The Penn's Grove record., 1903-07-10

The city whose sons or husbands waro
n the moi having Joined ii the throne
III search for them. '1A
everywhere throughout tba civ Tho
tragedy caused the most intense FEELING
and many who had taken NJ MARI Is
the rloting armed themselves and an
peared on the scene. SWEARING ven
geance against the men who fred with
such deadly effect into the crowd.
Governor Durbin was inforrnoa ~ ~
killing Of members of tha moi Nv ionr.
uls.anee teiepnone and was implOred I'd
oIqer ar additional militia company
out, as It was feared that the shooting
Wouid SO exasperate the citizens that
.ne iocai company would not be able
to master the situation.
Inc governor at once ordered the
company at Vincennes and the COM
pany at Terre Haute to 90 to Evans
VILE. and special trains, were hastily
mad up at both places to transport
Notice that they were coming was 70.
ceived BY the mob In some wav almost
at the time the orders were given and
the train yards were taken nossession
OF by members of the mob. and It was
declared that neither company should
enter the. city.
n the meantime thousands of people
were parading the streets. condemning
Sherln Kratz and Capt. Blum on ac-
count of the shooting. and doing cyery-
thing to intensity a feeling which was
already intense.
In order to provide themselves with
additional arms the mob entered tho
hardware stores again. n tonl, nvarv.
tnlls N the way of guns or missiles
maj be found. Bonfires were
lighted on the principal streets from
noxes secured from stores into which
the mob forced their way, and inlam-
matory speeches were made upon every
street corner.
The Mayor of Evansville issued the
following proclamation:
The condition of anarchy and law
lessness that prevailed in this commun-
ity last night was a disgrace to civilized
people; and a repetition Of it's scan
dalous proceedings will not be toler-
ated. 1t is hereby ordered that all
saloonkeepers in the city close their
respective places of business at 6
o'clock p.m., and keep them closed until
6 a. m. Tuesday.
All congregations of people, either
on street corners or in other public
places, are hereby prohibited.
~ persons carrying arms. or any
other kind of weapons for attack or
defense, or anything with which an
attack OF defense could be conducted,
shall be arrested.
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will constitute sufficient ground for
arrest.
THE Chief of Police is hereby in
trusted with the faithful performance
of this order. and if it shall require a
special force Of 500 men to restore
peace and quiet, he is authorized to
furnish the same"
Baptist Town is depopulated. Negro
families by the dozens left there. some
of them taking refuge in the open
country. Newburg Road, leading west,
is lined with negroes, some in wagons
and some camped by the roadside.
Nearly all are armed.
Patrolman Massey was buried by the
knights Templar. There was q large
attendance, the funeral procession be-
ing headed by a platoon of police.
The last work of the mob was to de-
stroy Blue Goose saloon. a negro re-
sort in Baptist Town. The windows
and doors were demolished, and a hum.
dred shots were fired. There was a cir
Gus in town, which brought additional
crowds of sympathizers with the diff
ferent races, and the police were kept
hard at work preventing crowds from
gathering.