The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-11
RIOT IN DETROIT.
Ten Thousand Citizens Battle
With the Police.
Trouble Grew Out of the New
"Ripper" Law.

Detroit, Mich, May 11--Fully 10000
men and boys ran riat III the main
streets of the city for more than three
hours last night. and kept up con-
tinual running fight with the police,
both mounted and on foot, causing
great excitement in the heart of the
city. The net result as far as known
is twelve citizens and five policemen in
jured. The names of but two citizens
are known at present. They are Michael
Waldin and Louis Capin. Both had
their heads bruised by being tramped
on by horses ridden by the n ounted po-
lice in a charge on the crowd. The Off
GERS injured are:
James Tuomey, scalp cut by brick.
Henry Scott, hit on head with cobble-
stone.
Thos. Murphy, cheek cut open with
brick.
George Moore, badly cut about head
by brick; taken home in ambulance.
Barney Roonan, hit with a brick
The beginning of the riot was Thurs
day night when Director of Police An
drews, who recently superseded the old
police board through the passage of
the Ripper bill" by the legislature, is
sued an order to the police to allow no
one to stand about the wagon of Tom
Bawden. a local single-tax exhorter.
who had incurred the i'll will of the pO-
lice board by the nature of his remarks
on so-called wealthy tax dodgers"
a crowd quickly gathered. Director An
drews supervised the work of the police
in keeping the people moving. The
crowd good-naturedly hooted at the po-
lice. and no violence was done.
Last night, however, the temper of
the crowd changed when it was an
noUnced that Director Andrews had
called on reserve officers to assist in
keeping the Campus MartiuS clear. The
single-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 spot to
another, the crowd following. The mob
frequently blocked traffic. and the po-
lice attempted to disperse them. It
was but a moment before stones began
to fly through the air. and a general
mix-up followed in which the foot po-
lice used their clubs and the mounted
men charged. The policemen fired their
guns in the air and the mob returned
the fusillade with bricks and cobble-
stones. At one time. when the mob had
gathered about the central police sta
ton at Fort and Randolph streets,
bricks were thrown through the win
dows.
In a charge made bv the mounted po-
lice p t this period Michael Waldin was
knocked down and three horses
trampled over him, cutting his head so
badly that he was taken to the emerg-
ency hospital Policeman George Moore
was hit with a stone in this charge and
his cheek cut open. The other police
men were not hurt
At one stage of the riot a 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 saloon and pounded on the head
with an iron cuspidor.
Mavor Maybur was down town
watching the crowd. and at one time
made = speech to the people from the
4.
no violence but stated that he was not
in sympathy with the order of Police
Director Andrews denying free speech
on the public streets.
At II O'Clock last night the mob had
gradually dwindled to a mere handful,
and the cftv was quiet