Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-05-11
WILD NIGHT IN DETROIT.

Fully 10000 men and boys ran riot
10 the maio streets Of Detroit Mich,
for more than three hours, and q con-
tinual running fight with police, both
mounted and on foot, made an excit-
ing night 10 the heart of the city last
| nigbt. The net result 30 far ss known
| is twelve citizsns and five policemen
injured. The names of but two OF the
oil zsps are known at present. They
are Mike Waldin and Lewis Caplin.
Both men had their heads crushed by
being irampled on by horses ridden by
the mounted police in charge on the
crowd.
Toe officers Injured are james Tou-
mey, scalp cut by brick; Henry Scott,
bit on head with cobblestont; Thomas
Murphy, cheek cut upon with brick;
George Moore, badly cut about head
by brick and taken home in an amhu-
lance; Barney Roonan, hit with brick.
The beginning of the riot was Thurs.
day night when Director Of the Police
Frank 7. Andrews, who recently
superseded the old police board through
the passage OF the ripper bill by the
legislature, issued an order to the
police to allow no one to stand about
the wagon of one tom" Bawden, .
local sipgle-tax exborter, who had in
Cured the i'll will of the police director
by the extraordinary nature OF his re-
marks on so-cslled wealthy "iax dodg-
ers."
When Bawden began his exhorta-
tions crowd quickly gathered. Direc-
or AGdrews supervised the work of the
police in keeping the people moving.
The crowd good-naturslly hooted at
he police and no violence was done.
La,t night, however, the temper OF
the crowd changed, when IL was an
bounced that Director Andrews had
called on reserved officers to assist 10
keeping the Campus Martius clear.
The signal-tax exhorter came with his
wagon and found the campus jammed
with people. The police refused to al
low him to locate at any particular point,
and he drove from one street TO enoth'
er, the crowd following. The mob fre.
ouently blocked traffic and the police
attempted to disperse them. 1t was but
a moment before stones began to by
through the air and q general mix mp
followed, 10 which the foot police used
their clubs and the mounted men chare-
ed. The officers fred their guns In the air
and the mob returned the fusillsde with
bricks and cobblestones. At one time
when the mob had gath cred about the
central police station at Fort and Ran
dolph streets, bricks were thrown
through the windows.
In charge made by the mounted
police at this point Mike Waldin was
knocked down and three horses tram
led over bim cutting his head 80 badly
that he was taken to the Emergency
Hospital. Officer George Moore was
oit with stone in this charge, and his
cheek was laid opep. He was taken to
\ his home in an ambulance. The other
| officers were not seriously hurt.
| At one stage OF the riot section OF
hose was secured by order OF the police
director and the stream turned on the
crowd, but the hose was cut and the
man who welded the nozzle was driven
into a saloon and pounded over the
bead with an iron cnspidor.
| Mayor Maybury was down town
watching the crowd, and at one time
made speech to the people from the
post.office steps, cautioniDg them to dc
no violence, but stated that he was moi
10 sympathy with the order OF Police
Director Andrews, denying free speech
on the public streets.
At IL O'Clock last night the mob had
gradually dwindled to a mere handful
and the city is quiet.