The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-07
CoIcred Man Killed, Two Others
Wounded and Three Patrolmen
Shot, One Fatally.
RIVAL FORCES SWORN IN
TROUBLE DUE TO EFFORTS OF FU-
sIONIsTs TO CONTROL ELECTION.
Polling Booth at Wilmington, Dell
DestrOyed-Small Riot In Fourth
Ward, Philadelphia.

DENVER. Col, Nov 6.-Two men dead
ard four wounded, one of whom will prob
ably die, was the result of clash when
occurred early to-day between members OF
the police force and a posse OF deputy
sheriffs at the polling place at twenty
second and Larimer streets. in the down.
town district. Allen, negro deputy sher-
iff, was shot and instantly killed, and Stew
art Harvey, white, a policeman. died late
in the afternoon at a hospital
The Dead
CHARLES ALLEN, colored, special depu-
ty sheriff.
The Wounded
CHARLES F. CARPENTER, policeman,
HAMPsoN JACKSON. coiored, special
deputy sheriff. skull fractured and arm
broken; may die.
CHARLES GREEN. special policeman.
shot in the back: seriously hurt.
STEWART HARVEY, special policeman
shot in the shoulder.
RICHARD HARTMAN, coloreo, deputy
sheriff shot In the left arm.
Fifteen hundred special policemen had
been sworn in for the day and about one
thousand special deputies. At o'clock
| Special Policemen Charles F. Carpenter and
Green were sent to Twenty-second and
Larimer streets to supervise the voting
| polls in District III, Precinct 4. Several
special deputies were present. Orders had
been issued by the Fire and Police Board
| to refuse to recognize the authority of the
| deputies and to arrest any who in any way
! interfered with the police Under these in
| structions officer Carpenter ordered the
| deputies to retire hundred feet from
! the polling place. Hampton Jackson, col
cred, resisted, and, drawing a revolver,
began shooting. One bullet struck Carpen.
| tiers arm and a second his foot. Police
man Green came to the rescue of his COM
panion, striking Jackson on the head and
| arm, fracturing his skull and breaking his
| arm. The blow broke the oak club the
| officer carried. Shooting by the deputies
| became general, while the special police,
| who were armed only with clubs were at
a disadvantage.
At this moment City Detective Ed CARRIER
ry ran up and opened fire with his revolt
yer. killing Deputy Sheriff Charles AL
| len, colored, with the first shot. A
score of shots were fired by the depu-
| ties and Detective Carberry, and Po-
! liceman Harvey and Deputy Hartman col
| Cred were shot, the former in the right
| shoulder and the latter in the left arm. II
| is not known whose bullets wounded them.
! Special Policeman Green was shot in the
4 X.
/ I3ranford, the man killed, had served time
| in the penitentiary and is said to have
| killed a man some years ago. The feeling
| created by the affair is intense.
/ Yesterday Judge Hallett, of the United
| States District Court, issued an order for
| bidding the United States marshal to APP
| polls, but the charge is made by the police
| department that deputy sheriffs were
| sworn in and armed at his office Police
Commissioner Robert w. Spor said to-day:
droA Of,
| long records for desperate deeds, were
sworn in as deputy sheriffs in the office
of United States Marshal Bailey, and given
appointed by our board were uaarmed ex-
| cept with clubs, and ordered not TO use
violence except in extreme cases.
| The trouble comes the outgrowth of
the bitter campaign In Denver and the
State which involves not only the nation
"a and State tickets, but the election of a
, United States senator to succeed Senator
Sheriff Robert Jones, who was elect
ed as a Democrat, but who is said
| quest of the Honest Election League (com-
posed, it is charged, exclusively of Repub-
licans) has it is claimed: issued large
men named by the league.
Yesterday the board of County Commits
| sioners, in disregard of an order of Judge
| Butler, of the District Court evoked the
| although the court took action against the
| commissioners for contempt, the fire and
police board. acting on the advice of lead
ing attorneys, decided to disregard the au-
thority of the deputies.
Although Troop c, Colorado National
Guard assembled early at the armory and
remained under arms throughout the day.
and IL was understood to have been the
order of Governor Thomas, the Governor
this afternoon positively denied having
issued such orders. and the officers of the
! troop refused 70 say by whose orders they
were assembled.
Ex-Mayor Il. S. McMurray chairman of
the Honest Election League. this evening
offered a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and
conviction OF the men who killed Charles
Allen.