The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-28
4 DESPERATE CONFLICT
Race Riots in New Orleans
Result in a Remark
able Fight.
A NEGRO'S AWFUL DEFENSE
HOLDS THOUSANDS 1T B1Y FOR Il
LONG TIME.

Others Before He is Finally Shot to
Pieces He Was the Man Who Murdered
Captain Day and PatroIman Lamb A
Priests Courageous Act.
New Orleans, July 27.-After desper-
ate battle, lasting for several hours, in
which he succeeded in killing Sergeant
Gabriel Porteous, Andy Van Kuren,
keeper of the police Jail, and Alfred J,
Bloomfield, young boy, fatally
wounding Corporal John F. Lally, John
Banville, ex-Policeman Frank Fl.
Evans, A. S. Leclere, one Of the leading
confectioners of the city and more or
less seriously shooting several citizens,
the negro desperado Robert Charles,
who killed Captain Day and Patrolman
Lamb and badly wounded Officer Nor
an, was smoked out of his hiding place
in the heart of the resident section of
the city and literally shot to pieces this
afternoon.
The tragedy is one Of the most re-
markable in the history of the city and
10000 people, soldiers, policemen and
citizens We're gathered around the
square in which Charles was finally
put to death. Tremendous excitement
reigned in New Orleans as the battle
went on between the police and citizens
and the negro with his Winchester
After the tragedy was over statements
were made that the man killed was not
really the desperate, who had killed
Day and Lamb, but papers found on
his person and the fact that he had
fought so desperately for his life and
and shot so accurately, seem to leave
little doubt that the right man was put
to death.
Sergeant Gabriel Porteous, one of the
best known officers on the force, and
Sergeant John F. Lally who has Il
fine record for bravery,were infgormed
during the day by negro that Charles
Lamb is in hiding in a house on Clio
street. Determining to take him alive
If possible, the officers summoned a
number of patrolmen to their assistance
who went to the house where Charles
was supposed to be in concealment. The
negro informant of the police men ac-
companied the officers
They entered the side alley of the
house and were surprised in practically
the same way as We're Day and Lamb.
Before the officers were aware of their
danger Charles, who was hidden be-
hind a screen on the second floor of the
building, raised his Winchester and
started a furious but accurate fire. Lal-
1y fell with q bullet in his right abdo- |
men. Porteous was shot through the
head and dropped across the body of
Lally. The other officers and the negro
flew from the scene The report Of Char
les Winchester and the fact that two |
officers lay bleeding In the yard Great
ed great excitement. In little while |
there was an immense armed crowd en-
circling the square In which Charles |
was located. In the meantime Father
of st. Johns church was
summoned to administer extreme unc-
tion to the police officers who We're ly- |
ing in the alley. The priest responded |
promptly and he was amounting the |
body of Porteous with Alfred j. Bloom
field, young boy standing by his side, |
when Charles appeared at the window. |
The lad saw him at once and begged |
the desperate not to shoot him. Charles
fired his Winchester and |
Bloomfield fell dead. The priest, un-
hurt, left the scene after pluckily
the last offices for the
dead officer. At this time the am
bulance arrived and two citizens vol
to go into the alleyway and
bring out the body of Lally They en-
tered, and while they were attempting
to take the body of the dead officer
from that of his colleague, Charles fired
again. The citizens nevertheless got
Lally's body out of the alley and af-
terward succeeded in taking Porteous
out also 1t was then seen that Charles
did not propose to be captured without
selling his life dearly. Time after time
he came TO the window and as citizens
one by one, entered the alley he blazed
away at them.
In this manner Confectioner Leclere,
who was one of the special police
squad, ex-Policeman Evans, John Ban
vile and George H. Lyons. son of the
head of the biggest drug establish
ment in the south were wounded
AT this time the extra police began
to fire indiscriminately at the negro.
w llO Sllot Iillil VIII pIOpobly lltNtI pS |
known. Andy Van Kurem, keeper of
the police Jail, got a bullet in the body
and fell dead. Just afterward H. H.
Ball, an old man aged sixty-fve years,
for the Mutual Benevolent as
doing business in the vicinity,
was hit and mortally wounded.
About the same time with Charles
firing his Winchester indiscriminately,
Frank Bertucci received a shot In the
left shoulder and j. w. Boffit got bull
let in the right hand. Ultimately it
was concluded by those who were
handling the situation that the only
way to get Charles was to burn the
building in which he was entrenched. |
Some one went to a neighborng gro
Gerry, purchased can of oil, and pour
ng it over the rear steps of the build
ng, applied a match and soon had the
building in flames. Special officers and |
members of the militia stationed them
selves about the building in order to s
pick the desperate as he attempted to ]
cave the house. Soon Charles ran out l