The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-16
ATTACKED NEGROES
NEW YORK MOB AFTER REVENGE
FOR POLICEMAN's DEATH.
CLUBS AND PISTOLS USED.
NEGROES WE'RE SET UPON WHERE
EVER THEY WE'RE FOUND.

10 10 Win
the KiIIInG-Many Were BrutaIIy
Bcaten-Poiicc Hnd Hard Work
to Dispcrse the Mob.
New York. Aug. IA mob of several
hundred persons formed al II o'clock to-
night in font Of the home of Policeman
Robert j Thorpe. Thrty-ssventh street
and Ninth avenue, to wreak vengeance
upon the negroes of that neighborhood
because one of their race had caused the
policeman's death
Thorre was stabbed and bruised last
Sunday night by several negroes when
he was attempting to arrest a colored wo-
nan.
The man who inflicted most Of the in
jury is said to be Arthur Harris, a negro
who came here veral weeks ago from
Washi gton.
In a few moments the mob tonight
swelled to 1000 people or more, and as
they became Violent The n groes fed in
terror into any hiding place they could
find.
The police reserves from four stations,
numbering 400 in oil, were called.
The mob of white men, which grew
with great rapidity, ragged through the dis
trlct, and negroes, regardless Of age or
sex, were indscriminately attacked
Scores were injured 1t took the combined
efforts of the reserves. with as many more
policemen on regular patrol duty in the
four precincts, % restore order. Clubs
were used until the policemen were almost
exhausted. Revo.vers were emptied into
the air. and in one or two instances,
fired at the upper stories of the negro
tenements from which the negroes defen-
slvely fired bricks. paving stones and other
missiles.
How the Riot Began.
The policeman's body was brought to his
home tonight in Ninth avenue. between
Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh streets.
Al once the house became a sort of shrine
and from all over the vicinity men and
women called to pay their respects Many
carried handsome floral offerings. As
the night grew on the feeling against the
negroes seemed 10 grow. The fact that
many saloons round about were crowded
had It's influence. doubtless, on the rising
tide of anger.
few minutes before II o'clock an Irish
woman. under the influence of drink, came
out Of the place She set up a howl and
began to recite the virtues of the dead po-
liceman. She said the negroes ought 10
be killed.
Just then young negro walked by.
The white men made a rush for him and
he was quickly surrounded. He was beat
en- and kicked and was rescued with great
difficulty.
If there had been carefully arranged
plot, and this had been the agreed sig
nal. the outbreak could not have been
more spontaneous. Men and women pour
ed by the hundreds from the neIghborlng
tenements. Negroes were set upon wher-
ever they could be found and brutally
beaten.
The blacks at first offered resistance,
but they were so soon outnumbered that
they fed without delay For the next
hour the streets were filled with u riot
ing, surging mob. II was a scene on
very much the same order as took place
few days ago in New Orleans New
York has seldom had it's equal The
shouting of the men, the shrieking Of the
women, the lamentations of the children.
the shooting of revolvers, crashing of
windows and all, made perfect pande-
monium.
Chief Devery was at his home right in
the heart of the battle-ground. but did not
take charge of the police at once. He fin
ally took personal command.
Police Aided the Mob.
The police said the negroes were rap
idly arming with revolvers and knives.
They say that nearly all of the prisoners
had weapons of some sort. The police
did great deal Of clubbing of negroes,
some of whom were roughly handled.
Many negroes were hustled into the West
Thirty-seventh Street station for protec-
ton. None had escaped without some
kind Of an injury, and some of them were
bleeding from half dozen cuts.
The crowd that surged into Broadway
seemed uglier than that further west.
There were at one time more than 5000
persons in Broadway. Up and down, info
and out OF the hotels and saloons. through
Herald Square ard the side streets the
mob surged and rushed looking for me-
groes. Any unfortunate black was set
upon and beaten.
Up to 1 O'Clock this morning not a single
white man had been reported under ar
rest. Chief Devery said he would take
every precaution for preventing repsti-
ton OF the outbreak
John B. Malicry, a young negro and a
student in a civil engineer class. was go
ing home from the colored engineers club,
with Gordon Jones, another student about
his age The gang jumped on them at
Thirty-seventh street and Ninth avenue.
Mallory was knocked down. policeman
heard him yelling and managed to get him
on an uptown car He tod him TO go 20
a hospital just then another policeman
ran up. pulled Mallcry from the car and
tegan 10 club him. The pass ngers on the
car cried shame" ard the policeman
stopped his assault.
In charging through Thirty-seventh
street ard driving the mob before It, the
negroes in the tenements began TO fire
thirgs at ihe mob and police. The police
men at once fred into the upper windows
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