Evening star., 1900-07-26
Revenge Causes Scenes of Brutal Vic.
. lence in New Orleans.
NEGROES ATTACKED WHEREVERFOUND
Bands of lnfuriated Men Destroy
Lives and Property.
DEAD AND WOU NDED

NEW ORLEANS. July 26.-After being
in the hands OF lawless mobs for several
hours. with the police apparently powerless
to maintain order. New Orleans at daybreak
again assumed a peaceful aspect, and the
mob apparently had spent its fury, after
one man had been killed. three fatally and
fourteen seriously wounded.
The dead-Unknown negro, dubbed and
shot to death in Custom House street.
Fatally iniured-Louis Hughes. colored,
shot four times in abdomen. head. left arm
and right hand; Baptiste Fflean. colored,
aged seventy-five, employed in the French
market, shot in neck; Joseph Nelson. me-
gro, driver. skull fractured.
The injured-T. p. Saunders, colored aged
thirty-five years. porter, stab wound in the
side and a gunshot wound in the right knee:
Esther Fields, colored, aged forty-hve years,
severe cash on head: Oswald Mcmahon
white, aged sixteen years. laborer shot
through right thigh; Frank Shepherd,
right forearm; Alex. Ruffman, Pullman
palace car porter, shot in the left shoulder;
Jos. Deeds, white. stabbed in both hands; /;
F. G. Davis, motorman, shot in the right
leg; j. Cluny. conductor. dubbed and arms
badly injured; Jos. Lewis, colored, aged
eleven, confused wounds of head caused
by beating with base ball bat; George Nor
ris, colored. two cuts on head and gunshot
wound in the leg: Daniel White. colored,
gunshot wound of the left wrist; Henry
Daurin, white. gunshot wound of the left
leg; VIM Armstrong negro, shot in left
thigh; unknown baker white, shot In the
leg.
Mayor Calls for Help.
A delegation of citizens today went to
city hall and asked the mayor either to call
out posse of citizens or appeal to the gov
ernor to order out the militia His honor
decided Immediately 10 prepare a proclama,
ton calling for 800 volunteer citizens to as
sist the police in preserving order
The last disturbance occurred about 5
O'Clock, when white baker. whose name
is unknown, was shot in the leg while a
crowd Of rioters were chasing a gang of
negroes. The mayor, the police and cit
lzens arranged today to take precautions
against recurrence of last nights scenes OF
disorder. The mob was composed of boys
and hoodlums and was without a leader
The roting grew out of the intense feeling
engendered by the murder Monday night Of
Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb and the
wounding of officer Mora by a colored des-
perado. The better class of citizens today
expressed regret over the occurrences OF
the night, and declared that the mob in no
sense represented the community at large.
General Attack on Negroes.
The assassination of Police Captain Day
and Officer Mora by the negro. Robert
Charles, brought about a condition Of un-
night called for the placing on duty of
many extra police officers and the call
ing out of company of militia to aid them
in preserving order.
Several suspected negroes arrested in the
suburbs yesterday proved not 10 be Charles,
and the police have been unable to find
any trace of the negro. A quiet tip was
gotten out last evening for a mas meet
ing at Lee Circle, and, while there were
no leaders or prominent citizens in the
crowd, it swelled to several thousand peo- B
pie, who began a march to the scene of the
crime, attacking all the negroes who could
be found. A number were shot at and
ter and every available policeman, as well
as the militia, fastened to the vicinity and
succeeded in preventing a general riot,
though 1t could not suppress the lawless-
ness.
At 10 o'clock last night the mob changed
Its course, and began march on the par
lsh prison, with the avowed intention of
lynching the negro, Pierce who was with
Charles on Monday night and shot officer
Mora. The prison is well entrenched
The mob reached the prison and found
the police ready. 1t satisfied itself by
shooting into street cars, wounding a num-
Der of people, white We'll as black al
though the wounding of whites was acci-
dental Several shops Were broken into
before the mob dispersed.
Mayor Capdevielle communicated with
Gov. Heard, who will Immediately call out
the military to preserve order