St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-08-28
TWENTY-NINE
WOUNDED.
Negro In Monroe Shoots
UP the Town With a
Double Barrel
Shotgun.
Finally Killed and Strung
Up and Body Burned
On An Old Pile
of Lumber.

Monroe. La, Aug. "a. -Twenty-nin,
citizens were wounded, four of then
seriously, shortly after 8 o'clock thi,
morning when negro desperate w
;. Wade, ran amuck with a double.
barreled shotgun and his pockets full
OF cartridges, and waged a desperate
battle with citizens and officers on one
Of the most prominent business corners
Of Mrnroe. The battle occurred al
Grand and Desiard streets, approx.
mately one hundred shots being fired
before the negro fell to the sidewalk
dead.
After the negro was killed the body
was hanged in front of one of the
Grand street stores, and after being
cut down was publicly burned.
LIST OF THE WOUNDED.
Hugh Biggar, police officer, shot in
abdomen and thigh; may die.
7. A. Grant, deputy sheriff, shot in
neck and breast; may die.
Simon Marks, merchant, Tuskegee,
Ala, shot in breast and face; may die.
Geo. Mccormack, manager Ouachita
Lumber Company, West Monroe, La,
arm shattered.
The slightly wounded are:
Dr. A. A. Forsythe, Mayor of Mon
roe, shot in right leg.
D. A.. Bread, banker and president
North Louisiana Shingle Company,
shot in shoulder.
Joseph Thompson, chief dispatcher
local Iron Mountain Railroad office,
shot in head.
"A. Grenly, lumberman, shot in
head.
Manuel Abromowitz, clerk, shot in
face.
Albert Marx, vice president South
en- Hardware Company, shot in head.
g. ,. Bynum, Jr., stenographer
Southern Grocery Co., shot in face.
], I. Kendall, train master of Iron
Mountain Railroad, shot in body.
]. w. Merriman, agent Wells-Fargo
Express Company, shot in hand.
Armand Baer, clerk l. Baer & Co.,
shot in back, arms and hand.
D. Ensell, travelling salesman. shot
inface.
E,P. Davies, clerk Southern Hard
ware Company, shot in head.
n. Braun, blacksmith, shot in body.
Roy Fisher, messenger boy, shot in
hand.
6. Backwards, steamboatman, shot
in arm.
II Haas, clerk, shot in head and
brsast.
Herman Abrams, merchant, shot in
breast.
4 R. Ross, clerk, shot in body.
Fred McGrath, clerk, shot in hand.
D.G. TrousdaIe.
Three negroes, shot in face and
body.
Wade's body was publicly burned
after it had been cut down from pole
on which it hung for half-hour or
more after he was killed.
It was at first reported that Wade
was half-crazed at the time of the
shooting as a result Of either cheap
WHISKY or cocaine, but an investiga-
tion BY the police this afternoon show
ed mat when he purchased the shot
gun, few minutes before he opened
hre On the first man, that there was
nothing unusual in his manner or be-
haVlor. Other negroes who were with
MN y the morning say that he had
not been drinking nor did he show any
evidence of having taken cocaine.
lhe most probable theory is that
the shooting was an act of revenge;
tnat i was cody calculated scheme
70 Shoot up" the town and kill as
mahy whites as possible in retaliation
1or ne recent killing of two negroes
near the Iron Mountain depot by po-
policemen. This theory is strength
eleo by the fact that Wade is from
Flhe Bluff, Ark, from where the two
negroes killed by policemen came.
Furthermore, Wade and Henry
STAPLES, thenegros killed by Policeman
newman last Saturday night, are said
20 oeen close friends, and it is believed
tnat Az three negroes belonged to the
same Secret society.
Another report was that Wade made
an unsuccessful attempt to rob the
Bank OF Monroe. This rumor was
started BY the fact that Wade first
snot q ]. J. Jordon, cashier of the
bank, whe was standing just outside
tne building talking to George Nc
Cornack. The negro then took refuge
IN 2 stairway just south of the bank
entrance, from which position he con-
ducseo his battle until killed. Wade
missed Jordon, but the entire load of
sl1ot entered the arm of Mccormack,
inJurlng him so badly that amputation
may be necessary.
AhoVner factor that increased the