Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-17

to fire into the house. A shot rang
out from the beseged house and Grant
fell dead.
The attacking party hastily sent
word TO police headquarters and Chief
OF Police Ball dispatched the reserves to
the scene In several patrol wagons.
USED CAPTURED NEGRO.
The officers determined to make use
OF King the negro who had surrendered,
ana at The point Of a Winchester they
forced MIN TO walk UP 10 the rear Of
me house and fire It, AS soon as the
names were discovered. the officers,
eager to get the inmates Of the house,
slipped out Of their shelter In every d.
rectlon. Again there was a shot from
the house and this time II was Officer
Edward Crabtree who met death.
FATAL SHOT.
An instant alter there yas a third
shot and County Policeman Robert o.
borne fell dead.
The shooting had by this time at
tracted hundreds OF people and nearly
every man who came TO the scene car
ried a rife. The shooting into the
house became general, citizens and ofi-
GERS firing together.
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Gov. Chandler, advised by telephone
Of the rioting, hastily ordered out the
militia. Capt, W. W. Barker Of the
Fifth regiment was ordered to proceed
with fifty men and a platoon gun 10
the scene Of the shooting and cooper
ate with the city authorities and the
sheriff Of Fulton county. Chief Of Po-
lice Ball and Sheriff j. w. helms, also
hurried to the scene.
W.T., Jackson a street car conductor,
was one Of those who hurried to the
scene. As he was nearing the house
he was shot in the right hip, prec9 IL
ably by Richardson
A negro cabman driving a spectator
TO the vicinity Of the rlotlng was hit
in the hand by bullet.
Call Officer spradlin, speeding to the
scene on his bicycle received wound
in the arm.
HOUSES ORDERED FIRED.
The desperate Richardson had been
lost sight Of The house burned rap
idly and a number OF inmates were seen
TO a barn. orders were quickly given
to fire every building into which the
negroes had been driven, and In few
minutes the buildings were burning
A main sewer that runs through this
part Of the city was utilized by two OF
the negroes as a possible ileans Of es'
cape but 70 no avail.
LITERALLY SHOT TO PIECES.
The crowd had increased until al
least 5000 people, 1000 Of whom at
least were armed surrounded the burn.
ing area. Soon from the mouth Of the
sewer Milton Rosby negro, was seen
TO emerge. A shout went up and the
fleeing negro who struck out over an
adjacent lot. was being pursued. Shot
after shot rang out and in few min
utes he fell dead. The pursuing party
quickly surrounded him and filled his
body with lead. He was literally shot
10 pieces.
The crowd OF enraged citizens had
scarcely finished this work wheE an
other negro was seen coming out OF the
sewer. He too made a run for life and
managed to get into the back yard or
one Of the neighborlng homes, where,
surrounded by several head OF cattle.
he was filed with lead
The first started by the attacking
party spread rapidly and soon the en-
tire block OF buildings, nearly all negro
houses, was destroyed.
The police were busy arresting the
few negroes found In the vicinity,
among them Steve Nesbit and Jim
singleton-beeved to be members OF
Richardson's gang. The police had
great difficulty In getting out OF the
crowd Of enraged people, with the coli
ored men. A mob OF 1000 surged around
the patrol wagon and cried for the
life OF the men under arrest, The OH
GERS, throwing their men into the bot
tom OF the wagon, drew their reyolvers,
forced their way through the crowd
and 20 minutes later lodged their pris-
oners in the county jail.
In less than an hour the block OF
wooden houses was burned 20 the
ground and q search Of the ruins was
begun. In a woodshed In the rear OF
Richardson's store, was found O skull
and near It the steel barrel Of a rife,
II Is believed that the skull repre-
sented all that Is left Of the negro who
did the shooting,
The police believe they have arrested
all the negroes directly concerned. but
have given ordrs 10 bring into custody
all suspicious characters.
The rioting caused the utmost ex-
element not only in the little suburb
OF Pittsburg where II occurred, but all
over the city.