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The Atlanta Constitution.
VOL. XXXIII. NO. 35.
AND THOU TOO, OHIO!
Wild Mob at Akron, Ohio, Within Twenty Miles of McKinley’s Home,
Goes Mad Over Negro’s Fiendish Crime and Attempted to
Lynch Him—Failing Property Is Destroyed.
Akron. O Angn’t 22.—1 n this city, the
heart of the bcoxtefl western reserve, a
mnb tonight nought the life of a nettro
t>rl« »ner and In a conflict with the au
thorities ble-ifl w.m> she.!.
Two persons lie dead an I another
lying. One of the victims wns a baby
four years old. shot while lying in its
carriage. Many persons are wound
ed. but the complete list cannot be
made cut until morning.
Izu'» Peefc. n negro. was put In Jail
tod ’v a the charge of criminally assault
ing th- Utt!* «'x-year-r»l.l daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Maas. The report
that he ha.l confessed spread rapidly, and
ton' rht • mob gathered. Not believing
the statement of the sheriff that Peck
had b< n sent cat of the city, the crowd
sen- c mmlttees thr*’igh the city prison
and the county jndl in search of the
JAIL IS FIRED UPON.
Tb"« proving fruitless, the mob gathered
Tn front of the dtv prison, where the
mayor trie-1 to Induce them to disperse.
«t * e >ne flred a shot at the prison. Other
shots followed, and for a few minutes
there were terrible scenes. Tao persons
are 4- J from bullet wounds, and rev
era are 1v..1.y wound'd. r»n<» of the latter
fatally.
Shortly after midnight the mob brdto
into a :trdware store and stole all the
fir» :ru»> and ammunition they could And.
Including runs, rifles and revolvers, and
prr • • ’«'d to the city building and opened
fire on the defenders and finally set fire
to the Columbia hail, which adjoins the
city building- They will, no d->ubt, set
fire to the ettv building before morning.
a« th* fames are spreading rapidly.
p.-ts.-m and 2 o'clock Wednesday
morning Offl *r Puffy arrested Peck, who.
during the .’ay. confessed to having at
t*n • t ’■■l a M iday night to assault Chris- i
Mr.
,".l M Th* More Min*. Industrious and I
r--«-«• -..’■.0 n*»-p’. » wh.i live on Perkins .
hill.
MOK OF SEVERAL THOUSAND.
■ of his « - spread Ilk* :
w •■!•’». through the t;y and several 1
t>- , - - * trn. -h.t l athered about
Th* ’ n wis s- on pack* I with the ■
- ers r - - - ••• •
- !•- k ’be n quietly taken away to
y, . the mob the ''•Peers suggest- ■
rd t v a committee of six 1* appointed
• . . • e cel * and »:<• through cv- |
Tl-.-s j, - done and as the n*gro was
pot f *4O-1 a '- II was made.
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I the negro and we will deal with
him.”
( A mad rush followed for the jail, and
soon the jail was In the harwls of the
I mob.
After going through the private apart
ments of the jail the crowd started to
batter down the Mg Iron down. I'- vnty
Sheriff Stone stood in front of the prison
j doors and made a speech.
• lie informed the crowd that Peck could
1 not be found In there and he told the peo
i pic In th* mob to se|*ct a committee and
. he would allow th* committee to search
j the jail from top to bottom.
COMMITTEE SEAJiCHES PRISON.
, A committee was quickly selected and
th.' jail was searched, every cell being
| pe»-red Into. Satisfied that the n< gro was
j not thcr* th* mob then rushed across the
' street and forced op-n the doors of the
I county courthouse. The courthouse was
j soon packed and all rooms searched ex
j cept those tn the treasury department. A
j start was made to tear off the Iron doors
I of the treasury department, but the mob
I decided not to tackle the Job, and then
th* thousands of men and boys ag tin
ru-hed back to the city t-rtbon crying for
i tho blood of Peck.
I Tho city prison was again surrounded
; and hundreds of people forced their way
! Into the prison for the second time, In
i slating that I'eck was there. Mayor
i Young, at this juncture. ap]>eared at one
j of tne windows ;n tho upper part of the
: building. He addressed the mob as Last
he could, saying that Peck had been tak
en out of the prison at 4 o'clock by Siier
j iff Kelly and driven out of the city in a
I closed carriage.
The people in the mob would not
believe the mayor and continued to
yell end demand that Peck be sur
rendered.
