The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-07

Indianapolis. Ind, July Ex-Governor Durbin has just arrived at his office. He has ordered out the militia companies at New Albany. Terse Haute and Vincen- nes and is calling on Indianapolis com panies to be held in reserve. He is pre- pairing to declare martial law. He ex- presses indignation at the Sheriff of Van derberg County and says if the Sheriff had performed his duty instead of rely ing on the State. the catastrophe would have been averted.
 Evansville Ind. July 6.-Following four days of rioting and general lawlessness. this city tonight saw the most terrible of Its experiences with riotess. 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 Springfield rifle
 Hazel Altman. 15-year-old daughter of Joseph H. Altman. shot in breast with shotgun.
 John Barnett shot in right lung; died in St. Mary's Hospital.
 August Jordan. 1s. musician, bullet found through heart,
 Ed Rule. S1 years old. laborer. killed in stantly.
 Two unidentified dead men lying in front of jail.
 The wounded:
 Fred Scmidt, driver for Cook Brewing Company, injured in leg and arm.
 Fred Happier, son of city fireman Hen ry Happier, buckshot charge In face, Will die.
 Lee Hawley laborer shot in leg.
 Robert Miller, sht in cheek, not serious Charles Presky aged II, shot through wrist, Springfield bullet wound in both heels.
 Theodore Beem, aged 20, shot in right side. painful. ---..
 Albert Yaeuss, soldier shot while pick ing up wounded rioter.
 Six Others Fall.
 Six other rioters were seen to fall but got away before their names were learn ed At least that number are suspected of being hurt.
 Four members of Company A, 1st Reg ~-ant, bullet and light gunshot wounds ,. the body.
 One of them was shot through the shoulder, another through the ankle and the other two received slight scratches. Two deputy sheriffs, slightly wounded. At lO:SO o'clock tonight the members of Company A. 1st regiment. Indiana Ma tional Guard, after a days vigilance guarding the county jail, and 100 deputy sneriffs. under Sheriff Chris Kratz. fired point blank into a mob of 1000 men gath cred on Fourth. Division and Vine Streets. surrounding the Vanderberg 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 militia men vile names, assailing them with stones and berating the deputy sheriffs who guarded the jail
 At g o'clock the mob gradually became more and more excited. Its manifestations of uneasiness were more frequent. and at 10 o'clock it was seen that nothing could prevent an assault on the jail.
 At 10:3O the rioters pressed slowly for ward and innocent onlookers and the cu- rious followed. Slowly they forced the militiamen back toward the jail until the alleyway between Division Street and the stone building was reached. Then the leaders with bicycle in their front as a shield to the bayonets of the soldiers at- tempted to enter the alley and storm the alleyway entrance
 Volley Follows a Shot.
 Captain Blum of the National Guard or cered a charge on the rioters. Gradually the crowd was forced back, the soldiers using their bayonets and butts of guns. Suddenly a rioter fell
 soldier tried to drag him to his feet. but before he could was assaulted by rioter Stones and boulders began to fly through the air. soldier was struck with a rock and fell. A rioter was knock ed down with a gun putt and then a shot was fired The one shot started a fusil- Jade of musketry and shotgun fire from the denfeners.
 Fully 300 shots were fired from the jail windows. the court house sNeps immedi- ately opposite and by the soldiers on the streets. No one knows who fired the first shot. The soldiers claim it was the riot CTS. while the rioters make no claims and refuse to talk about it. The Governor Is said to have instructed the authorities to not jeopardize the safety of the jail with halfway measures The soldiers ani deputy sheriffs fired into the retreating mob of men. who ran into Division Street, falling, crying and praying. For fifteen minutes the firing continued. then it ceased. The mob was gone and the sol diers helid tho place.
 Dead Left in Streets.
 In front of the staggering band of fifty eight soldiers lay the dead and wounded Moans and shrieks of agony and fear came from the injured. Edward schiff- man, a painter. who was seen in the first ranks of the mob during the evening. lay on the sidewalk the top of his head blown completely off with a 45-calibre Springfield bullet and his brains oozing onto the sidewalk. A short distance from him lay another man, and close by the bleeding form another young man lay dead with a bullet wound over the heart. All over the street crawling and moaning wounded rioters and onlookers tried to ease their pain and escape by getting away from the jail. On Division Street. lying between her grief-stricken father and mother, the little Altman girl vas dead with her breast torn away with a buckshot charge. She was out driving with her parents. who, attracted by the noise stopped a few minutes to watch the excitement
 In the yard of the court house wounded rioters lay, and back of the line of sol- diers two of the militiamen had fallen.