Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-19
BLoopsHEp IN CHARLESTON
One Man Killed and Several Wounded
as elimination of Election.

One Man Killed and Several Wounded
as elimination Of Election. =
AS the result Of fight which broke
out in the Democratic executive COM
mittee room in the second story Of
building on King street in Charleston
where the committee was at work
tabulating the returns at the municipal
race Of Tuesday between Major T. T.
Hyde and Mayor John p. Grace, on
Friday ct noon, Sidney Cohen,
young reporter on the Charleston
Evening Post, was killed and w. A.
Turner, w. E. Wingate, Harry I. Will
ensky and jeremiah O'Brien were more
or less seriously wounded, each Of the
men being struck by one or more of
the pistol bullets which flew thick and
fast for several minutes. It is under
stood that none Of the wounded men
were involved in the fracas but were
victims Of stray shots. Young Cohen
was in the executive chamber in pur-
suance Of his regular duties and after
the shooting began had attempted to
get to a window when he was shot
down.
Max Goldman and T. T. Hyde, Jr,
the latter a son Of the municipal candi-
date, received minor injuries. I'm
mediately after. they had succeeded In
quelling the disturbance, the police
placed H. ]. Brown, Edward Mcdonald,
]. ]. Healy, Conrad Stende and ]. H.
Steenkin and several others under ar
rest, the charge in each case being
one Of carrying concealed weapons.
They were later released on bond
Immediately upon hearing Of the
trouble, Governor Manning ordered the
First regiment, s. c. N. G., to be held
in readiness and number Of militia
men, special policemen and deputies
already under arms in Charleston,
were hurried to the scene. During the
terrific excitement which burst out In
the committee room, three Of the ballot
boxes and books which were in charge
Of the executive committee were
thrown out Of window by some un-
known person. They were later re-
covered by the police.
Just how the fight started and who
were the principals, is not known.
Chairman Joseph A. Black, q Hyde
man, had hardly called the meeting to
order before the shooting began and
the rear Of the committees rooms was
in a moment the scene Of the widest
disorder. Only the committeeman, the
reporters and counsel representing the
factions for the hearing Of the protests
and challenged votes were in the room
while a number Of witnesses, partisans
and others were in the rear. II was
some Of the latter who started the
trouble. There were numerous police
men on hand. Mayor Grace having or
dered a large number to the rooms OF
the committee at noon Friday at the
request Of Chairman Black The police
men had the situation in hand in
few minutes but not until young
Cohen had received his death wound
and the others named were lying upon
the floor with bullets in their bodies.
Immediately after the tragedy Gov
ernor Manning ordered every dispen-
sary in Charleston county closed until
further orders from him.
Sidney Cohen, the young newspaper
man who lost his life in the conflict,
was son Of w. B. Cohen, head Of the
great mercantile firm Of Louis Cohen
& Co. Of Charleston. He was a gradu-
ate VI the University Of South Carolina
and was formerly an assistant in
structor in history there.
Tristram T. Hyde received injuries
about his head at the hands Of parties
unknown. It is said that after the bal
lot boxes were thrown out Of the win
dow, one was picked up by Dick White,
a young man employed in the office OF
Major Hyde. AS soon as White had
picked up the ballot box, an angry
crowd surged around him and threat
ened violence. 1t was then that young
Hyde took a stand in defense Of White,
imploring the latter to drop the box.
About this time young Hyde was struck
heavily with some blunt instrument
from behind. He was not seriously
injured. Max Goldman was alleged to
have been beaten over the head by
policemen while attempting to escape
from the committee rooms. None Of
the wounded men will die.
Shortly after the tragedy Mayor
John P. Grace Of Charleston issued the
following statement:
I'm the name Of God, I trust that
our people may compose themselves
during this awful and extraordinary
crisis. I have done everything to pre-
serve peace and order. In the midst OF
that profound peace, we find ourselves
face to face with innocent blood. 1t Is
not for me to fix the guilt at this time.
Nor will further aggravate the ten
sion by even expressing an opinion.
truly hope, though, that justice may be
done, and that no guilty man will es-
cape, be he high or low.
I'm the meantime let us make every
effort to be calm. Let us put aside all
hypocrisy and look facts and not fac
tionalism sererely in the face, letting
the chips Of truth fall where they may.
The issue has grown far beyond the
outcome Of any mere election. 1t Is
one Of elemental civilization. Let us by
our conduct convince the world that we
are not barbarians, and that we are
able to govern ourselves. The militia
can only add to our difficulties. Every
thing had been calmed down by the
police, long before the soldiers arrived
on the bloody scene today. The police
are and always will be able to handle
the situation"
The Tongue.
1.-The boneless tongue, so small and