The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-18
EIGHT DEAD AS !.
 RESULT OF P5l
Four White Men and Four Negroes Shot to Death in Atlanta--SK
 Other Persons Wounded.


 store resulted today in the most fatal riot in the history of the city. Eight men were killed. including three police men. a white citizen and four negroes Six persons. black and white. were wounded.
 The most exciting scenes prevailed at the place of the disturbance and every available policeman. with military called out by the Governor. had all they could do to keeo down a general riot. An entire block of buildings were burned before the conflict. which began early this morning. was terminated.
 The dead: Ed Battle. a bailiff of Full ton CorLty; H. G. Ozburn, a policeman of Fulton County; Thomas Grant. city po- liceman; Edward Crabtree, a city police man; Will Richardson. the negro des- peredo, who killed these men; John Har- rington, a negro who attempted to es- cape from a sewer; unknown negro, be- lieved to be Charles Clisbey, killed in a nearby yard; Will Gregg. negro. died tonight. was shot by unknown men, while passing comments on the affray.
 Wounded: S. A. Ktrlin. beaten by ne- croes; w A. Wright. county police man, wounded in the left shoulder: w. T.. Jackson, a street car man. wounded in hip; Owen Heard. a county policeman, wounded in the thigh; Call Officer Sprad- lin. wounded in the arm; Shepherd Finger. hackman, shot through hand. A
 Scene of the Tragedies.
 The scene of the tragedies was on Me- Daniel Street, few hundred yards out side the city limits. The county police first attempted to raid the place alone, for, aid Stin later the Governor was ap- pealed to and the military were ordered out.
 In the barricaded, store were three ne proes. It is believed there were at first as many as five. and that two escaped before daylight. The store was small arsenal, in which were a number of Win chester rifles and a small Gatling gun. It was a rendezvous for a. gang of thieves and murderers. Within were sharpshoot- CTS. who picked off the men on the out side with precision and deadly effect. Every time a man showed himself he was shot to death. The torch was finally brought into requisition, and, amidst the flames were heard the crack of the rifies as the deadly messengers of lead sped on their way.
 The flames accomplished what the bull Af hA gang rushed out. one to death and the other, the leader, was burned after his body had been riddled with bullets. Be- fore the riot was ended. three brave of- ffcers had been shot to death, one citizen had fallen with rifle in his hands. four negroes were killed and many others wounded.
 5000 Shots Were Exchanged.
 During the entire affair at least 5000 shots were fired. Citizens had joined the police. armed with shot guns and rifles. After the burned body of the negro was found, an angry crowd of white men seized it and bore it towards the city. Chief Ball threw a cordon of police across a street at the city limits and took the body away from the crowd and had it sent into the city in wagon.
 While the procession was passing, Will Gregg a negro, was heard to remark that if WAS a shame to kill negroes that way, and he had no sooner spoken the words than he was riddled with bullets. He was carried to the county jail. where he died tonight.
 Fifty men of the 5th infantry did patrol dutv in the disturbed district all day. be- inc relieved tonight by the Gate City Guard As a further precaution, Gov ernor Candler tonight ordered every mili- tiaman in Atlanta under arms and to re- main at company headquarters until fur ther orders.
 Governor Candler made the following statement tonight: At ' o'clock this morning I was called up by Deputy Sher- if Shropshire. who informed me that desperate negro. who had on yesterday afternoon waylaid and wounded poilee- man. had been located in an old store house on McDaniel Street. beyond the oity limits, and that the county police had surrounded the house and were wait ing till daylight to capture him. Before day the negro shot from the house and killed a policeman. With this statement he telephoned me for authority to burn the house. I advised him not to do so' but to guard the house and prevent the escape of the negro, and call me again when l got to my office.
 Troops Ordered Out.
 "I at once ordered Major Barker to proceed without delay to the scene of the disturbance with fifty men and a Gatling gun. in few minutes Deputy Shropshire advised me by telephone that while he had been at the telephone talk ing to me, Sheriff Nelms had the house burned and the negro escaped, but W. believed to be in another house close by. Meanwhile the troops under Major Bar ker had gone to the scene of the trouble with Calling gun to open fire on the house. orders being given him not to fire on any house in which were any women and children; but before the troops ar rived, it having been ascertained that there were no women or children in the house, it also was fired. In the mean, time the negro, who was armed with two Winchester rifles and was an expert shot, had killed three more white officers and wounded two others. and two negroes had also been killed, but the ringIeader would not come out. remaining till the house was burned down over him.
 '"The whole trouble grew out of the at tack upon and severe wounding of a county policeman by the negro.
 Three negroes are in jail, and I have orderAd all kha froone in fha rffv 1arsdAr