The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-07-18
RELIGIOUS INTOLER-
ANCE AT EVANSTON
Dowieites Drenched by Fire Department
and dubbed by Police Before They
Yield to Superior Force and March Dis
mall, to the Dungeon Under Guard.


ed by the crowd of 1000 people
in Fountain square at Evanston.
The Zionites were charged by
the police and fire departments,
and were marched to the Evans
ton police station, where they
were kept in the courtroom for
an hour and a half. During the
fight between the Zionites and
the police and fire departments
many of the Dowie disciples
were injured. Fifteen of the
elders were arrested and locked
up for an hour.
The Dowieities went to Evans
ton in a special train of three
coaches. Stopping at Dempster
street, they formed into four
lines, the elders and women in
the center and the guards lined
on both sides of the column.
The procession marched north in
Sherman avenue to Davis street,
where Police Sergeant Waldron
and Officer Keefe escorted them
to the west side of Fountain
square. The elders gathered in
the center, the women formed
two circles around them, and the
guards locked arms and formed
five more rings around all. Gen.
eral Overseer W. H. Piper then
mounted a small stand which
the Zionites had brought with
them, and began speaking.
He had spoken but few words
when blasts from tin horns, the
yells, cat-calls, and boots of hun
dreds of boys and men drowned
his voice Calls for eggs, toma-
toes, and tar and feathers could
be heard above the uproar De-
cayed fruit coming from every
direction fell over the crowd,
and as they fell were picked up
and thrown again. Around the
circle of Dowieites two elders
marched, calling for the guards
to stand firm and keep the outer
circles intact. The crowd surg
ed back and forth. trampling
PROSTATE men and women. Hats
were tossed into the air and cries
of "bring a>rope" and lynch
them" were heard from the
crowd of attackers.
Chief of Police Newell G..
Knight directed his entire force
to surround the crowd, andMayor
Patten warned the mob to become
quiet. After the mayor had se-
cured silence he told the Dowie-
ties to move ON. He warned
them that they were obstructing
the streets and causing a riot
The Dowieites refused to move,
and declared that they would
stand until the last man was
killed. The mayor then called
out the fire department, and or
dered the people to- leave the
square. Instead of leaving they
closed in upon the Dowieites, and
by a series of rushes pushed
them along the street.
After the fight had been car
ried on for five minutes the en-
tire fire department arrived with
tbe<hose cart. A four-inch hose
was erriedly attached to a fire
plug, I'd the firemen charged
the Dow 'tes- They ran to
within two feet of the band
and turned the water straight
into the Dowieites' faces. The
followers of the s'new Elijah"
crowded together. ducked their
heads, and again began singing,
II am a Soldier of the Cross"
The stream of water. which was
strong enough to rip the shingles
off house, was kept trained at
the Dowieites. Hats flew into
the air and fell fifty feet away,
The capes We're blown from the
women's shoulders by the water
and were carried to the sidewalk
On the south side of the street,
where they were trampled upon
" torn to pieces by the enraged |
mob,
The followers of the Dowie |
'aith never faltered, The water T
lrenched every Zionist to the
skin and knocked many down.
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