The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-07
BULLETS AND
BLOODSHEp
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under Sheriff Chris Kratz. fired point
blank into a mob OF LOCO mon gathered
on Fourth. Division and Vine streets. sur,
rounding the Venderburg county jail ana
attempting Its capture. AZ.
From 7 O'Clock this morning until inc
hour Of to-night's catastrophe the crown W.
snrged about the jail, calling the nii MN,
uamen vile names, assaillng them St,n
stones and berating the deputy she'ii''
who guarded the jail.
At 10 o'clock the mob gradually PC
came more and more excited, us man.
festations Of uneasness increased dnu
II was seen that nothing could prevent
an assault upon the jail AZ lo:5o the
rioters pressed slowly forward ana lnno'
cent onlookers and the curious lol'oweu
Slowly they forced the militamen PACK
toward the jail until the alley-why pc
tween Division Street and the stone
building was reached.
Then the leaders. with a bicycle III
their front as shield against the bayo-
nets OF the soldiers, attempted TO enter
the alley and storm the alley-way en-,
trance. Captain Blum. OF me .to N rintnrs
Guard, ordered charge on the riotels'
Gradually the crowd was forced BACK,
the soldiers using their bnyonets and
hutts OF guns Suddenly n rioter Tell
A soldier tried to drag him TO ms feet.
but before he could was assanlten oy d
rioter. Stone and boulders began 70 ny
, through the air. soldier was struck
! with n rock and fell. A rioter was
knocked Gown with n gun butt and tnen
n. shot was fired The one shot started
fnsilado OF musketry and shotgun IRE
from the defenders.
TROUBLE BREWING FOR MONTHS.
Tho trouble, which has been brewing
| for months. came to crisis frinay.
when Lee Brown. negro. shot and kllied
| xvh tryl0E 10
arrest him while bent on murder OF a
| man with whom he had auarreled.
Threats of vengeance we're folled by the
surrounding the jail. The negro was
secretly removed from the city yester-
day and taken 10 Vincenes. Patrolman
| Massey died in terrible agony. and yes
| terday morning the crowd. refusing 70
crdit the statements OF the officials that
the negro was not in the jail, became
threatening as 1t Increased In numbers.
Twenty-Five policemen were mobilized
in the TAIL and repulsed the first attempt
] to force an entrance after the gates were
crushed In A telephone pole was used as
battering ram and the jail windows
gave way.
A committee was appointed to search
for the negro but It's report tht he was
not there was not believed. and, after
forcing a breach the mob poured into
the corridor, Finding its victim gone.
there was a cry of Kill the negroes,
and arms We're demanded.
+. A company OF armed negroes, aroused
by the race troubles, marched through
the streets. shouting Down with the
whites.' and threatening death 10 all
II the negro was lynched. This started
rush for the gun stores by the whites
Three were broken open and 400 rifles
and revolvers with ammunition. we're
seized From this time on. throughout
the night there we're thousands OF shots
| fred
/ SHOOTING IN NEGRO SECTION.
Tho mob. shooting. went through the
streets inhabited by negroes, and did not
stop to Inspect It's work and the excite
ment and confusion have prevented
houses being searched for dead and
wounded.
/ The mob. after leaving the jail. on find
ing that the negro, Brown. was gone.
broke into the gun stores Of Boefticher
| &. Kellogg, Wlerdering & CO.. and e.
NJ. Bush & Co., and. after thoroughly