The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-07-10
INDIANA RIOT
REIGN OF TERROR IN TOWN OF EVANS
WILLIE IND.
county jail Stormed Shooting Of an Officer
ny Negro and Attempt to Lynch MUIR
dcrer Resulted In Race Riot.

Evansville, July 7. Race prejudice
between blacks and whites brought on
a reign of terror here Sunday, which
has notBend"d All of last night and
all day yesterday armed men threat
ened the lives Of citizens. Gun stores
we're broken open and weapons aud
ammunition were seizad by blacks
and whites. The county jail ia partly
wrecked, and an angry mob Of 1000
whites broke in to huut for a black
victim; the wall WAS forced with n
battering ram; negro dives we're ram
sacked and shot to pieces in the search
for the black and an armed company
OF drilled blacks marched THROUGH
the streets threatening the lives of
all whites.
CAUSE OF THE RIOT.
The race riot WAS the Immediate
outcome Of the shooting of Patrolman
Massey Friday night by Lee Brown,
negro. Brown and another negro
had engaged in quarrel, and Brown
had sworn to kill his antagonist. lie
ran toward his home to secure a re.
volver, and Patrolman Massey, hear
ing OF the trouble, lay in wait for
Brown. AS the negro came back
armed, hunting his enemy, Massey
stepped from doorway and laid his
hand on Browns shoulder. Brown
turned quickley, II revolver in his
hand, and shot the policeman in the
abdomen. The officer as be Law on
the sidewalk, fired at Brown and
wounded him dangerously.
Patrolman Massey af,erward died
from the effects of his wound.
Brown WAS arrested and hurriedlv
placed in the Evansville jail.
Excitement has been intense and
since the arrest of Brown the iail has
been guarded night and day:
An outbreak WAS feared and tha
negro was secretly removed from the
jail and taken to Vincennes, where
he now lies in the new jail at the
point Of death from his wounds.
The jail is being guarded by armed
deputies, who will remain on duty
all night.
An enraged mob Of whites last
night made a determined attack ON
the jail in an effort to secure the
negro with the intention of lynching
him.
A perfect reign Of terror prevailed
for hours and the authorities were
practically poweress.
CITY 10 NOW QUIET.
Evansville, Ind, July 7.-This city
is quiet this morning and there are
no signs Of the mob violence that
agitated the population all of last
night.
BUSINESS IL moving in the even
tenor of its way. A tri p in the busi-
ness section reveals the fact that
much damage VISA done to numerous
stores, especially to the hardware
houses, many of which we're entered
and robbed OF guns and ammunition.
Thousands of shots we're fired durino
the night, bnt 40 far az learned, no
ono WAS killed, although numbers of
people are said to have been wounded.
Several negroes were caught 10y mobs
and almost beaten to death before
the police could save them.
The cheif demonstration in the
night WAS Il charge on the county jail
between 10 and o'clock. Several
thousand men crowded the streets
before the building and finally OBJ
tnined entrance through the fortified
gates to the yard where they began
to batter the windows OF the isil
Efforts to prevent this were futile,
and the crowd held sway, the police
of the city being occupied with hold.
ing the sight seers from invading the
front part of the building and ran
sacking the sheriff's residence.
| After the mob WAS thoroughly
satisfied that Lee Brown, the mur.
derer Of Patrolman Massey WAS not
in the building, they separated into
squads of 40 or so and paraded the
downtown streets until daylight
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