Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-20
RAGE v lIN MISSOURI
Lynchin ST Two Eelro.. Il
Pierc ) City Followed By
ssrther 0utrases.
Whites Armed and Determined
to Drive Every Negro From
the Town.
Colored People Abandoning Their
Homes. Which are Fired BY
the Whites.

Springfield, Mo-, Aug. 2o-Pierce City,
where Will Cooley and Fred Cooley, the
formers grandfather, were lynched last
Right as a result of the murder of Miss
Caselle Wild, is today in the hands of
armed men, who are intent on driving
all negroes from the town. All the me-
gro houses in the city are being fired by
the whites and one negro, Pete Hamp-
ton, is said to have been cremated in his
home. The mob today broke into the al
senal of the local military company and
Is now in possession of the improved
rifles. So much excitement prevails thar
II is almost impossible to secure cor.
rect story of the situation.
Most of the negroes left Pierce City,
abandoning their homes, which were
burned. A report was sent out that two
Itegroes, In addition to the Godleys were
lynched early this morning, but this lis
denied. George Lark, porter OH the st.
Louis d San Francisco railroad, whom
Cooley, before he was shot to death.
charged with being Miss Wild's murdes-
cr, was arrested in Springfield this
morning. Lark declares his innocence
and says the man who committed the
crime boarded with him and has fed.
Bloodhounds which were started at the
scene of the murder went at once to
Lark's house.
Eugene Barrett. negro confessed
that man named Flavors, who board
ed with Lark, was the real culprit. Fla
vors is said TO be under arrest at Tulsa.
i. T., over the territory line from here.
Barrett is under arrest at Mount Yer
non. twenty-five miles from Pierce CITY.
Flavors will surely be lynched il brought
back. 1t is not believed Barrett will be
molested. The excitement that attended
and followed the lynching of the Cod
leys continued all night, and morning
only found the enraged white people
more determined than ever to rid the
city and vicinity of negroes. After
stringing young Cooley up to pole and
riddling the body with bullets the mob
went to the house of French Cooley, the
young mans grandfather, and shot him
to death. Then they bombarded Ike
Carriers house, in which were Pete and
Robert Hampton, all negroes Pete
Hampton. % years DID, was burned to
death. His wife and Robert Hampton
escaped thru the flames. The mob then
marched from place to place burning ne
gro houses and firing into them. The
negroes fled in all directions. many
taking refuge in the woods, while 9TH
ers are coming as far as Springfield to
find places of safety. Officers telephoned
to Monatt and near by towns for help.
At 10 this morning the city was still in
the hands of mob, which finally broke
into the arsenal of the Pierce City mill
tia company and distracted all the state
rifles to be found there. Every train to
Pierce City is bringing in excited crowds
that add TO the general confusion. The
report sent out last night that boy was
shot is denied today, and the name of
the man shot to death b given as
French Cooley. instead Of Gene Carter,
as previously stated.
INEW STORY OF scHLEY LOOP"
Seaman Adams Of the Brooklyn Con-
tributes to Iowa History.
Bellows Falls. Vt. Aug. 20.-A re-
markable statement is made by Walter
B. Adams of Gloucester, Mass, who
was a seaman on the cruiser Brooklyn
in the engagement with Cervera's fleet
off Santiago. He says he was stationed
ut the helm when Admiral Schley exc
outed his celebrated loop and that the
| public conception of that menauver is
| entirely wrong. that the maneuver was
| wholly unexpected by the cruisers Off
GERS and was due to wrongly executed
order from the bridge.
Adams says that while he was at the
wheel with the Niscaya in full view.
! pointing course with the evident In
tention of ramming the Brooklyn amid
| ships, the order came thru the quarter
master from Commander Hodgkins. the
navigating officer of the Brooklyn, to
Put the wheel hard down., which
would have thrown the Brooklyn direct
| ly toward the Viscaya. Adams says that
he understood the command perfectly.
but involuntarily reversed the order and
threw the wheel hard up causing the
Brooklyn to swerve to starboard and
swinging her away from the SpanisA
! snip. Instantly noticing his mistake.
Adams eased the wheel down, and the
| loop was made in getting the ship back
! on her intended course.
Adams says he believes his involun-
| tary action saved the Brooklyn from be-
ing rammed. Adams is now under or
| ders to join the Kearsarge's crew on
| Aug. 90
Find Oil in Galveston Bay.
Galveston. Tex. Aug. 2O.-Oil has been
discovered on High Island in Galveston
Bay, and rush for land in the vicinity
of the strike has begun. The new we'll
is located within three miles Of deep