The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-26

with lead. being instantly killed He
was evidently a laborer. His name is
not known.
They moved on out to the vicinity of
the old basin on Toulouz street, and
terrorized that neighborhood, but evil
IDENTIFY found no negroes. Then they
went down as far as kelerec and Dau-
phin streets. where they found an old
negro, 75 years of age, named BaptiSte
Flo, whom they beat and shot almost
to death.
Coming up town again they headed
for the French market and met an un-
known negro on Decatur between st.
Philip and UrsulinS, whom they
promptly beat into an insensible condi-
tion and left for dead. He was dis
covered an hour later and died shortly
after. He had been pulled from a meat
wagon which he was driving to the
French market. They found another
negro in the market and promptly put
an end to his existence. He is not
known.
They located the porter of an L. & N.
Pullman car and chased him up the
levee. He ran into the custom house.
where he was protected by the night
watchman at the point of a Winchester.
The crowd sulxed around for awhile,
and then gradually dispersed.
Acting Mayor Mehi issued a procla-
nation at half past IL o'clock, calling
on all good citizens to keep the peace,
but it did not stop the rioting.
Just before daybreak the remnants of
the Spanish fort railway to waylay
negroes as they were going to their
work at Chalmette- Some of them
came along and the mob chased them,
firing as they ran. An unfortunate
baker. who was ON his morning rounds
caneht a bullet in the leg.
William Armstrong, a negro, sitting
on the Clayborne bridge, was shot in
the thigh by a mob that passed by. He
slipped home and only reported it this
morning.
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
New Orleans La, July 26.-After be-
ing in the hands of lawlesS mobS for
several hours. with the police appar-
emily pOWerleSs to maintain order, New
Orleans at daybreak again assumed a
peaceable and orderly condition and the
violence has apparently finally ceased.
The last disturbance occurred about 5
O'Clock, when a white baker, whose
name is unknown, was shot in the leg,
while a crowd of rioters were chasing
a gang of negroes. The mayor, police
and citizens are arranging today to
take precautions against a recurrence
of last nights scenes of disorder The
mob was composed of boys and hood
lums and was without a leader The
rioting grew out of the intense feeling
engendered by the murder of Captain
Day and Patrolman Lamb and the
Wounding of Officer Mora by Desperate
Charles The occurrences of last night
are greatly deplored by the best ele-
ments of the community. They repre-
sented in no sense an uprising of an
OUTRAGED community ll,ny against wrong; ms;
die, and fifteen were wounded.
THE DEAD.
UNKNOWN NEGRO. dubbed and
shot to death.
FATALLY INJURED.
Louis Hughes, colored. shot four times.
Baptiste Fileu, colored, aged rs, shot
Joseph Nelson. colOred, skull fractured.
THE INJURED.
T. P. Saunders, colored, aged 80,
stabbed and shot.
Esther Fields. .colored. aged As. stabbed.
Oswald Mcmahon, white, aged 16.shot.
Frank Shepherd. white. aged AZ, shot.
Alexander Ruffman, Pullman palace
car porter, shot.
Joseph Deeds, white, stabbed.
F. G. Davis, mOtOrman, shot.
J. Cluny. conductor. dubbed.
Joseph Lewis, colored, aged IL, dubbed.
George Morris, colored, cut and shot.
Daniel White. colOred, shot.
Henry Daurin, white, shot.
VIM. Armstrong, negro shot.
Unknown baker. white, snot.
A delegation of citizens today went to
city hall and asked the mayor either to
call out a posse of citizens or appeal to
the governor to order out the militia.
The mayor decided Immediately to pre-
pare a proclamation, calling for 500 vol
unteer citizens to assist the police in pre-
serving order.
BUSINESS INTERRUPTED.
W lld reports nave reacned police
headquarters from various sections of
the city, giving information of the
beating of negroes.
Work on the levee where negro labor
is largely employed has been suspend
ed. The big grocery and produce
houses are also practically doing moth
ing, because they can not get their
negro drivers to risk their lives.
Mayor Capdeville communicated with
Governor Heard who will immedia teIy
call out the militia to preserve order
in the city.