The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23

o'clock this morning officer John Duffy
arrested colored man, who during the
day, confesstd to Prison Keeper Washer
OF having attempted to assault Chris
tina, the six-year-oId daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Mas, industrious
and respectable people, who live on Per-
kins Hill.
The colored man on Monday night Of
Tered to give the child a ride in his bug
gy. Christina accepted the invitation
and few hours later she was found on
the side of road west of the city. The
prisoner has given his name as Louis
Peck. He is about forty years of age,
married, and recently moved here.
The story of his confession spread like
wildfire through the city, and officers
learned that an attempt would be made
tonight to lynch him. Peck was badly
frightened. officers had been searching
for him since Monday night, and he was
arrested at the union depot as he stepped
from a Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train
In the police court today he pleaded
guilty and was bound over to the COM
mon pleas court. His bail was placed
at $1,000.
PRISON DOORS FORCED.
Tonight several thousand peol were
ready to lynch Louis Peck large
crowd gathered about the city prison
tonight al $3.50 o'clock and forced in the
| doors. The prison was soon packed with
the mob, and the officers offered no re-
sistance, as Peck. earlier in the evening,
had been quietly taken away to Cleve-
| land.
To satisfy the mob the officers sug-
gested that a committee of six be ap-
pointed to search all the cells and go
through every part of the building. This
was done, and as the negro was not
found yell was made: Now for the
county jail Give us the niger and we
will deal with him. A mad rush fol-
lowed for the jail and soon the Jail was
, in the hands of the mob. After going
through the private apartments of the
jail the crowd started to batter down the
big iron doors. Deputy Sheriff Stone
stood in front of the prison doors and
made a speech.
He informed the crowd that Peck could
not be found in there and he told the
people in the mob to select a committee
and he would allow the committee to
search the jail from top to bottom. A
committee was quickly selected and the
Jail was searched, every cell being
searched. Satisfied that the negro was
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 treas
ury department. A start was made to
tear off the iron doors of the treasury
department, but the mob decided not to
tackle the job, and then the thousands Of
men and boys again rushed back to the
! city prison crying for the blood of Peck
The city prison was again surrounded
and hundreds of people forced their
way into the prison for the second time
insisting that Peck was there.
The mayor at this time appeared at
one of the windows in the upper Fart 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 ard driven out of the city
in a closed carriage The people In the
mob would not believe the mayor and
continued to yell and demand that Peck
be surrendered.
SHOOTING BEGINS.
| 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 by
several more shots. The officers in the
building appeared at the windows and
| began to shoot over the heads of the
people. A man with a shotgun then fired
| at the officers.
It is said that several officers were
| wounded The crowd then began 10
smash in the windows of the city build
/ ing and the firing became general. Hun
| dretls of shots were exchanged and one
| boy, name unknown, was carried dead
] from the street. 1t is certain that dozens
! of men were wounded,
| report has been received from the
city building that ore of the officers lad
both his legs broken and that another
was badly wounded.
Mayor Young is yet in the building and
/ is directing a call for the militia. AN
| the arnbulances of the city have been
called out and the excitement is becoming
! intense The front of the city building
Is a total wreck and the fire bells arc
/ ringing
At fO:45 D. M Prison Keeper Jehn T.
Washer come from the city building and
he was knocked down by a brick. He
was badly injured about the head and
had to receive medical attention.
It is known that two people were in
stantly killed and another person is dyina
at the hospital.
The dead are: Glen Wade. aged ten
| years. shot through the heart.
John M. Davidson's four-year-old son.
shot in the mead in a baby carriage.
Fred w. Orick. FIVE years Of age, ia
| badly wounded with buckshot. lie lives
| at No. 43 North street and is now dying
at the hospital.
A man named Null was shot in the
head and also in one of the legs. Anoth-
er man whose name could not be learned,
but who is a driver for the American Ex-
press company, was shot in the leg. 1t
is certain that many more people We're
! wounded.
At H. p. m. the crowd is beginning to
leave for home and the indications are
that no more trouble will take place.
MOB FIRES BUILDINGS.
Shortly after midnight the mob broke
| into the hardware store and stole al
| the firearms and ammunition they could
find, including guns, rifles and revolvers
| and proceeded to the city building and
| opened fire on the defenders and finally
set fire to the Columbia hail. which ad-
Joins the city building. They Will nc