The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-13
WHITE WOMEN ASSAULTED
One Negro Shot to Death and Guthrie
Mob Attempts to Lynch Another.
Two 0utrages on De.enselesS Females That
Arouse the Whites of the 1erriicry-Blacks
Flock TO the support of a Prisoner.

GUTHRIE, o. T., June 12.-There IS great
by two criminal assaults by negroes upon
white women to-day. A negro lad named
Holley assaulted Mrs. Charles Moore the
wife of freiGhter. who was away from
home at the time. He was arrested and a
mob surrounded the Jail. threatening TO
lynch him. The negroes of the town
claimed that HOlley was innocent al
though he had confessed his guilt to the
sheriff. A race war now seems imminent
Judge" Perkins. negro lawyer was
spokesman for the colored men. Dur
ing tho excitement he said: Let the
whites harm that man and the town will
be in ashes before morning"
The second outrage was that made upon
the wife of James Genken, who is the en-
gineer of the electric plant, by ap unknown
Genken, started ON his trail, intending to
lynch him
great mob of negroes now sur
rounds the Jail and more are arriving
every few minutes. The negroes have sent
courIers to LangstOn City, the negro
colony. ten miles distant, with the
report that the whites are about
to lynch an innocent negro and
many negroes are fiocking here determined
to protect the object of the white men's
vengeance. Many of the blacks are armed.
and hundreds of whites are car
rrying Wlnchesters and revolvers.
The police have been largely
ails. and any insignIficant encounter be-
tween a black and white may lead to a
serious outbreak. Sheriff Hixon and Chief
of Police Kelly are disarming the negroes.
and rifles have been taken. also a
number of small firearms Three weapons
were taken from thcee colored men who
havo just arrived from Tohee. seventeen
miles distant Col. III. p. Clark, command
er of the territorial militia, is In the
city. He reported to acting Governor
Martin for duty, but the situation does not
now seem serious enough to warrant the
are on the street corners. All congre ga
tiOns of negroes ore being ordered to dis.
perse.
At midnight information reached the
Mrs. Gutenk was Overtaken by the posse
at o'clock tonight, SIX miles south
OF town. and was shot to death.
This news has greatly intensified
the excitement, sxoitement, and and the negroes
have been aware of the lynching for some
hours, and began dlsarming the negroes
before IL became generally known, antici-
patlng that the news would drive the ne
grOes into frenzy.
At l o'clock A. NJ. police officers Lester
and Kitchen. with one or two nervy oiti-
Zens. ordered lot of negroes who
were stationed on the corner next to
resistance but the officers used
their clubs effeotually. One or two
negroes jumped Oh boxes and made speeches
to the excited crowds. Two or three shots
were fired. An excited African
named Perkins yelled Hang the ed.
itOr of the News" There was dis
position to act upon the suggestion, but
the whites dehed them, and there was no
attempt 10 obey the injunction.
|. company to patrol the city has been or
ganized and Is under the leadership of good
every corner and manifest their
intention TO take the city if necessary. The
RENDEZVOUS of the committee Is crowded
with fathers and husbands, Republicans
and Democrats alike, who take the stand
that negro reign is at an end in Oklahoma;
men. who are. ready to fight
to the death if need be. L. r.
MoCabe, the negro ex-AudItor of Kansas,
is held responsible for the crimes being
committed, and violence is feared. He
cannot be found tonight. Whistles are
blowing, shouts and yells resound from
every quarter in the city. This city
of ten thousand people is a pandemo-
MUM and no one sleeps tonight. The yell
of determined mob is momentarily ex-
pected, and no power on earth seems able
now TO save the brutal ravisher's life. The
electric lights have been inQuished and
the worst may happen.