The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-18
Negroes, Being Raided, Use
Rifles With Deadly Effect.
THREE OFFICERS ARE SHOT
Citizen Killed and Four Negroes
Lose Their Lives.
cREMATED IN BURNING HOME.
Will Richardson the Ring Leader. After
shooting the Officers, Perishes in
the Flames-lntense Excitement
and Race War Only Averted
by the Presence of
the Military.
CREMAIED IN BURNING HOME
fBr Associated rress.l

fBy Associated Press.)
ATLANTA. GA, May I7.-An effort by
officers of the law to arrest negro out
laws. who had barricaded themselves in
a store. resulted to-day in the most fatal
riot in the history of the city. Eight
men We're killed, Including three police
men. a white citizen and four negroes.
Six people. black and white were wound
Ell. The most exciting scenes prevailed
at the place Of disturbance. and all avail
Mole policemen. with the military, called
out by the Governor. had all they could
do to keep down a general riot. An en-
TIE block of buildings was burned before
the conflict. which began early this morn
ing was terminated.
The dead:
ED BATTLE. bailiff of Fulton county.
H. G. OSBURN, policeman OF Fulton
county
THOMAS GRANT. city policeman
EDWARD CRABTREE, city policeman.
WILL RICHARDSON, the negro des-
perado who killed these men.
JOHN HARRINGTON, negro, who
attempted to escape from a sewer.
UNKNOWN NEGRO believed to be
Charles cIisbey. killed il a nearby,
yard.
WILL GREGG. negro. died tonight,
was shot by unknown men while passing
comments on the sffray
Wounded:
g a. kcrlin. beaten by negroes.
W. A Wright. county policeman,
wounded in the left shoulder.
". l.. Jackson, street car NAH. wound
cd in the thigh
owen Heard. county policeman, wound
ed in the arm.
Shepherd Finer. hackman, shot
through hand.
Cali Officer Spradin. wounded in the
arm.
WENT TO RAID PLACE.
The scene of the tragedy was on Nc
Daniel Street, few hundred yards out
side the city limits. The county police
first attempted to raid the place where
the negroes had taken refuge. and later
the city police We're called upon for aid.
Still later. the Governor was appealed
10 and the military We're ordered out.
In the barricaded store were three ne
tryes 1t is believed there We're at first
as many as five, and twc escaped before
daylight. Tie store was small arse
nal. in which were number of Winches-
ter rifles and a small satiinE gun. 1t
was rendezvous for a gang of thieves
and ,nurdcrers. Within were sharpshoot-
els who picked off the men on the out
side with precision and deadly effect
t,erv time a man showed himself he
was shot to death.
THE BODY OF RICHARDSON.
After the burned body of Richardson
ND an
men seizel it and bore it towards the
CITY. Chief Ball threw a Gordon of police
across a street at the city limits and
took the body away from the crowd and
sent 1t to the city in wagon
While the procession was passing, Will
Gregg, negro. was heard to remark
that il was shame to kill negroes that
war, and he had no sooner spoken the
words than he was riddled with bullets.
Ee was taken TO the county jail. where
he died tonight fly men of the Fifth
Infantry did patrol duty in the disturbed
district all DAY. being relieved tonight
by the Gate City Guards. AS a further
rrecaution Governor Gambler tonight or
dered every military man in Atlanta un-
der arms and to remain al their COM
many HEADQUARTERS until further orders.
THE GOVERNORS STATEMENT.
Governor Gambler made the following
statement tonight:
AT O'Clock this morning l was caliec
up by Deputy Sheriff Shropshire who
informed me that desperate negro, who
had waylaid and wounded policeman or
FRIDAY. had been located in an OLD store
house on McDanlc. Street, beyond the
city limits and that the county police
had surrounded the house and were wait
ing until daylight to capture him. Be
fore day the negro shot from the house
and killed a policeman. With this state
r1ent he telephoned me for authority tf
burn the house. ] advised him not t'
do so. hut to guard the house and TO pre-
Vent the escape of the negro and TO cal
me again when / got to my Office.
II at once ordered Major Barker t
r,-oceed without delay to the scene o
the disturbance with fifty men and
Gatlng gun. In few minutes Deput!
Sheriff Shropshire advised me that whii'
fe had been at the telphone talking e
me, Sherif Nelms had ordered the hous
burned, and the negro had escaped. bu
was believed to be In another hous
nearby Meanwhile the troops under
Major Barker had gone to the scene 0
the trouble. orders being given him no
10 fire on any house IN which We're an!
women and children. Before the troop
arrived It having been ascertained ther
were no women or Children in this house
It also was fred. Meantime the negro
Who was armed with two Wincheste
rifles and was an expert shot. hat
killed three more white officers AM
wounded two others and two negroes ha,
a,ao been Killed, but the ring-Ieade
x,o,,d NOT come out. remaining until tn
ho,,sc burned down ever him.
4.The whole trouble grew ont of the at
tack upon and severe wounding Of tn