The Washington times., 1908-09-27
Night Sticks Used Freely
Before Crowd Is
Dispersed.
MAN HURT BY CAR
STARTS TROUBLE
Injuries Are Serious, But Not
Thought TO Be Fatal-Sev-
eral Arrests Made.

With a mob of probably 1000 shouting
men, trailing along behind a. patrol
wagon, -iOWn Niuth street TO the Ave
uue. and mp the Avenue. shouting
Lynch the cop. Get "a .upe," Get
hts number" Fix tre bull" the re-
serves OF the First precinct had their
hands fun East night 90 Keep order anu
"a suriy crowd was broken up. only
after seven arrests all told had been
made.
The trouble began ou NiuJh street,
between ID and r. just as the Gayety
TEeatcr was discharEIug IT'S audience.
Bert Lamb, "a carpenter from MI
Rainier. Mi. feu between the motor
car aad trailer while trying 10 step
from one platform TO another.
Women aboard the car screamed
frautlcauy, and the theater crowd get
ting the word that "a man had been kill
ed, mad, for the car en- masse- Packed
about the trailer like sardines, they
finally uncoupled the two cars. pushed
the motor away. and lifted the trailer
from Lamb vino. iu some miraculous
way. escaped death.
Patrolmau Arrives.
While the crowd was helping and
hinderiug. Patrylman r. NJ Cox. Of the
First precinct. who had been less than
a block away. attempted 10 force his
way into the crowd. 10 find what had
happened. The mob. iu So mpatLy with
Lamb and unkiud y disposed toward the
street car employees. took it's temper
mental cue from "a surly citizen who
objected 10 the presence OF the police
man BY the time Bicycle Patrolmeu
]
crowd was yelling mad. and one big fell
low took occasion 90 block Farquhar's s
way
All the policemen chen began 90 HSe
their night stl,Es freely. cracking every
head within reach, and FarQuhar placed
/ his man under arrest. -Hv crowd sWore
/ collectively. and began 20 hoot- More
J Itheatergoers sweIied The crowd, and tie
mob began 10 vent us feelings on Far
cuhar 3 riot -sH was turned In. and
the reserves from the First precinct
turned out. making their way into the
crowd ia sho~t order
Others Arrested.
I when they came. under charge OF
Captain Wluiems and Sersea.lJ Lee, the
Emergency Hospital ambulance was not
/ there. and the injured man was taken
away in tho patrol wagon with tarql-
| har-s urisoE err The mob followed the
wagon. and three more OF its members
were taken into custody on the way.
When the First precinct station wss
reached and the mob still insisted oa
wanting 10 Cit the cop" another trio
were taken into custody
! The arrested men gave their names as
7 CosoIws.
I John r. Linden, thirty-tw0 years old,
/ of E3 II street northwest; James NJ
Jones. eighteen. Clarendon, Va; John
King. thirty-u@e. ~ Thirteenth street
sout Invest. James BJtler. thirty-cight,
/ 72s7 Twenti-tH street; HeroId TuiberJ
nineteen, Se6 Monroe street, AuaSOstIa;
William r.. Richter. Jhirty-eigh,. Gl5 II
street northwest. and James Mcdonald,
thirty, ISs II street northwest
Released on BaiI
All were charged with dlsorderIy as
sembiy and released Oh s. collateral
each
Lamb. the injured man, who is twen-
/ ty-eight years Of age, was badly bruised
about the head. part OF the scalp being
( torn OF, and the flesh Of the left arm
below the elbow was ripped off. He suf-
1 fered other bruises also, but DR.. Carr,
+ Of the Emergency staff, said that while
the injuries are serious. Lamb has a
good chance Of recovery