Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-12
RIOT RULES SABBATH
Sundays Evil Record of Vio-
IenCe and Murder
OVER THE EAST AND SOUTH
One Days Grewsome Grist of Death.
Dealing Crimes.
NOT EVEN CHURCHES ESCAPE
Lawless Scenes Enacted in and Near
Sanctuaries-Many Lynch
ings and Killings.
OVER THE EAST AND SOUTH
NOT EVEN CHURCHES ESCAPE

ings and Killings.
Sunday was a pretty bad day through
out the east and south. according to the
press dispatches OF last night and this
morning. The telegraph brings many
stories from widely separate points tell
ing OF violence IN the forms of riots,
lynchings and murders.
Not even the churches escaped the
revel Of crime. In one instance the
members of the congregation themselves
engaging in a fierce factional fight. and
in another a jealous husband choosing
the sanctuary as the scene for Staying
his wife and himself.
Two Negroes Hanged by Mob.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. October IA spe-
cial from Lula, Miss. says: Jim and
Frank Davis. negroes. charged with hav-
ing shot and probably fatally wounded
John c. Kendall. a conductor of the rli-
nois Central railroad. were taken from
Jail here Sunday night by a mob and
hanged
The shooting of Kendall occurred
aboard a passenger train near here late
Sunday when the conductor endeavored
to quiet the negroes. who IL Is said, had
been drinking and creating a disturbance
Another negro who participated in the
shooting escaped, but is being pursued by
a posse.
Railway Detective Murdered.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. October 12.-T.
]. McElhaney. special detective for the
Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
railway, was shot and killed early Sun
day morning while on duty in the yards OF
the railroad company at Cravens, two
miles from the Union station.
W. s. Smith. who was until recently en-
ployed as detective for the road. is In
Jail, charged with the crime. Blood
hounds were put on the trail and tracked
Smith to his home.
The men. it is said, had been on bad
terms for some time. McElhaney leaves
q wife and seven children.
Kills Wife at Church Door.
YORK. Pa. October 12.-william Ben
nington shot and killed his wife while she
was on her way to church at Delta Sun
day and then committed suicide.
Bennington followed his wife to church
with horse and buggy and fired a load
of shot into her body just as she was
about to enter the church. He then
whipped up his horse and drove across the
state line into Maryland. where he re-
loaded the shotgun. placed the barrel
against his stomich and pull the trlg-
ger.
by jealousy.
Mob Skaters Hotel Windows.
NEW YORK. October IA number OF
persons were injured and windows in the
Hotel Knickerbocker were broken last
night in a riot that followed an attack
made on Albert Lind, a strike breaking
n MI hU he
Taxfcab Company. crowd OF 800 per-
sons. sympathizers with the striking
chauffeurs, hurled stones. sticks and other
missiles at the chauffeur. who took refuge
in doorway of the big hotel. In the
fusillade the taxicab was wrecked and
three windows Of the main dining room
of the hotel were shattered The guests
of the Knickerbocker fed from the room
in panic.
A call was sent for the reserves and
soon half dozen patrol wagons arrived
with nifty policemen. 1t took half an
hour to disperse the mob.
Fights between the strike breakers and
strike sympathizers took place in many
parts Of the city during the day. A
dozen arrests were made.
Factions Fight in Church.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn, October H.
Chairs. knives and candlesticks were used
In factional fight between the Galacians
Ollie Church on Beaver street, here at mass
Sunday. AS a result of the fight, John
Crib and John Pristas are in a hospital.
the former with his face cut from mouth
to ear, and the latter with large hole
In the back of his head Seven men,
bers of the congregation are under ar
rest charged with assault.
The trouble started when one OF the
two choirs, representing its factions, was
ordered to stop singing. A general fight
cd h et lad fhxa
church before it was stopped by the police.
Japanese Snowman Slain.
CHARLOTTE. N. c., October 12.-F.
Kikuchi, Japanese acrobat. connected
with travelling show, was murdered In
Newton. Catawba county, Sunday after
noon.
George Sigman, a suburban citizen,
heard six shots in the woods near his
home and started out to investigate. As
he entered deep gully 800 yards from
his home Henry Yamagata, manager of
the show climbed the bank and. pointing
to the gully. exclaimed: There's dead
man down there Mr. Sigman descend
ed the cliff and found dead Japanese
lying under a pile of boards hastily
thrown over the body. He FASTENED to
town and notified the sheriff. In the
meanwhile Yamagata ran to the show .
tent, changed his clothes and made of.
ton. Yamagata was arrested at Hickory.
the next station, and brought back to
Newton
The dead man was featured In the show
in connection with two little japanese
girls, and his alleged slayer was man.
ager Of the outfit. All were working
under the direction of booking agent
at Buffalo, N. Y. and he was acquainted
with the tragedy by the county officials.
The show people, closely questioned by
the sheriff, knew nothing to the muir
der or its motive. An inquest developed
that there were five bullet hoes in Hi
kuchis body, all entering his back.
Negro Shot to Fragments.
EMPIRE. Ga, October ia negro
named Henry White was shot to frag-
ments by a mob at Younker, six miles
from here. last night.
lily of Mr.. Thomas Allen Saturday. and on
his way met another negro. whom he shot
and wounded for refusing to join MIN
in his expedition. He went on to AL
lens and shot at Allen and his wife. run
ming them away from their home. A
posse gathered, pursued and captured
White and placed him in the lookup.
About IL o'clock Saturday night band
of unknown men took White from the
lookup, carried him about a mile from
Younkers, tied him to q tree and rid
died him with bullets.
Miners Fight Follows Drinking.