Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1914 — Purdue Students Rioted Following Football Victory. [ARTICLE]

Purdue Students Rioted Following Football Victory.

Purdue students, jubilant because of their victory over Indiana in last Saturday’s football game, created a riot in Lafayette that night. They claimed that the manager of the Family Theatre had promised them free admission if the game was won and several hundred students went to the theatre but were refused admission unless they paid. The students then threatened to rush the theatre and were stopped by the police. The students threw eggs, which struck officers and others. Finally the police arrested one of the leaders and the students tried to take him away and the officers were compelled to use their clubs and sevral students were knocked down. The students made a rush to the jail and blocked the entrance, but the police outwitted them and went to the side of the jail and put their prisoner through a window. The students then congregated about the court house and continued to throw eggs and it was some time before the police made two or three more arrests. One officer was hit in the back of the head with an egg and the yolk rolled down inside of his shirt. The students who were arrested were released on bond. The police blame the theatre manager more than the students, for there seemed to be plenty of evidnce that he had promised the students free admission.