At 10 o'clock the moh began for the
third time to attack the city prison.
Bom ■ on* in the crowd began shootjn*
at th. building This was followed by
several more shots. The officers In th
building appeared at the windows and
! I*‘gan to shoot over the heads of the
I people. A man with a shotgun then feed
;al the officers. It is said that several
officers were wounded. The crowd then j
j began to smash In the windows of the !
jetty building and the tiring became gen
' eral. Hundreds of shots were exchang d
and a boy. tllen Wade, was carried d< id
I from the street. Il Is certain that «loz. ns
of men were wounded. A report has
. been received from the city building that
j one of the officers had both of his legs !
broken and that another was badly
«ound><l. -
PRISON KEEPER KNOCKED DOWN
I Mayor Young remained in the building 1
to direct a call for the militia. All the
I ambulances of the city were called out i
! and the excitement was Intense. The
• front of the city building is a total
i wreck.
At 10:45 p. m. Prison Keeper John K 1
1 Washer came from the city building and
was knocked down by a. brick, lie was
badly injured about tli* head and had
to receive medical attendance.
j It is known that two people were killed
. and another fs-rson is dying at the hos
! pital. Tli® dead are:
GREEN WADE, aged ten years,
shot through the heart.
JOHN M. DAVIDSON’S feur-year
old child, shot dead in a baby car
riage.
FRED V. ORWICK. aged twenty
five years, is badly wounded with
buckshot. He is now dying at the
hospital.
A man named Mull was shot In th*
; head. A driver for the American Ex
i press Company was shot In the leg. It
j Is certain that many more people were
I wounded.
LOUIS PECK IN CLEVELAND.
Negro Admits Enough To Indicate
IDs Guilt.
I Clevelail. O._ August 22. This aftcr
, noon Sheriff Kelly and Prosecutor Wan
' ramaker. of Summit county, arrived in
Cleveland from Akron with two colore I
, prisoners. I.ouls I'e"k. le-cuscd of assault
ti g th* little Maa< girl, and William How
ard. another neuro, accused of a minor
< ffense, whom th. Akron authorities
thought it l>*st to remove from within
reach of th* mob.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
I Akron. 0., August 23.- When day dawn
ed in Akron Thursday morning It reveal
ed a scene of desolation and the evidence
! of vlol< nc A and lawlessness unparalleled
‘ in the history of this city.
Th< i oters had done their awful work
: and had dS' er • 1. < tne chi'd was Ivlntr
cold In dentil and m arly a score of people
j w«re stifi- riiig fi-fiin the wounds of pistol
bal’s. buckshot and other missiles.
Tli* city building wns a heap of
! sm- ldering ruins and beside It steamed
th- wo.tet-5.,,.k. d ash. -of Columbia, hail.
The police force of the city was dlsor
|. :<7 1 and - 'Uttered. The chief was
fl< i-!ng hi desperation from the scene of
bi • - d-' .d. riot and burning, almost ,
er .z< <1 ov what his men b.-td done.
l,lv> <1 ■■■ -..ires lay cross the streets ;
ty of th* burn 1 buildings
and de. sos al! kinds was scattered far
: d n< ir. Th,, down-t ovn streets were I
I ju • as the mob left them, and although i
nothing was ’.lng done by the rioters, ,
1 <■’■ was of spe. tutors, hundreds In num- ■
I Ist. hum* ir >und. waiting f->r something I
At c '■’ >ck the crowds began to In- 1
i crease ns the curious spectators hurried
■ to t il* s-ene of the trouble. policeman
api "i red and then mother, timid at first,
but with > using asiurance as no vlo-
I h-nce w is off-red. Then company C, of
A, GA., M()NDAA\ ATTGU
ATLANT
Canton, a detachment of tho Eighth Ohio
regiment, marched down the street from
tho train and halting before the ruins of
th* city building, was at once sot to work
patrolling tho fire lines. There was no
evidence of 11l will or disquiet on the
part of tho crowds at the lines. There
was no talk of violence. The turbulent
element had slunk away with th • corning
of daylight and order was once more fully
restored after an awful night of terror
and anarchy.
A revisi d list of killed and wounded,
when completed, was as follows;
Killed:
(ILEXX WAI >ll. aged eleven years, ,
son of Lillian Wad*. Empire hotel, shot 1
through th* heart.
