Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-17

was mounted. Wherever there were ne
groes collected together they were
swearing vengeance. Fortunately about
three o'clock there was heavy down
pour of rain, and it is the opinion OF
the police that this did more to dissi-
pate the mob and quiet the riot than a
thousand men would have been able to
do
Chief Devery said to-day:
4 will watch this thing closely this
morning and if any man in a police
uniform does anything more than
Enforce the Law,
he will be dismissed instantly. This
has been an unfortunate outbreak, but
it won't happen again.
The police say that few, if any pre-
vious race riots in this city have COM
pared with that of last night, so far
as the logged determination OF those
who precipitated in it is concerned.
AT 4 o'clock when it was thought all
was over, Policemen Hughes and
Jelif, of the West both street station,
were assaulted with shower of bricks
and bottles thrown by negroes on the
roof of a house. The crowd from the
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the time they reached the roof the as
sailants had DESCENDED through scut-
ties and had disappeared. Two ne
groes were later pulled from under a
bed. They resisted until dubbed over
the head, and one had his nose broken.
The men denied that they were on the
roof.
Richard Harris was badly beaten up
on account of report that he was the
man who had murdered Thorpe. IL
was discovered later that this was a
mistake. However, as he had dan
gerous looking shoemakers knife IN his
sleeve he was arrested.
The reserves of the station which
had been on duty nearly all night were
called in during the morning and after
five o'clock all
Was Comparatively Quiet.
The last arrest made as reported by
the police, this morning were those of
James E. and Ethel Harris. 1t was
said that the man is the Harris who
killed Thorpe. At the station he de-
MED knowing anything about Thorpe,
and said that neither he nor his Wife
had any part in the disturbance.
A dispatch from Washington to-day
announced the arrest there of Arthur
Harris, tie alleged murderer of Po-
liceman Tho.pe. Harris arrived in
Washington yesterday morning una
ware of the serious charge against him
and sought the house where mis- mother
lived seven years ago, but found she
had moved. BY reason of his inquiries
concerning here present address, the
police learned of his presence in the
city and fastened to his mothers
home, where he was taken into GUS
tody. The New York authorities We're
notified and an officer will be sent to
Washington to identify the prisoner
and return with him to this city If he
proves to be the man wanted.
Fifteen patrol wagons were required
to take the prisoners from the west
Thirty seventh street station to the
West 81 lie police court.
David H. Carr, a negro, charged with
having had hand in the stabbing of
Policeman Kennedy, was held without
bail to await the result of Kennedy's
injuries Lee, the other negro charged
with stabbing Policeman Kennedy, has
not been arraigned.
Eight policemen who were standing
on the south side of Thirty-sixth
street at o'clock this morning. say
that they were fired at by colored
woman from an upper story. The bull
let whizzed over their heads.
Notwithstanding the extent and ex
element of the riot but two persons so
far as known, We're seriously injured.
These were Policeman Kennedy. stab
bed in the left side, and Lee. the ne
gro, with pistol shot wounds in his
breast and a scalp wound. 1t Is be-
lieved that Lee Is fatally injured;
Policeman Kennedy seriously so.
Little Disorder Last Night.
Inspector Thompson with one hum
dred policemen in addition to the sew
eral hundred regular men in the pre-
cincts affected, was on the ground in
the riotous district before nightfall and
he kept his men on the move they
had orders to arrest any man, black or
White. who evinced the slightest dis
position towards riot.
Hardley Johnson, a negro porter, was
seen with a loaded revolver in a troll
ley car. Policeman Gaynor jumped on
the car and jerked Johnson out of 1t.
The negro tried to use his weapon but
Gaynor beat him with his night stick
until the fellow begged for mercy He
had a four-inch cash in his face when
locked up.
Inspector Thompson was near
Eighth avenue and Fortieth street
when he noticed a tumult aboard an
Eighth avenue car. He ran with a
couple of men 10 investigate and found
that a negro passenger was the cause Of
the trouble. He had not done any
thing. but several white men tried to
get in punch at the black man and
two women tried TO stab him in the
face with hat pins. Inspector Thomp-
son arrived just in time to see a paw
ing stone crash through the car win
dow and lay the negro out with a stun
ming blow on the head. Louis Swartz
eighteen years old, threw the stone. He
was arrested. On the way to the sta
ton Jacob Gombel undertook to take
Swartz from the policeman and was
arrested
Chief Of Police Devery said tonight:
Il anticipate no more trouble. There
viii be some few arrests, but / have
one thousand men within striking dis
lance. and we viii see that no mobs
get the start on us. The captains will
regulate the police work in their sew
eral precincts. I wiz De in personal