The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-26

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New Orleans. La. July Ore negro
dead, two fatally shot and twelve men rcri-
ously wounded is the known result OF q
mob's desperate work in this city tonight.
I Three Of the wounded are white men. who
Were hit hy stray bullets. Public feeling
has reached it, highest tension. and armed
rnobs are searching various parts Of the city
I'm an effort IL apprchend Robert Charles,
the negro who shot and killed Police Cap
tain Day and Patrolman Lamb at an early
hour Tuesday morning.
The mob which formed last night In tho
nciShborhood of lineup Row. where three
policemen were killed h.' A negro agitat"r.
did not disperse until this morning. Mary
members OF the mob We're armed with pi--
tolls and some with rifles and there were
loud threats against the negroes who wer"
believed to be In sympathy with the muir
derer. Only the vigorous action and activ-
fly Of the police prevented lynChing. Saw
eral incendiary speeches were made 10 the
mob. but by constantly keeping It moving
and placing a gordon OF men around tho
negro quarter where the murder was com
n,itted all serious trouble WAS prevented.
beyond the mobbing Of Il few negroes who
happened TO he on the streets late at night
The negroes were less fortunate at Grei-
na, opposite the city. Posses Were formed
there to intercept Charles. the negro mur-
derer. If he should try To escape by the
Texas and Pacific or Southern Pacific rail
a.
found out after O'Clock We're arrested or
fired on suspicious characters.
William Rawlings. a New Orleans negro
" h5 went over to Gretna tn attend To some
business, to-day was fired upon by dozen
and wounded in several places and was
brought back to the Charity Hospital for
Much of the bitterness Of she mob Vas
caused by the boastful satisfaction of the
negroes that a negro had killed three police
officers. The Recorders Court was crowded
with negrpes to-day. charged with saying
that IL was a pity that only three officers
We're shot Each of them received the long
term in the Workhousc, thirty days. Ed
ward Mccarthy. Il white man recently
rived from New York. charged with ia
citing the negroes. Was sent to the parish
The Louisiana Missionary Baptist State
Convention. colored, In order To alay race
pr".udices. today adopted resolutions Do
ploring the murder Of the policemen by Il
lawless member Of their own race and
pledged their support TO the officers of the
law: but" the resolution continued. I'VE
most humhly petition the authorities n use
the strong arm of the law To- all alike
a call. issued last night. calling upon all
white citizens 10 meet at Lees Circle ana
consider the danger to the white pSopl.
from negro murderers, brought there some
$50 or 80 men. most OF them Of the rough or
diSorderly class. The mob had no leader
and at first did not know what to do. but
when some one proposed to so To the scene
of the murder and find and lynch the mur-
derer. it started up St. Charles avenue. iir-
groes that they met.
At Morris Square, near tn" scene Of She
murder. a second mass meeting was held
lasting half an hour. at which fiery and in
c.ndlary speeches denouncing the ncgrp.s
were made.
The mob had grown by tits time to be
tween 800 and i.atf. and IL was determined
To march on the parish prison and get and
lynch Pierce. the friend of Charles. the
murderer.
on the way there three or four negroes
were dragged from the street cars and
beaten. At the parish prison, the mob
found a large force of police drawn up.
with the Acting Mayor and Chief Of Police
in command. while in tire prison Sheriff
klock had forty deputies, armed with Win
chesters.
The Mayor made an address. Seeing the
hopelessness OF an attack on the prison.
and the police actively dispensing crowds.
the mob gradually melted away or broke
up into small squads. which went I'm diff
ferent directions. looking for negroes, who.
however, were scarce and hard To find
by midnight the mob had dwindled down
tn n few hundred and tn" police Were more
or less in control. and all danger of trouble
was over
The Mayor will tomorrow issue a proc
lamation calling upon all good citizens To
assist the police in keeping order. II looks
as though there would be- no more trouble.
The casualties reported are few-Onc necr"
killed. six wounded. shot or cut. about a
dozen beaten. one white boy WAS acct
dentally shot in the breast.