The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-11
A RIOT IN DETROIT
NEW POLICE DIRECTOR ARoUSEs
MoB's ANGER.
ABOUT SINGLE TAX ORATOR.
CROWD WOULDN'T HEAR OF HIS
BEING SUPPRESSED.

Five Policemen and Twelve Citizens
known to Be InJured-10,OOO Men
and Boys Gave the Police Hard
work for Three Hours-DirectOr
Andrews Did Not Like Orator Raw
den's Remarks and Undertook to
Suppress Him-The Mob Resented
the Attempt 10 Suppress Free
speech on Public Streets.
Detroit, Mich, May lO.-Fully 10000 men
and boys ran riot in the main streets of
this city for more than three hours and
a continual running fight with the police,
both mounted and on foot made an excit-
ing night in the heart of the city tonight.
The net result, so far as known is twelve
citizens and five policemen injured. The
names of but two of the citizeAs are
known at present They are Mike waldin
and Louis Capln. Both men had their
heads crushed by being trampled on by
horses ridden by the mounted police in
charge on the crowd.
The officers injured are:
James Tuomey. scalp cut by brick:
Henry Scott, hit on head with cobble-
stone; Thomas Murphy, cheek cut open
with brick; George Moore. badly cut
about the head by brick and taken home
In an ambulance; Barney Roonan, hit
with brick.
The beginning Of the riot was last night
when director of the police Frank T.
Andrews. who recently superseded the
{ Id DOliCa hoard fbroiioh the nasSa~a 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 single tax exhorter who
had incurred the i'll will of the police
director by the extraordinary nature of
dodgers.
When Bawden began his exhortations
a crowd quickly gathered. Director An
drews supervised the work of the police
in keeping the people moving. The crowd
good naturedly booted at the police and
no violence was done.
The Crowd in Different Temper.
Tonight, however. the temper OF the
crowd changed when it was announced
that Director Andrews had called on re.
serve officers to assist In keeping the
Campus Martius clear The single-tas
exhorter came with his wagon and
found the campus jammed with people
The police refused to allow him to To-
cate at any particular point and he drove
from one street to another, the crowd
following.
The mob frequently blocked traffic and
the police attempted to disperse them II
was bu. a moment before stones began
10 ny through the air and general mix
up followed. in which the foot police
used their clubs and the mounted men
charged. The officers fired their guns in
the air and the mob returned the fusilade
with bricks and cobblestones At one time
when the mob had gathered about the
central police station at Fort and Ran
dolph streets. bricks were thrown through
the windows.
Trampled by Mounted Police.
In a charge made by the mounted DO
lice at this point Mike Waldin was knock
ed down and three horses trampled over
him, cutting his head so badly that he
was taken to Emergency Hospital. officer
George Moore was hit with a stone in
this charge and his cheek was laid open.
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 head
with an iron cuspidor.
Mayor Maybury was down town watch
ing the crowd and at one time made a
speech to the people from the postoffice
steps cautioning them to do no violence,
but stated that he was not in sympathy
with the order of Police Director An
drews. denying free speech on the public
streets.
Al II o'clock tonight the mob had grad
ually dwlndled to a mere handful and the
city is quiet.