The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-06

men started for the powder magazine
near the city 10 secure explosives with
which they declare they will blow up the
entire negro colony OF Baptist town a
suburb of the city.
CRISIS REACHED.
The trouble which has been brewing
for months came to a crisis Friday when
Lee Brown. negro. shot and killed Pa
trolman Massey who was trying to ar
rest him while bent on the murder OF a
man with whom he had auarrelled.
Threats OF vengeance were followed by
the surrounding OF the jail
The negro was secretely moved from
the city yesterday TO Vincennes. Patrol
man Massey died I'm terrible agony and
yesterday morning the crowd refusing TO
credit the statements OF the officials that
the negro was not I'm the jail began
threatening as IL increased in numbers.
Twenty-Five policemen were mobilized
In the jail and repulsed the first attempt
TO force an entrance after the gates were
crushed in. A telephone pole was used as
a battering ram and the Jail windows
gave way. A committee was appointed TO
search for the negro, but its report that
he was not there was not believed and
after forcing a breach the mob poured in
to the corridors. Finding its victim gone.
there was cry of kill the negroes" and
arms were demanded
ARMED NEGROES MARCH
A company of armed negroes aroused
by the race troubles marched through
the streets, shouting Down with the
whites" threatening death 10 all IL the
negro was lynched. This started a rush
Tor the gun stores by the whites. Three
were broken open and 400 rifles and revolt
vers with ammunition were seized.
From this time on throughout the
night there were thousands of bullets
One negro woman is dead and a boy
named Logan was shot and seriously
wounded by a negro. The mob shooting
negroes, and did not stop to inspect it's
work and the excitement and confusion
have prevented houses from being search
ed for dead and wounded.
GUN STORES LOOTED.
The mob after leaving the jail. on find
ing that the negro Brown was gone. broke
into the gun stores OF Boetticher q Kel-
logg, Willerding & Co. and +. NJ Bush &
CO. ana after thoroughly arming all
ruShed through the streets, hunting ne
groes. The armed company of negroes
had ih disappeared. All blacks fed from
the streets, and failing to find victims
shot to pieces. Whether any were killed
there is not known. The march to Bap-
tlSttOwn was then begun. and as cyawn
began To break the mob was rushing
toward the powder magazine near the
city Tor powder, with which To blow UP
the negro colony.
OFFICIALS POWERLESS
Throughout the night the officials were
powerless: Negroes after the first armed
display OF resistance scattered and have
not made stand since Thousands OF
shots were fired during the night
., ~ ne rlot began growing still worse at 4
this morning Police sent after the mob |
which started for Baptisttown telephoned /;
20 headquarters that they were powerless. /
as the mob was armed with rifles and /
they had only revolvers
Just after dawn the mob began bonn |
harding the houses OF oolored people N /
Baptsttown and the police had reports
of many people wounded in the battle /
that followed and that there were prob /
ably some deaths.
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