The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-07-31
NEW ORLEANS RIOTS.
Negro Who Caused Them Killed
Five and Fatally Wounded Four.
He in Turn Was Smoked Out of His HID
ing Place in House Where He Had
Taken Refuge and RiddIed
With Bullets.

New Orleans, July 27.-The whites
became so incensed over the murder
of Police Captain Day and Patrolman
Lamb at an early hour Tuesday morn
ing by Robert Charles, a Negro des-
peradO, that riOting commenced We'd
nesday night, and was kept up Thurs
day morning. One Negro was beaten to
death, six were so badly wounded that
their lives are despaired of, and about
score of people, white and black,
male and female, have been more or
less seriously wounded. Disorderly
acts following the disturbances of
Wednesday night were committed
throughout the city Thursday, and
resulted in the swearing in by the
mayor of 500 special policemen and
the ordering out of 1900 of the state
militia upon orders of Gov Heard,
who responded promptly to the APP
peal of Mayor Capdeveille for assist
ance in suppressing the existing law
Iessness and in preventing a recur-
renee of the violence of Wednesday
night.
Col. Wood who commanded the 1st.
Louisiana regiment in the Spanish
war, was placed in command of the
special police.
HoOdlums prowled the streets
throughout the day, and whenever
they spied a Negro, assaulted him.
New Orleans, July 2S.-After a des-
perate battle lasting for several hours,
in which he succeeded in killing Sergt.
Gabriel Porteus, Andy Van Kurem,
keeper of the police Jail, and Alfred
j. Bloomfield, young boy, and IA
tally wounding Corp. John f. Lally,
John Banville, eX-Policeman Frank H.
Evans and A. S. Loclere, one of the
leading confectiOners of the city, and
more or less seriously several other
persons, the negro desperate, Robert
Charles, who killed Capt. Day and Pa
trolman Lamb and badly wounded Of
icer Mora, was smoked out of his hid
ing place in the heart of the residence
section of the city and literally shot
to pieces.
The tragedy was one of the most
remarkable in the history of the city,
and 10000 people, soldiers, policemen
and citizens, were gathered around
the square in which Charles was final
ly put to death. Tremendous excite
ment reigned in New Orleans as the
battle went on between the police and
citizens and the Negro with his Win
chester. After the tragedy was over,
and Charles was dragged out from
the mud and slush in which he had
fallen, with the mob bowling for the
burning of his body, statements were
made that the man killed was not
really the desperate who had killed
Day and Lamb, but papers found on
his person and the fact that he fought
so desperately for his life and shot so
accurately seem to leave little doubt
that the right man was killed.
Sergt. Gabe Porteus. one of the best
known officers on the force, and Sergt.
John F. Lally. who has a fine record
Tor bravery, were informed during the
day by a Negro that Charles was ii:
Llding in a house on Clio, near Sarl-
toga street. Determining to take
him alive if possible, the officers sum-
moned a number of patrolmen to
their assistance and sent to the house
where Charles was supposed to be in
concealment. The Negro informant
OF the policemen accompanied the Of
ficers. They entered the side alIev of
the house and were surprised ia pre-
cisely the same way as were Day and
Lamb. Before the officers were aware
of their danger Charles, who was hid
den behind screen on the second
floor of the building, raised his Win
chester and began a furious but ac-
curate fire. Lally fell with a bullet
in the right side of the abdomen.
Porteus was shot through the head
and dropped dead across the body of
Lally. The other officers and the Ne
gro fed from the scene.
The reports of Charles Winchester
and the fact that two officers Law
bleeding in the yard raised tremend-
Gus excitement. Hurry calls were
sent to the mayor, the chief of police
and Col. Wood, in command of the
special police, and as fast as possible
armed help was rushed to the scene.
In little while there was an i'm
mense crowd circling the square 81
which Charles was located. In the
meantime Father Fitzgerald, of ST.
Johns church, was summoned to adj
minister extreme JUNCTION to the p,,
lice officers who were lying in the
alley. The priest responded promptly
and he was amounting the BODY Of
Porteus with Alfred J. Bloomfield. n
young boy, standing by his side, wnep
Charles again appeared at the " i'll
dow. The lad saw him at once and
begged the desperate not to shoot
him. Charles Immediately fired his
Winches er again and Bloomfield fe.,
dead. The priest, unhurt, left the
scene after pluckily performing ;ne
last offices for the dead officer.
Cubans i'm Politics.
Havana, July 27.-Political parties
have actively begun the campaign for
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