The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-07
MILITIA AND MOB EIGHT A
FIERCE BATTLE AT EVANSVILLE
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ing continued. The. mob was gone
and the soldiers were holding the

| fifty-eight soldiers lay the dead and
! the wounded. Means and shr1ekS OF
agony and fear came from the injured,
Ed Schiffman, a painter, who was seen
in the first ranks of the mob during
| the evening, lay on the sidewalk, the
| top of his head blown off with 40
| caliber bullet, and his brains were
| oozing on the sidewalk. A short dis
! lance from him lay another man. Close
by stretched the bleeding form of an
/ other young man, dead, with a bullet
| wound over the heart. All over the
street, crawling and moaning, wounded
rioters and onloolxers tried to ease
! their pain and to get away from the
| Jail and the small body Of soldiers.
Girls Breast Torn Away.
| In Division street, between her grief
stricken father and mother, the ALL
man girl lay dead with her breast torn
away with a buckshot charge. She had
| been out driving with her parents, who,
attracted by the noise, stopped to watch
| the excitement.
| In the yard of the court house
| wounded rioters sprawled, and back OF
the line of soldiers two of the militia
men had fallen.
On the jail steps stood Sheriff Kratz.
At his side was Col. Mccoy, of the
| First regiment. Around them stood a
!
| firing had ceased Capt. Blum reformed
| his men and ordered Keep that mob
| back; call on them to halt. If they
don't halt, shoot them down. We can't
! take any more chances. Men, be care
| full, but for Gods sake keep close
| watch"
| And the captains men prepared for
another struggle. 1t did not come. The
rioters got out of sight quick, and,
| fearing that another charge would be
made, scattered. They stood in knots
| around the corners in the vicinity.
| They could be heard at the jail arguing
among themselves.
Lets go get the damned murder
| ers!" called one
Down with them,' cried another.
Kill them!" shouted a score of 9TH
ers.
Some Of the rioters tried to change
their positions, and heard cries of
| "Halti" accompanied by the clicking of
rifles.
Names of the Victims.
EDWARD scHIFFMAN, painter, top
of head blown off with rifle.
HAZEL ALTMAN, 15-year-old daughter
of Joseph H. Altman, shot in breast with
shotgun.
died in St. Mary's hospital.
AUGUST JORDAN, musician, bullet
wound through heart
EDWARD RULE, laborer, shot through
TWo UNIDENTIFIED MEN lying in
front of Jail.
The wounded
Fred Schmidt, driver Cooks Brewing
company, seriously shot in leg and arm
Fred Happier, son of City Fireman
Henry Happier, buckshot charge in face
and body; may die.
Lee HaWley, laborer, shot in leg.
Robert Miller, shot in cheek.
Charles Presky, grocery. boy, shot
through left wrist and in both heels. Is -,
Theodore West, shot in right side pain
full flesh wound -
Joseph Fares, shot in hip and head;
may die. - -
while picking up wounded rioters; not
serious. ~ III
Six other rioters were seen to fall, but
got away before their names were learned.
Four members of Company A. First
regiment, bullet and light gunshot
wounds in body; one of them shot through
shoulder, another through ankle and the
other two slight scratches.
Two deputy ShertffS slightly wounded.
Quiet Supervenes.
Within a half hour things had be-
come so quiet that care could be taken
of the dead and injured. The wound
ed soldiers were taken into the Jail
and found to be four in number Their
injuries were slight and were dressed
by Surgeons Tepee and Achilles. The
injured soldiers were taken to- the,
court house and later to their homes.
The others. were picked up and taken
to hospitals and their homes in ambu-
lances and carriages t.a,6-
This rescue was accomplished with
difficulty, as only a few men were
brave enough to pick the wounded up.
Charles Presky, boy. was carried
into the court house. Through his
wrist was a buckshot hole, and each
of his feet were shot through the
heels. He was crying with pain.
Others were more stoical. Many of
them were taken away before their
| names could be learned.
Terrified Prisoners.
After the shooting Col. Mccoy tele-
| graphed to Capt. Mccoy, of Company
| A, First regiment, at Vincennes, and
| tried to get him by telephone to order
| his company to Evansville to relieve
| Company E. Sheriff Kratz looked to
| his deputies and volunteers and handed
| out ammunition to the defenders of the
| Jail. Inside the jail forty-three pris-
oners lay terrified in the darkness six
| teen of them negroes whose lives are
not safe if the mob attacks the Jail
| again and effects a capture.
Lights within the jail were turned
prisoners moaned and sobbed in their
| dark cells. Telephone messages were
sent from the Jail to the hospitals and
to physicians, calling for aid. The re-
| Spouse was quick. Doctors from all
| over Evansville drove rapidly at the
| call.
! Vincennes' company of militia is on
| its way here. and Col. Mccoy fears
another outbreak when it arrives All
is now quiet around the jail. the SOL
diers still standing under arms. Out
| posts are stationed to avoid guerrilla
shooting from the neighboring streets.
The Governor Acts.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July Gov.
| Durbin has ordered out the militia
| companies at New Albany, Terre
Haute and Vincennes, and is calling
out Indianapolis companies to be held
| in reserve. He is preparing to declare
martial law. He expresses indigna-
ton at the sheriff of Vanderburg
county, and says that if the sheriff
had performed his duty, instead of re-
| lying on the state, the catastrophe
would have been avoided
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