Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-13
THE NEGRO REIGN ENDED
A Race War on at Guthrie,
Oklahoma.
Armed Whites and Blacks Pa
trolling the City.
The Trouble Caused by Negroes Az
saulting White Women.
A Black Rape Fiend in Jail and Whites
Trying to Lynch Him = Negroes
Threaten to Burn the y
Town.


GUTHRIE, 0. T., June 12.--fhere is
great excitement in this city tonight, oc-
casioned by two criminal assaults by
negroes upon white women. A negro lad
named Holly assaulted Mrs. Charles
Moore, wife of a freighter. He was ar
rested, and a mob surrounded the jail,
threatening to lynch him. The other
negroes claimed that Holly was inno-
cent, although he confessed bis guilt to
the sheriff, and race war seemed i'm
minent for time. Judge" Perkins, :
negro lawyer, was the spokesman for
the colored men. During the excite
ment be said: "Let the whites harp
that man and the town will be in ashes
before morning."
The sheriff smuggled the prisoner from
the Jail and took him to Wichita, Kan.
The second outrage was made upon
the wife of James Genken by an nn
known negro, who escaped. A posse h
on bis trail and will lynch him if found.
There seems to be considerable doubt
% to the removal of Holly to Wichita.
The negroes say the report was circu-
lated so they would disperse and give
the whites free field for lynching. A
great mob of negroes now surrounds ths
Jail and is increasing every minute.
They have sent to Langston CITY, q
negro colony ten miles away, for fein-
forcements. They are determined to
protect Holly from the white mems VEN
geance. The negroes are well armed
and the whites are carrying Winches-
ters. Intense excitement prevails.
Sheriff Hixon and Chief of Police Kelly
are busy disarming the negroes.
At midnight information was received
that the negro who outraged Mrs. Gen
ken was overtaken by the posse, six
miles south of town, and shot dead.
This news greatly intensified, the ex-
citement and the negroes are threaten
ing violence.
At o'clock this (Monday) morning
one or two nervy citizens ordered lot
OF negroes, who were stationed on the
corner next the Jail. TO moye on. Sew
eral offered resistance, but the officers
used their clubs effectively. Several de-.
cent negroes jumped on dry goods boxes
and made speeches to the excited
crowds. Officers Rhinehardt, kitchen,
Kelly and Kehl were there. Two or
three shots were fired. A big burly
negro named Perkins yelled, "Hang the
editor OF the News"
No sooner were these words uttered
than Bill Dilghman, Jack Tearney, Doc
Roberts, Dick Reaves, Walter Taylor
and others said:
"Try it if you dare"
Sheriff Hixon and his deputies
rushed in and quelled the disturbance,
and the excited people quietly dis
persed. Men. women and children are
at this moment on the streets Il O'Clock
q. m. J, but it seems that the impending
danger will be averted.
The editor of the News walked down
Oklahoma avenue between two officers
at IL O'Clock, seemingly secure. A COM
pany to patrol the city has been or
ganized and is under the leadership of
good men. Groups of negroes stand on
every corner. and manifest their inten-
ton to take the city if necessary.
REEVES Brothers place on Second
street is the rendezvous Of the commit
tee, and the place is crowded with
fathers and husbands, Republicans and
Democrats alike, who take the stand
that the negroes reign is at an end in
Oklahoma. The city is actually alive
with armed men, who are ready to fight
to the death if need be.
E. R. McCabe, q negro, ex-auditor of
Kansas, is held responsible for the crimes
being committed, and violence to him
is feared. He can't be found tonight
and is evidently in no way desirous to
show up.
Whistles are blowing and shouts and
yells come from every quarter of the
city. The beautifui city of ten thous-
and people is {. .pandemonium and no
one sleeps this night. The yell OF the
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 ex-
tinguished and it sees now that the
worst may happen.
Captain Cooper, one of Payne's orig
inal Oklahoma boomere, reached here at
II O'Clock with seventeen men. They
are determined that nothing short OF
lynching shall satisfy them.
At 2 O'Clock this Monday mo rning a
large body of men parade the street.
There is no telling what may happen.
The sheriff and police are resolute. Ex-
element is intense. Negroes are con-
gregated on every corner and trouble al
the jail seems certain, as another moi
ia assembled in the vicinity