The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-30
ANGRY MOB CAUSES
NIGHT Of Terror
Negro Murderer of White Man at
Danville, ILL.,, Taken from Jail
and Hanged and Burned.
Crowd Storms the Prison to Get An
other CoIored Man Accused OF
Crime, But officers Shoot and Many
Are Injured-Stnte Troops Arrive
and End the RiotiDg.


Danville, H., July 27.-Two killed
and % wounded, the police station
wrecked, the county jail with few OF
its windows left unshattered, the city
in the hands of the state troops ana
a feeling of uneasiness and dread pre-
yailing everywhere, is the situation
left by the race riots of Saturday night
and early Sunday morning, in which
John .. Metcalf (colored) was dragged
from the officers, hanged, battered to
a pulp, his body riddled with bullets,
and the remnants burned. The sher-
If, in defending another negro, fired
into a densely packed mob, wounding
several men, two Of them fatally.
Cause of the Trouble,
Henry G. Gatterman and John d.
Metcalf became involved in a quarrel
shortly after eight o'clock. Blows fol-
lowed words, and before anyone could
prevent il Metcalf had drawn reyol-
yer and fired a shot. The bullet
pierced Gatterman's heart and he fell
to the floor dead lie was very pop
ular young man, about %. He was
volunteer in the Philippine war and
lived in Germantown with his mother
and three brothers. Metcalf, the negro
killed and burned had lived at Evans
vile. Ind, for the last two years and
was a recent refugee from that city,
where he participated in the riots OF
a few weeks ago
Killed in the Jail.
Three men forced their way into the
Jail, and in a few seconds had discoV-
cred the negro He made an attempt
to resist, and blows were rained upon
him until he was almost inscnsible.
Moaning and begging for mercy he
was dragged out of the room, when
someone fired a revolver and put an
end TO his sufferings. The body was
then carried from the building a rope
was thrown about his neck and, with
a mob behind him, the dead man was
swept through the streets half
dozen blocks TO the place where, only
an hour before he had killed Cater
man. The rope was thrown over
telegraph ,-4a and the body was sent
flying to it's top AS it revoyed in It's
upward course the men riddled 1t with
bullets The lifeless body was cut
down and burned.
Mob Is Frcnzicd.
The news that Sheriff Whitlock had
captured and placed in the county jai!
James Wilson, negro who had at
tempted to assault Mrs. Thomas Bur
CESS at Avian Friday followed closely
by the murder Of Henry Gatterman
drove the swiftly gathering crowd into
a frenzy, and they attempted to take
him from Jail. but the sheriff and his
deputies prevented them from doing
so, and the arrival OF the militia put
a stop to the Tioting
Curse the Soldiers.
Crowds gathered during yesterday
near the lines and cursed the soldiers.
They were scattered by bayonets In
seyera instances. Offers Of the
guard 90 not anticipate any attack,
however The general belief is that
the presence of the troops has sup
pressed the lawlesB element, The sher-
if and military officers have urged all
citizens to remain off the streets, and
all saloons have been closed indeh-
nitely
quiet Restored.
Danyille, Ill.,, July 28.-With the IN
yesling militia force reduced to 100 men
Eerfect quiet has been restored in the
city. The citizens have set about the
investigation Of the outbreak with view
TO a wholesale prosecution OF the lead
ers Of the mob which held sway here
Saturday night and whose work result
81 in the killing Of two persons and the
wOunding Of score Of others.
want Lynchers Punished.
Thirty members Of the local Bar as
sociation, Supreme Court Judge Wilkin
presiding, adopted resolutions deplorlng
the tragedy that has disgraced the city
and urging that the lynchers immediate
ly be brought to justice At the same
time Sheriff WhitlOck has declared that
he will be ready in few days to swear
zens who were foremost In the storm
ing Of the county jail.
Died Suddenly.
New York, July 24.-Frederlck w.
Hollis, secretary Of the American dele
cation 60 The Hague peace conference.
and more recently member Of the inter
national court, died suddenly early
Thursday at his home at Yonkers. Mr..
Hollis died Of heart failure.
Lost His Life.
Lafayette, Ind, July 2i.--After res
cuing his children from miry place in
the Wabash river and conveying them
TO his wife on the bank, Henry f.
Kruse, a painter, went back into the