Show INTENSE excitement THE SHERIFFS LIFE DEMANDED BY B thirteen military guard the jail NASHVILLE tean dec 9 the americans special from birmingham says the defenders of last nights wholesale slaughter aro quoting in behalf of its perpetrators that the blood of the martyr is ithe seed of tho church they declare the killing was done by edom officers of tho law in the solemn discharge of their duty and that this example of an intent to uphold the statutes in all their majesty will prove a valuable though tragic lesson to mobs in future the public are not disposed thus philosophically to look upon the tra degy nine citizens out of every tea in this city are open in denunciation of the awful crime men were shot down who were neither robbers nor inciters inci to the mob vengeance their dead bodies when examined were not loaded down with weapons throckmorton had no pistol and was endeavoring to induce the crowd to withdraw today to day all through the long hours of the sabbath the blood of the martyrs has almost every understanding and violence is openly advocated for thoe who last fired the fatal ballets it is generally believed that the recklessness and haste of the sheriff in giving the command and it is stated on all sides that the immense gathering was not for the purpose ot forcing the jail but gathered out of curiosity there was never any real danger of assault the age herald today to day with considerable sid erable enterprise gave to its readers several extra editions and with wise foresight shaped its editorials and local articles with a view of allaying excitement and if possible prevent any further trouble there is no calm however in the public mind and the interest and excitement are far greater than 24 hours ago in the light of last nights terrors the hawes affair has almost disappeared and the indignation expressed is directed against sheriff smith and his posse who let go the fearful volley today to day and tonight to night ahe city is a military encampment the civil authorities stepped down antl col bones ery with thirteen military companies is absolutely in charge of affairs the jail is guarded by troops with picket lines extended several squares in every direction and at each approach there frowns the countenance of a galling gun mounted scouts are sent out of the city antl at regular intervals acquaint col jones with the condition of the public mind and the prospects of an armed uprising by the people fire bells sound the military alarms and todis rs armei with winchester rifles have driven back the thousands who all day have been looking toward the jail in the i meanwhile citizens have not kept within doors they have congregated at hotels or on the street corners and in front of the bulletin boards the streets have been a living maddened mass and very little oratorical pyrotechnics could readily organize a mob whose duty would be declared to be to avenge the murder of the popular throckmorton and those who fell by him all along the walla of the eity are posted petitions ef various signed by thousands of people one of these recites at length the fact that sheriff smith had butchered in cold blood some of the best citizens of birmingham by aa act as unprovoked as unnecessary and asks governor seay ly to relieve him of his duties as sheriff another petition side by side reads this is to hang him and was signed by thousands of passers by excitement was caused by the to the principal 1 as of last f process fica ilg and aery passer L upon to implicated ud finally rent before i swore out I 1 narl 6 of mur ike corondi ad the corf the jat it the dumdi about fiat rould afeei amed ditl mite cartas to th cl to mite blev military lili tary d ere are al here aldei tid five lal train at ii pat all a urging all fellow citizens to abe from further riotous demonstrations reir airi from congregating in th and Itt fethe faw take its coarse col joada general order 0 the same tenor and warned pie that under order from the yov emor any further acts of violence no matter in what direction would be sternly suppressed in an interview this evening sheriff smith said we begged and pleaded with the crowd to keep back and then they fired the shot several shots were fired by the crowd before I 1 gave the order to fire we begged them to halt at the mouth of the alley and they still kept coming on we begged them to go back time and again warned them we would shoot but they would not listen to us they came half way up the alley close to the jail door and shouted blow up the jail with dynamited dyna mitel blow up the jail with dynamite after all this and after they opened fire I 1 gave the order to fire they continued after we ceased I 1 feel that we could not have done anything else under the circumstances and I 1 deeply regretted the necessity of the shooting chief of police Elc hards who was in jail corroborated the sheriffs story the officers who took part in this affair stood in small groups and talked in subdued tones ill was a terrible experience and on ethey will not soon forget later at a m the situation is better than at any time for the past 48 hours the steady rain which has been falling all day continues the crowd has disappeared androw lit tle fear is felt tho scenes about military headquarters are very unusual the pickets are kept posted and none can pass through the lines without a peremptory halt and the display of a pass to the corporal of the guard birmingham ala dac 10 the coroners inquest is to get at the bottom of the facts in saturday nights massacre the excitement still runs very high the people are divided over the action of the officers 3 p m the town is still in a state f excitement A very remarkable feature is that nearly every man killed was shot in the back showing that the crowd turned away when the firing began several funerals took place this afternoon the lake is being drained in search for little idas body the brotherhood of locomotive engineers of which hawes is a member telegraphed that they had engaged detectives to work up the case they believe hawes is innocent and that the colored woman fannie auant and albert patterson murdered