Eureka Reporter | 1904-08-05 | Page 2 | Attack Police Station

ATTACK POLICE STATION mob of men and women engage in F with ch cago coppers rioters stoned the deering street police station in chicago monday night and for a quarter of an hour the police battled with the crowd of 2000 men and women as it charged the station repeatedly with sticks and stones shouting vengeance against the police the trouble started when the police went to the assistance of frank cas a stal e breaker employed in the stock yards who had been dragged from a street car and severely beat en before the police could reach cas he had fired tour shots from a ret oli er at his assailants one of the bullets tool effect in john Shee hans arm the mob became infuriated when they saw that their companion bad been shot nearly a dozen times the police sallied forth and charged the crowd with clubs before the rioters dis persed in one of these charges three policemen were injured with bricks