The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-02
MOB APPLIES TORCH
MAKES DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO
euRN NEGRO RESIDENCES
Ar SPRINGFIELD, o.
TRAGEDY STARTED Rl0TlNG
WouNDlNG or A WHITE MAN RY
TWO coLoRED MEN CAUSE
OF THE TROUBLE.

O'Clock D. M, this city has been the
scene OF mob disorder. the outcome OF
feeling over the probably fatal shoot
fng during the morning OF Railroad
Brakeman NJ MI. Davis by Preston
kadd and Edward Dean, negroes, both
eg whom had been placed under arrest
sere, and, because or threatened lynch
ing, hurried under cover OF darkness by
she authorities to Dayton, where they
are now i'm Jail.
When the mob learned that the
prisoners had been taken from the city
IL went to that part OF town known rs
1.-THE Jungle" inhabited by cOl0red
people. and began to burn and loot
least six dwellings were burned and
the contents of one saloon looted.
A force of seventy five members OF
local military companies are guarding
the scene where the mob holds sway.
The authorities believe the two ne
groes were saved from being fynched
only by their removal from the city.
AT an early hour I'm the morning
Sheriff Almoney had wired Govegnos
Pattison for all available troops at
once and to hold others In readiness
for possible call later.
The authorities say that the scenes
ere similar to those which ended In
the lynching OF Richard Dixon, nc
gro, ln this city two years ago.
The mob looted q saloon On East
Columbia street. The owner and his
wife fed, leaving their three children
asleep upstairs. The building was rid
aleta with bullets aad s3icnes and dt was
only by the hardest efforts OF police
and firemen that a way was forced
through the mob and the children res
Gued. After the pillaging OF the sa,
lOon drunkenness was an added fea-
tare OF the riot.
Broke Through Gordon OF Police.
AT IL o'clock members of the mob
broke through Gordon OF police and
set f1fire to a house In 1.-THE Jungle"
which was quickly burned down. Ser
geant Creager, who had charge of the
squad of police, was hit On the head
with a brick and seriously wounded.
At midnight six houses which had
been fired by the mob were burning
fiercely and the police had apparently
lost control OF the situation.
Only six members of the local militia
responded to the mayors call and the
Xenia company, which was expected
had not arrived.
The city authorities succeeded al
1915 a. IN. i'm assembling parts ot
Companies B and E OF the Third regi
ment, Ohio national guard, which are
stationed here. The total force mum
bers seventy-five men. They are nov
on the scene OF the fire and have
pushed the mob back both ways il
Columbia street, east from Water
street, and west from Foster street
just as the troops arrived one more
building was fired and no efforts were
made to save it, The efforts of tn,
police. firemen and guardsmen ars
now directed solely to forcing ths
rioters back and saving the propert,
outside of the doomed square.
Sergeant Creager, the policeman hi
In the face with brick, is in a seriou:
condition The mob is stoning ant
jeerlng the militiamen, but show O
bayonets has. sufficed SO far to keel
the rioters ON the move. The runo
that out OF town troops are nloEnen
tarily expected is having quictin:
effect on the mob.
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