The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-16

been transferred to Broadway. Wher-
ever a negro was seen he was on the
run whether he had ben participant
to the riot or not. This was the case of
one who ran out of a side street near
Forty-second street, chased by mob.
The negro ran into Shanley'S restaurant,
one of the fashionable uptown cafes.
The place was filled with people, many
of whom were women. The sight of the
fugitive negro covered with blood Gre
ated a panic among the women In the
cafe who rushed outside only to find
themselves in the midst of mob howl
ing for blood. Some of the patrons of
the cafe who were dining upstairs were
with difficulty restrained from jumping
out of the window. The negro who had
created this scene escaped in the excite
ment, but another negro named Walker,
one of the theatrical team of Williams
and Walker, was seen on q broadway
car dragged off and given a beating.
His companion escaped, but not until
after he had received a severe drubbing-
Acting Captain Burns of the West Thir-
tieth street station arrived with a squad
and arrested four white men, the four
whites of the riot to be arrested This
wa safter one o'clock this morning.
At 2 o'clock this morning the police
had the riot in hand, although there was
a feeling that danger was far from
past, and a heavy police guard was
mounted. wherever there were negroes
collected together they were swearing
vengeance. Fortunately about O'Clock
there was a heavy doWnpour of rain
and it is the opinion of the police that
this did more to dissipate the mob and
quiet the riot than a thousand men
would have been able to do. Chief
Devery said today:
II will watch this thing closely this
morning and if any man in a police
uniform does anything more than en-
force the law, he will be dismissed in
stantly. This has been an unfortunate
outbreak, but it won't happen again.
The police say that few, if any, prev
ious race riots in this city have COM
pared with that of last night, so far as
the dogged determination of those who
precipitated it is concerned.
At o'clock, when it was thought all
was over, Policemen Hughes and Jelif
of the West Thirtieth street station
and bottles thrown by negroes on the
roof of a house. The crowd from the
street rushed up the stairway but by the
time they reached the roof the aSSa1l-
ants had descended through scuttles
and had disappeared Two negroes were
later pulled from under a bed. They re-
sisted until clubbed over the head, and
one had his nose broken. The man de-
MED that they were on the roof Rich
ard Harris was badly beaten up on ac-
count of a report that he was the man
who had murdered Thorpe. 1t was dis
covered later that this was a <1istake.
ing shoemaker's knife in his sleeve he
was arrested.
The reserves of the station which had
been on duty nearly all night, were call
ed in during the morning and after .
O'Clock all was comparatively quiet
The last arrests made as reported by
the police this morning were those of
James E. and Ethel Harris. 1t was said
that the man is the Harris who killed
Thorpe. At the station he denied know
ing anything about Thorpe and said
that neither he nor his wife had any
part in the disturbance.