The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21
WHOLE REGIMENT
TO ROCK ISLAND
CONTROL MODS
One Dead and ManV
Hurt in Riots Over
Mayor
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PAPERS ATTACK
On Executive Starts Trouble
That Causes Use of
Bullets
PAPERS ATTACK

Rock Island, Ill.-One man is
dead, n is mortally wounded and
iou rothers a @ hurt as a result of a
riot last night with the police follow
ing Il q|anrrel between Editor Tooney
of the News and Mayor II. NJ.
SchrieVer. The mayor gave the
order for the police to fire on the
mob, when the crowd attacked the
police station. -Four companies OF
state troops patrol the streets to-
day and martial law prevails. EARLY
reports that three were killed proved
erroneous.
The dead man is c. Kellogg, al
engineer, aged 40. The wounded
are Raymond Swingel, of Rock Is
land, aged rs, shot through the
kidney and fatally injured. William
lleide Of Rock Island, aged 30, shot
through the hip; William Noegel. of
Rock Island, aged q, shot through
the kidney; /. Sherman Of Rock
Island, aged 30, sho in the hip;
Lee l'awcett. of Moline, shot in the
neck; DIR. Alfred Stocker, aged 40,
shot in the hand. The entire Sixth
regiment OF state troops consisting of
twelve companies from ten towns,
were ordered by Gov. Deneen 10 re-
port here tonight and preserve order,
under the command OF Adjutant
Geenral Dickson.
An aftA,nnt u-n ma1n today IN
assassinnate Mayor Schriver, when
ed from a distance, passed through
the window OF his office and just
missed him.
Electric light wires were cut by the
mob and threats made TO dynamite
the city hall. The troops will re-
main after the primary election for
a mayor, April 9th.
Rock Island, lll.-Three persons
were killed and nine injured last
night when the police fired into a
MOB that attacked the police sta
tion as a result of the riotous con
ditions that have prevailed for the
last two days. Attacks on the
mayor and his retorts have stirred
the people to a frenzy. Many ar
rests were made earlier in the eve
ming, and later a mol attacked the
police station. Missiles were hurled
through the windows by the angry
populace, and the police fired into
the crowd.
The mob gathered following adj
dresses by two sympathi2ers with
John Tooney. publisher of the News,
a weekly paper. Last Saturday the
paper printed an attack on Mayor
Schriever. Police officers We're jeer-
ed when they admonished the
crowd to dispense and go to their
homes peacefully.
Several hundred men We're in the
mob which surrounded police head
quarters, where two of the leaders
OF the rioters We're detained. Bricks
were thrown and windows of the
police station We're smashed. Then
followed several shots from the
crowd. 1t was then that Manor
Schriever, who was directing the
police, ordered the officers TO charge
the mob.
A number of men were seen to
fall. This caused the rioters to
temporarily withdraw. Physicians
We're summoned. as We're the sheriff S
officers. Three lei We're picked up
dead. Nine We're so badly wounded
that they were hurried to a hospi-
tai.
After the dead and wounded had
been removed, the mol ~reorganized.
and one of the leaders directed his
associates toward a hardware store
for the purpose of breaking down
the doors and securing a fresh sup
ply of arms. However, the police
authorities surrounded this place.
A squad OF police were at the hard
ware store when the mob arrived.
Sheriff Bruncr wired Gov. Deneen