and robbed mrs hawes and then killed the children manyuen are en the streets but it is thought the trouble is over it is reported that hawes has made a full confession of his crime la addition to the injured whose names were given last night there is a large number oj people who received slight but not disabling wounds and are not therefore reported at the hospital certain prominent officials in the city have tele graphed governor seay that they consider it necessary for him to be hero and have asked him to come at once the governor will no doubt investigate the situation personally and make arrangements for the removal of chawes and sheriff smith and for the relief of the soldiers many telegrams concerning the situation passed today to day between governor seay and the authorities governor order to dismiss the troops will not be given until coroner babbitt now acting sheriff says they are no longer needed the funeral of postmaster throckmorton and other victims took placa this afternoon with impressive ceremonies sheriff smith still holds to tho statement that he did not give the word to fire until shots were fired on tho outside and that at least a dozen shots were fired by the crowd before the officers fired NASHVILLE tenn dec 10 AT special to the american from birmingham bays seay arrived here at 1135 tonight to night and is now vo conference with colonel jones he says from the reports he has re thinks sheriff smith did his duty dee 11 excite over the affair of saturday night has abated the troops are still here and will remain several days governor seay came up from montgomery last night he says this morning that ho keep the troops here as long as there is any evident necessity for them the coroner investigation will begin this afternoon or tomorrow to morrow there are no new developments of importance in murder mystery birmingham ala dec 11 governor iseah had an interview with sheriff smith today to day and said after warda that ha endorsed the sheriff and was glad jefferson county had a sheriff who no matter how painful hia duty could uphold the law be tonight to night troops will ba sent away one company at a time all are glae fatal mine in colorado DENVER colo decu dec U A special city colorado says an explosion occurred in shaft no 2 of the canfield coal mine abyo last bughi resulting in the instant death jofh wallace the mino foreman and peter galloway and fatally wounding ten or twelve others of these james walliace Wa lIace brother of the foreman and henry deeded are expected to die any moment the other wounded ere thomas shields jr finn J brouen john thos cunningham named tames and jaimison Jai aison and three of these are extremely doubtful of recovery thamine Th emine lias been on fired since last thursday and baat night a gang was sent down te endeavor to extinguish it the men had been at work about three hours and had the fire under control when the in some manner and an explosion followed badly damaging the mine sandwith and with temble result to the men all but and ste mexico washington dec the first caucus of the session was held by democratic members of the house this evening springer stated the main object of the was to par mil Democrats the to take some ac Q i JC 1 te ta is i s ft i ss i s as f asa ifo rs AS tion looking to the admission of alu territories cox favored the admission of all the territories except utah and new mexico he said the democratic party might as well gain the good will of the territories as choir m will the people of dakota preferred division on the ath parallel almost unanimously and he was of the opinion that their desires should be listened to washington montana and idaho should be given enabling acts at once the great territory of dakota should be divided and the democrats should secure the prestige which would certainly conae to them from the favorable action of their caucus they had lost minnesota at the last election because they had failed to admit dakota which was on the same isothermal line oates alabama dissented from the view advanced by cox he regarded the question of admission of territories as largely political and believed the interests of the democratic party should be considered let congress go slowly colorado had been admitted by a democratic congress and he saw nothing democratic about it biggs california favored tho dividing of dakota and the admission of dakota to with the policy of preventing a territory being admitted in deference to dictates of a political party spinola new york said he would oppose the admission of the territories in every way he could and in 1892 with a staunch sterling democrat at the head of the democratic ticket that party would march oa to victory weaver towa favored the omnibus bu and the admission of all the territories ri except utah toole montana emoke in favor of admitting that territory predicting if that were done she would send two democrats to the senate bland missouri said in 1892 the seat of war would not be in new york new jersey and connecticut but in the west without taking any action the cau i cus adjourned until thursday evening white caps in abw fork JAMESTOWN NY Dec 10 this city is all agog over the appearance of a branch of the dreaded white caps organization several prominent citizens have received notices in plain envelopes which bear the dreaded X mark of the society so far as learned young married men in high social standing are the ones aimed at the following is the copy of a circular NATIONAL OF WHITE CATS OFFICE or division NEW YOKE BRANCH JAMESTOWN N Y dec 6 DEAs SIK you are hereby notified that you with others are spotted by the brotherhood and we warn you that after this date you will be kept under surveillance veil lance and if found away from boar jacome after any evening unless accompanied by your wife you will for the first offense offence re sweaty five lashes at the whipping post we beg that you will give this matter duo consideration aa we do not wish to resort to any harsh measures but we assure you that we mean this eity and you the only one that has been notified please be warned in time your truy friends THE WHITE CAPS |