Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-28

Danville, ILL.,, July 27.-The city is
quiet after the exciting events of Sat
urday night, when the frenzied mob of
citizens and farmers lynched two ne
groes and defied all laws in an insane
desire to avenge crime. The arrival of
in placing the city under martial law
has had the desired effect and no more
serious trouble is anticipated.
The Dead.
J. d. MAYFIELD, negro, Evansville,
Ind, lynched and burned by mob.
HENRY GATTERMAN, white, Dan
vile, ILL.,, shot dead by Maytield.
Fatally Wounded.
Adam Merry, shot through head by
volley from Jail.
H. Hines, white, shot in neck and
shoulders by volley from jail.
Seriously Wounded.
Otto Heinke, white; shot in arm.
Ben Rich, negro; badly beaten by
mob.
Four unknown negroes, badly injured
by mob, two OF them knocked sense
less and found injured in the public
square. II &
Patrolman Charles Lapps clubhed on
the head while defending Mayfeld. Il
Patrolman William Leverenz, badly
injured internally by mob's battering
ram while defending Mayfield.
Fred Lorenz, shot three times in the
leg in the attack on the jail.
Mr.. Laird, shot in the attack on the
Jail.
Thomas Bell, shot in the chest in the
attack on the pail. +
Riot Discussed in PuIpits.
Sermons on the disgrace of the city
were preached in nearly all the church.
es. Rev. H. G. Gibbs of the First
Methodist Episcopal church denounced
Mayor Beard, saying: 81
IF he had been as brave in, opposing
the mob as the sheriff was at the coun-
ty jail the lynching would have been
averted. The fact is the mayor did not
do his duty. Now he comes to the
front urging punishment of the mob
leaders, yet asserting that he could not
identify one of them" II
The Rev. j. Street of the First
Church of Christ and the Rev. j. M.
Gaiser of the First Cumberland Pres
byterian dwelt on the brave deed of
Sheriff Whitlock in breaking up the
mob at the risk of his own life. Dr.
Gaiser himself spent ten minutes at
the side of the sheriff on the Jail steps
implocing the rioters to disperse He
was hit several times with stones and
narrowly escaped a bullet.
Crowds Jeer and Threaten.
Two thousand persons walked the
streets behind the picket lines visit.
ing the scenes of the various events
in the mob tragedy. From the ranks
of the excited citizens came jeers for
the troops, cries for the eviction of the
negroes from Danville, and threats OF
vengeance on Sheriff Hardy Whitlock
who, with his handful of deputies, pre-
vented the lynchers from wreaking
| fury on five other black prisoners in
the county Jail.
The common fear is that Danville is
| on the verge of a race war of disas
trous proportions unless immediate
measures are taken for quelling the in
| tense feeling.
elimination of Long Feud.
The situation is considered as ex
tremely grave by the authorities. II
develops that the outbreak last night
was the elimination of a .feud between
| the whites and blacks, the fires o1
which have been fed by successive out
breaks of bloodshed and violence. The
| relations between the races became
critical with the advent two weeks age
of number of negroes from Evans
vile. Aeweek ago William Riley, ar
old man, was knocked off his porch ant
killed by a negro. Diamond joe
Jones. On Friday at Alvan, neigh
boring village, James Wilson, negro
is alleged to have attempted an assault
on Mrs. Carrie Burgess in her owr
kitchen. Both blacks were in the
county jail when the mob formed las
night.
In view of the feeling aroused by
these incidents and the fact that thu
negro prisoners still are in the Jail i