Fatally injur-d:
RII<>I»A i’.WII’SON, ag«4 fovr, ilatigh
' t< r of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Davidson, shot
I through the load.
i Injured Frul Vorwerk. buckshot wound I
1 In abdomen; W. 11. I’u.-sel. flesh wound i
i iu hg; Park Stair, tlesh wound in leg; ’
| John E. W ash. r. s. alp wound from brick; |
Arthur E. Sprague. te... : iter, scalp :
wound; John Ahern, painter, llesii wound I
In th. :it in. Il Chelitzkl. II 41 wound in I
th* hand; Albert Grant, th li wound be- i
low kin e; Fr ink Souers, enroll and .spieer, :
tlesh wound in li. u.l. E Shelby, buckshot i
' in abdomen; Albert Stevens. No-th’i Id. I
. shot fn foot; Fileman L. Manchester. I
i th n wound eh<ek and neek; W’. Kopkc. 1
fie; h wound in neck. Minor Fritz, tl* h
I wound in cheek; John Denious, flesh .
! wound In hg; A 11. Berly, - h wound j
In breast; David L’hllllps, flash wound
j in leg; I'oliecman A. G. Greenb-z, struck !
over lieart by brick; J'ollc man John
1 King, knee injured by brick, I’oliecman
; Ed Dunn, struck by brick.
| At 9:20 this morning nine companies
; of tile Fourth regiment arrived in the
I city and marched to the scene of last
[ night's rioting.
Shortly before 10 o’clock Mayor W. E.
. Young issued a proclamation closing
I every saloon in Akron until further or
i ders. The mayor is taking every possl- i
Ido precaution to prevent a renewal of j
tlie outbreak.
j If tlie situation demands more drastic |
niea nres the mayor strifes that the city I
, will lie put under martial law.
In the Akron riot history again repeated
i Itself th* innocent ones w*r* those to I
I suffer, while tlie guilty ones were practi
i eally uninjured.
j <>n the advice of friends Mayor Young, 1
who had been on the scene at a m.. ,
| when t'umpany <? arrived, sought ills of-
I tic* by back streets and alley ways, as it i
j was feared that his pres nee so early
I after the rioting would cause a fresh out-
J break.
I of the victims of mob violence Glenn
I Wade was shot and almost insta itly >
' killed. He was jn the tnnb and a bulet j
from a revolver pierced his heart. The ■
j lad was omy eleven years oi age.
Another innocent who will die, is Rhoda .
' I»avid--on, the four-year-old daughter of |
■ Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Davidson, of No. HI j
■ Alyn . treet. Sitting tn i carriage with ‘
her mother and father, on the outskirts
of the moil, a bullet found lodgment in ‘
i It r skull. No hope is held out for her re-
I covery.
I The resistance shown by th* police of- 1
I lice's and it.v ollie al in the city b ill, on-
i iy served to lash the mob into greater
j frenzy. Falling in its effort to force an
I entrance into the ety hall, i portion of th* ,
mol. ran to the store of the Standard
i Hardware Company, on Main street, about
one mi l a half blocks from tho scene of
i tli* rioting In the twinkling of an eve a I
| large plate glass window in 'he front cf
1 the store was smashed to atoms, and the
moh ran Into and looted the store. Re
volvers. rifles, shotguns, razors nnd thou
sands of rounds of ammunition were ta- j
ken. and with these weapons the mob re
turned to the city hall. Standing in the i
ST 27, J 900.
CHICAGO TOOK A TRY AT LYNCHING—NEGRO ESCAPED
■ ' 1 --s
Mimi) SKts a• ■' ’
‘ tMTfcFe. oct.- AM iH|m
r/s William Fiqna Narrowly Escapes Downtown - Chase Almost
P * Lynching In Blsiness «>* • Ends iA Lynching.
■ .'4 a
£".”•? ROPE IS PRODUCED .’ r.
