The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-07-31
.DANvILLE IN THE
THR0ES OF RACE WAR
sheriff Fires Buckshot il Mob
Attempting to Storm
the Jail
A SCORE BADLY HURT
Mob Paid No Attention TO Guards and
Tried to Batter in Jail Doors-ow
Companies Of Militia Aod
Rioters in Check.

liz, July 6.-IWO killed
ana twenty-five injured, the police STA
uon wrecked, the county jail with few
OF Its windows left unshattersd, the
city in the hands Of the state troops
and a feeling of un~easiness and draad
prevailing everywhere, is the situattin
left by the race riots of Saturday night
and Sunday morning.
The revised list of dead and injured
from last nights rioting is as follows:
The dead:
JOHN D. METcALF. negro, l,nched
HENRY GATTERMAN, killed by
negro, Metcalf.
The injured: SIX
John Devore, white, wounded by
buckshot.
Adam Murray, shot in forehead; Will
recover.
--Bicknell, buckshot In leg.
Cement Mobaker, buckshot in leg
and arm.
Edward Hart, shot in right hand.
a. STAFFORD, 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 unknown e. wounded in arms
and hands with buckshot, refused to
give their names when their wounds
were dressed.
Henry slade of Pavilion Heights,
ru%ckshot in left side.
Four unknown negroes, beaten into
lnsensioility by the mob.
woman. carried away In a
I buggy after she was seen to fall
H. Hines, shot in neck.
Otto Heinke. shot In arm.
After daylight this morning there
were restless crowds on the streets
Early in the morning Wilson. the negro
a%ssailant of Mrs Burgess, was secret
ly taken from the county Jail, but was
returned shortly afterwards.
-Four companies of the Seventh I'LL
nois infantry arrived at $3.50 O'clock
this morning from Springfield, where
the regiment is holding It's annual en-
l~campment. The streets were soor
cleared and the threatening attitude OF
the crowds disappeared. Tonight 10C
sentinels are ~patro1ling the streets ir
i 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 1 saw from the Jail that the
mob was determined to attack / went
TO the veranda and attempted to talk
to the maddened crowd AZ [ stepped
into view of the crowd two shots wsrd
fired, one bullet striking the wall back
of me. l fired two shots into the afr
Some one shouted that I was only
bluffing and was shooting blank cart
ridges. l warned the mob I would re-
sist an attack on the jail with powds,
and lead. There was another sho1
from the mob, and it surgsd forward
l then fired a load TOR my shotgun
into their legs. This drove them back
but they returned, and a moment later
came the attack on the froat door.
was alarmed for the safety OF my witt
and children. My wife took q gun anc
said she would stand by ns. / go
her and the children Jul Of the way
and then as the leaders came with tai
rail to batter down the door I sho1
down the rail to make them drop 1t
This accounts for SO man being sho1
in the hands and arms. l fred eigh,
Or ten shots in ALL"
Sheriff's Small Force.
Sheriff Whitlock had four deputies
and three constables with him in the
Jail guarding the prisoners. He soy,
none fired into the mob but himself.
The feeling against the DolAisrs L
noticeable. The comnlissary depart
ment today had much trouble getting
restaurants to serve meals. Many re
fused to serve soldiers.
There has been ons clash between
the guard and a miner named Edwars
Liggett, who began abusing 4 guard
1.-The soldier leveied his hayonet, Lig,
lgett was arrested and tinsd $3.50.
Four other companies Of the rosi
ment are under arms at Springfield
awaiting orders.
Metcalf, the negro killed and burned
last night, was a ecen arrival from
Evansville, Ind, where he participate
in, the riots Of a few weeks ago.
Everything was quiet last night anc
the guard at the Jail was reduced from
100 to Is men.
Sheriff Whitlock retired to get hi,
drst sleep in thirty-six hours.