Arizona republican., 1903-07-07
THE MOB STOPPED In Its Assault on the Evans-
 vile Jail.
Among the Dead Were Innocent But Fatally Curious Bystanders Who Wanted to See the Excitement.

Evansville. Ind. July 6.-Following four days of rioting and general law leSSneSs in this city, tonight saw the most terrible of it's experiences with rioters. Seven persons are dead and fourteen are known to be injured, and at least that number or more are thought to be hurt. The dead:
 EDW. SHIFFMAN. painter, top of head blown off with rifle
 HAZEL ALTMAN, fifteen. daughter of Joseph Altman, shot in breast with shotgun.
 JOHN BARNETT, shot in right lung, died in hospital.
 AUGUST GORDON, nineteen, mu- sician, bullet wound through heart.
 ED. RULE, twenty-three. laborer. shot through body and head, killed in- stantly.
 Two unidentified dead men, lying in front of the jail.
 At 1O:3O the members of Company A. First regiment, Indiana national guard, after a days vigilant guarding of the county jail, and 100 deputy sheriffs. under Sheriff Chris Krats, fired point blank into mob of 1000 men gathered on Fourth Division and Vine streets, surrounding the Vanderburg county jail and attempting its capture.
 From o'clock this morning until the hour of tonight's catastrophe the crowd surged about the jail. calling the mili- tiamen vile names, assaulting them with stones and berating the deputy sheriffs who guarded the jail. The mob had gradually become more and more excited and it's manifestations of un- easiness more frequent, and at h o'clock it was seen that nothing could prevent an assault on the jail.
 At l0:30 the rioters pressed forward, onlookers and the curious followed. Slowly they forced the militiamen back towards the jaiL until the alleyway be- tween Division street and the Stone building was reached. Then the lead CTS, with bicycle in their front as a shield to the bayonets of the soldiers, ! attempted to enter the alley and storm ! the alleyway entrance. Captain Blum CT the national guard ordered q charge onS the rioters. Gradually the crowd was forced back. the soldiers using their bayonets- and the butts of their guns. Suddenly a rioter fell sol disr tried to drag him to his feet. but before he could do so he was assaulted
 by a rioter. Stones and boulders be- ' gan lO thC h SOAN4NA was struck with a rock and fell. A rioter was knocked down with a gun | butt and then a shot was fired. The enc shot started fusilade of musket-
 ry ard shotgun fire from the defenders of the jail and a scattered return fire ! of the rioters.
 Fully 300 shots were fired from the ! jail windows, the courthouse steps inn | mediatel yopposite ard the soldiers in | the streets. No one knows who fired ! the first shot. Governor Durbin is said
 to have instructed the authorities not | to jeopardize the safety of the jail i with hallway measures. Soldiers and 1 deput:co fred into the retreating mob
 of men. For fifteen minutes the firing | continued. When it ceased the soldiers
 held the place. In front of the stagger- ! ing band of fifty-eight soldiers lay the dead and wounded. The rioters stood 1 in knots around the corners in the vii
 cinity uttering dire threats against the 1 officers and the militia.