The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-08
SIX PERSONS KILLED OUTRIGHT
AND TWENTY-FIVE WOUND.
Eo. FOUR FATALLY.
1teRo RESIDENTS QUIT THE PLACE
MANY FAMILIES DESERT THEIR
HOMES. vOWIkC THEY WILL
NEVER RETURN.

+'"f''i' i'''. lHu. july b.-Six mcn
shof dead and twenty Ave injured
Tour fatally Is tho outcome of the race
rdfs that have caused "A reign OF ter.
ror her. for four days
Al IL 30 y. IN. the Evansville com.
rans of Indiana national guard. assist.
.d y. .p1 speo IN! deputy sherins sworn
In during the day. while guarding the
county jail In which were sixteen ne
gro prisoners. poured deadly yollcy
II buckshot and bullets into a crowd
of several thousand people. led by a
hundred rioters. armed AMI desperate.
which aas pressing them back amid
jecfa. threats and curses. accompanied
BY stones and missiles.
When the smok. OF III. vo!l.y
cleared ih.rty.onc wounded and dead
lay on the pavement, There Is a con
tcntion aa io who f-ed frsi--thc sol
diers ar the rioters That the troops
were hsei on is proved hy the fact
that q! the fallen four were members
Q! the company Their wounds were
slight Following arr the dead and
fatally wounded
The Dead.
Eli wAKpSEIFFMAN. painter. top
.! head blown OF
HAZEL ALTMAN. fifteen years old.
daughter o. Joseph II Altman. shot tn
breast
AUGUST JORDAN. nineteen. mu
s.cisn. hullc, wound in hrcas,
.rprkAs.s N..sosIal
IN AM
side.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN. shot In back.
Fatally Wounded.
JOHN BARNETT. sho, through lnng
CALVIN HAWKINS. shot In abdo-
mon. iinxcr shot of.
John GEL. shOi In back.
EARNEST WALTERS. shot In back
Mos, cf III. killed and wounded were
members Of prominent families ana
III. events have caused shock 70
many There Is much criticism of IN"
militia. hu, tho opinion Is that the sol.
aiars probably acted within their
rights IS laid down b, law
Threaten to Glow Up Jail.
Th, r.oal. anEercd by the presence
Of IN. oliiefs guarding the prisoners
uas shouiln: It's determination again
,o blow open tho jail and set TIE ne
srocs -,
ror hal! an hour the crush of the
r,,h arelns; the line of soldiers had
.r,ur worse Th. soldiers warned,
@,,l..ns begged the crowd To dispeEss
ara el,, OH. .als back OF the soldiers
eonsui,ei the oompanys captain
There were many personal encounters
A. IN, rioters pressed the line
.,or, VAS thrown. soldier le9s
ha,on.t Vas thrust into the side o'
eursing r!otcr and the order 10 III
was given.
A,,.r the shooting the moo scattered
,ct disappeared The dead ant
| wounded were taken 10 homes and nos
| ,J,,is and the line of soldi.ry Was re-
| sn,m,d hll nigh, the troops stoot
around the jail with ready Weapons
.h,tc inside the negro prisoner
rra,cd for mercy and pTo'e'''o"'
More Troops on the Scene.
At a m under orders from Gov
.rror purhln. the Ninccnncs compah,
- militia arrived and relieved the T.
ansxtllc troops There was no demon
,r,,,n, when the relief troops arrived
T..re we're still several hundred pei
=, the streets. but no attack wa
-. ana the incoming troops wer
no, disturbed. .
nv N.rrn.s are leaving the city In larg
,nn,h,rs. many vowtng they VIII neve
.,',,, "" Dozens OF negro families ar
,,,n,a in the country. Omc'als "
,axa there will be no further ontn'ea'
.,,hnush there is great tension IN
,h. utmost vigilance VIII Inc ma''
The New Albany and Terre Ha"'
! n.ries Of militia have been 0
lard under arms by the governor an
~. ready ,o start for this CITY ~ ono. !,
Cov.rnor Durbin Is consideI'ns W
.avisability OF declaring maI'ia' "'
Great cxcit cement prevails !,
The governor also ordered 'ne -, :
a,nnapolis militia. COMPRISING Wv
"n,nnrnics OF infantry and one na''c'
a,a,,illcry. to mobilize ~ thcir a'mu'
.nd he ready TO proceed to Eva"s'''
II necessary
e,own Taken to psnitentiary.
= y,necnncs. Ind. July S.-l.ee bro~
!. ~" who was In Jail here !
|, w M.,,.an,nr nf,cr he killed Pohccm;
4 M.ss.y at Evansville and caused :, ),
r ,a"c riots there. has been ,aA.M :" ~, ,