New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
MILITIA KILLS SEVEN.
gr,renty Others Wounded IN Riot at
EpanSUIIe-Negro Lynched.

with the militia
The following Is list of those killed and
,vo,,nsed in the fight between the militia and
the mob
THE KILLED.
edward schinman. painter: top of head blown
Hazel Altman. fifteen years DID, daughter of
7osenh II Altman; shot in the breast with
shotgun.
et. Mary's Hospital
Aypust Jordan, nineteen years old. musician;
,bot through the heart.
Fdvard Rule. tygepry-three years old, laborer;
shot through The body and head; killed n
stantly.
Two unidentified dead men, lying in front Of
Sal.
THE WOUNDED.
Frederick Schmidt, driver for Brewing Com
pany; seriously shot in leg and arm; taken to
his home.
Frederick Kapler son Of Henry Kapler,
oity fireman; buckshot charge in face ana body
wounds: serious, will die
Lee HawIey. laborer- shot in leg.
Robsrt Miller. shot in cheek: not serious.
Charles Preekey, seventeen years old, grocery
nov. shot through left wrist and bullet wounds
in both heels.
Theodore BEEN, twenty years old; shot in right
aide; painful flesh wound.
John Fares, forty-eight years old; shot in
head and hip; may die
Albert Kaeuss. soldier; shot in right arm
while picking up wounded riOter; not serious.
g.x other rioters were seen to fail, but got
away before their names were learned. At least
that number more are suspected Of being hurt
Fo,,r members OF Company A. 1st Regiment,
received bullet and light shotgun wounds on
the body One OF them was shot through
shoulder; another through the ankle, and the
other two received slight scratches
Two deputy sheriFs were slightly wounded
Al 1890 o'clock tonight the members OF
Company A, lst Regiment National Guard. af-
ter q days vigI~noe guarding the county jail
sn ne hundred deputy sheriffs under Sheriff
Chris Yratz. fred poinibiank into mob OF
on. thousand, gathered in Fourth. Division and
Vine ste. surround. the vanderburg County
5aiI, and attempting its capture.
From O'Clock this morning unit the hour
OF to-nights catastrophe, the crowd surged
about the JAIL calling the soldiers vile names,
deputy sherihs At 10 pm. # was seen that moth
ing could prevent an assault on the Jail. At
1870 O'Clock the rioters pressed slowly forward
Slowly they forced the miltiamen back to-
ward the jail until the alley between Division
81 and the building was reached Then
the leaders with bicycle in front OF them as
8 shield from the bayonets of the soldiers, at
tempted TO enter the alley. Captain Blum, of
the National Guard. ordered charge on the
rioters. Gradually the crowd was forced back,
the soldiers using their bayonets and the butts
Of their gu s A rioter fell. A soldier tried to
drag him to his feet, but was assaulted by
rioter., Stones and powders began to fly
through the air. soldier struck with
rock and fell. A rioter was knocked down with
gun butt and en- a shot was fired. The one
shot started fusillade of musketry and shot
gun fire from the defenders.
Fully three hundred hots were fred from the
3al Windows. ne courthouse steps Immediately
opposite. and by the soldiers in the streets.
No one knows who fired the first shot The SOL
disrs say that it was the rioters while the riot
srs refuse TO talk
The Governor Is Caid TO have instructed the
authorities not to jeopardize the safety of the
3sil with halfway reasu, IS. The soldiers and
deputies hr into the retreating mob of men
"no ran into Division-st-, falling. crying and
praying. For fifteen minutes the firing con-
unued- Then e mob was gone and the SOL
dieFs he'd the place
In front OF the staggering band of hfty-eight
Soldiers lay the dead and wounded. Means and
tnfieIs OF agony and fear came from the in
'uFed- Edward Schifman, painter. who was
teen in the first ranks Of the mob during the
evening, lay on the sidewalk. with the ton of
MS head blown completely off. A short dis
.oe from h lay two other men, both dead.
elo one With e bullet wound over tbe beart
al over the street. crawling and moaning
'unoeo rioters and onlookers tried TO get ayUav
from the iaH " se' away
-A DlVlSion-st.. lying between her grief
-1.0Aeh father and mother, the little Altman
e. was oead. with her breast torn awav bv a
~1oHshot charge She was out driving with her
eN-s' "ho, attracted by the noise STONED q
nif-t's TO watch the excitement In +be
- VI me courthouse wounded rioters Law and
-. q the !ine Of soldiers two rnilitiaroar
lieS- On the jail steps stood sbertff
:. AZ his side was Colonel sIcCoy. OF the
,os. 4.ssiInent Around them stood few doc
''Fs and reporters.
s''1ie. July GA dispatch from Evans
'Ho' says that the mob there lynched q
Shortly after II O'Clock tonight.
annapolis. Ind. July 6-covernor purbin
WI probably declare martial law A. Ev.nsv,,,.
at once '''-'