Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-23
NEWPORT NEWS.
Shooting ola Negro Burglar Gull
inmates in a Riot.
L" the Genera, Fight Negro Was Sc
vere'y Injured Further Trouble
Feared Severely Burnod-A News.
paper SOLD Out.
(speciul to virglnian-Pilot)

Newport News, Va, December e.
To-day furnished the inevitable Gull
minatlon OF drama, the first scenes
of which have been shifting through
the passing of recent weeks.
Since the first of December there
have been an abnormal number of rob-
berries and burslaries. the majority of
which were perpetrated in that section
OF the city known as Rockets, inhab-
tied chiefly by negroes, Polish and Rus
sian Jews, and the deml-monde A
number of the citizens owning business
houses found 1t necessary to stand
guard all night at their places. Re-
Gently the Council put on ten special
policemen. most of whom were put over
In this ncighborhood.5 The burglaries
continued and a number OF the He
brew residents, upon their own request,
were sworn In as specials so they could
guard their own property with some
protection from the law.
The public has been expecting to
hear of burglar being shot for weeks.
ana thls morning the expectation was
realized.
Mrs. Ida Rome, widow, runs a lit
tie shop on Twcnty-third street. For
several days she had been missing
money from her cash drawer. and last
night she got three OF her neighbors
who had been sworn In. to come around
and see if they could not catch the
TIMER. These neighbors were Sam White
ana Abe LeVinS, grocers, and their
brother. Sam Jacobs. all Hebrews.
KILLED THEIR MAN.
About I o'clock this morning. as the
three, with loaded revolvers cooked
were waiting in the dark inside the
store. man came in through the win
dow and started for the till. They
hailed him: He turned and they OPEN
ell up on him. firing eleven shots at
close range. But two took effect one
in the leg. the other under the should
err the latter causing death In about
ten minutes. The burglar proved to
be negro by the name of Phil Will
liams, known ms the "Black Kid" The
three men were technically placed un-
der arrest and detained at the store
until later in the morning, when an
Inquest was held, the verdict being that
the burglar came to his death through
Unsuitable shooting on the part of the
three men.
Now. ut all times, there is n strong
feeling among the negroes of Rockets,
as elsewhere, against the Hebrews, and
theats were freely made at the time
OF the shooting and after the coroner's
inquest.
Shortly after the inquest John Far-
per, negro cnrag d in q discuss on of
the episode with I Hebrew, whom he
presently knocked down. Ike Kahn. Il
special, went up to Earper and ut
tempted to arrest him. Harper eluded
arrest and fed. Kahn pursued him TO
Whites Row. several blocks above and
shot him in The heshy part or the lc5.
The negro ran into store, followed
by Kahn, Officer Crump and T.. Holz-
weiG. When the three came out Of tho
store they found at least thousand
negroes gathered there. No sooner had
the officers come in sight thon they
were greeted with n shower OF brick
bats and other missiles.
y REST.
Then there was n riot, in one sense,
though no one seems to know eXuctly
what actually happened. Everybody
who had a gun began to shoot. Holz-
weig says he shot his way through
the crowd. hut shot in the air. The reg
ular officer used his club. Bullets,
rocks bricks, sh.lls and other miss les
rained through the air. accompanied by
discordant wells. oNths and the shrill
notes Of police whistles summoning as
sistancc. In few minutes eight or ten
regular officers were on the scene and
the incipient riot was quelled. 1t was
found that another negro, Jim Cross,
who bears an unenviable reputation
nad been SnOt In the nca0. ~ nuInDcr cl
other people had been struck with
other missiles but Cross Is the only
man who was seriously injured. He
may die; he may set we'll
ARRESTED AND BAILED.
Kahn and fIolzweig were formally
placed under arrest and brought over
| to the police station, where they were
| Immediately bailed. the former in the
sum Of $3.50. the latter in the sum OF
| Sl00.
J william L4,wson, q negro, was arrest.