The Washington times., 1901-07-30
A RIOT ON H STREET.
Arrests Follow In tine wake of a
ColOred Procession.

| There was trouble late yesterday af-
| ternoon, and five negroes Were arrested on
various charges. ~ sixth negro, Charles
Delaney. is a patient at the Sibley Hospi-
| tai. suffering from n serious stab wound
in the back, inflicted by parties unknown.
| A riot call was sounded, calling out police
| reserves, and the investigation of the
affair is stiIl going on.
negro band, headed for Deanwood
near the District line, was marching
along North Capitol Street. near II Street,
about O'Clock, followed by a big crowd
In the crowd were George Lomax. Arthur
Hackman, Joseph Lewis, George Iona,
and John Carroll, all negroes who were
destined to cause quite a commotion be-
| fore they were finally locked up for the
night Joseph Handiboe, of 1902 Twelfth
Street northeast, and Delaney also were
on the outskirts of the gathering as 1t
filed into II Street, where the riot began.
Still another man, Thomas Costello, was
seated on his front steps on II Street,
between North Capitol and First Streets
and his wife and children sat beside him.
1t appears that. certain negroes We're
bent on trouble from the first. for bricks
and stones soon began to fly at the un-
offending Costello. The latter hastily
| withdrew with his wife and children into
his home and locked the door. Still stones
new thick and fast, and negroes seemed
to pick out several men standing on the
corner as targets. These men threw
back, and before long the saloon of Thorn
as Babbington, First and II Streets, was
fairly riddled with missiles.
While all this was going on somebody
had run for-thee police. Calls were sent
in to the Sixth precinct station and later
to the Ninth precinct station for the re-
serves. Policemen Morris, Mudd. and
Williams were the first to respond on.
bicycles. OLher policemen soon followed.
1t was just about this time too, that
Delaney was stabbed. In some way he
became mixed up in, the crowd, and some
body used knife upon him, causing a
painful wound On the arrival of the
police, Delaney was sent to the hospital
in the patrol wagon.
The processionyhad stopped short when
| the riot broke out. Everything was in
confusion when the police arrived, but
arrests were quickly made. All the
groes taken into custody were locked up
at the Sixth precinct station, except Car
roll, who is held at No. 9 station. George
Lomax is charged with assault on Joseph
Handiboe. 1t is said Handiboe was as
saulted and beaten by several negroes,
but of his assailants Lomax alone was
captured. Iona, Haekman, and Lewis
are charged with disorderly conduct,
while Carroll-is held on a charge of sus-
picion. The latter denies that he took
any D. TT whatever in the fighting.
1t vas learned at late hour that Lieu
tenant Daley, of the Ninth precinct sta
ton, had gone out to Deanwood with
several policemen. to further investigate,
the affair and possibly make arrests. The
police believe the proeessiofI. headed by
the band. was formed mainly by MEM
bers of the OsceoIa Pleasure Club, ne
gro organization.
Among the witnesses summoned to ap-
pear this morning in the Police Court in
connection with the riot are Thomas Co.'S
tello, 76 III Street northeast; Richard
Egan. 721 First Street northeast, and
Thomas Hyie, 50 II Street northeast.