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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-07
SHERIFF SHOT IN RACE RIOT
Battle Between Negroes and Authorities Results in the Fa
WOunding of the Leader Of the POsse-POpuIace
Takes Up Arms to Kill Blacks

T USCUMBIA. Ala. April 6.-Three
men are dead. three more slightly
wounded and four seriously
wounded. as the result of Sheriff Cas-
saway attempting to arrest Will Rey-
nolds. a desperate negro.
The dead are: Hugh Jones. shot
through head; Bob Wallace, VIII Rey-
holds. Fatally wounded. Sheriff
Charles Cassaway, shot through arm
and abdomen; VIII Cassaway, shot
through abdomen: p. A. Prout, shot
through stomach. Four others were
seriously wounded.
All the foregoing casualties, except
the death Of Reynolds himself. are the
result of the deadly fire of Reynolds
with a .45 calibre Winchester. The
negro was in his turn riddled and
thrown into a fire
This morning at II O'Clock Sheriff
Cassaway went to a negro settlement,
''Knardstown," to arrest VIII Rey-
nolds for obtaining merchandise under
false .pretenses. The officer was met
by the negro. who opened fire with
Winchester, wOunding the sheriff and
Immediately fred upon the deputy,
Will Cassaway who was some 300
yards away, MORALLY wcunding him.
AS .soon as possible every man in
town who could procure a gun was in
the neighborhOOd. but owing to the
location none dared to venture within
the open space. Dynamite was pro-
cured and the house in which the ne
gro was barricaded was fired upon. but
to no effect. At 1 o'clock Captain
Simpson of the Wheeler rifles arrived
with twelve guns and 1000 cartridges.
which were distributed among twelve
picked men. This company was sta
toned around the house and Tiddled it,
but the negro had taken refuge in the
cellar and returned the fire, killing
Jones and wounding Finney.
Coal oil was then procured, and aft
er four hours of hard work, The houses
adjoining that in which the negro was
located was fired by the Wheeler
rifles. who had arrived on the scene.
The negro took refuge in a shed and
opened fire. killing Wallace and wound
ing Davis, but the people and some
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STILL ANOTHER THEORY.
Officers Believe Other Motives Might
Have Influenced the Boy.

~~--SfS ShAC- AAol1N6s might
Have Influenced the Boy.
Although CLYDE stands faithfully by
his story that Collins begged him to
cut his throat. some of the ofTfcfs Is
ireely state their doubts as to whether
the boy has told everything in con-
hecuon with the case They are ask
ing the qisestion whether the same i'm
pulses that would induce him to do the
deed at the solicitation of the old man
would premp5 him to do the act of his
own volition after being a party to
the depravity OF the old man. 1t is
pointed out that the boy admits he
cid not Ike to be party to such con-
duct as the old man forced upon him,
ana wanted to rid himself of il. Ac-
cording TO the story Of his mother and
father, the boy often begged to be
allowed to go away. and would never
explain why he wanted to leave. Now
1t is believed he wanted to go to get
away from the influence of Collins
which it is reasonable to believe he
detested.
It could be POSSIBLE, it is set forth.
that Collins took the boy 10 the cave
Tor the purpose Of pTacticing his de-
praVity and did so. using the chloro-
form afterwards as he had been in the
ha5it Of doing at the Wasatka. The
Ieellng Of disgust, of actual hatred.
that medical men say would come over
party to such actions, it is pointed
out, may have seized the boy. and the
ease with which he might rid himself
forever from the influence would pre-
sent itself 10 him.
The question the officers ask is. Did
this desire to free himself from the
Old man and his pernicious influence
prompt the hoy to do the deed, and
the luriG tales OF nickel novels give
nm the nerve to raise the razor and
Jerk it across the throat Of him whose
degradation was dragging him down
with it2 The officers believe 1t would
nave been an easy matter for a boy of
MS coOlness and nerve to have seen
That by hiding the body in the cave
and disposing of the clothing. the deed
might be covered up forever and he
would be freed from those surround
lngs that seemed TO have such an in
huence and power over him.
1he fact that the old man removed
MS clothing. it is claimed. does not
uetract from the FEASIBILITY of this
theory, because, according to the stor-
les OF an the boys who have been asso-
GATED with him, he was in the habit
Of removing his clothing under such
circumstances and the razor is ac-
counted for in the same manner.
Those officers who think there might
be a possibility of this theory being
the correct one are stiu investigating
the affair along that line CLYDE de-
MES positively that anything of this
kind occurred, and sticks firmly TO his
story that the old man simply begged
him until he could refuse no longer and
consented % do the daaN
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CANVAS BACK DUCK
DID NOT SUIT PRINCE

