Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-17
WAS A SURE SHOT
Negro Killed Five Police Offi1
 cepS at Atlanta.
HOUSE BURNED OVER HIS HEAD,

Whom the Negro Formerly Had Trouble With-State Militia Called Out-A Negro Friend of the Desper-
 ado Was Made to Fire the Building
 in Which He Was Concealed-Fira Spread and Several Buildings Wera
 Burned. | Atlanta, May 17.-As a result or a clash between policemen and negroes last night and today five policemen and tlIree negroes are dead and very many are injured. Before the 6ght- | ing was over the state militia was called out to attack the houses iu which the negroes were concealeds The entire police force and the reserye force of the city are on duty. (
 The names of the men known to ba killed are:
 City Policeman Tom Grant.
 City Policeman Ed Crabtree. fs
 County Policeman Tom Osborne. T Bailiff Battey.
 Fatally injured:
 Owen Heard.
 The officers burned the house In | the desperado escaped to one adjoin- l ing.
 The name of the negro who did tho shooting was Will Richardson. One Of those aiding him, Henry Grant, was captured while attempting to es- cape from the burning house.
 A second house was burned in an attempt to arrest the negro, but he es- capped to a barn.
 Call Officer SpradIin was shou through the arm by the negro as he darted out of the second burning house. Every policeman in Atlanta, armed with Winchester. was on the scene. The barn, which is on the rear of a lot on McDaniel street, I Pittsburg, was surrounded by the pos licemen. The excitement was intense and there were many threats of | lynching. The case bears a remark able similarity to the New Orleans | affair of several months ago, Richards ] son being a dead shot. Three of the ] officers who were killed were brought down by three successive shots by the negro.
 Captain w. w. ParkeE with fifty lpicked men from the Fifth battalion and a platoon left the armory and were soon at the scene of the troubles
 E. T. Jackson, street car conductors was shot through the hip by the negro at S:45. Jackson had on his uniform and was proceeding to the scene of the Iriot with a rifle when the negro fred. on him.
 A few minutes later County Police- man w. A. Wright was shot by the negro.
 | ,Ixsn Al, 4aAI refuge was fired after several attempts and was burned to the ground at 3 o'clock. Nobody saw the desperado make his escape, nor was any crH heard, but the negro cannot be found.
 It is generally believed that he was burned to death.
 A negro, name unknown, ran out of a large sewer near the scene of thet rioting while the barn was burning. He was quickly surrounded by crowG of policemen and citizens and filled with bullets
 A cabman was shot through the arm.
 Another negro running from tho burning building was shot and killed
 Chief-Of-Police Ball was in command of the city forces and Sheriff Nems of Fulton county directed the movements of the county officers.
 Steve Nebitt and Jim Singleton were I captured by the police and started for the city in patrol wagon. They were surrounded by a mob of 2,OOO people and the officers were compelled to draw their .revolyers to save thein prisoners lives.
 The trouble all arose over the way4 laying of former Policeman Kerlin, who had trouble with the negroes when he was an officer. This happened yes- terday afternoon and lie was badly injured and otncers proceeded at once to arrest his assailants. When the posse located the negroes the fight be- gan. All night long it was maintained and up to this afternoon. One of the negroes who gave himself up was forced at the point of a revolver to set fire to the building in which the negro Richardson was located, and before the fire was stopped it had burned out a whole block. A search of the ruins was made and skull and a gun were found in the debris and it is believed that Richardson perished. /