The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-04-26
ear the city hall, crushing the life out

near the city nan, crushing tHe hie W.
of them
in Union Square | stood beside wo-
man who died actually from fright and
thirst Her last request was for wa
ter and we had none to give her.
| AT Jefferson square | saw Il fatal
clash between the military and the po-
| lice. 4 policeman ordered a soldier to
take up dead body to put II III the
4 wagon. and the soldier ordered the po-
| liceman to do it. Words followed and
the soldier shot the policeman dead.
! John Cashnear, an old soldier from
| Speartish, S. D., saw the military shoot
| n negro near the city hall. The negro
| had been robbing the corpse of woman
| and to get ring from her sWoiieh hhsc-
I cut the finger oil.
Solaler Kills Policeman.
",The sentry on duty near Van Ness
| avenue" added Mr.. Cashnear, ordered
| n friend of mine who was entering his
! home 10 come out of there as il was
about to be dynamited. My friend waved
: his hand back toward the soldier. saying:
| This is my house and l have Il right to
20 in The soldier instantly killed him.
On the other hand, | want to say that
| the soldiers were generally kind and
| helpful and deplored these hasty actions
of their comrades just rs much as we
did,"
Disaster at State Asylum
Nothing could lac more terrible than
! the calamity at Agncws' asylum near
! San lose, ms described by X. Lee Drink,
| water of Denver He fled to San Jose
! from san Francisco only TO find that he
! had gone from bad to worse. He said
! last night
we went to Agnews, where we had
friend and found the asylum in ruins
and POO dementcd creatures buried there.
1t was Il sight to trausfiX one with hor-
| ror to see the scores of maddcncd men
and women strapped TO trees all over the
grounds, crying, shrieklng and cursing.
Maniacs Become Violent.
! "Ordinarily, troublesome in their way,
! the excitement of the falling building
made them mad. indeed, and their nm
| cauny looks and fiery eyes were terrific
| to behold. Nothing could he done for
them as there was no place 10 put them
and every sane man, woman and child
available was digging to release the other
| unfortunatps buried in the ruins. Oh,
such cries as came seemingly from the
bowels of the earth. The devils have got
me. Let me out, / am the king, You
cannot kill me- 1 want my supper. |
seized them they called out their dis
ordered thoughts nor even guessed their
| true condition"
Many Ghouls Shot.
But most CHASTITY of all is the state
ment by Willis Ames. a Salt Lake man
who escaped to Los Angeles. lie says:
While | was walking about the streets
! | saw man after man shot down by the
troops. Most OF these were ghouls. One
man made the trooper believe that one of
the dead bodies lying on pie of rocks
| was his mother and he was permitted to
go up to the body. Apparently overcome
| by grief he threw himself across the
corpse. In another instant the soldiers
! discovered that he was chewing the dia-
mond earrings from the ears of the dealt
woman. Here is where you get what is
coming to YOU said one of the soldiers,
and with that he put Il bullet through the
ghou The diamonds were found i'll the
mans mouth afterward."
Already the beggars are seeking to
profit by the misfortune of San Fran
cisco and two men arrested while beg
! ging in the character of refugees have
been proved imposters.
Saw Children and Wife Dead.
! PORTLAND. Ore. April Iii. T..
! O'Brien, general manager # the Harri-
man lines in Oregon and Washington,
was asleep in his private car at the
| Townsend street depot in San Francisco
when the earthquake occurred Nedues-
day.
! We knew Hothil3E 'lpput tl!e niHdStPl
for several hours after it happened" said
| Mr.. O'Brien, until about : o'clock,
when man rushed into my ear shouting
! that the city was burning. | did not
believe him but went outside, where |
saw the fire stretching for half a mile.
As | stood there | saw a man crying MS
if his heart would break. He said he
was going to jump into the bay, as he had
just seen his wife and four children
taken from the debris and carried to the
morgue.'