The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-26

u am also inclined to regret the criticisms
which have condemned our peace officers
for not shooting down the citizens. How
much better would things be IL there were
score Of dead lying in the city? Let us
have peace"
There has been some general talk to day
about appealing to President Roosevelt
for Regular army troops should riotine
on an extensive scale break out or seem
imminent. There are only about twelve
hundred National Guardsmen in Delaware
and nearly half Of these are in Wilmington
1t is only too probable that many OF these
were in the mobs Of Monday and last night
and tolerably certain that nearly all Of
them are in sympathy with what both
mobs did.
The militia, in other words, are not re.
garded as of Substantial value In quelling
any serious outbreak. Near here are Forts
Mott. Delaware and DUPONT, where there
are United States soldiers, and, II the sit
uation becomes much more threatening
than 1t Is now, there will be strong move.
ment in favor OF calling upon the President
for Government assistance,
An incipient riot broke out on Ninth
street between Walnut and King at a late
hour this evening, which. had 1t occurred
earlier, when the crowds were still thick
on the streets, might have been sufficient
to have put the city in an uproar. The
negroes in arming themselves to-day die
30, as they said, to resist any such attacks
upon them as were made repeatedly last
evening while the mob was in possession OF
the streets.
Later this evening the armed negroes
became more aggressive In their demeanor
They began marching about in bands OF
considerable force. SYSTEMATICALLY carrying
clubs and other weapons besides those
concealed on their persons.
A gang of this kind. a hundred or more in
number. were assembled in Ninth street
between Walnut and King. A party Of
white men came along and there was col
lision. Which began it nobody quite
knows. The negroes opened fusilade
OF pistol shots which hit nobody, but
brought down upon them squad Of some
twenty policemen under Sergt. McDermott
The sergeant started to arrest negro
named Leander Moon, who fred at him
the ball grazing the officers cheek. Al
the same moment Joseph s. Shockley
another negro. fired at McDermott and hi,
Policeman Evans. making a wound tina,
was a mere scratch.
While all this was going on whites
and negroes were emptying their revolveri
! as fast as possible. So far as can be learned
| althoug Oh about two hundred shots were free
only one person. save the two policemen
| wounded, was hit.
This was a negro, who was struck by q
| stray bullet. which inflicted slight wound
| The police did not fire a shot, but they
gave Moon and Shockley sound clubbing
and brought them as prisoners TO the police
station.
The negro mob was then surrounded
and held in check by the police. while Other
policemen, at a distance, prevented white
mon from entering the block where the
disturbance occurred. This prompt &C.
ton and the lateness Of the hour pre-
| vented serious consequences.
| TIE mob element had pretty much dis
appeared from the streets and the news
| Ia not likely to reach them in time to still
them up.
The Rev. r. A. Bishop, the father
| Of the girl who was so atrociously muir
dered by the negro White, has been TIE
| object Of a curious attack which Is attrib
uted to the negroes.
Out at the Ferris Reform School, OF which
he is superintendent, he has herd Of fine
cattle. Four Of the most valuable OF then
have been poisoned within the last twenty
four hours. Three died yesterday and
one to day, one OF them being a highly
priced thoroughbred jersey
| Mr.. Bishop said this evening that in one
| Of the dead cows was found enough poison
| to have killed the entire herd, The poison
has been sent to Newark for analysis,
Among the whites there is for Mr.. BishoI
and his family only the most profound
sympathy in his awful af]icton, and 1t II
generally believed that the COW poisoning
was done by ignorant negroes. who. in somt
manner, connected him with the burning
Of his daughters murderer
And yet Mr.. Bishop was the one mar
OF all others in the community who stooc
out most conspicuously in urging that the
law be permitted to take its course.
NEGROES ORDERED TO LEA cooPEF
COUNTY, TEXAS.
DALLAS, Tex, June 25.--For the last weel
notices have been posted in conspicuous
places warning negroes to leave Cooper
county or take the consequences. Or
! last Wednesday night three negro leaders
we're taken from their homes and hogged
Three others had been whipped a week
previously. The logged negroes were
compelled TO leave the county. They are
charged with having made insolent criti.
cism of the life sentence given to a Negro
for attempting to assault white woman.