The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-28

again. but failed to prevent them from
accomplishing their work.
Schemes were started to get Charles
out OF the building. Time after time he
came to the window and as men. one by
one. entered the alley. he blazsd away
at them. In this manner Confectloner
Locler. who was one OF the special ipo-
lice squad. ex-PolIceman Evans. John
Banville and George H. Lyons. son Of
the head Of q big drug establishment,
were wounded.
Extra Police Began to Shoot.
Then the extra police began TO shoot
into the house and the negro returned
their fire with fearful accuracy.
Andrew Van kurem. keeper of the
police jail, got q bullet in the body and
fell dead. Just afterward Il. H, Ba,.,
aged sixty-fve. an insurance solicitor,
was hit and mortally wounded.
Frank Bertucci received shot In the
left shoulder and J. W. Boft. one In the
right hand.
Ultimately 1t was decided that the
only way TO get Charles was to burn
the building which protected him. The
fire department was called to protect
surrounding property. A can of oil
poured over the rear steps OF the build
ing, 4 match applied. and the building
was soon in nomes. Picked men were
stationed about the building in order
to pick of the desperate as he at
tempted to leave the house.
Anderson. member OF the state mill
itia. was one of the first to see Charles
as he ran down the steps leading to the
second story. Charles fired Us he ran
and crossed the yard toward the second
room. A well directed shot from An
darson's rifle and Charles fell wounded
In the breast. AS he dropped hundreds
OF men rushed In and fired Into the
body. Charles was literally shot to
pieces. a mob entered the yard and
dragged the body Into the street. There
hundreds more emptied their revolvers
into 1t. while a son OF one OF the muir
dered men rushed up and stamped the
face beyond recognition.
Wanted to Burn the Body.
There were then loud shouts that the
body should be taken to vacant
square in the vicinity and publicly
burned. At tiis instant, however,
equad OF police dpshed up in patrol
wagon. There were thousands OF peo-.
pie congregated in the vicinity and it,
seemed as II there might be clash be-
tween the officers and the mob. The
police seemed. however. to have re-
gaind ;heir courage and they promptly
pushed the crowd aside. picked up the,
body and threw 1t into the patrol wa
gon. The driver whipped up his horses
and the wagon started of with FIVE
thousand people running after It and
clamor!ng for the cremation Of the.
body OF the desperate. The wagon,
however, was flceter than the mob and
1t ultimately made It's way TO head
quarters. There an immense crowd
had gathered and great difficulty was
experienced In taking the corpse into
the mosgue.
Annie Cant, negro woman, who was
alleged TO have known Charles. imme-
diately came TO the morgue and after
viewing the body. declared that It was
not that OF Charles. but his half broth
er. Sly Jackson. Later in the evening.
however. Joseph S.ass!e. @ respectable
italian Identified the body positively as
that OF the murderer OF Day and
Lamb. Stassie stated that he had lived
In the building which Charles occupied
for severnl months and that he was in
timately acquainted with him.
Slip Of Paper Bore His Name.
Coroner Richard said tonight tina.
night examination OF the clothing OF
the iead man. hc found n slip OF pa
per bearing the nnmc OF Robert V.
Charles. who aiso went under the name,
ot Sly Jackson.
After the body OF Charles had been re-
moved, It was rumored that there was
still some negroes in the burning
ba,lings. The square was again quick
~ surrounded hy picked men and
squad made lts way into the building.
In room which the t!.e had not yet
reached. three negroes were found
dressed in womcu's clothes. They were
hustled out and Immediately sent to
prison In n patrol wagon.
Subsequently fourth negro, mu-
la;,o. was discovered In the building
l.c made desperate resistance and.
while In the hnnts OF the police. was
killed BY shot Cred from the crowd.
Jus, cbou, Tho time ;ha, Charles
body reached the morIuc, the body OF
an unknown nrgro who had been shot
and stabbed to death on Gnllnnn street.
was carried In. This negro was passing
through the French market when he
encountered crowd OF whites, The
latter were intensely excited and they
Immediately mohbed him.
! The negro ran for his life, the mob q,