The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-27

negro wa.rsfzaa. george Asrr.s,
! whom ihey proce+1sa 70 chase through
tha aarEst, shooting hlnl AZ he ran.
! When lie fell n4ih two shots lr tie
tarE. tbs young tends stabbed him 10
anlsh him. lie is ssrigusly injured.
White Maa Was Shot.
John Deydr. a v,hits ruan. R,as shot
during the inf!scriEnIna;s shooting in
tbs P9ydrAs market. Tney saarche! ,hs
y!eiairy q the bas1n Thoroughly and
+. falling 10 nHd ANYONE walked out to-
wards Franklin street. where they
pasEfI negro seated In iron, 81 q
/ baf-ro1n, whsrl theY promptly shot
lie vas Dan White, a rous'abouJ, and
[ gnt a bgllai In his iIshi Hrtst,
/ About O'Clock they headed las the
nrlHhborhooI OF Canal street. aul on
/ the way looted two sccond-hand stores.
! They wsre trying 10 break into ona
, place and nFeI several shot. into *
: wtrh-thc result that they wounded oE=
Q: the!r own crowd. man named Joha
I Domu. In the les.
Thry moved on down IN Canal street
and at the corner Of Rampant. started
to break into another aeconI -hanl
store. but a patrol wagon fun oE p0iIrs
Gang w and dispersed them
J Terrible Execution by the Mob.
The downtown mob. however. dM
terrible execution and kept 10 It's Won;
until halt-paH o'clock = notorious
character named Pcpc Roses took the
lead and they headed for the ueIghhor-
hood OF Franklin and Custom houae
streets They found no regross Their.
and were going down ViIln7c street
towards some negro novels when they
saw n negro In a crowded Vnlnr, street
car. They hnItea the car pulled the
trolley or. ordered about twenty pas
senErrs out ana then murdered the
black. lie was draSEad out and HIlei
with lead, being instantly killed He
WAS evidently laborcr. His name Is
not known,
The mob then moved on out 10 the
vicinity OF the old hag!n on TouIosc
street. and terrorized that nelghbor-
hood. but evidently found no negroes.
Then they went down as FAR as Referee
and Dauph!r streets. where they found
an Old negro. seventy.Nyc years old.
named Baptist PHO. whom they bent
and shot almost 10 death
Headed For French Market.
Coming NJ town ngaIn. they headed
for the French market and met an IN
known negro on Decatur. between St
| Phillip end UrsuliDrs. whom they
| promptly beat into an iuaausiblc Condl-
tion and left for Iead lie was lscov-
cred an hour later and died shortly AZ
ter. He had been pulled from: Il meat
wagon. which he WAS driving to the
French market.
They found another negro In the
market and promptly put m end to his
existence. lie Is not known
/
They located the porte OF the Louis
willie & Nashville pay car and chased
him up the lcvec. lie ran into the Gus
tom house. where he was protected by
the nigh watcamaa At the point Of a
| Winchester. The crowd suiked around
for n while md then gradually dis
| persed.
Ask Citizens to Keep the Peace.
Acting Mayor A:ehlc issued procln-
nation at hait-rast II o'clock. calling
of all good cttizsus to Keep the peace.
but 1t did not stop The rotng
just before dnyb"Gai;, the remnant Of
the mob gathered in tie vicinity OF the
Spanish fort railroad and waylaIj ne
groes as they were going to the" work
at Chnlnettc. Some " chem came Rlcng
and the ROB chasaI them, niIn= as
they raT. y baker on his mOlUIng
rounds. caught bullet In tho les.
William Armstrong. {. negro. Sitting
or the Claiborne bridge. was shot In
the thigh by mob that passed there
last night. lie made his way home and
only reported r. injury this morning.