Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-27
MOB LAW At. DANV|uLE
Two Dead and Twenty-Five
Injured In Riot In an
Illinois Town
NEGRO HANGED AND BURNED
Whites Attack Negroes After One As.
sauIts a Woman-one of Mob Killed
and Lynchins FolIows-Militia Call
ed Out and Martial Law Declared
A Scene of Wild Confusion.


Danville H., July PA race war
broke out here late Saturday night.
A mob of 500 men lynched J. D. Net
calf, negro refugee from Evansville.
Ind. The mob went to the county jail
after James Wilson, Bloomington ILL.,,
negro, whose lynching is regarded as
certain to occur. Wilson has confessed
to assaulting Mrs. Thomas Burgess, a
farmers wife at Alvon, H., north of
here. The other negroes have been at
tackled by the mob and badly beaten.
The negro, J. D. Metcalf, was lynched
for shooting to death Henry Gatterman,
white, Il member of the mob while the
mob was on the way to lynch Negro
Wilson.
Metcalf met his fate while
the mob was on its way to lyncn
Wilson. An angry throng was passing.
The negro became involved In an alter
cation with some of its members; they
started after him and he pulled a gun
and fired into the crowd. Henry Cat
terman fell, mortally wounded. and ex-
pired in a few seconds. The negro fled
but was caught by the officers within a
block of the scene of the tragedy, and
hurried to the police station, with the
mob in hot pursuit, temporarily di-
verted from their march to the coun-
~ JAIL The officers with their prisoner
took refuge in the city building, bar
Reading themselves behind a door.
The mob forced an entrance. secured
the prisoner, and rushed to the spot
where he had shot down Gatterman.
A rope was thrown around his neck
and he was swung from the telephone
pole. The mob did not delay long, and
as soon as they saw their victim dead.
and leaving him hang, they resumed
their march to the Jail.
Three other negroes were at
tackled and severely beaten by the mob.
Some of the negroes armed themselves
and others prepared for flight.
Just as the mob was preparing to
storm the jail, some one suggested that
they go back and cut down the negro.
The suggestion was Immediately acted
upon. Rushing back to the scene of
~
victim, and carried the body on the
run back to the public square in front
of the jail. Hay and store boxes were
collected and the corpse was thrown
upon the pile and a torch applied.
While the mob's victim was burning
several men fired bullets into the
flames. Knives were drawn, with which
the burning corpse was hacked. The
Nff no fn..t
which protruded from the flames, hack
ed to pieces.
When the mob had done everything
it's fury could suggest, 1t turned again
| to the Jail. A fence rail was used as
battering ram against the door. The
sheriff warned the mob to stand back
or he would fire, but the warning was
unheeded. The guard fired and sew
eral of the mob fell wounded. The in
jured:
Adam Merry, fatally shot thru the
head.
1 II. Hines, shot in the neck and Shout
ders; may die.
| Otto Heink, shot in the arm.
Patrolman Charles Lopp, dubbed on
the head while defending Metcalf.
Patrolman William Leverenz, badly
| injured internally by the mob's batter
! ing ram, while defending Metcalf.
| Fred Lorenz, shot three times in the
leg, in the attack on the Jail.
Ben Rich, negro, badly beaten by
mob.
1 Four unknown negroes badly beaten
by mob, two of them knocked senseless
and found injured in the public square
| Laird, shot in attack on the jail.
Thomas Bell, shot in the chest, in
attack on jail.
The mob was repulsed, but sent to a
reighboring mining camp for dynamite
| They threaten to lynch the sheriff and
deputy, also the negro turnkey at the
Jail as well as the co!ored Troop K,
which has headquarters here and was
1 expected to be called out.
AS the mob fell back. they shouted
for vengeance on the sheriff and the
deputies, and Immediately prepared fol-
another attack. A message was sent
to the mining camp a. Westville, Ill.
flor dynamite to blow up the jail, and
the mob leaders were notified that two
/ miners had departed with the explo-
sive The officials have prepared tc
call out Company K, colored troops
ZINE Leaders VI LIE liioo ocSidiS . thSS
will try to kill the entire company If i,
comes out.
/ In the mob were many women. Near
lily 200 men and women from Alvan
where the assault on Mrs. Burgess was
Icommitted. are active leaders of the
mob. The mob has increased to sew.
eral thousand. the entire square ir
front of the Jail being packed with
shouting men and women.
i The story of Wilson'S crime is thai
he went to the Burgess farm house
while Mrs. Burgess was alone ant
asked for something to eat. While she
was getting it for him 1t Is alleged he
seized her. He fed, leaving her hall
dead. Afterward she managed to craw
Ito the nearest farm house, where she
told her story. A posse of officers
started in pursuit and when Wilson
was captured he was hurried to jail. Ii
Ian interview he admitted attacking
Mrs. Burgess, but denied he criminallJ
assaulted her.
Military in Control.
Danville, H., July 27.-After daylight
appeared Sunday morning, there were
restless crowds on the streets. Hun
dreds of farmers poured into the cit!
and each surrounding town continued
to swell the crowd. There were man.
miners seen on the streets. Grea
unrest and threatening attitude wa!
reported from Westville, five mile!
aWay Early in the morning, Wilson