The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-04

ming south on Philips avenue.
With the smoking pistol still in his
hand the crazed negro started on a
dead run up to Eleventh street on
Phillips avenue, on Eleventh street he
turned, going as far as Main avenue,
where he went into the alley and was
lost in the darkness.
Excited people who had seen the
shooting stood still and watched the
negro escape and it was several mo-
ments before the crowd was Gained
down enough to start in pursuit. The
first thing that the men thought OF
was that the colored man was armed
and they lost some time in the efforts
to get arms and several started who
were not armed tramping down the
grass and the weeds in the hope that
they would find the man who shot
"old Jim Collins"
After searching the outbuildings the
crowd started out on South Main and
= when as far as the All Saints school,
where a servant girl, Ester Myrseth,
employed at the home of b. S. McMa-
hon, said that she had seen a colored
man pass by and that he had shot
twice at her. Rumors then started
that he was hiding in the All Saints
school which Is now vacant, so the
mob armed with shot guns, rifles and
pistols searched over the grounds OF
the school threatening to hang the
Niger" If they should find him.
People in that neighborhOod, who
are the owners of autos, filled them
up with members of the mob and
started on the road to Hari isJurg and
the road between this and that city
was lined with automobiles until at a
late hour last night, the word was
received that the negro that was
wanted had been shot by a special
policeman near the packing plant
north of town.
Collected on the corner Of Eleventh
street and Phillips avenue at 100
o'clock this morning there was a large
mob armed with whatever they could
get their hands on and hoping that
they would be the lucky M who
would have a crack at the COON"
SHOT SPECIAL OFFICER.
The second shooting occurred not
far from the Queen Bee mill, near
some cars on the Illinois Central
track. Martin Ellington, a former
chief of police of Deadwood, was
sworn in as a special officer and In
company with Ray Nelson had been
down to Sam Wortham's place near
the packing house where the negro
Brown, had boarded, to search for the
fugitive. They came back up the
track to look among some box cars
and met the negro. They tried to
stop him, but the negro started to run.
ElIingson drew his revolver n fred
several times. The negro turned and
fired one shot which struck Ellirg on
in the leg about six inches above the
knee. Then for the second TINE he
made his escape.
A QUICK SHOT.
It was about l o'clock when Officer
Herman Veins, who was crouching on
the watch near an out building near
the Sam Wortham's house, heard a
step at his left and looking aro1nd
saw a figure in the darkness. Veins
Immediately turned his fash light on
the man and looked into the barrel Of
a revolver. The revolver was snapped
but missed fire, Just as Veins brought
his own gun into play n took a
quick shot at his assailant. h bull
let entered the negro's forehead over
the left eye, killing him instantly.
Sam Workman, at whose place the
negro Brown, boarded, identified the
body as that of William Brown and
James Fowler, who was with Off er
Collins when he tried to make the
arrest, also saw the body and said
there was no doubt but that the right
negro had met his death from the
bullet of Oficer Veins.
THREATS OF LYNCHING.
During the hours from the time the
shooting occurred until the negro was
killed. there was a great crowd on
the street, and threats of lynching IL
the negro was caught, were made. AT
one time the crowd surged down to
the county Jail believing that the ne
gro had been captured and was i'm
,prisoned there. Sheriff Nelson as
sured the crowd that the man they
wanted was not there, brit they were
not satisfied until they had taken a
look through the Jail.
STONES THROWN.
Later on a crowd collected on
Eleventh street near the First ave-
nue. corner, where is a house oc upiei
by colored people. Some threats were
made and a few stones were thrown
at the house, but officers finally in
duced the crowd to dispense.
During the early part of the night
a number of special police were
sworn in and did good work in pre-
venting serious disorder.
Wilmot-Knute Hegna, while drill