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Cltli«miD(l l irrui right.Hctlt; K»* , April 22.—Particulars of Monday's riot at St. John, Kas., were learned yesterday. Bond Bros.'circus a at* extulutiug there ami a ouiuler of “grafere attached to thi ■how were running the gambling devices. A tight ensued and over two hundred employes and roustabouts attacked the ruralista. Police officers at* tempted to arrest one of the circus men and when the show people refused to give him up citizens offered their assistance to their officers.A bloody riot followed between the citizens and the circns gang, and the latter, armed with cane#, guns and t*nt slake*, won the battle.Charles Glasscock, a citizen of St. John, was struck over the head with a tent stake, and will die. Sack Hedges, a member of the circus, wbowe home ia here, was badly injured. Another cir» cns man was shot in the hip, and several citizens were more or lees injured. After the fight County Attorney Jennings w ired Governor Morrill, at Topeka, for militia. Governor Morrill wired at midnight that troops would be ordered out at once. The Santa Fe people, however, would not hold the train, and the circus men got away at 11:30 lest night fur Dodge City. Governor Morrill ordered h company from New ton.
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Harrison Sioux County Journal
Harrison, Nebraska, US
Thu, Apr 30, 1896
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