The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-01
RIOT FOLLOWS THE GAME
SCHOOLGIRLS ENGAGE IN FIGHTS AND
DIsORDERLY CONDUCT.
Nine of the Belligerants Arrested
Police Had Great Difficulty in
Dispensing the Crowd.

Following the precedent established sew
eral weeks ago the boys of the two city
high schools furnished work for the police
department and inconvenience for the cit
liens who had occasion to be on the streets
late last night, with regular school riot.
Beginning at Market street and Illinois
the boys created disorder around Monu-
ment place TO Pennsylvania street and
north on Pennsylvania street to the Deni-
son Hotel, where they dispersed and pre-
sumably left for their homes. During their
disorderly trip through the downtown
streets they abused the better Judgment
and discretion of a dozen policemen and
interfered with street car traffic and the
persons who had business on those streets.
While the riot was a school riot it was
a ull-fiedged one and the only thing that
prevented an assault on the policemen
and the rescue of the boys arrested as
leaders of the disturbance was the lack Of
a leader. or a boy with courage enough
Ward Dean, William Spanker, Alfred
Brandt. Max Dahle, Harry Hicks. Harry
Sims. Harry Brandt clifford Healing and
Cecil Wilson were arrested and sent to the
police station. The arrests were accom-
plished with much difficulty. and while the
police hardly thought they had arrested
the boys guilty of assault and battery
they tried to get the agitators of the dis
turbance. and in that manner inspired a
fear of arrest into the others.
HOW RIOT STARTED.
When the basketball game ended in the
Cyclorama building hundred or more boys
congregated at the entrance and awaited
developments. When they had despaired of
a fight at that point they moved slowly to
Market and Illinois streets and again
stopped to repeat their favorite yells. In
the hope that something might be started
two of them engaged in a fake fight.
which was soon displaced by the honest eff
forts of two pugnacious young fellows to
pummel each others heads. Their ambi-
tons were nipped in the beginning by Ser
geants Scheigert and Schroeder. who in
terfered and separated them. Then the
riot began A pushing, a crowding and a
continued jostling of a crowd of three hum
dred yelling and gesticulating boys was
the result.
Patiently the two lone police sergeants
fought the crowd back and by persuasion
and threats. elbowing and prods with their
maces. started a stampede to Monument
place, where another stop was made. The
police, with renewed efforts, forced the
crowd to Meridian street. and here they
called for assistance. The bicyclemen were
dispatched from the police station and
came TO the assistance of the two SER
geants. Soon a sudden break in the forces
of the boys opened the way for run to
Pennsylvania and Market streets. There
the mob stopped again, only to meet dis
aster in the arrest of several of its men,
bers.
After they had been arrested the boys
were quiet enough, but their friends were
anxious to help them. BY persistent crowd
ing and showing they managed to worry the
police into desperation. The police were
fast losing their patience and only several
vigorous moves of great strategic value
prevented them from using their clubs.
Before the arrival of the patrol wagon
a dozen policemen were at work under the
direction of Captain Hyland- The boys
showed their ambition and grit by refusing
10 leave until after three of the prisoners
had been spirited away by the bicycle po-
licemen and the two others had been sent
to the police station in the patrol wagon.