Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-27
avenue. Some one said. Lets get

avenue. Some one said. Lets get
EN-"
Knowing full well that their resist
ance would precipitate fight the po-
lice ran east along the avenue. The
crowd followed. The police hurried
through the Goldman restaurant Com
missioner Hart had just sent a por-
ton of the night officers to their beats,
the report having been made that the
mob had dispersed. The day men
we're just leaving for home. Some got
but half a block away when the
mob came along. When the mob
reached the city hall, eight police
men, together with Commissioner Hart
and Mayor Schriver were in the sta
ton.
AS the mob lined up across the
street, Commissioner Hart stepped
outside the station and holding his
hands up. asked that the crowd be
guided by reason and refrain from
any attempt at injury. His remarks
we're drowned in a riotous cry
followed by a fusillade Of bricks. He
went back into the police station, eau.
toned his men not to agitate the
crowd in any way, but to stick in
the back ground unless the mob took
up the fight of it's own accord.
FIRE IN STATION.
In minute the officers were startled
BY the firing OF two shots, both Of
.uh Lob IN, hn ~
the station lobby. The officers sprang
to their posts and fired q volley from
their revolvers over the heads of the
crowd. There was retreat by the
mob, but they came back and it wal
seen that the officers, trapped in tbs
station, must necessarily fight, not on
ly for their lives, but to preserve
peace and order as far as possible
There was another volley over tn
heads of the crowd, but it had no ei
feet. Their next volley was directe,
into the crowd and some few wer
wounded.
The mob returned fire, using revoI
vers and bricks as weapons. Ever.
station window was broken, as vel
as some in the city hall Offices. Sey
: eral bullets were fired through wiz
dows.
THE FIRST KILLING.
The killing of ]. c. Kelly at the E
lott saloon in the Maucker house a
Sixteenth street and Fourth avenue
drew the mob away from tn
station doors for few minutes. Whe
il came back, the determination to XII
= city officers was greater than before
The renewed efforts of the mob wer
] doubled. When another man was Kill
: ed on Third avenue, some Of the les
reckless withdrew from the moi
When the third death occurred, tn
4 fight was about over. Several me
were carried away. badly injured, I
!. be cared for by the physicians VIII
a could be reached.
+ The city forces were reinforced |
: the meanwhile by Sheriff o. L. Bruno
L and three deputies, each armed wit
revolvers and rifles. The rifles wei
3 not used.
; The officers withstood the o
> slaught of the mob for more than q
IS hour At II O'Clock, the fight W;
n practically over and most every OF
had gone away from the station. Du
Il ing the entire night, but three me
were arrested by the officers. One
them carried a gun.
/ That the police did not meet vi
o lence with violence sooner, is som
A. thing which surprises those who kno
70 to what humiliation they were su
"a jected by the taunts, not TO menti'
n missiles, of the crowd which assem-
led on the streets. Had we put
n stop to the affair the night before, L
o result would have been the same
said Chief Brinn this morning. "V
= stood as much as possible and tn
O had to let CO."
& or city officials and employees, S,
q geant Herges was the only one W
& was injured in any way. His hand W
q cut by a rock.
x The Rock Island Hardware ste
q was broken open about midnight
X members of the mob who sought to
q cure revolvers. The attempt was fr
4 trated by the night Waterman, P,
& Hayman, who stood guard at the do
q All the news all the ume-The Arg