Berlin, April 6-General Won Trotha,
Emperor Williams adjutant when asked
at a dinner party what he really thought
Of Prince Henrys visit to the United
States, said: ct have been to entertain
ments at the principal courts Of Europe
and 1 have never seen such luxury and
good taste as the series Of banquets and
receptions in America Nowhere is there
such an exquisite cauisine.
Referring to American dishes, the gen
eral said none of the party liked canvas
back duck, because It was served almost
red. but Prince Henry ordered ii at the
farewell luncheon on board the Deutsch-
land to please his American guests. The
German cooks, however, produced the
canvas backs well done, which the Ameri-
cans did not like. but which the princes
party on this occasion did Ike. All the
royal party liked terrapin.
Professor Muensterberg who enter
tanned the princes party at Harvard.
writes to Die Woche his impressions OF
the trip under the title Of a Moral Con
quest. concluding that though the
United States was delighted with the
prince. he was also deeply fascinated by
the United States.
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murder to make the charge. On that
matter l have not determined vet, but
the complaint VIII be some degree of
homicide, and it viii be filed today
What viii be done with the lad will
remain to be seen. In the light Of the
horrible state Of affairs brought about
by Collins, my sympathy extends to the
boy, and whit jury would do under
the conditions can only be surmised. .
but person who has the nerve and
coo,ness to do what he confesses to
have done cannot be allowed 70 go
without some punishment. I believe
the lad should be well punished for his
deed. The court cannot send him to
the reform school for what he has
done, and a term IN the penitentiary
seems 20 be the only way of meeting
the ends OF justice"
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Christensen
met the father Of the boy and talked to
him about the course he intended to
pursue in the matter. Mr. Felt inquired
If any charge would have to be brought
against his boy. Mr. Christensen re-
FLIED:
"My duty in the matter is clear. Mr..
Felt, and while ] appreciate the sor-
row and trouble it must bring upon
you, I must do it. Even II It were my
own DfOtner II would have to be done" /
in reply to a question from the IA
Their as TO what would likely be the
result OF a charge. Mr. Christensen
plainly informed him that it would /
probably mean that he must pay the /
penalty in the penitentiary.
The sympathy Of the public seems to /
be so strongly in favor of the boy and
against the old man that the common /
expression among the officials and 9th i
ers is that no jury would convict the /
boy for mis- crime, even though it should /
develop that re committed the deed
unsolicited. TIE crime Of the old man I
is booked upon as far greater than that
Of che boy.
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II LERKsDORP, Transvaal. April

II LERKSDORP, Transvaal. April 6.
N Details received Of the battle at
Dornbalt farm, March 81, in
which the British had three officers
and twenty-four men killed and six
teen officers and 131 men wounded,
/ while the Beers had 1877 killed or
/ wounded, show that quite 1000 Beers
/ opened a strong attack from different
/ points with three guns and a POM
pom. This attack was made at a mo-
ment when the British had left their
! luggage in a lager in charge of a
Canadian contingent and were gallop-
ing across the open plain with the in
/ tentlon of capturing a Boer convoy
which had been discovered five miles
ahead. The British retired solidly,
and, having dismounted, opened a re-
turn fusillade on the Beers.
While the luggage in charge Of the
Canadians was sent for, the British
formed a camp and started digging
trenches
The Smelling Of the Beers stampeded
the mules and caused confusion, but
otherwise it was not very effective,
as many shells failed to explode.
The Canadian front was attacked in
strong numbers, but they CALAMITY re-
PEELED every attempt made by the
Beers to break through. One party
of the Canadians fought until all we're
killed or wounded, and the last man
Of the party. although mortally wound
ed, emptied two bandOliers of car
tridges at the enemy and then broke
his rifle
The fighting was severe and general
for fully three hours, but after the
British had entrenched and the guns
got into action, the forces repealed nu-
merous and determined attempts made
under the personal exhOrtatiOns of the
BOer leaders.
Toward night the fire gradually
ceased and the Beers retired. The Brit
ish then telegraphed for aid and fur
Their entrenched their camp for the
night, to await the arrival Of General
Kitchener. but the Beers made no at
tempt to renew the attack.
Beers in Khaki GarbP
Details received here of the rear
guard action during the night Of March
81 between the Second dragon guards
of Colonel LawleY's column and The
Beers near Boschman's Kop, show that
a force of 200 British. while endeavor-
ing to surprise a BOer lager. rode
straight into a force Of 400 Beers.
The night was dark. The Beers were
hidden in a drift and opened fire from
almost under the legs of the British
horses. A fierce hand-to-ha hand struggle
ensued in which both sides freely used
the butt ends of their rifles. The Brit
ish regained the ridge they had Just
left and begun a rear guard action.
In the meantime a strong force of
Beers had barred the road back to the
British camp. The coming Of daylight
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WILD WEST TO co ABROAD;
BARNUM TO COME HOME

