The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-03
Indictments Against Twenty
Strikers Charged With Par
j., ticipation in Riot.
POLICEMAN BRIDWELL is HELD.
True Bill Accuses Him of Oppres
sion in Office in Arresting Mrs.
Buckley-Other Indictments
Ignored Bills.

Indictments were returned yesterday by
the Grand Jury. In a partial report TO
Judge Fisher, against the twenty strikers
who were arrested Immediately after the
riot at Sixth street and Washington ave-
nue. Sunday June 10. charging them with
melting riot. Three indictments were found
against them. charging three forms Of riot.
The indictments have not been served. the
sixty capiases not having been issued.
An Indictment was found against Police
man John J. Bridwell OF the First District.
charging him with oppression in Office. In
Gictments were also found against sixteen
men, charging them with ohsIruc;ing rail-
way tracks and endangering human lives.
Ten of these indictments were withheld, as
the defendants are not n custody. and
their names could not be ascertained yes
terday.
Immediately after the riotilg had ceased
at Sixth street and Washington avenue. the
possemen rounded In all the strikers who
were lef; at that point and made them
prisoners. After they were searched they
were taken 10 the -Four Courts. where they
gave their names and addresses as follows:
]. r. Grant. No. 1905 Montrose avenue.
Charles White. No. 2ISl Park avenue:
Charles johnson, No. 3sis Folsom avenue;
l.. X. Mccormack. No. 500 South Broad
way; John Adams. No. al Pine street; j.
II. Kennedy. No. :20s Dodier street: y. U.
GreeEway. No. 3Ioi Olive street. Charles
McIvor. No. 1907 South Handkerchief ave-
nue.. +. Ii. Chaplin. No. 49, Finney ave-
nue.: Joseph Emo. No. 2SllA 81. Louis ave-
nue.; William Thomas. No. 1923 Franklin;
Allan Knob. No. lsA South Twenty-thiri
street; J. V. Cleary, No. 2sl3A Chouteau
avenue. W. l.. Hendrix. No. 2I55 Chouteau
avenue; Thomas Doyle. No. ille North
Grand avenue; Charles Robbins. No. iio1
Montrose avenue: John Schulcr, No. 352S
Chouteau avenue; Reinhard Miller No. 3a-y
Ohio avenue. George keisel, Swan House.
Sixth and Morgan streets; Ii. jones'. No.
23cl La Sale street.
Cases of Thomas and BridwelI
William Thomas. one OF the men agains,
whom an indictment was returned Is 4
brother of Edward Thomas. vino was killed
IN the riot. II was stated at the time that
William Thomas threw the rock at the ear.
precipiiatins the riot. but she was not thor
oughly established 1T TIE Coroner's inquest
aIid EC Was released Thomas declared he
was simply marching In the street. when
suddenly q deputy ran out and seized him.
While he was being taken into the barracks
be said his brother was shot. Members Of
the posse state that all OF the strikers who
were marching in the line were hilarious
and looking for trouble. and ;hlt one Of
them threw 4 rCck through a car window 10
start trouble. on this testimony OF the
posscmeu the indictments were returned
John J. Bridwell is the policeman who ar
rested MES. II. W BuGhH'A uI No. o..O soul u
broadway. on Sunday, June IL. IL Is charge
he not only refused to give the woman pro-
lection, but when she came 20 him for help
when she was pursued by mob he ar
rested her and locked her up at tho Caron-
delet Police Station. Buckley was a posse
man. a member OF Company IL When he
was called 10 do service his wife was
obliged 10 give up her position uptown aud
remain at their store In Carondelet. a. she
had been using the transit cars ANA her hus-
band was a posseman. all the stores Of tho
neighborhood boycotted her and refused
even TO sell her anything 10 eat. In order
to get food she was obliged TO go long dis
tances into sections where she was not
known. On these Journeys she always used
the street ears. greatly 10 the wrath Uf her
neighbors.
p crowd chased her. RridweN warned her
not 10 ride on the cars. ana particIi ariy hot
10 get of in that neighboThGod. About two
hours afterwards she alighted again on his
beat. Again the crowd attacked her and she
ran to him and asked him 10 protect her.
when she reached min lie placed her under
arrest.
Mrs. Buclsiey's Arrest.
Sergeant George Wa,;Eers Or 'ae posse.
who had gone TO guard her, jumped Of tho
would not release her. saying that she had
been running up and down On the cars In
that neighbOrhood and was looking for
trouble. Captain BOYD held ner at the First
District Police Station for two hours, when
he received word from Chief Campbell 10 let
her go Immediately.
South St Louis merchants stating that
Bridwell was justified in making the arrest
as Mrs. Buckley seemed to be looking for
trouble.
An Indictment for murder in the second
degree was found against Fred SCHNEIDER.
who shot and killed John Clark. May 5.
The two men quarreled over the affections
of a woman az Thirteenth and Morgan
streets other indictments We're returned
as follows:
Criminal assaul,-Auton Micetic. Burglary
and larcenv-Charles Fisher. Charles
SCHNEIDER. Assault 10 kil,-osborne O'Brien.
John Voeel Assault TO XII without maiica
Robert Carr. ObstructlnS railroad tracks
Edward Prettyboyd William Dietz. Ot'o
Steeber Charles Schoebe. Herman Johns.
Ignored bills were returned IN ,nese cases:
Assault to kill-David Martin, George Me
Clelian, Ben IL. Campbell. george kinsley.
William Capie. James ChadNlSs. ;. >: Be
luz Murder in the second degree-Lou!s
Goabout ManslauShter in the third de-
gree-Joserh Farrell. -, 90.
Beiur a moJormaB for the 81. Louis
Transit Company, shot John j. Hoonan. a
companion conductor. In the back while
handling revolver in the car barns at
O'Bear and Kossuth avenues: Farrell is
said 10 have shot John Goettling In a riot
at Fifteenth and Chambers streets. Far