Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-08-17
HOURS OF. RIOTING.
A Wild Night in New York
City's Negro District.
At Least so People Injured and About
40 Arrests Made.
Another Officer Slashsd With Razor-Many
Marrow Escapes Of Negroes.

new OTk, aug. 1O-fedCe Was IUt
restored in the negro riot district until
after 3 o'clock, this morning. An es-
innate of the riot as given by the po-
lice, this morning, puts the number of
wounded at so and the number of ar
rests 40. The most determined and dcs-
perate hand-to-hand fight which oc-
Cured during the riot, so far as report
ed, was that between Detective John
Kennedy and the negro. Lloyd Lee.
Lee acted like mad man when Ken
needy ordered him to move on. Refus-
ing to do so he said to Kennedy: Il
know you. You are Thorpe's partner.
have been laying for YOU and at the
same time he slashed Kennedy in the
shoulder. inflicting a deep wound. Ken
needy pulled his revolver and fired four
shots. one of which went through Lees
jaw Policemen came running from
different directions and arrested Lee.
Kennedy was taken to the New York
hospital. Later he was taken to Belle
vue, where he identified Lee as his as
sailant. When Lee saw Kennedy he
Missed forth: II am up and about and
you are down. Damn you. l guess
you're down for good. 1 hope So
Captain Cooney and Kennedy say
that Lee threatened, several days ago,
to do Kennedy because the latter was
Thoroe's partner.
While Kennedy and Lee We're in the
struggle word was sent to Police Cap
tain Cooney that Kennedy had been
killed This intensified the excitement
among the reserves, who leaped from
the station and charged down the
street In doing so they encountered
mobs of whites at various points. In
making an indiscriminate charge upon
the mob a negro was discovered.
He started to run and the mob and
the reserves close behind, gave chase.
The negro ran into the Marlborough
Hotel and escaped through the Office
into Broadway, and this added to the
excitement. Groups had gathered at
various points along Broadway and
We're discussing the riot when they saw
the negro come out of the Marlbor-
ough: the groups quickly assimilated
with the mob and the chase was contin-
ued. until it seemed as if the entire
disorder and riot had been transferred
from the place of beginning to Broad
way.
Wherever a negro was seen he was on
the run whether he had been a partic-
ipant in the riot or not. This was the
case oe one who ran out of side
street. chased by a mob. The darkey
ran into Stanley's restaurant, one of
the fashionable uptown cafes. The
place was filled with people many Of
whom We're women. The latter jumped
from their tables and attempted to
make exits wherever there was an open
door or window. Their escorts IoIow-
ed, endeavoring to assuage their excite
ment.
The sight of the fugitive negro COW
cred with blood only intensified the ex-
cited condition of the women and they
only escaped the situation in the cafe
to encounter worse one outside, for
as soon as they got into the
roadway there was another mob
bowling for blood and the scene
was pandemonium. Some of tn.
patrons of the cafe who We're din
ing up stairs were with difficulty re-
strained from jumping out of the win
dows.
The negro who had created this scene
escaped somewhere in the excitement
AT o'clock this morning the police
had the riot in hand.
Chief Devery said this morning: II
will watch this thing closely this morn
ing. and if any man in a police uni
form does anything more than enforce
the law, he will be dismissed instantly.
This has been an unfortunate out
break, but it won't happen again"
The police say that few if any pre-
vious race riots in this city have COM
pared with that of last night. so far
as logged determination of those who
participated in it is concerned
At o'clock. when it was thought all
over. Policemen Hughes and Jelif wer1
assaulted with shower of bricks and
bottles from the roof of house Tho
missiles We're thrown by a crowd of
negroes. The crowd from the streets
rushed up the stairway. but at the time
they reached the roof the assailants
had descended through scuttles and
had disappeared. Two negroes werc
later pulled from under bed in tn
house. They resisted until dubbed over
the head and one had his nose broken
The men denied that they had been on
the roof.
The police reserves who had been on
duty nearly all night We're called in
during the morning and after O'Clock
all was comparatively quiet. the mo-
notony being broken by an occasiona
policeman who came in with prisoner
The last arrests made were those oil
James f. and Ethel Harris (husbant
and wife, 1t was said that the mar
is the Harris who killd POLICEMAN
Thorpe. At the station he denie.
Knowing anything about Thorpe and
said that neither he nor his wife hat