The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-23
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THE ANARCHY IN AKRON
City Quiet Today After a Night of
Mob Violence.
The City Building Reduced to Ruins
Started ia an Effort TO Lynch the
Coiored AssaiIant of "a six-Year-
Old Gfri-The Killed and Injured.

| Solored AssaiIaEt of "a sixYear
Old GirI-The Killed and In;ured.
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 23-This city is
calm this morning after a night of mob
violence and carnage. The city buildings
were burned, two little children were kill
ed. and score of adults injured before
/ the riot subsided. Several of those injured
viii die Before morning Governor Nash
/ had ordered out the Fourth Regiment.
! The row began at nightfaII. when a mob
formed TO lynch Louis Peck. the negro
who yesterday confessed he had attempted
to assault six-year-oId Tina Mas. The Of
fcers, fearing such an attempt. spirited
Peck and another negro prisoner named
Bug Howard 10 Cleveland The mob re-
fused to believe this, and appointed a COM
mlttee 10 search the jail This did not
satisfy them and rush for the Jail was
made The crowd surged through the
building and found their would-be victim
gone.
J. NJ Davidson. his 8ifs, and child
were driving down the street. The child.
Ella, aged eight years, was in its mothers
arms revolver ball struck the little
one, passing through her head. Mr.. Da-
wilson is contractor and drove up on
Main Street, stopping near Church Street
10 watch the riot The second shot that
was fred killed the child. She was taken
to the hospital and died in her mothers
arms
The moi then began to throw bricks and
stones. Someone fired a load of buckshot
ard Fred Vorwer. CT 43 West North Street.
was fatally wounded. Prison Keeper ].
e Washer was assaulted and badly wound
ed.
The mob by this time was nearly wild
with anger. a hardware store was broken
open and guns and ammunition secured.
Midnight found the city officials besieged
in the city hall The mayer ordered out
the local militia. but MS orders were ig-
nored. When the city hall buildings were
again attacked. it looked as though the
mob had determined to kill everyone in
them
At las a. m. dynamite was placed in
front of the city building. Lynch any
Niger, was the cry. and il was taken
up on all sides. Again the jail was search
ed, but 10 negro prisoners could be found
The officers had anticipated just such
move. Get Niger outside, yelled some
one, and men ran yelling through tze
streets, bowling, Get niger any placel
Lynch q niEger." Luckily the eolored
population had taken to cover
Someone called out to search the city
prison in the city hall. The nlet, surged
back and were met by Mayor Young and
the city officials Young attempted to
make a. speech. YelIs, hizses, and eatcaIIs
shut him of. = battering ram was used
on the city ball doors ana then the police,
penned in the building, opened fire over
the heads Of the mob
Glen Wade. aged eleven, son of Lillian
Wade. was shot through the heart. 4 mo-
ment later all the wiudows in the struet-
ure were shatterd by dynaInit. The crowd
then went 10 the city building and all the
prisoners were released.
AIonzo Manchester. fireman. was shot in
the neck. John Hern was wounded in the
arm.
An hour later the mob took the automo-
bile patrol and ran it into the canal. The
city building was set on fire and practi-
eally ruined. Mayor Young communicat-
ed with Governor Nash as soon as it be-
came evident that the mob was beyond
the power of the city authorities TO con-
troll and asked for militia. The Governor
answered that he would send the Fourth
Regiment from Columbus at once and as
many more regiments as the mayor
thought would be required.
AT $50 a. n. the mob had deserted the
city building and the city officials began
to take account of the losses. All the rec
ords OF the City Clerk and City Engineer
were destroyed.
City Engineer Payne said lat the loss
in his department would Be fully S500.000-
The efforts of the frcmen to save TIE
building were useless, for the mob Gu.
the hose and fred on them as they worked.
One fireman was fatally wounded, and car
rted away by his friends. Telephone. tsle-
graph, trolley, and electric light wires
were cut and the city thrown in darkness.
Finally, the mayor and police managed 10
drop out OF a rear window and escape in
the darkness. 1t is not known where they
went.
The fire which destroyed Columbia Hall
spread rapidly 10 the frame buildings to
the south, consuming all OF them between
the city building and the Twentieth Cen
+urv RuiIdinp which is of brick