The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-27

came hurrying up IN his buggy, but facing
the same situation he withdrew. At this
juncture Capt Barney Baer. of the park po-
lice. dashed up in his buggy. A few words
from the other park officials and Captain
Eaer exclaimed: 'Ill see IL / can't pass
those lines"
At this he gave rein to his horse and
as IT would have crossed the line Niles
ran forward and fred four shots 1t is sup
posed that he did not mean to wound the
captain, for he appeared TO aim only at
the horse. The horse fell dead and one
of the shots, having sped beyond. wounded
Reuben Manley, fourteen years Of age. an
on-looker. The ball struck his right knee.
inflicting a serious wound. Another bullet
passed through the lapel of Detective
HATS coat.
While the onlookers fell back and the
excitement of the morning gave way to
panic another horse and buggy approached
the line and Judge Niles still maintained
his ground. The occupants of the vehicle.
a man named Murphy and his ten-year-old
daughter, did not seem to realize the grav-
ity of the situation and the man pressed
his horse forward. Niles did not begin
shooting, but. clubbing his rifle. he at
tackled Murphy with the weapon and forced
the horse back from the territory. Murphy
apparently suffered from the blows. but at
the first opportunity whirled his horse
about, glad to escape without bloedshed.
RESULT OLA CONFERENCE.
The conferences in the Office of acting
Mayor Walker was long and the legal as
poets of the case were carefully gone over.
The plan was TO have the Lincoln Park
police order the Streeter force to disband
and If they did not to have President
wickersham, of the Lincoln Park Board
call upon the chief. The chief was to re-
peat the demand and call upon the police
to dsperse them IL there was further re-
sstance In this way there would be no
question as to the Jurisdiction.
Chief of Police Ripley began to use the
telephone The cooperation of Fire Mar
shall Sweeny was secured and the tug
Illinois was detailed to carry forty men
with rifles down the river to approach the
district from the lake. All reserve forces
under Inspector Harnett at Harrison
street; Inspector Calas. Inspector Shea at
Desplaines street. inspector Heidlemeier
at the East Chicaso-avenue station, were
ton. Then orders we're issued to bring up
the police battery consisting of one Calling
gun and two smooth bores.
All these preparations required time and
it was agreed that $50 would be the hour
at which the forces would be in readiness.
Sheriff Nagerstat found that by enlisting
bailiffs and almost his entire force he
would muster about 100 assistants.
By p. m, street cars and sixteen patrol
wagons had collected 500 policemen at the
East Chicago aversne police station. At
the same hour Chief of Police Kipley had a
telephone message that 200 officers were on
their way from Hyde Park by way of the
Illinois Central Railway to the North Side.
1t was found that the fire boat was busy
with big fire on South Water street that
it could not be used and a city tug was
pressed into services
The trouble was over, however, before a
naval attack could be made and tonight
Buckelburg's sailboat returned quietly to
South Chlcago. Tbs impending conflict
ended in fiasco about fifteen minutes
after o'clock. When Judge Niles and
his four men, all that was left of his army,
heard that they were to be ousted they
parley.
Upon his appearance the five men sur
rendered and were escorted to the East
Chicago police station. On the way there
the police attempted to disarm the men,
bers of the army and the effort of the
squatters to retain their rifles created some
commotion.
After his rifle had been taken from Niles
and while he was on his way TO the sta
ton he was struck several times by men
in the crowd that pressed around him.
Once he endeavored TO snatch his rifle from
the officer who carried 1t, intending to
shoot a man who had just hit him, but he
was quickly subdued by the police.
Streeter caused to be circulated by the
men who took possession of the land a
grandiloquent proclamation written after
the style of the Declaration of Independ-
ence in which he stated at great length
that the land did not belong to the State of
Illinois nor anybody else and was the prop
erty of whosoever settled upon it. He is
now threatening legal procedure.