The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-08-29

the deadly bullet from the hands Of
police officer hummcd harlnlessly over
the rioting throug and found lodgment
In the skull of the child. No hope is
beld out for her recovery.
The resistance shown by the police
officers and city officials in the city hall
inly served to lash the mob into great
rr frenzy. Failing in its effort to
force an entrance into the city hall, n
portion of the mob ran to the store of
the Standard Hardware company, on
Main street, about one and half blocks
from the scene of the rioting. In a
twnkling large plate glass window
in the front of the store was smashed
10 atoms, and the mob ran into and
| looted the store. RevOlvers, rifles,
shotguins, raZors and thousands OF
rounds of ammunition We're also
taken, and with these weapons the
mob returned TO the city hall Stand
ing IN the front windows of the city
hall, Mayor Young, Chief of Police
Harrison and other police officials were
haranguing the mob, cndeavoEing to
convince the rioters that Louis Peck,
the cOlored man, charged with as
saulting little I-year-old Christine
Mas, had been quietly removed from
the Jail during the afternoon and taken
to Cleveland for safekeeping.
The remarks of the mayor only In
| creased the anger of the mob. In his
first attempt TO quiet the mob he said
that the prisoner had been taken out
of the city about 4 o'clock. In an
other speech he gave o'clock as the
time of the prisoners departure, and
In speaking again he said 8 o'clock.
They believed from the mayors con-
Trajectory statements that he was not
telling the truth and that the prisoner
was still In the city Jail, notwithstand-
ing the fact that two different commit
tees had searched the building from
cellar to roof without finding any
trace of the prisoner. John y. Win
trode. one of the committeeman, who
made the search, stood on the roof or
the building and told the mob that
Peck was not to be found. The riot
| erS rpluStu 10 It SdllSufu' "hu WIN
the cry. ITO the courthouse" ITO the
county Jail" they started up the hill
TO High street and across the COM
mons TO the courthouse and jail
First they attacked the Jail and
were met by Deputy Sheriff Stone. On
his request Il committee was hurriedly
appointed and every nook and corner
of the Jail was searched. ITO the
courthouse" the cry was again taken
up. and dash was made for the
courthouse across the street Doors
were battered ill., and the rioters
surgcd through the different halls and
rooms but without result a dash
was then made for the treasurer's Of
flee, but the heavy iron doors checked
the mob. Leaving the courthouse the
mob returned to the vicinity of the
city hall. Burn them out" was the
cry from several people, and the echo
of the cry was an affirmative roar from
the entire mob. Adjoining the city
hall. which was constructed almost
entirely of brick, was an immense
building. which for many years past
was the principal public hall of Ak
ron This buildng-a veritable tin
der-boX- caught the eye of the mob
as likely place to set atire in the hope
that the flames would soon spread to
the city buildings. No sooner thought
of than 1t was done. The large frame
building was presently a mass OF
I IN
responded 10 the alarm, but the mob
refused to permit them to work. Sew
eral cowardly shots were fired ut the
brave firemen, and L. Manchester was
the first to receive an injury. The
lines of hose were cut and slaShed
until there was not single stream of
water playing on the devouring flames.
Columbia ball was soon ruin but the
city hall was yet standing. While
the adjoining hall was burning the
inmates of the city hall escaped
through back doorway. Resistance
withdrawn. the mob made Il rush for
the hall. Flaming embcrs We're thrown
into the different rooms and the build
ing was soon burning. Some of the
more thoughtful ones in the mob liber-
ated the prisoners from the hall be-
low.
A stick of dynamite was thrown Into
the front of the burning buildings. A
terrific crash followed and portions
of the wall crumbled away. Another
charge was exploded. and the work Of
devastation was completed.
While this work was in progress
members of the mob, having a pecul-
iar sense of honor, pulled the automO-
bile wagon from the station. One riot
er, with large knife In his hand, oc-
cupied the operators seat, and amid
the cheers of thousands, the wagon
was run up and down the street, bump
ing into telegraph poles and curbstones
and finally running down Il steep in
cline into the canal. 1t was rescued
in the morning and taken to place Of
safety. The automobile, of which
Akron was so proud, is a hopeless
wreck. The physicians of the city
were on the qui vive while the riot
lug was in progress.