The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-23

The mob formed with the intention of
lynching Louis Peck. a negro. who was
arrested today, charged with having
attempted to assault Christiana, the
6-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
THEODORE Mas. industrious and re-
spectacle people who live on Perkins
/ Hill.
In the police court the prisoner plead
ed guilty. and was bound over to the
common pleas court in $1,000 bail.
A large crowd gathered about the
! city prison tonight at $3.50 O'Clock <tnd
| forced in the doors. The prison was
! soon packed with the mob, and the Of
ficers offered no resistance, as Peck,
earlier in the evening, had been quietly
taken 20 Cleveland.
To satisfy the mob, the officers Sug-
gested that a committee of six be ap-
pointed to search all cells and go
through every part of the building.
! This was done, and as the negro was
not found. a yell was made:
Now for the county Jail. Give us
the Niger and we viii deal with
him
mad rush followed for the Jail. and
soon the iail was in the hands of the
mob.
After going through the private
apartments of the Jail, the crowd start
ed to batter down the big iron doors.
Deputy Sheriff Stone stood in front of
the prison doors and made a speech.
Rush to Courthouse.
He informed the crowd that Peck
could not be found there. and he told
the people in the mob to select "a COM
mittee and he would allow the COM
mittee to search the Jail from top to
bottom. A committee was quickly Sc
lected, and the jail was searched, every
cell being entered. Satisfied that the
negro WIS not there, the mob then
rushed across the street and forced
open the doors of the county court
house. The Old court house was soon
packed and all rooms searched EXCEPT
the rooms in the treasury department.
A start was made to tear. off the iron
doors of the treasury department. but
the mob decided not 70 tackle the Job.
and then the thousands of men and
boys again rushed back to the citv
prison, crying for the blood of Peck.
The city prison was again surrounded
and hundreds of people who forced
their way into the prison for the sec
Ond time, insisted that Peck was there.
Mayor Young, at this time, appeared
OF OAiC VI t-.S WINDOWS N the UDDer
part of the building
he addressed the mob as best he
could, saying that Peck had been taken
out Of the prison at o'clock by Sheriff
Kelly. and driven out of the CITY IN
closed carriage The people in the mon
would not believe the mayor. and con- 4
tinued 70 yell and demand that Peck
be surrendered
Shooting Is Begun.
AT 10 o'clock the mob began for the
third time to attack the city prison.
Some one in the crowd began Shooting
at the building; this was followed bv
several more shots. The officers in the /
building appeared at the windows and !
began TO shoot over the heads of the
mob. man with shotgun then fired
at the officers
1t is said that several of the officers
were wounded The crowd then began
to smash IN the windows of the civ
building. and the firing became general |
Hundreds of shots were EXCHANGED. and
one boz was carried dead from +ha
street. It IS certain that dozens of
men were wounded.
report has been received from the
city building that one of the officers