The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-27
CASUALTIES "a.
Result of M0b's Attack on Jail
at DanviIle, ILL.,,
In an Attempt to Lynch a Negro
Prisoner.
SHERIFF FIRED SHOTS.
Says He Did All the Shooting
Into the Crowd.
Jail Is Now Guarded by State
Troops.

would be completed tomorrow.
AS result of the report the adjutant
general ordered companies A and B to
return to Springfield today, leaving
companies H and at Danville in COM
mand of Colonel Closby.
STORY OF THE TROUBLE.
Danville, Ill, July 27.-Two killed and
twenty-five wounded. the police station
wrecked, the county Jail with few of its
windows left unshattered, the city in
the hands of the state troops and feel
ing of unea siness and dread prevailing
race riot Saturday night and early Sun
day morning. The list of dead and in
jured from the catastrophe is as fol-
lows:
JOHN D; METCAI1F. negro; lynched
and burned.
HENRY GATTERMAN, killed by
negro Metcalf.
THE INJURED:
John Devore, right thigh mangled by
load of buckshot.
Adam Murray, shot in forehead; will
recover.
Bicknell, buckshot in right leg.
Clement Mobaker, buckshot in right
leg and arm.
Edward Hart. shot in right hand.
A Swafford, injured internally.
Fred LOrenz. buckshot in legs.
w. Latern. buckshot in both arms.
Harry Rennick of Taplin, ILL.,, buck
shot in left foot and leg.
Two unknown men, wounded in the
arms and hands with buckshot; refused
to give their names when their wounds
were dressed.
Henry Slade of Pavilion Heights;
buckshot in left side
Two unknown men, one shot in left
arm and the other in hand; refused to
give names when their wounds were
dressed
Unknown young man, wounded in
head; refused to give name.
Four unknown negroes beaten into
insensibility by the mob.
Unknown woman. carried away in
buggy after she was seen to fall
H. Hines. shot in neck.
Otto Hienke. shot in arm.
Many of the injured are at the hos
p1taL Arrangements are being made
for the funeral of Henry Gatterman.
After daylight appeared there We're
restless crowds on the streets. Hundreds
of farmers poured into the city and each
surrounding town continued to swell the
crowd. There were many miners seen
on the streets. Great unrest and
threatening attitude were reported from
Westville, five miles away Early in the
morning, Wilson, the alleged negro as
sailant of Mrs. Burgess, was secretly ia
ken from the county jail, but was re-
turned shortly afterward.
Four companies of militia arrived at
$3.50 from Springfield. Companies A, l.
3 and H, of the Seventh Illinois infan-
try, were sent in reply to urgent re-
quests sent at midnight to state officials.
The troops marched to the market
mouse, opposite the Jail, and camped.
Streets were cleared and the threa tening
attitude of the crowds disappeared.
There were sullen threats heard, but no
attempt at an outbreak was manifested
during the day. Last night 100 sentin-
els patroled the streets in the immediate
vicinity of the jail. Each soldier carries
40 rounds of ammunition.
Sheriff Whitlock said in giving his
version of the shooting into the mob:
After 1 saw from the jail that the
mob was determined to attack, 1 went
to the veranda and attempted to talk
to the maddened men. AS 1 stepped into
view of thecrow two bullets were fired.
one striking the wall back of me. I
fired two shots in the air Someone
shouted that 1 was only bluffing and
was shooting blank cartridges. 1 warn
ed the mob that 1 would resist an at
tack on the Jail with powder and lead.
There was another shot from the
mob and it surged forward. then fired
a shot from my shotgun into their legs.
This drove them back but they returned
moment later to the attack of the
front of the door. / was alarmed for the
safety of my wife and children. My
wife took a gun and said she would
stand by me. 1 got her and the children
out of the way, and then, as the leaders
came with the rail to batter down the
walls, shot along the rail to make
them drop it. This accounts for so many
being shot in the hands and arms.
fired eight or ten shots in ALL
Sheriff Whitlock had four deputies
and three constables with him in the
jail guarding the prisoners. He says
no one fired into the mob but himself
There are all sorts of rumors alloat
and strained situation is noticeable,
but the 200 soldiers here, it is believed,
will prevent further outbreaks, for the
present at least. Half of these will be
on duty all the time.
Leading citizens say the outbreak has
been expected for a long time, as a Bit
ter feeling has existed for several years
between the negroes and a certain class
of white persons. A number of minor
outbreaks have occurred during the
past year.
The feeling against the soldiers is
noticeable. The commissary department
had much trouble getting restaurants
to serve meals. Many refused to feed
the soldiers.
There was one clash between the
guard and a miner named Ed Ligget,
who began abusing the guard The SOL
der leveled his bayonet and Ligget
was arrested and fined $780,
Four other companies of the regiment
are under arms at Springfield, awaiting
orders
Crowds gathered during the day near
the lines and cursed the soldiers. They
were scattered by bayonets in several
instances. Officers of the guard do not
anticipate any attack, however. The
general belief is that the presence of
the troops has suppressed the lawless
element.
The sheriff and military officers have
urged all citizens to remain off the
streets. All saloons have been ordered
closed indefinitely
Metcalf, the negro killed and burned
Saturday night. had lived at Evansville
for the past two years and was a recent