Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-30
PRISONER sPlkiIEp 70 RED OAK
AND MOB PROCEEDS TO WRECK
GREEK BUSINESS HOUSES.
WINDOWS AND DFuRNITuRE
BROKEN AND STOCKS RUINED
vsnssanes Wrecked Against Entire
Grssi< Population Of City - Much
Property Dss*roy<d-MiIitia Finally
Called Out 70 Stop Riotins - City
Quiet But Further Trouble 10 Feared.

Council Bluffs, May so.-The mob
Of 1.So0 who late last night stormed
the county jail demanding Henry
Wiley. the Greek and alleged murderer
of Howard Jones, the Northwestern
fireman. and who were defeated in the
purpose Of lynching him by his being
spirited away In an automobile, pre-
sumably to Red Oak, later In the night
and until near morning visited their
wrath on q dozen Greek business es-
tablishments in the city which they
wrecked.
The mob 80 thoroughly frightened
the proprietors and clerks that scarce
ly one can be found today. Within
one block Of the federal building five
Greek candy stores. restaurants and
ice cream parlors were visited by the
mob, which surged thru the city with
the fury Of a tornado and with almost
as much destructiyeness.
Police Powerless.
The police were powerless to stop
them. A dozen places we're visited.
Immerse plate glass windows were
smashed in with bricks and other
missiles and the contents Of the stores
and display windows were damaged or
destroyed. Their yawning fronts today
giving evidences u the mob. From the
business section the mob hurried to
the railroad section, where long line
Of bunk cars were attacked. Several
shots were fired here and one Italian
whose name could not be learned was
shot in the leg. so far as known he is
the only person seriously injured.
Militia Called Out.
Mayor Maloney. who was In Omaha,
arrived at home about 2 o'clock this
morning and urged Sheriff Lindsay to
cali out the militia. The Dodge Light
Guards were put patroling the bus
o'clock, the city having again become
quiet While today the city is quiet
there is a subdued feeling that the
mob will yet carry out its threat to
drive every foreigner from the city.
II has Just been learned that the
members Of the Dodge Light Guards
have been ordered to remain in close
touch with detail left at the arnory.
The temper Of the mob was displayed
during the height Of the attack. When
a group Of officers arrested member
Of the mob with drawn revolvers they
started with their prisoner for the sta
ton, when they were quickly sur
rounded and their prisoner taken from
them with angry protests against the
action Of the officers in making the ar
rest.
It is reported quite number Of
from Boone last night
Mob Works Deliberately.
Chief Froom today declared that 1t
would have been simply foolhardy for
his men or the sheriff's force to have
Der Of last nights mob, and people who
witnessed the business like methods
with which the mob went about its
work and the swiftness with which 1t
executed the wrecking Of Greek estab-
lishments indorse Chief Froom's state
ments.
Enraged over not securing Wiley at
the county Jail, the mob had but a block
to turn before it reached the first Greek;
establishment, one Of the finest in the
city. Four big plate glass windows,
were smashed while the street was
packed from curb to curb with a crowd
frenzied with excitement. Around the
corner one section Of the mob surged
and another turned at right angles
towards upper Broadway. and within
one hour one after another Of the
Creek places had been literally wrecked
and the occupants driven to cover to
save their lives As usual in such cases
there were several hundred in the mob
drawn there by curiosity.
Grand Jury Summoned.
Judge o. D. Wheeler this afternoon
issued an order for q special session Of
the grand jury to Investigate the action
OF the mob and tts leaders. The jury
wiz be convened Tomorrow.