The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-17
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gu eted BY Police, After a Continued
Bloody Struggle. y
ONE l)!'!I REPORTED FATALLYsHUIRlT:[.
Such q Furious Ebullftion Of Race
Hatred rs Found Vent In the Tr ,,,,.,
bic Has Not Been Equalled in the
ss North:--Fiifty We're Injured by Piss
tolls, Rocks, Razors and Clubs. y

Siis ~ " : ssn, AuB 1b--Reace was
mot restored In the anti-negro district
until after 9 O'clock this morning. Dur.
ing the riot II Is estimated that 500 20.
lice were on duty and ambulances from
every hospltal;oh the West Side were
kept busy Appellee estimate OF the re-.
7:sult OF the number wounded at NIFTY, the
number Of arrests forty. The most de-
Stesnined and desesrate hand to hand
J light which occurred during theyriot
was that between Detective John Ken.
needy and the negro Lloyd Lee. Lee
4 acted like q mad man when Kennedy
ordered him to move on. Refusing to
do 90, he said to Kennedy:
II know you. You are Thorpe's part
7lner, J have been layin' for your and
ssat!the same time he slashed Kennedy In
the shoulder innictlng a deep wound.
Kennedy pulled his revolver anu fired
I four shots. One bullet went through
I Lees Jaw Policemen came running
from different directions and went In
search OF Lee. In the search another
\ negro, David H. Carr, got a terrible
4 beating and when hewas taken to Belle
ssvucSi Il was found that he had 4 frac-
}Stpred skull. a fractured arm and ii bat.
tered face. Kennedy was taken to the
: New FORK hospital. Later he was
I taken to Bellevue where he Identified
Lee as his assaillnt. When Lee saw
. Kennsdy he ihissed forth: II am up AND
about and YOU are down. Damn you, 1
+ guess you're down for good. i hope So"
Threatened to 4Do' Kennedy.
Captain cconey and Kennedy say
that Lee threatened several days ago to
do" Kennedy because the latter was
Thorpss partner.
~ fNNhlle Kennedy and Ice were in the
struggle word was sent to. Captain
$cooney that Kennedy had been killed.
This Intensified the excitement anon;
the reserves. who rushed from the sta
Z ton ard charged down tn. street. In
doing SO they encountered mobs Of
whites at various points. In making All
indiscriminate charge upon ,tka mob a
!; negro was discovered. He started 10
g run, and the mob and the reserves,
Close behind. gave chase. The negro
4 ran into the Marlborough, escaped
through the Office by the Broadway
Office into Broadway. and this added 70
the excitement.
gai Groups had sathercd at various points
along Broadway and were discussing
i the riot. When they. saw the negro
\ come out OF the Marlborough the
+ groups quickly asslmllated with tho
I mob and the chase was continued, until
1T seemed as IL the entire disorder and
i riot had been transferred from the
( place OF beginning to Broadway.
Was on the Run. 5..
Wherever a negro was seen he was
on the run whether he had been partI-
cipant to the riot or not This was the
case Of one who ran out OF a side street
near Forty-second street, chased by a
4 mob. The negro ran into Shanlcys res
taurant, one of the fashionable uptown
cafes. The place was filled with pep
!, pie. many OF whom were women. The
latter jumped from their tables and at
tempted to make exits wherever there
was an open door or window. Their
escorts followed. ,endeavorIng TO assn
age their excitement. The sight OF the
fugitive negro covered with blood only
intensified the excited condition OF the
women. who escaped from the cafe only
TO find themselves in the midst OF a mob
bowling for blood. Some OF the patrons
of the cafe who were dining up stairs
were with difficulty restrained from
Jumping out OF the window. z
The negro who had created this scene
! escaped in the excitement, but another
negro named Walker, one OF the thea
4 trical team OF Williams and Walker.
Z was seen on a Broadway car, dragged
of and given q beating. His compur-
S lon escaped, but not Until after he had
received q severe drubbing.
Acting Captain Burns, OF the West
Thirtieth street station. arriving with a
squad and arrested four white men, the
y first whites OF the riot to be arrested.
a THU: was at o'clock in the morning.
.SrAt 2 o'clock this morning the police