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Show RIOTERS ROUTED. Militiamen Defend Jail at the Cost of Seven Lives, Sovcn persons nro dead and fourteen four-teen injured as tho result of n riot at Kvansvlllo, Indiana. Tho crisis camo at tho end of four days' rioting nnd general lawlessness as a result of tho war between whites and negroes. Mhitlnmen havo been engaged in guarding tho Jail where slxtocn negroes ne-groes nro confined. From 7 o'clock In tho morning until tho hour of tho catastrophe nt night tho crowd surged around tho jail, calling tho militiamen militia-men vllo nnmes, assaulting them with stones nnd berating tho deputy sheriffs sher-iffs who guarded tho Jail. At 10:30 o'clock tho rioters pressed ' forward with determination and innocent on-hvokcrn on-hvokcrn anu tho curious followed. Captain Ilium of tho national gunn". ordered n chargo on tho rioters. Gradually Grad-ually tho crowd was forced back, tho soldiers using their bayonets nnd butts of their guns. Suddenly n rioter riot-er fell. A soldier trlod to drag hint to his feet, but boforo ho could do so was assaulted by a rioter. Stonos and boulders began to fly through tho nlr. A soldier was struck with a rock and fell. A rioter was knocked down with n gun butt nnd tnen a shot was llred. Tho ono shot started a fusllado of musketry and shotgun flro from tho defenders of tho Jail and a scattered return flro from tho rioters. Fully 300 shots were fired from tho Jail windows, win-dows, tho court Iiouho steps Immediately Imme-diately oposlto and tho soldiers in tho streets. No ono Knows who fired tho first shot. Tho soldlors say it wns tho rioters. Governor Durbln Is said to hnvo Instructed In-structed tho authorities not to Jeopardize Jeop-ardize tho snfoty of tho Jail with half-wny measures. Tho soldiers and deputies fired into tho retreating mob of men who ran into Division stroot. For fifteen minutes tho firing continued. con-tinued. When It censed tho soldiers had tho place In front of tho stng-goring stng-goring band of flfty-olght soldlors lay tho dead and wounded. Moans nnd shrloits of ngony and fear camo from tho Injured. |