New York April announcement is
made that by a recently completed ar
rangement Barnum & Bailey's circus will
be brought back from Europe next year
and that Buffalo Bits Wild West show
viii succeed il there.
Mr.. Bailey concluded the arrangement
for this practical division of the old ana
new worlds during his recent trip to the
United States and on his return here in
May the details Of the plan viii be
worked out The wild west show. after
its spring engagement in this city, will
go entirely across the continent, taking
in Arizona and other western states.
which gave birth 10 the life it pictures.
For the first time IN its eighteen years Of
existence 1t viii visit the Pacific coast
states.
With the close Of the season the show
viii be taken abroad for a stay Of pos
sibly two wears Barnum & Bailey's cir
Gus viii then close its long stay abroad
and return to America Negotiations arc
already under way for the necessary
steamship transportation for the two bic
amusement enterprises.
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Beers MET THEIR MATCH
IN FIGHT WITH CANADIANS
Unnamed Hero in the ThrOeS of Death Fought
Until the Last Breath of Life.
Three Hours Battle Without Much Advantage Being Gained On
Either Sde-Lst Of the Dead

I enabled Colonel LawIey To see that Tire
| guards were hard pressed and he dis
/ patoned reinforcements with two guns
/ to their rescue.
| Inc achievements soon conpslled
! the Beers to retreat.
Inc guards had had a very hard
I hght and were ordered to retire bv
squadron. The Beers disputed every
men OF the road and continually al.
tempted to rush the guards. shouting
HANDS up. At each successive posi-
ton taken up the British appeared in
diminished numbers, for as it grew
lishler the aim Of the Beers improved
propOrtiOnately.
The following incident of the 6gsf-
ing IS recorded: COmmandant Preto-
rus, who was captured the previous
DAY IN a Cape cart. was in guard af
some Natal scouts. The scouts rode
INTO party Of Beers dressed in kbalf
supposing them to be British Troons
Inc Beers opened fire and PretOrius as
capped in the confusion. One report
says ne was shot as he fed.
Commandant Prinsloo is also reported
10 nave been killed in the fighting. as
wen as other Boer officers. The British
wounded who fell into the Boer hands
were well treated by the enemy.
Ottawa, April 6.-A cablegram from
Book Neck, South Africa. to Lord Min
70 gives the following list of casual
ties among the Canadian troops ia the
engagements at Hart river: Killed.
sergeant John Campbell Perry
Guelph; Private W T. Peters. Gran
brook, B. C.; Corporal Sheriff.. Guelph.
Private ". VOllworth. Revelstoke. Is.
Z; Private d. G. Hustin, London; Pri-
xate G. d. Evans. London; Private w.
Z. K. Milligan, PeterbOrO. Since dead.
Private A West, Montreal; Private d.
Campbell. Brandon, Man.
Dangerously wounded. CORPORAL r
;. Mel. Howard, Montreal; Private a
NJ. Liezont, Cranbrook, B. C.: J. q
Graf1ns, Cranbr0Ok, B. c. Severely
wounded: Sergeant A Milne. CALGARY
N. ". T.; ShOeingsmith ". n. Hunter.
winnipeg; Private J. c. Fisher. Van
couYer; Private L. Shelton. AIoogenain.
N. w T.; Private F. B. Hodges Yer
din, Man; Private +. ". Dennelsv
calgary, n. ". T; Chalmer A. Devab
". Johns, n. B. Slightly wounded.
Sergeant G. Rothen, Brandon; Sergeant
zh9mas Western. Portage la Prairie.
Man; Private A. Foftey Wfnnipeg.
Private j. Simms. Nelson. p. G.. Pri-
vate Phenby, ROssland, B. c.: Private
Alexander Mcdonald, Fort Steele. b.
G; Private Harris, Halifax n. S.
Private G. n. Bossmanger. Halifax. n
s; J. G. Gum, London. The list is
not complete
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RIDE ON A SN0WSLIDE
Thrilling Experience Of Prospect
or Caught by Avalanche
on Mountain.
Cspecial to The HeraldN

