New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15
NEGROES THREATEN LlNCHING.

4 CoIORED MAN ROUGHLY HANDLED BY MEN OF
HIS OWN RACE on MoRNINGsIDE DRIVE.
Half . hundred or more wildly excited negroes.
batless some without coats many armed with
sticks and nearly all carrying paving stones or
pieces OF such. chasing another negro ana Iouu'S
clamoring for his instant determination, was the
spectacle thta attracted hundreds Of spectators to
Mornngsde Drive near ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fourth-st about 10 o'clock last night
pa,rck Flanagan keeps a saloon No. s Law
rcnce-st right In the heart Of district populated
almost entirely by negroes. Last night James
Brent twenty years Old of No. Lawrence-st.; An
thonv Bellheld of No. 372 West One-hundred-and-
tweniy-sixth-st. and Wallace Randolph OF NO. 50S
West One-hundred and twenty -sxh-st. all colored
were standing in front of the bar drinking They
were APPROACHED by Harry Perry. twenty-five years
old of No q Lawrence-st. who demanded that
Brent buy him drink Brent refused ana got
lot OF abuse He then threatened to knock Perry
down If he did not go away. Brent is one-aFmed
man. but very powerful His assaant Is also big
fellow The two men started to quarrel and Ran
iolph. one of Brents companions noticed that
Perry had a large knife In his hand.
He cried to Brent, Look out, the niggers got
n knife, and Brent tried to get out OF the way.
Perry too quick for him. and he cut through
both shirts and grazed the skin OF his arm, which
he threw up to ward off the blow. Perry followed
up his advantage and gave Brent another thrust
IN the left hip bringing the blood with a gush The
tunlult OF the fight and the cries of a woman who
WAS waiting for pail OF beer drew a large crowd
Of negroes and when they saw Perry had a knife
they yelled Lynch him. Lynch the brute.'
A rush was made for Perry but he got out the
side door and ran like deer down 81. Nicholas
ave to one hundred and-twenty fourth-st., and
then 10 Mornngsde Drive. As the crowd ran, 1t
increased In size. At the junction Of the Drive
with One hundred tweny yfourth-st. Perry was
caught. He fought like 2 demon and made some
wicked lunges with his knife. Several men caught
him, and the knife was taken away from him. one
big burly negro felcd Perry with blow tnat
would have made an impression on a horse.
The rest OF the crowd closed in and for a few
minutes Perry appeared to have small chance Of
escaping with his life. Policeman Charles Con-
molly Of the West One-hundred- I nd-twenty- ty-ffth-
st. station WAS called by unknown man. and
fought his way into the surging fighting crowd of
excited negroes, and drove them away from tneir
PROSTATE victim. Policeman Doyle arrived min
ute later and he aided the other patrolman III
keeping the crowd back. Some one in the mob sug-
gcsied that two policemen would not stand against
fifty other men. and proposed that the mob take
Perry from the officers and lynch him anyhow.
shoot the nrst man that attempted any further
violence and they managed 10 get their man To the
West One-hundrcd- a twenty -ifth-st station.
dressed his wounds In the mean time another
ambulance had been called from the hospital and
Brent's wounds were dressed. lie is not seriously