The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-04
SEVEN men SHOT
IN A POOL ROOM
Police and Posse Were Making
an Effort to Close the OBJ
jectionable Place.
TWO FATALLY WOUNDED
Mills Serving Warrants for Arrest OF
Owner of a P"nI Room at Madison,
ILL.,, ConstsbIes and Citizens
Precipitate a Riot.

st. Louis, Feb. o2-In an effort to
close up a pool room hat has for a
long time operated in the outskirts Of
Madison. Ill. across the river from St.
Louis. three c~onstables. accompanied
by a posse of citizens. and bearing a
rants for the arrest of six men nuec
ed with the pool precipitated q
riot which resulted in the shooting of
seven men. Two may die.
The wounded:
Lee Harlan. druggist, probably NOR
tally wounded.
William Schooley. posse man.
Edward Harris. spectator.
Edward Downs. seriously.
Patrick McCambridge, policeman.
probably mortally.
Two unknown. not seriously.
Warrants had beer sworn out before
Justice OF the Peace Isenmeyer OF
Granite City. adjoining Madison, and
placed IN the hands Of Constable John
Glass Il two other corstables for the
arrest OF Whitfield. Brooks and Eugene
Wall OF Granite City. and Thomas Ri
ley. Charles Greenfield. Thomas Marley
and Martin Johns OF St. Louis, charg-
ing them with being connected with
h pool room After the failure of the
Madison county grand jury, which re-
Gently investigated the pool room, TO
return indictments citizens took the
matter in hand with the intention of
having the pool room closed. Several
lays g warrants were issued for
State Senator David Nelson of Mis-
souri,. charsins him with being a pool
seller. and Victor Schiller. charging
him with conducting & pool room and
being custodian OF the funds. Schiller
was arrested yesterday and v bond
OF $500 pending g. hearing. The addi-
tional warrants were sworn out today,
and the three constabies appeared at
the pool 10 serve them. Two po-
liceulsn were within. and declared they
had arrested the operators OF the pool
room and were guarding them Betting
was going on as usual at the time.
The coastables were ordered to leave
the premises. which they did after an
argument Proceeding through the
nefshhorhood, the consIahles organized
8 posse OF armed citizens numbering
shout dfty persons
The constables and posse then re-
turned 10 the pool oo and entered
They were AZ once ordered OUT, and
the doors were ordered closed and
locked The posse deuurred and words
followed One posse man. IL Is stated,
pointed s shotgun at Policeman Nc
Cambridge. who 1rei 6 revolver point
81 a. Z ceiling. Firing then became
Es2erL The policeman was shot
trough the BODY. The crowd in the
zeal -p.or2 scattered nurriedlv. many
E=ez2s into q waiting Illinois Central
--zt
Wns1 the tusslade was over the CON
seAbEss zz5 posse had possession. The
azok-2se-s- however, asserted that
re- coo. -uo1c viii be epen as usual
cedar.
Although the pool room men are row
s~s-sc--cavsEy under arrest. the police
sgv IceE VIII not ps-Gr:: the citizens
- Interfere
Three Arrests .Azae.
WEllGa-z. George aEl Alexander
Co-1r- brothers. and " lam Schooley,
wao vas shot II the leg were arrest
81 OF warrants Sharsl-S them with
-tctz1E Ire warrants we're sworn out
b. Policeman John Naehan before
Magistrate Gttos. The four were IN the
posse, and William Coudy and Schooley
were among citizens who secured
the warrants which -he conscGbles at
tempted 70 serve, causing III riot All
four were released on bonds OF $500
each. and their hearing was set for