The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-07
IN BLOODY RIOTING
EVANSVILLE SPENT A TERRIBLE
DAY AND NIGHT.
TROOPS FIRED POINT BLANK
INTO A CROWD OF 1000, KILLING
7, WOUNDING IA.

Ftre-AI Day and During the
inc More Threatening-Was Max
ing an Attack When the Defending
Eorce Ffred-One Shot Started
FusiIade.
Evansville, Ind. July 6.-Following
four DAYS of rioting and general law
,Assness this city tonight saw the
most terrible of it's experiences with
rioters Seven persons are dead and
fourteen are known to be injured, with
at least that number more thought to
be hurt.
The dead:
Edward Schiffman, painter. top of
head blown off with rifle; Hazel ALL
man. 15-year-old daughter of Joseph
Il Altman, shot in breast with shot
gun; John Barrett. shot in right lung,
died in st. Mary's Hospital; August
Gordan. 10 years old. musician, bullet
wound through heart: Edward Rule,
% years old, laborer, shot through body
and head. killed instantly; two uniden-
tilted men, lying in front of jail.
At 1920 o'clock the members of
Company A, First Regiment, Indiana
National Guard, after a days vigilance
guarding the county jail, and 100
deputy sheriffs. under Sheriff Chris
Kratz. fired point blank into MOI
of 1000 men gathered on Fourth, Di-
vision and Vine streets, surrounding
the Vanderburg county Jail and at
tempting it's capture.
Became More Threatening.
From o'clock this morning until the
hour of to-night's catastrophe the
crowd surged about the JAIL calling the
militiamen vile names, assailing them
with stones and berating the deputy
sheriffs who guarded the Jail. At 9
o'clock the mob gradually became
more and more excited, its manifesto
tons Of uneasiness more frequent, and
at 10 O'Clock it was seen that nothing
could prevent an assault on the Jail.
AT 1890 o'clock the rioters pressed
slowly forward, and innocent onlook-
ers and the curious followed. Slowly
they forged the militiamen back to-
ward the Jail until the aley-way be-
tween Division street and the stone
building was reached.
Then the leaders, with a bicycle in
their front as shield to the bayo-
nets of the soldiers, attempted to en-
ter the alley and storm the alley
way entrance. Capt. Blum of the
National Guard ordered a charge on
the rioters~
Started "a FusiIade.
Gradually the crowd was forced back
the soldiers using their bayonets and
butts of guns. Suddenly rioter fell.
soldier tried to drag him to his feet,
nut before he could, was assaulted by
rioter. Stones began to fly through
the air. A soldier was struck with a
rock and fell. A rioter was knocked
down with a gun butt. and then a shot
was fired
The one shot started a fusilade
OF musketry and shotgun
lire from the defenders.
First Clash Came.
The first clash between the militia
ana citizens occurred this afternoon a
IeW hours after the soldiers took their
station in front of the Jail.
man attempted to brush past one
VI the sentries. He was halted and
turned back, but advanced a second
uhe' grabbing the soldiers gun and
aHenpting to wrest it from him. The
Soidier resisted and finally freed his
Weapon and struck the assai!ant with
ms bayonet. The man was not badly
Injured
Late this evening a man was found
,uylng to edge his way past sentry.
ne was caught and an effort made
W the soldier to force him outside the
mes The guard thrust his bayonet
nlo the mans right side, inflicting a
severe wound. The rioter wrested the
sun away from the soldier after being
mounded threw the guard to the
pound and would have bayonetted him
n oSu 1t not been for the prompt arrival
4 assistance
Alter the soldiers took possession of
t tne jan this afternoon the streets lead
Ing g the jail We're crowded. Many
Il ~ hh,ehdfary speeches were made against
'ug r. military
drd me day has been one of nervous
a 10. Early this afternoon the
e.ahSvlle company of the militia as
,bupled around the Jail and waited
na eIe under arms. Blacks and whites
ftaSsed each other to-day with lark
nan, and firing was heard in various
'S OF The city during the afternoon.
Destroyed the Saloon.
IN ne last work of the mob this morn
tb oeIore il dispersed was to destroy
h., Blue Goose" saloon, a resort in
VsrISttoWn The windows and doors
were demolished and a hundred shots
'gre fred.
dc grand jury met to-day and in
kin Lee Brown. the negro who
in ~. satrolman Massey, for murder
Tle hrst degree.
east general feeling of unrest and UNI
Cors1ess caused a meeting of Mayor
oRcaC Sheriff Kratz and the county
was ~ al which the grave situation
tect ~ oil3scussed and plans made to pro-
pr4cirill citizens If another outbreak Is
were lated. All saloons in the city
Ocloc,os Iuered closed this evening at
"SoF Covert issued a proclamation