The sun., 1901-12-26
RACE RIOT UP IN HARLEM.
WHITE MAN SHOT, SEVERAL BAD
LY HURT; 2f NEGRO PRISONERS.
Row started Over the Harrying of an Old
Black by Small Boys-Men Joined I'm
II and Bullets and Bricks Flew for
Half an Hour death In II for One Man.

A race riot or something very like 1t ragged
for nearly an hour yesterday afternoon In
-Carmelsville," as West isOth street be-
tween Broadway and Manhattan street is
called and as a result four white men went
TO the hospital instead of having their
Christmas fun and twent one negroes were
arrested One of the white men is believed
TO be mortally inj ured. For half an hour
at the scene Of the riot the air was full Of
stones. bricks and other missiles. The
police say that the negroes fired thirty
shots. Only one white man was hit
For several years the Carmelsville tene-
ments have been occupied principally by
negroes, but this was the first serious trouble
Of the sort that has occurred there. Like
the race riots in Hell's Kitchen Of two years
ago IL grew out OF a small beginning. The
police had been expecting it, they say, and
the celebrity with which the row was stopped
made Inspector Kane praised with some
warmth the buecoats of Capt. Hogan's
West l25th street station.
According TO what the police could learn
some small white boys were amusing them
selves in lSoth street near Broadway at
o'clock yesterday afternoon by following
and annoying an old negro whose Christ
man cheer had made his gait unsteady.
Three Irishmen. according to the police
version Of the trouble. were walking
through the street They were John Gar
raty of 2S40 Old Broadway, John McHale
of 1464 Amsterdam avenue, and Nicholas
Maher Of $3.50 Broadway. These three
men did something to the negro-just what
the police didn't learn. Gerraty, McHale
and Msher say theS took the negro's
side and tried to stop the boys from annoy
Ing him. The negroes who live In the
neighborhood say that the three not only
egged the boys on. but took a hand in
badgering the old man.
At any rate, there was trouble imme-
diatey. A crowd of negroes swarmed
out Of the low and high tencments and with
a roar closed in on the whites. brick
hit Gerraty on the back Of his head and he
went down like log and lay senselesS
until the police got there. McHale and
Maher stood their ground. probably he
cause they couldn't very we'll get away.
and called for help. Twenty white mon
answered their call. but there were hun
dred negroes against them. Then o."
missiles began to fly. Next, some of 'h"
negroes who had revolvers began firing
Most Of the shooting. according 10 the
police, was done by Burley MRy. Wallace
Bird and Jacob Davis, all negroes. One
bullet hit Mahcr in the back. pierre
ing his kidneys. He fell and then negro
slashed McHale's face with razor until
the skin hung'in ribbons.
Meanwhile somebody had gone to the
West i25th street police station and had
told Sergt. Crowley what was going on.
Luckily, reserve section Of twelve men
was In the back room and these were sent
TO the riot on the double Quick, under COM
mand of Roundsman McGloin. But several
policemen from posts nearby had got there
before the reserves and az the first sight
of tho bluecoats and brass buttons the
negroes scurTied to cover. Most OF them
fe1 10 the roofs of the houses. and from
these points Il. lied down bricks which
they ripped from tho chimneys.
The police brought down under arrest
every negro they could find on the roofs.
They took eighteen prisoners in all then A
dozen Of them were started 10 tho station
with Policeman Collins and another blue
coat On the way one big negro seized
a hslertick and aimed blow al Collins
which would have mashed his skull a-
easily as a ripe pumpkin # II had landed
here he aimed II. II didn't hit ColluS's
head because john Nhslen, n stabieman.
20 wears old. grabbei at IN" stick. to.lins's
arm Was badly bruised as u was. and "a
recond later somebody hit old Nhalen on
the head with a brick Other policemen
came To- the aid Of Collins and hi- partner
aud stopped the disturbance.
Two aHbuaHoes we're called ard MaheT.
McHale, Gerraty aud Nhaleu were taken
20 the Hood Wright Hospiial The
negroes Bursy MAY and Wallace Bird.
were captured. Both hsd revolver With
tie chamtsrs empty baNs, th" negro
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