The Marion County Progress
Columbia, Miss.
09 Sept 1909
Thursday
Page: 2
Soldiers and Citizens Riot
Frankfort, Ky.
In one of the fiercest riots ever known in this city between militiamen and civilians, Sgt. Ingram Tate, of Somerset, Ky., a member of Company G, Kentucky State Guards, and Jeff Cook, a civilian, were killed, while William Nichols, Joe Canway and Alex McNally were fatally shot. The riot began in a ternderloin saloon follwing a brawl.
Private William Phillips and C. E. Toadvine, members of Company G, who were standing near Tate when he was killed, identified Joe Nichols as the man who fired that shot that killed Tate. Nochols and eighteen others were arrested.
The house was almost shot to pieces by the troops in their effort to gain an entrance apparently to lynch the men whom they thought had killed their comrade. For more than an hour the eighteen men held the fort against the regiment and the residents of that section of the city fled to their houses, putting out the lights and retreating to the cellars for safety. All over that section of the city every person who attempted to leave was halted at the point of a bayonet and every wagon was searched, hoping to find the men who had started the riot.
Finally after a conference Col. J. E. Allen commanding the second regiment County Judge James H. Potsgrove and Chief of Police Mangan, accompanied by other soldiers, searched the building and in the top story found the men huddled together. They were all placed under arrest and taken to jail, which is being guarded.
The troops were encamped near here for rifle practice.
Contributor: janine mcquiston (46941674)
Columbia, Miss.
09 Sept 1909
Thursday
Page: 2
Soldiers and Citizens Riot
Frankfort, Ky.
In one of the fiercest riots ever known in this city between militiamen and civilians, Sgt. Ingram Tate, of Somerset, Ky., a member of Company G, Kentucky State Guards, and Jeff Cook, a civilian, were killed, while William Nichols, Joe Canway and Alex McNally were fatally shot. The riot began in a ternderloin saloon follwing a brawl.
Private William Phillips and C. E. Toadvine, members of Company G, who were standing near Tate when he was killed, identified Joe Nichols as the man who fired that shot that killed Tate. Nochols and eighteen others were arrested.
The house was almost shot to pieces by the troops in their effort to gain an entrance apparently to lynch the men whom they thought had killed their comrade. For more than an hour the eighteen men held the fort against the regiment and the residents of that section of the city fled to their houses, putting out the lights and retreating to the cellars for safety. All over that section of the city every person who attempted to leave was halted at the point of a bayonet and every wagon was searched, hoping to find the men who had started the riot.
Finally after a conference Col. J. E. Allen commanding the second regiment County Judge James H. Potsgrove and Chief of Police Mangan, accompanied by other soldiers, searched the building and in the top story found the men huddled together. They were all placed under arrest and taken to jail, which is being guarded.
The troops were encamped near here for rifle practice.
Contributor: janine mcquiston (46941674)
The Marion County Progress
Columbia, Miss.
09 Sept 1909
Thursday
Page: 2
Soldiers and Citizens Riot
Frankfort, Ky.
In one of the fiercest riots ever known in this city between militiamen and civilians, Sgt. Ingram Tate, of Somerset, Ky., a member of Company G, Kentucky State Guards, and Jeff Cook, a civilian, were killed, while William Nichols, Joe Canway and Alex McNally were fatally shot. The riot began in a ternderloin saloon follwing a brawl.
Private William Phillips and C. E. Toadvine, members of Company G, who were standing near Tate when he was killed, identified Joe Nichols as the man who fired that shot that killed Tate. Nochols and eighteen others were arrested.
The house was almost shot to pieces by the troops in their effort to gain an entrance apparently to lynch the men whom they thought had killed their comrade. For more than an hour the eighteen men held the fort against the regiment and the residents of that section of the city fled to their houses, putting out the lights and retreating to the cellars for safety. All over that section of the city every person who attempted to leave was halted at the point of a bayonet and every wagon was searched, hoping to find the men who had started the riot.
Finally after a conference Col. J. E. Allen commanding the second regiment County Judge James H. Potsgrove and Chief of Police Mangan, accompanied by other soldiers, searched the building and in the top story found the men huddled together. They were all placed under arrest and taken to jail, which is being guarded.
The troops were encamped near here for rifle practice.
Contributor: janine mcquiston (46941674)
Columbia, Miss.
09 Sept 1909
Thursday
Page: 2
Soldiers and Citizens Riot
Frankfort, Ky.
In one of the fiercest riots ever known in this city between militiamen and civilians, Sgt. Ingram Tate, of Somerset, Ky., a member of Company G, Kentucky State Guards, and Jeff Cook, a civilian, were killed, while William Nichols, Joe Canway and Alex McNally were fatally shot. The riot began in a ternderloin saloon follwing a brawl.
Private William Phillips and C. E. Toadvine, members of Company G, who were standing near Tate when he was killed, identified Joe Nichols as the man who fired that shot that killed Tate. Nochols and eighteen others were arrested.
The house was almost shot to pieces by the troops in their effort to gain an entrance apparently to lynch the men whom they thought had killed their comrade. For more than an hour the eighteen men held the fort against the regiment and the residents of that section of the city fled to their houses, putting out the lights and retreating to the cellars for safety. All over that section of the city every person who attempted to leave was halted at the point of a bayonet and every wagon was searched, hoping to find the men who had started the riot.
Finally after a conference Col. J. E. Allen commanding the second regiment County Judge James H. Potsgrove and Chief of Police Mangan, accompanied by other soldiers, searched the building and in the top story found the men huddled together. They were all placed under arrest and taken to jail, which is being guarded.
The troops were encamped near here for rifle practice.
Contributor: janine mcquiston (46941674)
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