The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-07-31
IN The
THR0ES OF RACE WAR
Sheriff Fires Buckshot ia Mob
Attempting to Storm
the Jail
a Q SADLY HURT
Mob Paid No Attention TO Guards and
Tried to Batter in Jail Doors+Four
Companies Of Militia Ho4d
Rioters in Check

Danvllle, ILL.,. July 2S.-Two killed
and twenty-five injured, the police sta
t'on wrecked, the county jail with seN
OF It's windows left unshattered, the
city in the hands of the state troops
n a feeling Of uneasiness and dread
y prevailing everywhere, is the situattin
left by the race riots of Saturday night
n Sunday morning.
Inc revised list Of dead and injured
from last nights rioting is as Follows:
The dead:
JOHN d. METCALF, negro, lynched
and burned.
HENRY GATTERMAN, killed b,
negro, Metcalf.
The injured:
John Devore, white, wounded BY
buckshot.
Adam Murray. shot in forehead; Will
recover.
IEicknell, buckshot in leg.
Clement Mobaker, buckshot in leg
and arm.
edward Hart, shot In right hand
a. Swafford, injured Internally.
Fred Lorenz, buckshot in logs.
w. Lattern, buckshot in both arms.
Harry Renick, Of Taplin, Ill, buck
shot in foot and leg.
Five men,, wounded IN arms
and hands with buckshot, refused to
give their names when their wounds
were dressed.
Henry Slade of Pavilion Heights.
enckshot in left side.
-Four unknown negroes, beaten Into
tnsensibility by the mob.
Unknown woman, carried away In a
! buggy after h was seer to fall
II. Hines, shot in neck.
Otto Heinke, shot in arm.
After daylight this morning there
were restless crowds on the streets
Early In h morning Wilson. the negro
assailant Of Mrs Burgess, was secret
ly taken from the county Jail, but was
returned shortly afterwards.
Four companies of the Seventh ILL.,
nois infantry arrived at $3.50 o'clock
this morning. from Springfield, where
the regiment is holding its annual en-
~campment. The streets were soon
cleared and the threatening attitude OF
the crowds disappeared. Tonight 10C
sentinels are ~patroi1ing the streets in
the vicinity Of the Jail.
Sheriff Did All the Shooting.
Sheriff Whitlock said today. in CIV
Ing his version of the shooting into the
mob:
After I saw from the jail that ths
mo was determined to attack I went
to the Neranda and Attempted to talk
to the maddened crowd AS / stepped
into view Of the crowd two shots were
fired, n bullet striking the wall back
of me. I fired two shots into the afr
Some shouted that I was only
bluffing and was shooting blank cart
ridges. | warned the mob I would re-
sist an attack On the Jail with powder
and lead. There was another shot
from the mob, and it surgsd forward
then fired a load from my Ahotxuu
Into their legs. This drove them back
but they returned, and a moment later
came the attack on the front door.
was alarmed for the safety OF my Wits
and children. My wife tool 4 gun and
said she would stand by me. I got
her n the children u OF the way
and hen as III leaders came with the
rail to batter down the door I aho,
idown the rail- to make them drop 1t
This accounts for so many being shea
lin the hands and arms. / fred eigh,
or ten shots In ALL"
SheriH's Small Force.
Sheriff Whitlock had four deputies
and three c~onstables with him in the
jail guarding the prisoners. He says
none fired into the mob but himself.
The feeling against the soldiers Is
ment today had much trouble Sstttns
restaurants to serve meals. Many re.
fused to serve soldiers.
There has been one cha Nh between
the guard and a miner named Edward
Liggett, who began abusing 4 guard
The soldier leyeled his bayonet, Iig-
gett was arrested and fined $50.
Four other companies of the rogi-
ment are under arms at Springfield
awaiting orders.
Metcalf, the negro killed and burned
last night, was a recent arrival from
Evansville, Ind, where he participated
In the riots OF q few weeks ago.
Everything was quiet last night and
the guard at the Jail vas reduced from
llO0 to Is men.
Sheriff Whitlock retired to get his
frst sleep in thirty-six hours.