Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-02-13
AN ELECTION RIOT.
Trouble Al st. Louis in the City
Democratic Primaries.
THREE MEN ARE SHOT
While the RlSt Was al lh Height the
Ballot BSI Was StSlsn-Rslla
Wells Gets the Nsmlnatl.n
fer MAJOR Of ~. Louis.

st Louis. Feb. l2.-Mors than i5o
shots were fired, a sergeant Of police
and two negroes wers wounded aud a
ballot box wa stolen In a riot about the
seooud district polliEz place Of this
Fourth ward. at Twelfth aud Linden
streets early yesterday evening.
IL va. only altar a riot call had
brought Captain kiely with " polio..
men aud riot guns 10 the scene that a
Semblanoe Of order was restored. The
streets were hlled with negroes and
some white men all Of whom were
armed, many Of them intoxicated and
looking for trouble. The trouble had
been brewing all the afternoon.
When II came time to open up the
polls the Tinker judges had n yet ar.
rived later the Tinker men disagreed
with the Wells mon as 10 the AdviSa.
bllity Of opening the back door Of the
polling place. One claimed that the
other had host Of heelers in waiting
and II the back door WAS opened these
men would press in TO cause confusion
and prevent their opponents from yot.
ing The NOonAn crowd claimed that
both tbs other factions were iockeying
TO prevent any voting whatever. because
they said the ward was overwhelmingly
for Noonan. The judges being unable
To agree no voting was done. That was
the situation mp 10 the time Of the not.
Rumor has it that the first man TO
draw a pistol was negro named Arthur
Gardner. A. SON As the shot rang out
the street about the polling place became
the scezs Of tuSllado. Every man
drew one or two reviewers.
Judge John J. Ryan ran out from his
desk TO the street aud shot squArely at a
negro advancing upon the booth. gun in
hand. There was no time 70 make ar.
rests, but the police under Sergeant
Qninlevan rushed upon the bolder riot.
ers, attempting 10 disarm them.
1, was while arresting George Nun.
roe that the sergeant was shot. Ten
police were ON the spot within a few
moments and succeeded IN quelling the
mot and dispensing the 200 negroes who
had hgarcd most prom. lneutly in the AZ.
fray
After order had been restored it was
found that the ballot boH had been
stolen. Every judge and clerk had been
at the windows or front door holding
the fort. Some one had slipped in the
back way aud taken the boz from be.
hind them. The up.hot was that no
votes were polled yesterday in the
second district Of the Fourth ward.
Rolla Wells. a wealthy foundryman,
will be nominated by the Domooratio
city committee for mayor. he carrying
20 Of the % wrds in the city ia the
primary election held yesterday. His
election shows that both factions OF the
party have united. Wells supported
the gold wing Of the party for two
terms He was backed by the jefferson
club, the local party machine.
The primary awakened almost as
much interest rs n general election. The
vote polled was the largest ever cast at
q primary Of either party Keen rivalry
between Rolla Wells. Edward A. Noon.
an and Jack Tinker, the three mayoral.
~ candidates. brought out almost the
full party strength
The police arrested batch Of 25 men
ON the charge that they came here from
Chicago TO net as repeaters
Charges and counter charges Of 70.
peating are made by all three sides