Editing Lager Beer Riot (section)

==Events==
Despite the renewed enforcement of Chicago's liquor ordinance, tavern owners continued to sell beer on Sundays. That resulted in over 200 Germans being arrested in violation of both the license and the Sunday ordinances. The numerous arrests lead to the scheduling of a test case for the 21st of April. Saloon keepers "decided to unite for defense and resistance, [and] contributed toward a common fund and counsel to represent all."<ref>Flinn, John J. (1973). History of the Chicago Police. AMS Press Inc. p. 74
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Robin Einhorn argues that the scheduling of such an event, "in effect, scheduled the riot."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/703.html |title= Lager Beer Riot |last= Einhorn |first= Robin |website= Encyclopedia of Chicago |publisher= Chicago Historical Society |access-date= 2017-09-23}}</ref> Protesters clashed with [[police]] near the [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]] Court House. Waves of angry immigrants stormed the downtown area. "As the marchers, coming from the north with fife and drum, approached the Chicago River at Clark Street,"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/history/ct-know-nothing-party-lager-beer-riot-per-flashback-jm-20150925-story.html | title = Chicago's Lager Beer Riot proved immigrants' power | last = Grossman | first = Ron | date = 25 September 2015 | website = ChicagoTribune.com | publisher = Chicago Tribune | access-date = 26 September 2017 }}</ref> the mayor ordered the [[swing bridges]] opened to stop further waves of protestors from crossing the river. This left some trapped on the bridges, police then fired shots at protesters stuck on the [[Clark Street Bridge]] over the [[Chicago River]].<ref name="GregSmith">{{cite web | last = Smith | first = Gregg | title = The Chicago Beer Riots | publisher = Beer History.com | url = http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/greggsmith5.shtml | access-date = 2007-07-04}}</ref> A policeman named George W. Hunt was shot in the arm by a rioter named Peter Martin. Martin was then killed by police, and Hunt's arm had to be amputated.<ref name="remin">{{cite book | last = Gale | first = Edwin O. | title = Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity | url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.157159 | publisher = Revell | year = 1902 | location = Chicago | pages = [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.157159/page/n430 386]}}</ref><ref name="Mark">{{cite book | last = Mark | first = Norman | title = Mayors, Madams and Madmen | url = https://archive.org/details/mayorsmadamsmadm00mark | url-access = registration | publisher = Chicago Review Press | year = 1979 | location = Chicago | pages = [https://archive.org/details/mayorsmadamsmadm00mark/page/41 41]}}</ref> Rumors flew throughout the city that more protesters were killed. There is no evidence to support that, but loaded cannons set on the public square contributed to those rumors.<ref name="remin" />