The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-17
Heavy Showers Put an End to the
Race Riot in New
York City.
OFFICERS AIDED TIE WHITES.
Fighting Lasted Three Hours Be
fore Any Arrests Were Made
Fifty Persons Were Injured,
Two Seriously.

ton Of race hatred as found vent in the
| rioting that occurred here last night, tht
outSrowth of the murder a few days age
of Policeman Thorpe By u negro named Ar
thur Harris. has not been equaled in New
York in many years.
| AS q result of the disturbance which
ragged from midnight until 8 o'clock ant
| purst out IN flame Of passion and violence
III intervals until daybreak, there were
ABOUT hfty persons injured by pistol balls
raZors or knives. rocks and clubs. OF thes:
| one negro, Lloyd Lee, may not recover, anG
| Policeman Kennedy is also seriously in.
| jured.
| Lee is alleged to have made threats
against the life OF Kennedy because he was
| 'he particular friend and associate oi
! lhorpe the murdered officer. Thorpe was
| the thlrd white man murderOusly assaulted
| III the vicinity by negroes. In less than an
| hour from the time the trouble began last
| night the whole OF the West Side from
| TWenty-eiShth street to Long Acre Square,
| above Forty-second street. including
! Eighth and Ninth avenues. was IN an up
| roar. Forty or more arrests were made.
Police With the Whites.
The charge is made that police reserves.
numbering 800, We're in the mob chasing the
blacks No arrests were made until after
three hours riot.ng.
AT z o'clock this morning the police had
| the riot in hand. although there was a
feeling that danger was far from past. and
Il heavy police guard was mounted. Wher-
ever there were negroes collected together
they were swearing vengeance. Fortunate
ly, about o'clock there was heavy down.
pour of rain, and 1t is the opinion of the
police that this did more to dissipate the
nah .lt,fl tny ,-,. ~
men would have been able to do.
y dispatch from Washington to-day an
nounced the arrest there of Arthur Harris
the alleged murderer of Policeman Thorpe
David II. Carr a negro, charged with hav-
ing had a hand in the stabbing of Police
man Kennedy, was held without bail to
await the result of Kennedy'S injuries Lee
the other negro charged with stabbing Po-
liceman Kennedy, has not been arraigned
Two Seriously Injured.
Notwithstanding the extent and excite
ment of the riot, but two persons, so far
as known, Were seriously injured. These
We're Policeman Kennedy. stabbed in the
left side. and Lee, the negro, with pistol
shot wounds in his breast and a scalp
wound
All the prisoners interested In the riot
last night, except Lee. We're arraigned in
the West Side Court to-day. y majority
were fined $40; few We're held in bonds
to keep the peace, several We're discharged
and Carr was held to await the result Of the
injuries Of Officer Kennedy.
The scene of last nights rioting was
strongly patrolled tonight. Several arrests
were made. negro. with a loaded revolver
resisted an officer and was beaten into
was attacked by the white passengers. As
the police reached the car stone crashed
through the window and struck the negro
on the head. Several women tried to stab
him in the face with hat pins, He was res
cued.
Arrests were made in several instances
from officers
No serious trouble is anticipated.
LynchinE Narrowly Ayerted.
Many fights between whites and blacks
resulted tonight. Alex. Robinson. negro.
and a friend were on a Thirty-fourth, street
car Some one set up Il shout as the car
neared Eighth avenue that the negroes
ought to be lynched. \ man with clothes
line appeared and the two negroes. were
pulled off the car. The rope was thrown
around Robinson's neck and. with fifty men
lamp-post. a squad of police appeared be-
fore the mob had gone far and. with much
clubbing. dispersed the crowd. The two
negroes got away.
Every pawnshop in the ''Tenderloin' did
a thriving trade in small arms to-day. Most
of the purchasers were negroes.
A mob was reported at Amsterdam ave-
nue. and Sixty-first street, better known as
san Juan HILL" at 10 o'clock. squad
went there and found a crowd of about
1880 angry men. who We're dispersed. The
police then found Anton Steketesik. an
italian fruit vender lying on the sidewalk
stabbed in the chest. He said William
Cody white boy. had robbed the fruit
stand and when he protested Cody beat and
stabbed him with the Italians fruit knife.
Cody arrested.
A riot call sent in from Thirty-sev-
enth street and Eighth avenue at 10 o'clock.
Chief Devery ordered Captain Cooney to
take 4 large squad and dispcrse the crowd
Cooney found several hundred men and
boys at the corner mentioned, and they were
acting very ugly. The mob was charged
and many were dubbed.
Policeman John j. Howard saw Il we'll
dressed man on the corner and ordered him
to move. The man refused to do So Howard
knocked him down and took revolver from
him. Howard made another search and
found that the man had a badge. He then
let him go. convinced that he had beaten Il
brother officer. Half an hour later the po--
liceman who had been clubbed staggered
into the West Thirtyscventh Street Station
to complain of his treatment.
Chief Devery recognized him as Patrol
man William Powers, 1.-The Terror to the
Kids" Chief Deverey ordered Captain
Cooney to take Powers's shield and re-
volver and lock him up on the charge of
being drunk and disorderly, ard flourish
ing d revolver to incite the crowd to riot.