The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-08-03
MORE DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS
Negro Desperate, Charles, Claims
Total OF Eleven Victims.


lad saw him at once and begged the
desperate not TO shoot him. Charles
Immediately fred his winchester again
and Bloomfield fell dead.
The priest, unhurt, left the scene.
At this time the ambulance arrived
and two citizens volunteered TO go in
TO the alleyway end bring out the body
of Lally. They entered, and while
they we're attempting to take the
body Of the dead officer from that Of
his colleague, Charles fred again.
The citizens, nevertheless, got Lally's
body out of the alley and afterward
succeeded in taking Porteous' body
out also.
In the meantime an immense throng
had gathered in the vicinity, and
schemes were set on foot TO get Charles
out of the building. Charles, how
ever, 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 a number of people were
wounded.
At this time the extra police began
to fire unfortunately at the negro,
and Andy Van Kurem, keeper of the
police Jail, got bullet in the body and
fell dead. Immediately aiterward H.
H. Bratt, an old man, was hit and
MORALLY wounded.
Ultimately it was concluded by
those who were handling the situation
that the only way to get Charles at all
was to burn the building in which he
was entrenched. 1t was determined
that the fire department should be
called out, in order to protect sur
rounding property, in case it should
be resolved to burn the building. At
the moment of apparent indecision
some one went to a neighboring gro
Gerry, purchased a can of oil and,
pouring it over the rear steps of the
building, applied a match and soon
had the building in flames.
So fercely did the fire burn that it
became evident that no human being
could live in the building and picked
men from the police, special squads,
members of the soldiery stationed
themselves about the building to pick
off the desperate, as he attempted to
leave the house. A young soldier
named Adolph Anderson, a member Of
the state militia, was one of the first
to see Charles as he ran down the steps
leading to the second story. Charles
ran across the yard and entered the
second room. He fired several times
at Anderson and the latter who was
armed with winchester rifle, shot the
negro in the breast and he fell and
died soon after.
AS soon as the negro fell, numbers of
people armed with wholesalers and re-
volvers rushed in and fred into the
body.
Shortly after the body of Charles
had been taken from the scene re-
port spread that there were still some
negroes in the burning building. The
square was again quickly surrounded
and special squad made it's way into
tho building. In a room which the
fire had not yet reached three negroes
were found dressed in female attire.
They were hustled out and Immediate
ly sent to prison in patrol wagon.
Subsequently fourth negro was dis
covered in the building, He made q
desperate resistance and while in the
hands of the police was killed by q
shot fred from a pistol in the hands OF
one of the disorderly mob that had
congregated i'll the vicinity.
A list of casualties up to Friday
night was as follows:
August Thomas, negro laborer.
Baptiste Filean, negro, aged u
years.
Lewis Taylor, negro laborer.
Gabriel PCrteous, white, sergeant
of police.
John F. Fally, white, corporal o
police.
A. Van Kurem, white, workhousr
keeper.
Alfred J. Bloomfield, white.
John I. Day, police captain.
Peter J. Lamb, policeman.
Robert Charles, author of the trouble
Anna Mabry, negro woman.
Unknown negro, companion 0
Charles.
! The list of wounded, so far a
known, is twenty eight, the majorit
being negroes.
9 NATInNAI GuARn FI1Nn