Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25

the rioters to finish the fight in the
streets. Even after this was prevent
ed and the doors were barred several
more minutes passed before Mr.. Viii.
liams could regain again his po-
sitio a in the pulpit and commence to
quiet the crowd. Half the men were
bellggerent, the rest panic-stricken.
Many had armed themselves with
short sticks of wool from our kitchen.
(Fhey eventually carried tn It wood
away with them under their capes)
many were loudly weeping and cal
ling upon their saints to save them.
Object of the Riot.
Mr.. Williams put it to them that
the sole object of the riot was to
break up the meeting and if they &C.
sired to fall in with their enemies, all
S5sa.y had TO do was to scream or cry
or fight anything to disturb the
meeting and the mob would have
gained its object. TnAt appealed to
them and the commotiou gradually
subsidized. The speaker actually COM
menced his discourse and held forth
for more than half an hour in tire
some monotone. What he said, how
ever, was sufficiently Interesting and
held the attention OF his listeners as
we'll as circumstances permitted. Out
side the mob ragged and surged
against the house and iyelled
themselves into a fury. The hoarse
yeils, and occasional shrill scream,
the constant roar, roar of the moo, was
like a fierce storm at sea, when sthe
angry waves lash aud beat against the
vessel with their dull thunder some
times greater, sometimes less, with
now and again, the sudden shrek of
the wind through the ships rigging.
It was astonish hing TO see how
quietly that audience stood, calming
drinking in the speakers words, with
that roar beating about the house.
Our nerves were at such high tention
that we quivered at every stone
thrown against the doors, yet If the
audience felt aught of this, their
stolid faces did not show 1t. 1t was
hard to believe, as we watched them,
that if Mr.. Williams relaxed his vigil
ance for one moment, they would pour
out of those doors and become cut
throats, quite as gIeefully as the mob
outside.
Forty Policemen Come.
When the commotion began, the
four policemen who are regularly
stationed in this neighborhood, dis
appeared as though by magic. But
in the course of time, nearly an hour
after the outburst of the disturbance,
detachment of forty police was sent
from headquarters, and these men
succeeded in driving the moblfrom our
doors. Most of the rioters packed
themselves into saloons nearby
80 await the close of the service and
the exit OF the people. This we had
apprehended and Mr.. Williams and ! l
had been consulting on ways and
means of preventing a street tight
after the service. At the close of Senor
PeyroneI's talk, Mr.. Williams gave a
sermonette on Christ's behavior when
beset on all sides by enemies, and be-
seeched the people to steal away
quietly to their homes, avoiding any
conflict with anyone. He asked that
no demonstration be made either Ia
the house or outside of it, and the
crowd melted away like snow, with
out SO much as loud spoken word.
During the hour of the service one OF
Bucaramanga's merchants who
arrived after the doors were closed
had persisted in knocking at a side
door, and demanding entrance. Re