The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
nero IS BURNED
N PUBLIC SQUARE
ceAzED BLACK RUNS
Oauu ,,cx IN LOUISIANA TOWN
,cnDs % PEOPLE WITH GUN
:. Was Shot Down in Street
''', ~ lnfuriated Citizens Mace
a'D aoufirs Of BuiIet-Ridd'ed
Body.

street OF Monroe Win
ns's ~, ID shotgun Tuesday before
' 'aon shooting first at every every T ,nh}s,
lou :. no saw and then tlrlng mus
n .,n,n al ~" at every object before ore
eIlI The fire was returned and the
l, IN finally fell dead with bullet
l ls1aush his heart, but not before re ~ ~"
'a .., three of them members OF MS
Asl' .o had been more or less seri-
msIy wounded
Sc Seriously injured;
Hngh Bigger, police officer shot in
.,lomen and thigh; may die
Iy u Grant, deputy sheriff, shot in
,.ek and breast; may die.
p' s,nor Marks, merchant, Tuskegee'
.. sbot in breast and face; may
George Mccormack. manager ona-
cbI,s Lumber company west Mon
"a arm shattered.
slightly wounded:
nr A. A. Forsythe, mayor OF MOI
,os shot in right leg,
D A. Beard, banker and president
), North louisiana Single company
shot IN face o rv
nj srong, cashier Southern Elk
ness company, shot over right eye
steve Burke, telegraph operator
shot in shoulder.
Ioa Thompson, CHIEF dispatcher OF
Iron Mountain railroad, shot in body
"A Grenly, lumberman, shot IN
head. :.
B Manuel Abromowitz, clerk, shot in
tsee
\ 1bert Marx, vice president South
s,n Hardware company, shot in head
G. g. Bynum, stenographer South
sp Grocery company, shot in face.
O |. Kendall, trainmaster lrol
Mountain railroad, shot in body.
nc Trousda e, secretary-treasu
rr Southern Grocery company, sho
IN body,
JW. Merryman, agent Wells, Fal
m& Co., shot in hand
Armand Baer, clerk l. Baer & co
shot in back, arm and hand.
D. Ensell, travelling salesman, sht
In face.
e. P. Davis, clerk Southern Har
ware company, shot in head.
NJ. Braun, blacksmith, shot in han
EB. Edwards, steamboat man, sh'
In arm.
L.. Haas, merchant, shot in he'
and breast.
Herman Abouis, merchant, shot
breast.
RR, Ross, clerk, shot in body.
Fred McGrath, clerk, shot in har
Three negroes, shot in face a
body.
Act Was Deliberate.
Il was at first reported that Wa
was half crazed at the time from
effects Of cocaine and cheap Whlsk
but an Investigation by the pol
showed that when he purchased
shotgun and box of shells a I
minutes before he opened fire on
first man there was nothing unus
IN bis manner or behavior.
Wade came to Monroe recer
IRON Pine Bluff, Ark. He was
conpanied by several other negr
and they commenced 70 make II
bic for the local police soon a.
they arrived,
At the store where Wade bou
the box of shells the clerk said
Z the negro asked for buckshot.
gave him birdshot by mistake.
mistake probably saved the lives
score or more of men.
The negro, after purchasing
gun, took position in the arcad
me Bank Of Monroe and began
shade which wrought terror to
VINO were on the streets or who
attracted by the shooting.
Patrolman Bigger, who had
attracted by the shooting, ran toy
wade and was shot down. He a
and emptied his revolver at the
$40. 1t is believed that one or !
VI Bigger's shots took effect.
negro continued to fire into
uOSd, wounding many of t
Waen Mayor Forsythe, Manager
ware Stannard of the local We
union Office and Daniel Nc
came up and returned the fire.
aaasly fell as a result of the
wound in the heart.
Alter the body of the negro
seen cut down from the pole
which It was strung, a crowd of
ana boys poured coy oil over i
0ufled II. In few minutes nc
unnamed but a heap of ashes
bones.