The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-15
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WITH revolyers twenty illerym 1el from
rprt II ten, yyillet's Point made Aas g. g.
aid on this village tuesday, ny, fo g
citizens to flee for their lives and and par '
1icade themselves In tllel houses. shos
out every street lamp IN the Byillag any
took possession of fly e. summer iloeeis
along the shore front .5a p &.
marty Tuesday afternoo BON nine privat !eas
and one sergeant from he Eighty-sec-s
sond Battery, stationed at Fort Iottetl,5
crossed Little Neck Bay In ROY boa IT, any
landed g al w the az ilnge lley were ere
loined by nine orc priy atea and q ,i ser
reant from the. III ghtY-s ey ert hlB ttery.
| and the squad OF twenty spent sevelr O.
hours il, hotels drinking.
About S12 O. clock, When in y the he e
of tho town, they began firing their r. 81
yolvers. & adestrans at first took g, ne y.
matter as q joke and began 70 /, !, ehalt5
the 8 sollters.$ The soldiers immediately
Tin ii 5s a. crowd d Of n citizens gathered
abon I :le postoffic and drove them 20
their homes. ne Il :, Y, 81
iS Yelling like Indians, the soldiers ran on
down tho NJ ddle Neck road firing as fast
ma Il they could reload. They travelled
in 3. circle and soon returned to y the
summer hotels on the Mil road " here tlc
they took possession 9 e. the !. Nlneslinsy
House, Burke's Hotal,s the Point . Grove e,
ii use, JJsher's Hotel and he.SLashe e
House, and rced PRO prletors al4li q
their bar tenders to yaca te. t5s Nj h, q ,5
r. rerri fied 4, guests were driven to- their
rooms !, where they, barri led the doors
to keep 81 OUT the @ sold iers.$ Alirrors,s
glasses and bottles behind the bars were
made targets Of by the artillerymen.s
AT one hotel tho proprietor demonstrated y,
with the n soldiers and was prompt
" hound hand and foot and locked N o
closet, sia, w Y, {, ~
When they had cleaned out al sth 3 no-S
tolls in that section. the soldiers returhed
to the Village, where they proceedod 70
rshoot up' the town In real wild ~, est-s
Z m .atvlc. Panes Of glass and electric
lights were shattered by the bullets from
heavy army revolVers John sGuthlc @
prominent cl tizen, demonstrated with the
soldiers and was ordered to get 70 his
home II s.le valued his III e.s sS ss.ys
fIIe was ollowed by the trio, who jeered8
and fired their, ravolvers IN til air, Y pom
reaohing his door Guthiei turned, and
S1rawiIg n revolver, fired six Shots g the
soldiers who fled Aft0r amusing them
solves taking shots ut Nv lndow pallea and
electric lights,&tl tho soldiers started down
the steamboat road toward tho dock. 1.
This road Is two miles long nnd is
lighted Its entire length by electric lamps
Not a lamp was left unbroken.
"a Meantime Deputy Sheriff Frank Liver
more had organized 81 posse al citizens
and started pursuit Of the soldiers.
Occupants OF tho llouaes Of IT. Rramwcl
Gilbert james II. Martin. Cord Meyer,
Hamilton II, Field and otlcr fashionable,
residences were alarmed at tho din made
by the soldiers and kept within doors,
Sheriff. I.ivermora and his posse pur-.
sued the soldiers to lie shore, but they
had already pulled away III their boats.
TO avoid pursuit they cut loose two
rowboats which We're lpoored ut tho dock
tho sound, where they were set adrift.