The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-20
The CHARLESTON RIOT,
ONE MAN KILLED AND -FOUR
OTHERS WOUNDED.
The Disturbance Appears to Have
Been n Framc-up To Prevent Tabu-
htion OF Votes by Democratic
Executive COmmlttcc-BalIot Boxes
Thrown Out OF Window While
Shooting Was Progress.
Charleston Post, Oct. Is.

room where the executive committee
was about to open the meeting for
canvassing the primary election vote
and suddenly fusillade Of shots broke
out in the committee room, causing
the death OF Sidney j. Cohen, q report
er for The Evening Post. and the
wounding of III. l.. Wilensky, w. L.
Wingate, w. A. Turner and Jeremiah
O'Brien. Mr.. Turner is seriously
wounded in the right lung. Mr.. Win
gate has a scalp wound and hip wound
that are serious. Mr.. Wilensky is shot
in the arm, and Mr.. O'Brien in the
ankle.
The wounded were rushed to hos
pitals. Little could be done for Mr..
Cohen. whose wound in the right side
was mortal. There was a large crowd
In King and George streets, awaiting
events, and a large assignment of city
police were in charge. Up to the time
Of the shooting. the order had been
good. In fact, the outbreak in the
room next to the executive committee
room, which, according to general re-
port, appears to have eliminated in
the deplorable affair in the committee
room, where policemen were also sta
toned, precipitated such a sudden
outbreak that it was impossible to
quell the disturbance for a few min
utes, and several shots were fired.
Sheriff Martin, with several score
deputies. hurried to the scene, and the
militia ordered to their armories,
were In readiness, company Of mill
tia under Capt. Wilmington. at 1890
marched to the scene, and assumed
charge Of the place along with city
police and special deputies. This af-
ternoon 1t Is generally quiet in the
neighborhood of the scene. When the
committee will take up it's business is
not known at this time.
The police, after overcoming the
lighting in the committee room,
placed under arrest II. j. Brown. Edw
Mcdonald. j. j. Healy, Conrad Stend-
er. j. II. Stcenken and Max Goldman.
No formal charges were preferred
against them but all Of them except
Ing Mr.. Goldman, are being held at the
police station. Mr.. Goldman was sent
to Roper hospital. suffering from q
blow on the head.
There was full protection afforded
for the meeting. Chairman Black
wrote Mayor Grace letter last night,
asking that this protection be given,
and Mayor Grace gave orders to this
effect. formally writing the chairman
or the orders. II Is agreed that the
police in the committee room, where
several were stationed. did their full
duty, and 1t was due to their efforts
that tho shooting was stopped, as they
at once grappled and overpowered
those using pistols.
All was quiet in the vicinity Of
King and George streets late this af-
| ternoon. The militia are on guard,
with police and deputies. There has
been no disorder since the outbreak.
Col. Il. NJ. Blythe. Of the First reg
iment, is in Charleston, and has COM
mand of the militiamcn, in place of
Gen. Moore. who is at Jacksonville.
Columbia companies have been order
cd to hold themselves subject to call.
Late this afternoon. inquiry at Ro-
per hospital, ELECTED the information
that w. "A. Turner's condition Is still
very serious but :.ot necessarily IA
tal He is wounded in the right
breast.
w. f. Wingatc's injuries are a
scalp wound and hip wound. He is
not thought to be fatally hurt, and is
doing well.
III. l.. Wilensky is getting on well at
Baker Sanatorium with wound in
the arm.
Max Goldman is suffering from a
blow on the head. His case is being
closely watched.
During the terrific excitement which
burst out i'm the committee room. two
or three ballot boxes and books were
thrown out of windows. They were
taken care of. Some twenty boxes re-
main I'm the committee room under
guard. The crowd outside could not
tell what was going on in the room. on
the second floor of the Atlantic Il Pa
citlc Tea Co., building. but they could
hear the shooting, which lasted some
minutes.
So far as can be learned at this
writing. Mr.. Cohen met his death when
pistol, for the possession Of which
three men were STRUGGLING two nf