Boise, Ida, April 6.-The most remark
able snowshde experience in the history
of the northwest was that Of A. c.. Gal
lupe. who was carried 100 feet down
Rainbow mountain ii the Thunder Noun
tain district, and shot over precipice $50
feet high and still lives
The story is told by George Wertz. a
mining partner of Gallupe's While he
was stalking out claims he was caught in
a slide. He was on his suowshoes and
kept on top until he reached the precipice
He shot down and would have been
buried and smothered to death had not
the mountain been very. steep below. The
slide rushed on, carrying the man with H.
Gailupe kept MS head, and when he felt
the slide was stopping, he extricated him
self. He was so badly used up he could
not return to camp. A searching party
found him several hours later.
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CLYDE FELT is To Be
CHARGED WITH MURDER
coInty officials Decide to Prosecute the Youthful
Slayer Of Old Man Collins.
D.,s, Of Homicide Not Yet Fixed UpO But He Must Answer
For His Crime

--0rVG clyde Tslt WHO has con-
t~sed TO draasHg the fatal razor
/ across the throat Of Samuel Col
r-~s the secluded cave of Helrs h0i-
rH have 20 face a Charge Of MUIR
- rr his bloody deed. TIE county
--.sr-Hes feel that. in the light Of the
-. actions al the cave Saturday,
s.r drty is clear. and a complaint VIII
easd this morning.
The county attorney is convinced that
- crime OK the boy is clearly murder
he first degree. but be has not de-
-mIaed set what degree of homicide
IN be- alleged in the complaint He
s1fs NAT although the facts brought
rHgtt may Justify the Fov in his act.
cannot DE- allowed r. go without
enlistment
officers Entertain Doubts.
White most of the officers who have
i-a INVESTIGATING the affair are cone
rr.,I -hat the boy has told the whole
fr.h. the.e IS srii q doubt in the minds
fema of them as t0 whether the very
rfreS that prompted hin to do the
5s-f as the request of the old man
would not have sctuateG him 90 do iJ
-+bslt solicitation. 20 ria himself from
the disgusting influences that held him
81 an iron grin so long as the old man
live.
This the boy firmly denies, and the
stories u other lads who have been
victims Of the moral depravity % the
o.d mal and who claim that Collins
fas 6n repeated occasions, impI0reJ
th-m 90 Kin him. strengthens the as
sertlus Of Clyde that De was solicited
90 d1 the deed
whichever this may be. the boy
seems 20 have no appreciation yet Of
ia- seriousness of his position or the
nHmity of The deed he has committed
The Only thins that seems TO trouble
Dim ID the solitude of his cell is how
long BE wil have 90 remain in that
place.
Bitter Toward Henry Potts.
As the realization Of the fact that his
llartes have now been shut of by
na bars and doors is borne in
UF1 him. ne seems % feel a
lagsa bitterness towards Henry Potts.
hll for whose words. that gave the Of
t5es the correct clue. he sEys. he
could not have been mixed up iD the
a1aL.
TIE JAZZ life is a trying ordeal for the
1y sose natural eXuberance Of /
spirit vas won't to make HIM spend his /
l7slfe moments chasing over hills ami /
bellows Now the only diversion Of (
ere1 him is the perusal Of the contents
y Bible O Juvenile Instructor. and a /
brief h.soJy Of England. He has not I
sel beer told of the serious charge to T
{, -Ied against him. and he bUoys him (
'7l up aith the hope that ne viii be .
'l. Hita his playmatcs in day or two. I
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Old MANS BAD RECORD.
Residents of Sugar Ward Recall Col
Inns Strange Actions.


Inns Strange Actions.
During a period Of about a year and
half until a couple of years ago. old
man Collins was employed as night
Waterman at the railroad machine
shops Of the Utah Central company in
sugar ward The absorption of the
property by the Rio Grande Western
left him out Of ? job. The Developments
OF the past few days in the tragedy
have forcibly reminded many of the
residents of Sugar ward that the old
man was formerly their neighbor.
he habits and characteristics of the
old man were discussed yesterday BY
several of the Sugar rsarI residents.
some of the revelations were appalling
II is related on excellent authority that
Collins. while he was watchn1aB at the
cid shops offended the moral sense Of
-awlence Bush, Ray earns and Jim
McCardie. an young boys in the neigh
borhooG. The same authority afSirn,s
that yesterday young Bush made the
statement 70 the effect that Collins a
couple Of years ago offered the bows
$40 If they would cut his throat. and
80 70 perform a surgical operation up-
on him.
While young Bush last night denied
that ne had made any such statement
as this and disclaimed knowledge If
anything that would afford a basis to
the story, he admitted that since lssf
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RUSSIA'S HOME INDUSTRY.
Foreign Competition Shut Out By
Government Decree.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press)
st. Petersburg, March 6.-It is stated
that representatives Of an American agri-
cultural machinery syndicate have re-
quested permission to erect warehouses IN
Russia and to sell directly 70 the peas
ants.
A commission has been sitting to dis
cover what articles the various branches
OF the administration procure from
abroad and to elaborate law more string
emily forbiddlng foreign contracts for arti-
cles that can be produced IN Russia.
Army and navy reports showed that their
budgets would have TO be enlarged at
least 30 per cent if this drastic measure
was adopted.
The imperial controller demanded a
maximum limit Of price differences be
tween domestic and foreign articles.
Assistant Finance Minister kovalevslyv
the chairman, co0lly brushed all these OBJ
iections aside declaring that there was
no sacrifice too large for the country TO
make IN Favor Of It's industries.
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Ban On the Passion Plav.

