Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-06
Brought on by Race Prejudice
Between Blacks and Whites,
BOTH SIDES TOOK TO ARMS.
Negro Dives Hansaeked and Shot 20
Pleces-hIob starts for Arsenal
no Get Explosives.

Evansville, Ind. July Grace pre-
jndlce between blacks and whites
Drought on a reign Of terror here Sun
day which has not ended. All OF last
night and all day yesterday armed
lnobs threatened the lives Of citizens.
Gun stores We're broken open and guns
and ammunition We're sliced by blacks
ana whites, The county IL partly
wrecked, an angry mob OF 1000 whites
having broken in the jail
to The hunt for black vic
I'm. The wall was forced by bat
terlng ram. Negro dives were ran
sacked and shot to pieces In the search
iqr the blacks and an armed company
OF drilled blacks marched through the
streets threatening the lives of all
whites. The governor has ordered out
troops TO protect property and quell
the disturbance but they have not ar
rived, Al daylight this morning 300
armed white men have started for the
powder magazine near the city to se-
cure explosives with which they de-
clare they VIII blow up the entire negro
colony OF Baptist-town, a suburb of the
city
TROUBLE BREWING FOR MONTHS.
The trouble, which has been brewing
iof months, came to a crisis Friday
When Lee Brown, a negro, shot and
Killed lalrOlman Massey, who was try
Ing To- airest him while bent on the
murder OF man with whom he had
quaueled. Threats Of vengeance were
followed by the surrounding Of the Jail.
Inc negro was secretly removed from
the city Yesterday and taken to Vim
cennes. Patrolman Massey died In ter
rlble agony, and yesterday morning the
crowd refused to credit statements of
the officials that the negro was not IN
the jail and became threatening,
Twenty-Five policemen We're modified
IN the jail and repulsed the first at
Tempt 10 force an entrance after the
gates had been crushed in. A telephone
pole was used as q battering ram and
The jail windows gave way A commit
tee was appointed 20 search for the
negro, but Its report that he was not in
the jail was not believed, and after
fWclng a breach the mob poured into
the corridors Finding It's yictlme gone
there was cry Of kin the negroes"
ana arms were demanded
A company OF armed negroes,
aroused by the race troubles, marched
through the streets shouting, Down
with the whites" and threa tening death
10 all II the negro was lynched. This
started a rush for the gun stores by
the whites. Three were broken open
and 400 rifles and revolvers with am
nuniton We're seized.
From this time on throughout the
night there was continued shooting,
What the fatalities were the coming
DAY will show. But one negro woman Is
known to be dead, and boy named
Logan was shot and seriously wounded
BY negro. The mob went through the
streets Inhabited by negroes did not
stop TO inspect its work, and the eX-
element and confusion have prevented
houses being searched for dead and
wounded
The mob, after leaving the jail. on
finding that the negro Brown was gone,
broke into the gun stores OF Boetticher
& Kellogg, Wilmerding & Co., f. NJ,
Bush a Co., and after thoroughly arm
ing rushed through the streets hunting
negroes. The armed company OF me-
groes had disappeared All the blacks
had fed the streets, and when the
rioters failed to find victims in the
streets the resort Of Budd Fruit was
attacked and shot to pieces.
Were any killed there is not no
knowledge yet The gun stores Of VIII
merding and Bush were broken open and
new recruits to the mob were armed. The
march TO Baptist-town was then begun,
and as dawn began to break the mob
was rushing toward the powder maya
zines near the city for powder with
which to blow up the negro colony,
Throughout the night officials have
been powerless. The negroes after the
first armed display of resistance. seat
tered and have not made stand since,
They are flying In terror Thousands
Uf shots We're fired during the night,
The governor was appealed TO and or
dered out the militia. but It has not APP
peared as yet. Three gun stores are
demolished the Jail Is partly wrecked.
glass in q hundred buildings Is broken
and a spirit OF revenge on the part OF
The whites and OF sullen resistance on
The part Of the blacks. II cornered, is
manifest. The governor has been APP
pealed to a second time and is expected
70 take action today to avoid further
bloodshed,
CITY IN MOB'S HANDS.
At o'clock this morning this city Is
sn the hands of a mob Troops have
,bsen ordered out by the governor to
protect the jail which is surrounded by
1000 men. Two negroes have been
killed in the race riot which is rampant.
The crowd around the Jail. incensed at
the murder Of a patrolman by negro,
Is shouting death to all negroes
The negro has been secretly removed
10 Vincennes. but the mob refuses 10
believe II and Is trying to tear down
the jail Stonemasons In the mob are
chiseling out the bars of the windows
and batterlng ram is being used.
JAIL BROKEN IN.
The steel bars OF the jail windows
could not withstand the rain of blows
from the batterlng ram OF the mob. Al
] o'clock this morning the crowd
Swarmed IN and began a search Tor the
murder
Police Capt, Brennick tried to check
their advance by turning the hose upon
them. When he appeared at the win.
dow holding the nozzle q rain Of bullets
WAS sent through the window The
captain retreated and no further at
tempt was made 60 keep the mob out.
A mob of 500 white men. heavily
armed, is now marching through the
streets OF the city where negroes are
likely to be found. Shots are heard
Consistently. II Is rumored that another
negro has been shot In First street.
Early tonight, when the mob that
surrounded the JAIN was told that the
negro murderer had been taken away
4 committee composed Of i've citizens
was selected 10 30 through the jeil. The
mob cIamored for the men. but the po-
lice refused 10 grant the request.
After being In the jail for some time
the committee addressed the crowd and
told them the negro was not there Dr.
william Gilbert the chairman NJ the
committee, tried 10 calm the assem-
blage. but his voice wos drowned in
shouts OF Go get the niger" The
people refused 20 believe that the negro
had been removed from the city. The
crowd shouted Death TO the negroes"
Ind the police fear they viii murder all
he negro prisoners Unfortunately
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