The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-27
A DESPERATE NEGRO
KILLED ONE MAN AND
WOUNDED SEVEN MORE.

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When He Saw Officers ap-
proaching-Other
| News.
Owensboro, KY, May 22.-Bob
Shaw, a negro, supposedly insane,
has killed one man and wounded
seven in the past twenty -four hours
near Mailman. The body of the
dead man lies in front Of ShaW's
house, and the negro continues to
defy the officers who are seeking to
| arrest him.
| Yesterday afternoon Shaw was
terrorizing the community around
Waitman and a petition was sent
here for help. A posse was imme-
diately formed, but as soon as it
approached the madman's house be
opened fire. Marshal Watson was
shot in the face and Deputy Mar
shall in the back.
This morning posse, headed By
Sheriff Kelley, went from Lewiston
ito Waitman and found Shaw sitting
on his front porch. Shaw quickly
barricaded himself in his house.
The posse tried to storm the house,
but the negro opened fire. He ap.
lparently only 3shot small shot
which saved the lives of those he
aimed at, Shaw was shot at twice.
He had two revolvers, but announc-
ed that he would save them for
work at close range.
/ A great crowd gathered around
the house, keeping safe distance
laway. This afternoon Will Brown,
deputy sheriff Of Hancock county,
volunteered to 20 to the house and
take Shaw. When he was. within
fftean feet of Shaw the crazy man.
Ifred, blowing Brown'r head COM
|plete1y off.
i AT 6 o'clock tonight mob Of
linen and hrys surrounded SkaM,s
Ihouse and set it dn fire. Shaw re-
manned in the burning house as
long as he could stand the heat, and
finally leaped out and tried to es-
cape. Nearly 100 shots were fred,
and Shaw's body was riddled with
bullets.
l Prescott, Ariz, May, 22.-Mil-
lions of tons of rock and earth
caved in at noon today in Senator
Clark's United Verde copper mine,
at Jerome, Ariz., the ground drop
ping from the surface to the TOO
foot level. Cracking timbers gave
the alarm, and 800 miners fed for
their lives and escaped uninjured.
u For several days the ground has
been settling and timbers creaking.
Today with a mighty crash the
earth caved, carrying with it the
new shaft. levels, drifts and slopes.
From assures on the surface came
clouds of sulphur smoke from that
part of the mine which has been on
fire for several years.
The extent of the damage cannot
as yet be ascertained, but if it is as
;, bad as feared the great property
It will be closed and the existence o.
L Jerome will be doomed. The hoist
8 ing works which are over the mine
r have settled. and tbs machinery
n cannot be worked. The smeltips
= plant has also been shut and al
activity ceased.
r The officials of the company take
an optimistic view of the situation
-1and say the damage is not irrepar
BILE, and the smelter will be work
s ing again within a month.
Chicago, May 23.-Chicago i
threatened with race war of seri
Gus proportions. Embittered . b,
the shooting of Enoch Carlson, al
S.year.o'd boy, last week. by tw'
negroes, the residents in-the vieini
ty of 29th and Deerborn streets hav
armed themselves, and clashes be
tween white and colored men hav
become so frequent since the Carl
son murder that it has. been fount
necessary to detailssscores of police
men in the district to preserv
peace. Even this precaution ha
been unsuccessful in keeping tn
Opposing factions apart.
In riot that broke out In thi
district tonight between the white
and the blacks, James Gray, color
ed, was killed, Harry Bernstein wa
imoltallY wounded and a buildin
in which Bernstein was being hel
a captive, suffering from, bulle
wounds, was stoned and PARTIAL
wrecked by a mob of 1000 persons
Bernstein, who is a bartender
IS drew revolver and fred four shots
Two of the bullets took effect i