Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-01
The Order For Guards to Make
Wholesale Arrests Brings
About Peace
CITIZENS START a MOVEMENT
Meeting Of the Commercial Club viii
Demand That the Rioters bs Sos
vereIy Punished-Lawyers May Re-
fuse to Defend Those Found Guilty
Of Participating in the Disturbances.

1plpit5ASAAS NI1lAU, MdtCu 1.--WH0O
the sun rose this morning the city was
at peace, and aside from the presence
Of militiamen there was no visible eyt-
dence Of disorderly scenes Of the night,
After playing game Of tag with yari-
Gus bands Of youthful rowdies, who for
four or five hours last night caused
most of the disorder, the militia at an
early hour settled down to rest In apr
parently complete control of the situ-
alton. It was not. however. until Col-
onel Charles Ammel, commanding eight
companies Of soldiers, issued orders to
arrest whole parties Of men who were
found congregated at ona place. and
who in some instances refused at drst
to disperse. that the disorder was
brought into check. The plan adopted
by the military was to surround the
group Of men and youths. and II they
did not Immediately dispense, place
them under arrest and conduct them to
headquarters. The first result Of the
plan was the arrest Of a gang Of four
teen rowdies by squad of police.
Within half an hour detachment Of
troops rounded up another party Of
nine and took them to headquarters.
From this time forward disorder
ceased. In the meantime there was in-
tense excitement, which was augment-
ed every little while by news Of q
fresh outbreak somewhere. Wildly ex-
aggerated reports OF burning and
shooting circulated during the earlier
hours Of the night. Few people slept
until long after midnight. The net
results Of the nights troubles. however,
were not SO serious as might naturally
have been expected. Three houses oc-
cupied by colored families were burned
and several others stoned
Two persons were injured, Sarah
Thornton. colored. sustained q broken
leg by jumping from a window, and .
15-year-old white boy received load
Of buckshot in his leg Brakeman Mar
tin Davis, whose wounding BY drunken
negroes. Dean and Ladd, was the inn
mediate cause Of the rioting, 10 still
alive this morning. His recovery, how-s
ever, is not probable, the authoritie0
hoping against hope that Davis may
not die. They believe every moment
he lives gives that much more time for
disturbed conditions to subside. II he
should die it Is feared more trouble
will follow. One OF the striking results
Of the outbreak is the citizens move-
ment started last evening, and which II
rapidly taking form today, in call
being issued for meeting Of the Com-
mercial Club this evening. It is ex-
pected this movement will not only
have much to do with restoring order,
but will be made permanently effective
in future emergency. There Is a de-
mand that the rioters who were ar.
rested be dealth with severely. A NUNS
ber OF attorneys asserted today they
would refuse to defend them, and oth-
ers state IL called upon in such cases
they will let the law take Its course
without technical interference, and will
provide only such defense as will In
sure Justice.
Guarded by two companies OF mits
itia. the prisoners, Onward Dean ana
Preston Ladd, were brought here from
Dayton today, and taken to the city
hospital to be identified by Martin
Davis, the wounded brakeman. There
was no disturbance. Twenty i've
rioters were arraigned in police court
this morning, and fined from fifty to
two hundred dollars
Davis identified Dean, but failed 70
recognize Ladd.