The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

full. Threats were made against Chief
Of Police Harrison and several other Of
| the officers who are alleged to have
done the shooting from the city build
ing last night. Some Of the ugly char
acters in the crowd even threatened
to attack the court house and the coun-
ty jail.
Mayor Young remained at the Hotel
Buchtel and seemed considerably wor-
ried. He was there when the Fourth
Ohio regiment, Col. Potter, arrived at
9:S5.
Col. Potter and his staff proceeded
Immediately to the hotel.
The regiment was accompanied by
Colonel Adams and assistant adjutant
general. They. together with the
mayor and Prosecutor wanamaker and
Sheriff Kelly, the latter two having
just returned from Cleveland, were
CLOSETED IN CONFERENCE
for fifteen or twenty minutes. Mayor
Young reported the situation and Col.
/ Potter formally took command. The
colonel said to a News-Demcrat re-
porter that he did not come here to
relieve the Canton company and did
not expect to relieve them. The colonel
ordered his regiment to breakfast, and
| they breakfasted at the Buchtel Fin
ally detail from the Fourth relieved
Company at 1915 and the Canton
| boys had their first bite to eat.
During the conference Mayor Young
| expressed fear that the mob would do
further damage to the county building.
| He said that he had received a tele-
gram from Major Volrath of the Eighth
Ohio at Bucyrus. He had telephoned
volrath to come to Akron. Col. Ad-
ans, at the close of the conference, or
dered the two Akron companies in their
armory and under arms, awaiting or
ders.
The Akron company boys have been
on the streets in uniform part Of the
morning and Col. Adams says he may
need them and prefers to have them
in the armory.
The officers Of the two companies
were busy collecting their men during
the evening.
wanamaker Immediately after his ar
rival at 9 o'clock and appointed q spe-
cial chief Of police.
CHIEF DISAPPEARS.
Chief Of Police Harrison has disap-
peared and has not been seen since
he left the city building at O'Clock
this morning. He, together with sew
eral other officers have not appeared
at their homes and no trace Of them can
! be found. The crowd say that Harri-
son fired the first shot-the shot that
killed little Rhoda Davidson. People
here and there have been declaring
that Harrison would be killed If found.
About the city building numbers OF
| mal-contents were threatening this
morning that the crowd would make
trouble with the militia after dark to-
night.
Captain Fisher received a telegram
| from Governor Nash at o'clock order
ing him to remain on duty until re-
| lieved by Col. Potter, and stating that
Col. Adams and assistant adjutant gen.
eral would be in charge at Akron.
The Fourth regiment came here 564
| strong. The police and guards have
roped off the street for block on either
side Of the city hall. The firemen fin
ally, this morning, got several streams
playing on the smouldering ruins. The
city clerk and city engineer.
LOST ALL THEIR RECORDS
in the fire, which means to Akron q
loss of several hundred thousand dol.
lars.
Captain Blackburn. Of Akron com.
pany, denied to me this morning thai
he had refused Mayor Young's request
to muster his company. Captain Black.
burn said that when the request from
Mayor Young came scarcely guards
man could be found at home. All were
on the streets and it was impossible t.
find them. At $50 this morning, he go
together forty men from Company +
at the armory. Captain Werner hat
only four men whom he could fint
from Company F. Then when Lieuten
ant Walkup and Captain Blackburn
went to look for Mayor Young the!
could not find him anywhere, henc,
the ycould get no orders from him.