The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
NEGRO HUNT
IN NEW YORK.
Mob Of White Tougns AS
sault Negroes Outrageously

New York. Aug 5-A mob Of
several hundred persons formed at / /
O'Clock tonight in front Of the home
Of Policemen Robert J Thorpe,
Thirty seventh street and Ninth ave
nue. to wreai: vengeance upon the
negroes Of that neigbborhooa because
one of their race had cansed the
policenan's death Thorpe was
stabbed and bruised last Sunday
night by several negroes wnea be
was attempting to arrest colored
woman The man who inflicted most
of the injury is said to ce Arthur
Harris, negro VINO came here
several weeks ago from Washington
In few moments ;he mob tonight
swelIed to 500 people or more, and
as they became violent the negroes
fled in terror into any hindiog place
they could fiud
The police reserves from four sta
tions, numbering 400 IN all, were
called out
The mob Of white men, which
grew with great rapldity. ragged
through ;he district and negroes, re-
csrd,ess OF age or sex, were indis-
! crlninately attacked Scores were
injured It took the combined
efforts Of The reserves with as macy
more policemen on regular patrol
duty in the four precincts TO restore
order. Clubs were used until the
policemen were almost exhausted
Revolvera were emptied into the air
ard ir one or two instances fired az
the upper stories Of the negro .ene
ments from which the negroes defen
siveiy fred bricks, paving stones and
other missiles.
TIE policeman's body was bro1ght
to his home tonight in Ninth avenue
between Thirty sixth and Thlrty-sev-
enth streets At once the house
became a sort of shrine, end from ell
over the vicinity meo and women
called to pay their respects Many
carried handsome floral offerings.
As the night grew on tie feeling
against the negroes seemed to grow
The fact that many saloons round
about were crowded doubtless had
its iahuence on the rising TIDE OF
a7ge:
A few minutes before IL o'clock N
Irish wor1an under the Influence of
drink came cut OF the place She
set up 8 howl aad began to recite the
virtues of the dead policeman she
seid tie negroes ought to be killed
Just then young negro walked by
The white men made a rush for him
and he was quickly surrounded He
was beaten and kicked and was res
cued with great difficulty If there
aad been a carefully arranged plot
and this had been the agreed signal
the outbreak could not have been
more spontaneous Men and women
poured by the hundreds from the
neighboriDg tenements Negroes
were Sc. upon wherever they could
be found and brutally beaten The
blacks at fret offered resistance, but
they were so soon outnambered that
they fed without delay
For the nexs hoar the streets were
filled With rioting. surging mob
1t YVES scene on very much the same
order as that waich was witnessed q
few days ego in New Orleans New
York has seldom had its equal The
shouting of men. the shriekipg of the
women, the lamentations OF the chill
d.en, the shooting Of sevolvers, the
tire crashing of wiDdows-ali made
pesfec. pandemonium
Chief Devery was at his home right
in tie aea.: CT the battle ground, but
did nos take charge Of the place at
once. He fii2iiy took personal COM
mard
TIE police said the negroes were
rapidly a7aing with TIE revo'vels
snd knives They say that nearly al
tee prisoners bad weapons OF some
sort The police did q great dea! Of
clubbing tI.e negroes, some Of whom
were roughly handled Many
negroes were hauled into the
ives: Thirty seventh streets sta
sioo 70. protection. None had
escaped without sons kind Of
injury, aud soue OF them were diced
ING FROM half dozen cuts
The c:ows! tia: eurged into Broad
way seemed ug:ier ,han that farther
wes: Tacra were at oGe tiaa more
than 5.Go9 persans ia Broadway rp
ard down, INTO AID out OF the
hotels and saloons, through Herald
sqaa,c and side tracks the mob
surged aad ilusl.ed looking Tor
negroes 5.ny unfortunate black was