The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-07-10
SOLDIERS IN BATTLE
At jamestown Exposition
Grounds.
CLASH WITH POWHATAN GUARDS
Kentucky and South Caro-
lima Regiments Engage in
a General Scrap.

members of the South Carolina and
Kentucky regiments of National
Guards in camp at the jamestown
Exposition took possession of the
Warpath tonight, ran over conces-
sionaires, broke up side shows and
when resisted by the Powhatan
Guards, attacked them with sticks
and stones, forcing the use of sabers.
Several were. injured.
One soldier, Joe Brashear, of Ken
lucky, is in the Exposition Hospital
with a fractured skull.
The other injured are: Guard
Prease, cut OH the elbow, two fling
ers broken and face beaten up; Capt.
Carpenter, of the Powhatan Guards,
struck on breast with a rock. Others
are reported to have received slight
injuries.
Toward the hour for closing the
Warpath for the night the soldiers
became disorderly and began to rush
in and out of shows, refusing to pay
admission fees, and interrupting per-
formances. They refused to obey
guards on duty and in several in
stances brushed them aside. Capt.
Carpenter and Adjt. Garwood were
soon on the scene with a REINFORCE
ment.
The soldiers had already put the
House of Mirth and the Beauty Show
out of business and had taken charge
of the Streets of Cairo. 1t was only
after drawing sabers and using night
sticks that the guards were able to
eject them from from the building.
But the soldiers returned with re-
endorsements and angry at the rough
treatment. They again attempted to
take charge of Cairo. 1t was then
that Capt. Carpenter ordered the ar
rest of the alleged ringleaders, c. c.
Hastings, Company II, Kentucky reg
iment, and J. Thompkins, Company
ID, South Carolina regiment.
With a wild shout the soldiers, and
there were fully five hundred on the
scene, rushed the guards in an effort
to rescue the arrested men. With
drawn sabers the soldiers were held at
bay while the prisoners were rushed
to the inclosed camp of the guards,
only a few hundred yards away.
They were followed by the soldiers.
Once inside of the camp and protect
ed from a rush by the wire fence in
closing it, the guards made stand
and repulsed the soldiers. The men
then began to hurl everything movab,s
into the camp that could be fonud,
forcing the guards to take shelter on
several occasions. A large rock
caught Capt. Carpenter in the breast
and he was knocked out completely.
Gaurd Prease saw the rock thrown
that struck Capt. Carpenter, and,
Jumping the fence, placed Joseph
Brashear, of Company q, Kentucky
regiment under arrest. Before they
could get within the Enclosure he was
surrounded by hundreds of angry SOL
diers. His right elbow was cut, two
fingers of the hand broken and he was
beaten in the face. The prisoner,
It is charged, also attacked the guard
1t was then that a blackjack was
used and Brashear laid out. But he
was rescued by his friends.
The arrival of re-enforcements from
the camp of soldiers put an end to
the trouble just as it seemed as if it
would become more serious, 1t being
feared that firearms would have to
be used to repulse the angry men.
Brashear was taken to the EXPOSE
ton Hospital, where he was later ar
rested and carried to the guardcamp. !
But il was found that his condition
was serious and he had to be sent
back to the hospital for surgical at
tention.
Joseph Brashear until a month ago
lived in Louisville, KY, with his |
Mrs. Annie +. Brashear. For
the past few weeks Mrs. Brashear and .
her son have made their home in the
near Greensboro. Brashear
Louisville last week in
order to take the jamestown. trip
with the First Kentucky. He is
eighteen years of age. Before leav-
ing the city he had attended Bryant
and Stratton's Business College.