy.
rs Greeted With Kisses and Gronns.
As the troops marched up the mein
thoroushfarc Kisses and groans were
heard. The lawless element, which
figured so prominently In the rioting,
was still In evidence. although no open
resistance to the troops was shown. On
the advice OF friends. Mayor Young
sought his office by back streets and
nlleyways, as It was feared that his
presence so early after the rIoting
-
At 9:20 nine companies Of the Fourth
regiment arrived In the city. sand
marched to the scene OF last nights riot
ing. 8 81.
Shortly before 1 o'clock Mayor W. E.
Young issued n proclamation closing
every saloon In Akron until further or
ders.
The mayor Is taking every possible
precaution to prevent II renewal OF the
outbreak. 5 4 +. h Y r
81 II the situation demands more drns-
tic measures, the mayor says that the
city Will be put under martial law. &
in the Akron riot, history again re-
pcnts itsclS-the innocent were those to
suffer, while the guilty ones were rae
ttcally uninjured. One killed, one fa-
or less injured, Is the result OF the mob's
work.
A Boy Killed.
Glen Wade was shot and almost In
stantly killed. He was In the mob and
a bullet from the revolver OF a police
man In the city hnll found the boys
warm and throbblng heart. Tho lad
was only eleven years OF age. !'7Y5
,.fsAnother Innocent who will die Is
Rhoda Davidson. the scven-year-old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. David
son, or No. III Allyn street. Sitting in
n carriage with her mother and father
on the outskirts OF the mob, the deadly
bullet from q revolver In the hands OF
q police officer hummcd hnrmlessly over
the riotlnE throng and found iodge-
mcnt In the skull OF thc,chlld. No hope
Is held out for her recovery. i
The resistance shown by the police OF.
ficrrs md city officials In the city hall
only served to lash tho mob Into great
'er frenzy. Failing In Its effort to force
nnEentrance5 into tho city hall. n por.
ton OF the mob ran to the store of the
Standard Hnrdwnre Company on Main
street, about ono and one-halt blocks