The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-29
ANARCHY REIGNED.
The Mob Enraged at, Escape of Would
bs Ravisher.

A dispatch from Akron says WGen
day daSncd in that city Thursday
morning it revealed a scene Of desola-
ton and the evidences Of violence and
lawlessness unparalleled in the history
of this city. The rioters had done
their work and had disappeared. One
child was lying cold IN death and near
ly score Of people we're suffering from
the wounds of pistol balls. buckshot
and missiles. The city building was a
heap Of smculderiHg ruins and beside it
steamed the watcr-soaked ashes of Co.
lumbia hall
At e clock the crowd began to ia
crease as the curious spectators harried
to tie scene of the trouble. A police
man appeared and then another, timid
at FIRST, but with increasing assurance as
no violence was offered. Then Co. G
of Canton, detachment of the gallant
Eighth Ohio regiment, marched down
the street from the train and, hating
befote the ruins of the building, was
a: once set to patroling the fire lines.
There was no evidence Of III will or dis
quiet OF tie part Of the crowds at the
lines. There was no talked Of violence,
as the turbulent element had sunk away
with the coming Of daylight and order
WAS once more fully restored after al
awful night Of terror aud anarchy.
At G:30 o'clock Thursday morning
Co. c, Eighth regiment, Of Canton, uu
der command Of Capt. A Fischer, ar
rived in Akron under riot orders The
soldiers were met in the Valley depot
by Mayor Young and party Of city Of
fcials. They were marched immedi-
ateiy 20 the scene Of Wednesday nights
riotiDg. As the troops marched up the
main thoroughfare Kisses and groaus
were heard. st 920 niDe companies
Of the Fourth regiment arrived in the
city and marched to the scene of We'd
Desday nights lioting.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Mayor ".
E Young issued a proclamation clos
ing every saloon in Akron until fur
ther orders. Oie killed, one fatally
injured ard 20 persons more or less in
jured is the result Of the mobs work.
Glen Wade vas shot and almost in
stantly killed. He was 10 the mob and
bullet from the revolver Of a police
man in the citv hall struck him. The
lad was only l years Of age. Another
innocent who will die is Rhoda David
son, the seven-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. NJ. Davidson. Sitting in a
carriage with her mother and father on
the outskirts CT the mob, stray bullet
struck her in the head. No hope is
held out fer her recovery.
The resistance shown by the police
officers and city officials in the city hall
only served to lash the mob into great
er freuzy. Failing in its efforts to force
an entrance into the city hall q portion
Of the mob ran to the store Of the Stan
darl Hardware Co.. on Main street,
about one and half blocks from the
scene of the noting. Revolvers, rifles,
shotguns, razo;s a7d thousands Of
EOCCG5 o. 2HNuIlllOD were tasSH 5uu
With these weapons the mob returned
to the city hall, where the city officials
were haranguing the mob.
Adjoining the city hall which was
constructed almost entirely Of brick,
vas an immense building which for
many years past was the principal pub
lie hall Of Akron. This building was
set aire. The various FIRE companies
responded to the alarm, but the mob
refused to permit them to work. Co.
lumbia hall was soon ruin, but the
city hall was yet standing. Flaming
enbcrs were thrown into the different
rooms and the building vas soon burn
ing. Some Of the more thoughtful ones
in the mob liberated the prisoners from
the cells below the hall. A stick Of
dynamite was thrown into the front Of
the burning building. \ terrific crash
followed and portions of the wall
cIunbled away like Dust before breeze.
Another charge was exploded and the
20 k Of devastation was completed.