Montreal, Quebec. April tie Samaine.
a religious weekly paper. the official organ
Of Mgr BTuchesi viii. in its issue OF TO-
morrow. inform the Catholic clergy Of the
diocese Of Montreal that it is their duty
to warn members Of their congregation
that it is forbidden to attend the pre-
sentatiOn of the passion play. which has
been presented at the National theatre in
this city for the last two weeks.
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oTHER BOYS SOLICITED.
Declare That Collins Had Asked
Them % Ein Him

WARE 4hdl COLLINS Had Asked
Them to Kill Him.
Chief Hilton aud the officers from his
tiafJment who have been working on
te case express themselves as thor
e-sl-T convinced that the boy has told
-5 slaight Of the affair. and that he
"a ne bloody work at the instication
" NoilnS himself They base their as
s--alte upon the stories of the other
ls "ao declare that Collins has. on
-ta-lols occasions. begged them to
-ose OF MIN in the same way.
f,on their Investigations along this
-- ne officers declare Collins TESTED
10y BOY be had around him. trying
y, them 20 dispose Of him. and in
~ .9alQ The desired nerve and cour-
81 ia Clyde Felt the one whom he
-l-Aly least expected to find nos
3D.. '',o1s .he lads who declare that Col
r'-, Pas begged them 10 Kiln him is
.. 5 " oodWard. a lsd who was closely
~ .1,5a WIN the old meu. This how
~ i1 oucers that on the Sunday a
go '5-9re he disappeared. Collins at
HaH-AA NL USE LEIH HaE0F
a.. .- 'e' the boy Mortified at the
,, 1, refused to do so. and Kent his
IS. $50 10 Doubt because of fear that
~ . .--- ,loa in the depravity of the
Ian -..ea might become known.
DE- FoJtS freely declares that Col
n --'-5'.-'fled 20 persuade him 10 use
On several occasions ON the
~ pc asked him IL he had 49,.
r,,.Is n, = sheep, and ,hen asked how he
--.1 Ike to do mas he San, ~ 80, y as
r5.. 10y demanded an EXPLANATION ~
s7ys ~ -s meant and the old man. he
tfas5 t ~ told him he wanted 10 he
H. -.. a'-l wanted some one 10 40 it for
l-,. --gl De Was uader the influence ~
0-5s. ~. ~, So it would not hurt him.
es-s ~ o'ys made the claim. and de-
hen y - collins persisted I'm asking
1n. -" every occasion they met
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH
OF P0CATELL0 MAN
Especial to The Herald.A

Ogden, Utah, April 6.-Charles Dahl.
who is said to be from Focatello, died
tonight at the hospital frem the eff
fects Of an overdose Of morphine. Dahl
was taken there in the afternoon at
the direction of Or, Dickson. who had
been summoned to the depot to pre-
scribe for the patient. There is con-
siderable mystery as to whether the
morphine was taken pUrposely or not.
There were no relatives or friends with
Dahl when his plight was discovered.
Dahl was fully six feet tall. about So
years of age. with light blue eyes and
small mustache.
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militiamen riddled the negro. and the
crowd, numbering LOCO people, grabbed
the body and threw it into the burn
ing building.
Wallace. who was killed, was clos
ing in on the negro, who shot him
through the body. His body fell in the
burning debris, but was recovered
Davis. Wallace and Falkner were the
men who fred the building.
Relic seekers cut off the negro's fin
gers and such parts of the body as
could be procured. Three houses were
burned in the effort to reach the negro.
Several horses were killed in the bat
tie. Tonight it is rumOred that the
sheriff and MS brother cannot live. So
deadly was the negros aim that it was
possibly an hour before the body Of
Prout could be recovered. Not a shot
fired by Reynolds failed to count when
those he was firing upon could be
plainly seen by him.