Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-07-10

ley smoke lifted 81 wounded and dead
bodies lay on the pavement There is a
contention as to who fred frst-the sol-
diers or the rioters. That the troops
were fred on is proved by the fact that
Of the fallen four were members of the
company. Their wounds were slight
The Dead and Woundcd.
Following are the dead and wounded:
The dead: Eli Ward Schiffman, paint
er, top Of head blown off with Spring.
field rifle; Hazel Altman, Is years old.
daughter Of Joseph II. Altman, shot in
breast with shotgun: August Jordan,
aged 10, musician, bullet wound in
breast; Ed. Ruhl, aged %, laborer, shot
through body and head and killed in
SANITY; Fred Happier, aged is, shot in
the side; unknown man, middle aged,
shot in the back.
Fatally wounded: John Barnett, shot
through the right lung; Calvin Hawkins.
shot in abdomen. left finger shot of !;
John Cell, shot in the back; Ernest
Walters, shot in the back.
The wounded: Fred Schmidt, driver
for Cook Brewing company, shot in leg
and arm. Taken to his home Lee Haw-
ley. laborcr, shot in leg; Robert Miller.
shot in cheek, not serious; Charles Pres
ley. aged II, grocer boy. shot through
left wrist and Springfield rife bullet
wounds in both heels; Theodore BEEN,
aged 20, shot in rie.lt eye. painful flesh
wounds: John Farcs. aged 48, shot In
head and hip. may die; Albert Kaeuss,
soldier, shot while picking wounded
rioter up. in right arm. not serious;
Denny McPhillips. gunshot wound in
arm and breast; Union G. Smith. shot
in arms and neck, seriously hurt; Henry
Smith, shot in hips and back with rifle
balls; B. Meyers. slightly wounded In
right leg; Will Keller. shot in thigh,
Slightly hurt; Mrs. Joseph Altman,
three shots in the shoulder; Joseph All
man. buckshot in face; Robert Miller,
wounded in the cheek with buckshot;
Ben Huffman, wounded in face and leg,
will lose his eyesight: Alvin Jones,
buckshot in the back: William Reece,
slight wounds In face g. H. Cook, slight
ly wounded; Nelson Jaques, buckshot
in face; Charles Smith, slightly hurt
about the head.
Mob Threatens to Blow Up Jail.
The crowd, irritated by the presence o.
the soldiers guarding the prisoners, was
shouting its determinations to again blow
open the jail and get the negroes. For
a, half-hour or more the crush of the
mob against the line of soldiers had
grown worse. The soldiers warned,
prominent citizens begged the crowd to
dispense, and the city officials back of
the line of soldiery consulted with the
company's captain. There were many
personal encounters. as the rioters
pressed the line. A stone was thrown,
q soldier fell, bayonet was thrust into
the side of cursing rioter, and the
order to fire was given. 1t was all over
IN a minute. The mob scattered and
disappeared. The dead and wounded
were taken to homes and hospitals, and
the line Of soldiery was reformed. All
night the troops stood with ready weap-
ons around the jail, while inside the
negro prisoners prayed for mercy and
protection.
At two o'clock Tuesday morning, un-
der orders from Gov. Durbin, the Vim
cennes company of militia arrived and
relieved the Evansville troops, who lay
down In the court house yard and slept
on their arms. There was no demou-