Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-28
ATTEMPT TO KILL THE MAYOR
Bullet from High Power Rifle is
Fired Into Office.
GOVERNOR SENDS MORE TROOPS
Entire Sixth Regiment is Rushed
to the City.
ONE KILLED BY POLICE voLLEY
Mob Attempts to Rescue Men Ar
rested for Making Incendisry
speeches-Police Fire when
station IL Attacked.

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ROCK ISLAND. ILL.,. March E.-Fear Of
a possible dynamite outrage as a sequel
to last nights fatal riot caused Rock
Island municipal and county authorities
TO invoke the protection Of martial Law
late today.
A complete regiment OF twelve compan-
les Of the Illinois National guard. the
sixth. was mobollzed her tonight. AS a
result an early threatened demonstration
was ayerted and .aayor Harry NJ.
schrievr relinquished his power to the
military authorities.
sheriff oscar L. Bruner's fear OF pow
der men" was substantiated when it was
learned that several exeprienced construc-
tion workers familiar with the use OF
high explosives were mingllng with tho
malcontents. This discovery was fol-
lowed by raid on the railroad yards In
which a score Of men were arrested and
taken to jail. Deputy sheriffs aided by
militia officers, investigated reports that
that a dynamite plot had been perfected.
A recapitulation Of the dead and In
jured revealed the fact that but one
man lost his life last night. A confusion
ofidentities and the fact that two men
were missing were responsible for tho
report that three men were dad The
list of injured has increased. OF these two
were said TO be In a dying condition.
Although thousands Of perosns thronged
the downtown streets tonight tho sol
dlers kept the crowds moving. Groups OF
three and four that grew into crowds
last night were not permitted to gather
tonight. The city hall. where the broad
sides Of bullets were fired twenty-four
hours ago. was IN ecentcr OF interest all
day. Thousands OF curious eyes. chiefly
those OF farmers from the surrounding
country. were turned on the structure,
which they believed might be the sceno
Of fresh riots In the near future.
shot Fired az the Mayor.
An unsuccessful attempt to assassinate
Mayor sohriver at the city hall was made
today by an unidentified person. who fired
rifle bullet through the mayors office
window from the top OF building sew
eral squares distant The bullet missed
Mayor schriver. who was standing In
front Of the window. and buried itself
In the wall of the office.
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Attempt 10 hesear Speakers.
The mob attacked the Guy jail iast
night IN an attempt 70 release sympa-
thizers WIZ John l.ooney' puDnsner OF
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nave oeen su'Ieu w over .ho son.'o-
Nersy pet"eeh the eal'or anu the mayoT'
anu last hlshe 'he ponce ar'estso TWO
speakers VINO were ADDRESSING crowd
THIS ihfiamed the friends OF Editor
Looney and they began to huri stones
at the police and break windows OF tho
police station.
Mayor schriver. who was directing tho
police. ordered the officers to fire on the
mob. One man was instantly killed and
about dozen were wounded. The mob
dispersed but reformed after an hour
and attempted TO procure arms from a