Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-05-18
RIOT IN DETROIT.
Attempt 20 Suppress . single Tsx Ex-
horter ID Resisted.

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Attempt 20 Suppress . single Tar Ex-
horter 10 Resisted.
Detroit, Mich, May 13.-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 police. both mounted and on foot.
made an exciting sight In the heart OF
the city last night. The net result as
far as known Is twelve citizens and
five policemen injured. The names Of
two citizens are known at present.
They are Michael waldin and Louis
Caplin. Both men had their heads
crushed by being trampled on by horses
ridden by the mounted police in O
charge on the crowd.
The injured are:
James Tourney, scalp cut by brick.
Henry Scott, cut on head with cob
bio stone.
Thomas Murphy. cheek cut open with
brick.
George Moore. badly cut about head
by stone.
Barney Roonan, hit with q brick.
The riot began Thursday night. when
Director of Police Frank t. Andrews.
who recently superseded the OLD police
board through the passes &c OF the Rip
per bill by the legislature, Issued an
order to the police to allow no one to
stand about the wagon or one Tom
Bawden, a local single tax exhorter'
who had incurred the ill-wW OF the po-
lice director by the nature or his re-
marks on SO called wealthy tax dodg-
ers." When Bawden began his exhor-
tation n crowd quickly gathered. ID.
rector Andrews supervised the work oil
the police in keeping the people NOV
ing; the crowd good nAturedly hooted
at the police and no violence was done.
Followed tho Exhorter.
Last night, however, the temper OF
the crowd changed when II was an
nounced that Director Andrews had
called on reserve officers to assist In
keeping the Campus Martius clear. Inc
single tax exhorter came with his wag-
on and found the campus 1ammeo WIN
people. The police refused to allow
him to locate at any particular point
and he drove from one street TO another
the crowd following.
The mob frequently blocked trafnc
and the police attempted to dispense
Il. II was but a moment before stones
began to fly through h air ana a
general mixup 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 fusillade with bricks and
cobblestones. At one time, when the
mob had gathered about the central
police station at Fort and Randolph
street, bricks were thrown through the
windows. In a charge made by the
mounted police at this point Michael
Waldin was knocked down and three
horses trampled owe him. cutting his
head badly. officer George Moore was
hit with a stone In the charge and his
cheek laid open.
At one stage Of the riot q section Oh
hose was secured by order OF the police
director and the stream turned into
the crowd, but the hose was cut ana
the man who welded the nozzle was
driven into a saloon n pounded e
the head with an iron cuspidor.
Mayor Maybury was downtown
watching the crowd, and at one time
made q speech to the people from the
postofice steps, c%autioning them to dc
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 IL o'clock The mob gradually
dwindled to a mere handful and the
city was quiet.