The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-07-28
.H,JNI NEGROES t. DEATH.
Awful Deeds of Violence of Blood
Thirsty MODS at New
Orleans.
ONE is DEAD AND THREE ARE DYING.
Fifteen Persons Wouuded-CItisens
Demand a Posse or Militia tn Pre-
Vent n Recurrence of scenes of
Niolence-RiOtinE Result of Kill
ing of Policemen by De.Peradoes.

Niolence-RtOtInn Result OF kill
ing of Policemen by nesPeradocs.
New orleans. July 27.-After being
In the Lands of lawless mobs for sew
eral hours, with the police apparently
poweriess to maintain order, New Or
leans AT day break Thursday assumed
n peaceable and orderly condition, and
the violence has apparently finally
ceased. The last disturbance oc-
CURED about five o'clock when white
baker, whose name is unknown, was
shot in the leg. while crowd of
rioters we're chasing gang OF ne
groes. The mayor, the police and cit
liens are arranging 10 take precau-
tions against recurrence of last
nights scenes of disorder. The mob
was composed OF boys and hoodlums.
and was without leader. The riot
ing grew out OF the intense feeling
engeudered hy the murder OF Capt.
Day aud patrolman Lamb and the
wourding of Officer Mora by the des-
perado Charles. The occurrences of
Wednesday night were greatly de-
plored ny the best elements of the
community, They represented in no
sense an uprising of an outraged COM
munity against wrong One man was
killed, three others will die and IS
were wounded
DEAD-Unknown negro dubbed and
shot to death in Custom House street.
between Marais and Vllere streets
II A & I
colored shot four times. In abdomen.
head. left arm and right hand Baptiste
Filean coiored, aged rs, employed in
the French market, shot In thoraS.
Joseph Nelson. negro, driver, skull frac-
tured
INJuRED-T p. Saunders, colored.
aged 30. porter, living at No. 1897 Jackson
avenue. confused wound Of the scalp,
stab wound in the side and a Runzhnt
wound In the right knee, Esther Fields.
colored aged Is. severe cash on head
Oswald Mcmahon. white, uged IL, laborer.
penetrating gunshnt wound through the
right thigh: Frank Shepherd. white. aged
a.. perforatng gunshot wound i'm the
right forearm. Alexander huffman, Pull
man palace car porter. shot In the left
shoulder. Joseph Deeds white, stabbed In
the right hand and LETT fingers cut. i.
q. Davis. motorman, shot In the right
leg: j. Giung. conductor. dubbed and
arms badly injured. Joseph Lewis. coli
ored aged H. confused wounds of the
head. caused by beating with baseball
bat. George Morris. c0lored two cuts on
head and gunshot wound la the leg
Daniel White, culOred. Runshot wound
OF the left wrist. Henry Daurin. white.
Runshot wound OF the left leg. William
Armstrong, negro, htborer. shot In LETT
thigh, unknown baker. white. shot in
the leg.
Demand Posse or militia.
A delegation of citizens Thursday
went to the city hall and asked the
mayor either to call out a posse of
citizens or appeal to the governor to
order out the militia. His honor de-
cded Immediately TO prepare a proc
lamation calling for 100 volunteer cit
liens to assist the police IA preserving
order.
Mobz Hun HIot.
New Orleans, July 27.--Ali Wedncs-
dag night and up 10 half-past three
O'Clock Thursday morning, mobs ran
riot through this city on a hunt for
negroes, and those unfortunates who
fell into their grasp we're either killed
or so badly wounded that they were left
for dead. After the mobs got started
the negroes became terrorized and took
Ehelterin their homes and the outhOuses
of white people, who protected them,
no it was only the unsus pecting and
inoffensive negroes who were the
victims.
Police Are Powertess.
The police were powerlesS. As fast
as they apparently dispersed a crowd
In one section II only reformed and
moved TO some other point to con.
tinue It's devilish work.
The mohs were composed almost en-
TREY of boys under ~ years Of age
and they had no leaders. but acted on
common impulse. The movement
started from a gathering OF men at
the Lee statue. corner Of ST. Charles
avenue and Howard street. Being or
dered to disperse. the crowd moved up
81. Charles street, gathering force az
1t moved and gradually becoming in
famed to the point d desperation.
Aroused bY n Violent IlnraaEne.
IL was not until after they had
stopped In Morrison square. on Wash
ingion avenue and Franklin street,
near the scene Of the assassin a Jon NJ
Capt, Day and Officer Lamb. that they
listened 10 a speech from a man hail
ing from Kenner, and then started out
TO .ayIay the negroes. Most OF the
eol0red population had taken warning
from the excitement Of the night be.
fore and kept indoors. but there were
soTne returning 10 their homes from
work, and il VAS one Of these " no was
the first victim. He vas in crowded
Henry Clay avenue car. near the square.
and when the mob saw him they rushed
for the car and dragged him oat. firing
one shot in the car He turned out 10
be Alex Huffman. Pullman car porter.
and be Was badly used up. HI saa cut
aud shot and beaten over the head
There WAS another negro uith him in
the car y no hid under The seat aud.
after the car had started, tbsy aiseoY-
cred him. bat ihet could Bot catch II.
J Ciuny. the conductor 81 4 Peters
avenue ear. vas shot in the foot on
franklin street ard the ear riGdled
with bullets.
p. q Davis. the mot ormaB on The
same ear. SIS also shof h the foot.
frank Shepherd q ahlfe man who
Vas ID the erowd. got bullet through
hls right arm.
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