Runs Eleven Blocks, Pursued by
r. Angry Mob of 500 TRY LYNCH A NEGWOg \,c-
L ~ wild chas2 fob a yxcKTOCKtr-
•-L \ ‘Xs'J 4 ~ Cr*wd« Are SB«t Into UT a ~
* dSwtrW tr 1 Who !• , 3
> ■rfMU’*- V zfflyX > Ur A-re«te«l Police* JF* ,
p 'll it* H W 7. s;.us
Eg! gT gMESLASDTKiT«M
Fls k » t , Ft,-1. wtu n, £M cts.. A THIE W
in BusC*33 District V 5
Hnndreds Pursue a Uegro
®
so Strects fter He Ha 3
■ -W feL /A? < C fobbed Woman.
r' rf' ® ometr. 01 ,- , - V C l -c* .*• Jqdr
■ ? »2 i OVL? “ nnE ■
! front windows of tho bulldlnp. Mayor
i Young, ci’.i. f of Police Harrison and other
p Hr- >l‘ dais h.i.rrai;-. ulng the mob.
en<l<.iv<>ring to convince the rioters that
; lands Peek, the colored man citargeil
! wi:h a- .tilting little Christina. Maas, had
> been 4 ii tie 1 .move,! from the Jail dnr-
I ing tlie aftert.oon and taken to Cleve
land for sal.- keeping.
I The remarks of the mayor only Increased
1 the anger of tilt* mol.. In his first attempt
. to quit t lite mob he said that the pri.-t-
I oner h id be. n taken out of the city about
i t o elo. k. In another speech he gave <J
I o’eloek a? it- time of the prta.neC - «-
parturt, and in speaking tigair. lie said S
o'clock Tiny be.irved from tite mayor's
.r.idstatements that he was not
, telling 1 m truth, and that the prisoner,
was sti 1 in the city hall, notwithstanding
tin f1 -t that two different committees
find searched the building from .ell.ar *o
roof without finding any trace of the pris-
:om r Join. A. Wintrode, one of the com
mittee who made the search, stood on the
roof of the building and told the mol. that
Peck was not to he found. Tite rioters
refused to l>e satisfied and, with the cry.
; "To the courthouse, to the county Jail?’
■ they started up the hill to High street
and arm. s the commons to the court- i
1 house and Jail.
MADE CONVICT FOR, LIFE.
j Cleveland, fi._ August 21.—Lmils Peck. !
I the negro man who ; ; >t Monday evening
; assault •.1 four-y» ar-o!d < hristin.a Ma ts,
nt Akron, and v Itrim • is resiiomd
’ lie for the fearful rioting that occurred
1 at Akron VV’ednesday nigh’ and Thurs- •
< day morning, was this afternoon taken ;
' from the tall at «■’ev<d:in.L w here be had
I be.-n removed for saf tv, rushf ’ t > Akr »r..
i taken to th.- coiirtlmuse. and within five;
| minutes after bis arrival in Akr .n was ;
I ccnv.oted >f ’h ■ .Time an 1 senten e,i to ■
penitentiary far life it hard labor.
TEXANS ENTER A PROTEST.
{ Sherman. Tex., August 21.--At a public j
[ meeting of citizens held in the district |
i courtroom this evening and presided over i
by Judge K. R. Ha:: • w.csl, the following ■
j resolutions ware passed:
•‘VYhcreas, We . informed by the ;
! public press of the country that a riotous |
mob has defied tite laws and put the '
< peace orticers of tite ci;;, of Akron, < >., I
ito flight in f< ■ of nersona! violence at :
j the hands oi th< !av,n s element in a
i fruitless effort to vi-.t summary ven- j
I gt anco on a negro; and in the effort
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
I above named Innocent bystanders and
helpless children have i- en w titoniy
hot to den Ty of im-
mense vali.'e has been destroyed by the
i- . ' ■ ■ ■ ■ by
; dynamite; now, therefore, be ft
i “Rexdvod, Th at the epjzens of Sher
, man. state of T< ■ is, here assembled,
: ■ ■. ■ trate against
! sucn uncivilized <■ . due: on the : irt of
citizens of <nr i ter -..t of Ohio, and
f the pernicious ex
ample tbtl. d; av d in ttir.g the laws
. of the land at <. .atice in this ..ge of
We
. liy pt .it, st agairtt s:.< n < x tmrdes
of law i-'ssr.vs-- in Ince f the f-.ct that
■ 1 d-
diers and sailors to >':.inu to i n-; h the
j bioody-hamted boxers for their mobo
> cratic j.ractices while in our own land
such scenes as thos. lately emitted at
; Akron. 0.. are mockery to our ; reten
sions in favor of law and order and the
! i»rotection of the weak anti he.pl ss.
“R< solved. That we in nowise excuse
, the unspeakable crime committed by the
vicious negro, against whom the m b was
i directed, but we deplore the recklessness
and lawh - •:: : wr< ... t It crimi-
nate murder, and bewail the condition
i of so.’i- ty that could engage in such
, conduct.”
