The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-26
White FIENDS.
New Orleans Terrified by MObs
of Young Men and Boys.
They Go ON a Hunt for Negroes
All Over the City.
KILLING AND BEATING.
ColOred People We're Attacked
Wherever Found.
Shot, Stabbed and Beaten With
out Discrimination.
POLICE POWERLESS.
All Through the Night the MObs
Worked Their Will.
Even Women We're Not Spared
From Their Fury.
ColOred People We're Attacked
Wherever Found.
Shot, Stabbed and Beaten With
out Discrimination.
POLICE POWERLESS.
All Through the Night the Mobs
Worked Their Will.
Even Women We're Not Spared
From Their Fury.

New Orleans, La, July 26--An last
night and up to half past O'Clock this
morning mobs ran riot through this city
on hunt for negroes and those unfort-
unates who fell into their grasp were
either killed or so badly wounded that
they were left for dead. After the MODS
got started, the negroes became terror
lied and took shelter in their homes and
the outhOuseS of white people who pro-
tected them so it was only the unsus
pecting and inoffensive negroes who
Were the victims.
The police We're pOwerless. As fast as
they apparently dispersed crowd in
one section it only reformed and moved
to some other point to continue its dew
ilish work.
COMPOSED OF BOYS.
The mObs were composed almost en-
trely of boys under p years of age and
they had no leaders. but acted on a COM
mon impulse The movement started
from a gathering of men a the Lee sta
tue, corner of St. Charles avenue and
Howard street. Being ordered to dis
perse. the crowd moved up St. Charles
street gathering force as it moved and
gradually becoming infiamed to the
point of desperation. 1t was not until
after they had stopped in Morrison
square. on Washington avenue and
Franklin street near the scene of the
assassination of Captain Day and Officer
Lamb that they listened to a speech
from man hailing from Kenner, and
then started out to waylay the negroes.
Most of the colored population had ta-
ken warning from the excitement of the
night before and kept indoors, but there
were some returning to their homes
from work and it was one of these who
was the first victim. He was in a crowd
ed Henry Clay avenue car near the
square and when the mob saw him thev
rushed for the car and dragged him out
firing one shot into the car. He turned
out TO be Alex Ruffin. a Pullman car
porter. and he was badly used up He
was cut and shot and beaten over the
mead There was another negro with
MIN IN the car who hid under the seat
ana after the car had started they dis
covered him, but could not catch it,
ATTACK STREET CARS.
J. Cluny. the conductor of Peters
avenue car was shot in the foot on
Franklin street and the car riddled with
F. G. Davis. the motorman on the
same car also was shot in the foot.
rank Shepherd,a white man who was
IN the crowd got a bullet through his
Coming down to jackson avenue. tbav
met l. r Sanders. the colored porter of.
tost & Bowles insurance agency He had
heard the indiscriminate shooting anJ
stepped out of his gate to see What -
was about He stepped into the arms of
the MOB and they made short work If
MN; nm Ihey stabbed him. shot him in the
pack and took his watch away fror7
hlm They left him for dead 4 dozen
or more of the mob went out further in
- tAe rear OF the town and met a ne
sIes5 named Esther Fields standing in
her door and brutally beat her
The main crowd continued on dow,
toWh headlng for the parish prison. The,
We're met a block away by squad Of
police who stopped them They fhsr he
gan breaking into the second 10 - - 4,e pe
on Kanpart street in that neighhorbood
Nuntllg Tor arms and Ammunition NJ
tolIce Lndue a demonStra ton and drove
part street for an hour the rnoh di1idad
one section going down town and 49,
olher starting back up town. The Ia
Ter crowd started for the na1x- - "a :.
me Nlchlity OF the Illinois Central depnt
a9 that IS popular rendezvous for nc
sfoeSe Before starting thev ind,,1ora7 :;
SrS{ n.fle pistol play and wounded Oswald
McMahOn. a Y year old hoxr IN ~, ~ ~, alu
The boy had been followine tba '.lr a,.o.'-; Ies'
On the way up they went thro,,eb a. ~
FoluraS market and fo1nd y r ee
C,salli T".cninah, la, George Morris. whom tbev
CHASED through the market sboo+ire- -
as ne ran When he fell with f,.-o sI,., ,il..I
"a the back. one of the vounp $50
s'aODeo MIN to finish and nearly did en
WHITE MAN SHOT.
,7,,si.i !yeeus' white man, was shot
-, ins the lndiscriminate shootine in
tne Poidras market They seaTcta59 IN ~
e4stilty OF the basin thorouo-bI1r 80
1alhng to find any one wailrad So,nv n,'t
~rumarg ~ FRANKLIN street, where tbev
front nj
pS.r room. whom they promDt1v ebot
de was Dan White, a roustabo1,t 49,
B"t bullet in his right wrist - @-ii'
\ Dout 1 O'Clock thev heada5 e.. -,
Helshoofn0od of Canal street a1d ~
1ne ne way looted two secondhand s+o,.ss,
1n.V Were trying to break into ono 49,,
ana hred several shots into il v-i+h -
result that they wounded one Of +bai.
own crowd. a man named Holm 49,
VINO got a bullet in the leo sTbal a.,
moved on down to Canal street er5 y
the corner of Rampant started to b1aeil oil
INTO another secondhand store b,,t n
patroi wagon full of police cane 20
ana they desisted. They stood +hara -
han an hour and then gradually rnsIt
ed away. melt
TERRIBLE EXECUTION
The downtown mob however .7;d
terrible execution, and kent mn i+s
nendlsh work until half past ? o'cloct-
notorious character named pew
Roses took the lead and they baa5a5
Tor the neighborhood of Franklin ana
custom House street. They fourd ~
negroes. and Were going down ViIler
street towards some negro novels. when
they saw a negro in a crowded Viller
street car. They hailed the car. pulled
the trolley off, ordered about twenty
passengers out, and then murdered flla
black. He was dragged out and filled