The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
BRUTAL
ATTACK
On Innocect CoIored People
at Shawnee
WOMEN WERE INCLUDED
One Shot While Holding Her
Dying Child.
250 MEN IN THE CROWD
Another Woman in a Delicate
Condition Assaulted,
MAN HELD DOWN AND SHOT
Leader of Mob Strikes an.
Officer With a Bottle.
COUNCIL WAS NOTIFIED
And Went in a Body to Quell
the Rioting.
Leader of Mob Strikes an
Officer With a Bottle.
COUNCIL WAS NOTIFIED
And Went in a Body to QueIl
the Rioting.

Shawnee, o. T., June pa most dis
graceful, unjust and malignant attack
has been made on the negro population
OF this city. It was an act of lawlessness
and hoodlumism which every decent citi-
zen condemns. Charles F. Barrett is open
in his denunciation of it and in his paper
he. in describing it, says:
The colored population of the city suG-
fered the brutal assaults OF a crowd Of
whites Of the lower class, who, when day
light comes. hide away.
The damage done was sustained wholly
BY the colored element, who, in the ma
Jority Of cases, were unprepared to pro-
fect themselves. One negro woman and
one negro man were shot by the mob. the
latter being in a serious condition, and
several more negro men were more or less
beat up.
The mob was organized about o'clock
Tuesday evening in front of d. p Sparks
restaurant. on Main street. and he. as
leader, marched down 20 the south part
Of town, where the negro quarters are To-
Gated, and proceeded to satisfy what they
no doubt thought was d grievance. The
nights action was occasioned by some
trouble between one of the Sparks boys
and negro out at the fair grounds dur
ing the game of ball between the bankers
and clerks. The boy reported the case
10 his father in the evening. and the mob
was organized. Probably little assist
ance was lent TO the bitter feeling against
the negroes because OF an assault made
on white boy ar the railroad shops the
day before by "a negro. The latter it is
said, beat the boy pretty badly and then
left town.
The purpose Of the mon. as some of
them said. was to scare the negroes out
and make them leave town. They started
down Broadway and first came to the
house Of Jesse Patterson, who lives Just
east from the oil mill They entered his
house, but he was not at home at the
time. They cussed his wife, went through
the premises. treated her pretty rough.
snd left She IS about 20 be confined.
They then went down to The negro quar-
tiers south of the railroad. They cane TO
the house Of Ben Davis. This IS one of
a row OF houses occupied by negroes. A
number Of the residents Of these houses
were sitting out in front when the mob
swear at the negroes calling them All
kinds Of names and trying to provoke
them 10 fight. When they got TO the first
house that occupied b. Ben Davis his
wife, Cora, was sitting in The doorway
hoialng her baby, which was al the point
o. death she got up and started 20 go In
the house and as she did SO a bullet was
fired through the side Of the house and
struck her in the abdomen. iniicting a
painful flesh wound The bullet was af
teTwards found and is about a a. caiiber.
From here they passed down the line
TO the house Of Morris Painter. A big
chunk of wood was thrown through a
north window, breaking an the glass and
smashing the frame all 10 pieces. some
OF the sang entered the house and found
negro By the name OF sam Scales in
back room They jumped on him. bear
him over the head and made his lower lin
look Ike big black mushroom. Sam
SAYS they took al his money. which
amounted 20 s. They Went cut and ~
this place they met Jesse Patterson who
says he was returning from IN entertain
ment down IN the southeast part of town
Several Of the gang. he saws fln,ned an
him and beat him up and then afterwards
held him while one Of the mob shot hin,
lie was shot three times. one bullet wcnt
through the calf OF the left leg one
through the groin and another through
his left arm His right ear was almost
torn from his head and the flesh c.,t %
the bone Or Roland attended him afte-
ne was taken home. The doctor saws the
wounds VIII not terminate Seriously nm
less some Of the clothing vas carried fnto
the wounds by the bullets In case II MAS
1he shooting may result Fatally Tho
wounded man is getting along very ven
toeay under the circumstances.
After the mob left Poirter's place thsv
started % make the rounds and met az
other negro by the name of NoIand Cold +
man. who works AZ The Crescent saloon
They raped him few times on the hsqs
ard told aim 70 leave town imma,at.l,
or they would fix hsfn
The mob then visited q few mora ,l,,,.
and returned 70 town Durinr aha ts-,s
they were out and when they were -na.,- 4
ms assaults on the inmates Of the hauses
they kept up an incesSant firing ana
Swore az every black they could Sc
When they got hack 70 town II vss
ahogt 10 O'clock. 4 short tine before
this telephone message Vas re,af,-s.7 -.