The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-08
SIX PERSONS KILLED OUTRIGHT
AND TWENTY-FIVE WOUND.
ED, FOUR FATALLY.
NEGRO RESIDENTS QUIT THE PLACE
MANY FAMILIES DESERT THEIR
HOMES, vOWING THEY WILL
NEVER RETURN.

SnOt updu ana twenty-five lHJuTGu-
| four fatally, is the outcome Of the race
riots that have caused a reign of ter
ror here for four days.
At 10:30 p IN. the Evansville COM
pany of Indiana national guard, assist
ed by 200 special deputy sheriffs sworn
In during the day while guarding the
county Jail, in which were sixteen ne
gro prisoners, poured deadly yolley
of buckshot and bullets into crowd
of several thousand people, led by a
hundred rioters, armed and desperate,
which was pressing them back amid
jeers. threats and curses, accompanied
by stones and missiles.
When the smoke of the volley
cleared thirty-one wounded and dead
lay on the pavement. There is con-
tention as to who fired first-the SOL
diers or the rioters. That the troops
were fired on Is proved by the fact
that OF the fallen four were members
slight. Following are the dead and
fatally wounded:
The Dead.
ELI WARDSHIFFMAN, painter, top
of head blown Off
HAZEL ALTMAN, fifteen years old,
daughter of Joseph Fl. Altman, shot in
breast.
AUGUST JORDAN, nineteen, mu
sician, bullet wound in breast.
EDWARD RUPL, twenty-three, la
borer, shot through body and head
FRED KAPPLER. fifteen, shot in
side.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, shot in back.
Fatally Wounded.
JOHN BARNETT, shot through lung,
CALVIN HAWKINS. shot in abdo-
men, finger shot off.
JOHN CELL. shot in back.
EARNEST WALTERS, shot In back.
Most Of the killed and wounded were
members of prominent families and
the events have caused shock to
many. There Is much criticism of the
militia, but the opinion Is that the sol
diers probably acted within their
rights as laid down by law
Threaten to Blow Up Jail.
The crowd, angered by the presence
of the soldiers guarding the prisoners,
was shouting it's determination again
to blow open the jail and get the ne
groes.
For half an hour the crush of the
mob against the line of soldiers had
grown worse. The soldiers warned,
citizens begged the crowd to disperse
and city officials back of the soldiers
consulted the company's captain.
There were many personal encounters
as the rioters pressed the line.
A stone was thrown. soldier fell,
a bayonet was thrust into the side OF
q cursing rioter and the order to fire
was given.
After the shooting the mob scattered
and disappeared The dead and
wounded were taken TO homes and hos
pitfalls and the line OF soldiery was re-
formed. All night the troops stood
around the Jail with ready weapons,
while inside the negro prisoners
prayed for mercy and protection.
More Troops on the Scene.
At 2 q. m. under orders from Gov
ernor Durbin, the Vincennes company
of militia arrived and relieved the Ev-
ansville troops. There was no demon
stration when the relief troops arrived.
There were still several hundred per
sons on the streets, but no attack was
made and the incoming troops were
not disturbed.
Negroes are leaving the city In large
many vowing they will never
return. Dozens OF negro families are
camped In the country. officials be-
lieve there will be no further outbreak,
although there Is great tension and
the utmost vigilance will be main
tanned.
The New Albany and Terre Haute
OF militia have been or
dered under arms by the governor and
are ready to start for this city at once.
Governor Durbin is considering the
of declaring martial law.
Great excitement prevails.
The governor also ordered the In
dianapolis militia. comprising four
OF infantry and one battery
Of artillery. to mobilize at their armory
and be ready to proceed to Evansville
II necessary.
Brown Taken to Penitertiary.
Vincennes. Ind. July S.-Lee Brown,
thu napro who WAS in tail here for