Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-06-16
RACES COLLIDE.
The Lynching of a Negro Causes
Serious Trouble at Guthrie,
Oklahoma.
Large Crowds of Negroes in thu
Town Threatening a Race
War.

GUTHRIE, 0. T., June 13 There is great
excitement in this city tonight, occasioned
by two criminal assaults by negroes to-day
upon white women. egro lad named
Holley assaulted Mrs. Charles Moore, the
wife of a reighter who was away at the
time. He was arrested and a mob sur
rounded the Jail threatening to lynch him.
Thenegroes OF the town claimed that Holley
was innocent, although he had confessed his
guilt to the sheriff, and a race war seemed
imminent for a time. There was much
angry talk, Judge Perkins, a negro
lawyer, being spokesman for the colored
men. During the excitement hessid: Let
the whites harm that man and this town
will be in ashes before morning" The
sheriff struggled the prisoner from Jail and
took him to Wichita, Kan for safe keep
ing. The second outrage was that made
upon the wi e of James Genken, the en-
gineer OF the electric pant, by an unknown
negro who escaped. A posse headed by
Genken is on his trail and will lynch him
ifthey capture him.
SOME DOUBT NOW.
There now seems to be considerable doubt
as to the removal OF Holley from the jail.
The negroes say that a statement was circu-
lated by the whites so that the negroes
would dispeTse ana give them (the whites
IL free field Tor a l%ynching. \ great mob OF
negroes now surround the Jail and more are
arriving every minute. The negroes have
sent couriers TO Langston City, the negro
colony ten miles distant, W it'll the report
that the whites are about to lynch an limo
cent negro and many negroes are tiocking
here, determined to protect the object OF
the white mems vengeance. Many of the
negroes sre armed and hundreds of whites
are carrying Wlnchesters and reyolvers.
The police have been reinforced by the APP
ointment OF a large number OF city mar
shals. Intense excitement prevails and any
insignificant encounter between a black
and a white may lead to a lace war. Sher-
itf Hixson and Chief of Police Kelley are
DIsARMING THE NEGROES.
As many as fifty Old shOtguns and rifles
have been taken; also a number of small
firearms. The guns are now stacked at po-
lice headquarters. A shotgun, a squirrel
rifle and scythe blade are stacked together.
These three were taken rom three cOlored
mon who had just arrived from Tohee,
seventeen miles distant. Col. II. Clark,
commander oil 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
calling out of troops. Gangs OF excited
people are on the street corners. All con-
gregarions of negroes are being ordered to
dispersc, The police and deputies are Kept
busy moving negroes.
informant IN has Just reached the sheriff
that the negro who outraged Mrs. Guenke
was overtaken by the posse at o oc.ock to-
night, six miles south o; town, and WAS
shot TO death. The news has greatly in-
tensified the excitement, Il the negroes
are threatening violence. The officers be-
gan the disarmament OF the negroes before
it became generally known, anticipating
that the news would drive the negroes into
a frenzy.
THEY COLLIDE.
GUTHRIE, Okla, June IL, 100 a. mat |
O'clock this morning Police Officers Lester
aud Kitchen, with one or two ncrvy GIti-
zen's ordered a lot OF negroes h were
stationed on the corner next 10 the Jail to
move on. Several attempted resistance,
but the officers used their clubs
freely. Several DECENT negroes jumped
on dry goods boxes ana maue speeches 10
the excited crowd. Officers Rinehar,
Kitchen, keIle and Gheke were there. Two
or three shots were fired. A big, burlv
negro named Perkins yelled Hang the ed
itur al the News" No sooner were these
words uttered than Bill %Iilghman,
Jack TeaFney, Doc Roberts. Dick
Eeaves. Walters the tailor, end others cried
Try it il yOu dare" Sheriff HiXson ard
lis deputies rushed in and quelled the dis
turbance. ard the excitei people were
quickly dispersed. Men, women and chill
dren at this moment are ON the streets Tut
it seems that the impending danger will be
ayerted. The editor Of the NeTs walked
down Oklahoma avenue between two Otti-
GERS at ~ o. clock seemingly secure.