The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-16
GANYBROEEN HEADS NCOURT
SAN JUAN HILL RACE RIOTERS
SORRY SPECTACLE.
commissioner Mc.Adoo Orders lnvcstiEa'
ton and Report OH Measures Neees'
sary to Prevent similar outbreaks
I'm Future--rrOfnises Vigorous Action.

IN Future--PrOniises Vigorous Action
The West Side court might have been
mistaken for n court In India, so many
white turbaned black, we're in evidence
there Yesterday. The turbans, however
were gauze bandages, applied at Roosevelt
Uospita as a result of the riot on San Juan
Hill
Magistrate Barlow made short work OF the
rioters. John NAbee', the iron merchant,
Of l4s West Seventy third street, came to
secure the release of his butler Henry j.
lee. who shot at a crowd Of whites from
his employers steps, after being chased
from the battle-ground Mt Sixty second
street
.l'e is good boy and fired in self
defense urged Mr.. Abeel.
He must be good II he carries a revolver, y
reped Magistrate Barlow, as he held Lee
under $1,000 for further examination
on Monday.
Edward Connely, II. Of 22l West Sixty
sixth street, and Barry O'Neill 10, Of 50
Amsterdam avenue, who caused the riot
BY teasing "Old Man George" were fined
SO each.
Others Of the rioters were fined where
their offenses were merely plain assault.
hut those who carried or used firearms or
knives were held to court.
Inspector Mclaughlin issued orders
Yesterday for the captains Of the West
Thirtv-seventh, Forty-seventh and Sixty
eighth street police stations to place men
IN front of the pawnshops of their precincts
TO arrest all negroes who purchased or
redeemed pledged revolvers The order
-. he. Of Ioh ,, Of
West Sixty-first street at 8ls Amsterdam
avenue: Stafford Fox of Linden. N. j.. at 95
Columbus avenue, and Norman Burk Of
237 Vest Sixty-first street, Alphonse Allen
of 200 West Sixty-irst street and Charles
Morse Of lO2d street and Columbus avenue,
all at 95 Columbus avenue.
b The police would wait until the negroes
came out Of the shops and then arrest them
for carrying concealed weapons. They
say that in every case they found loaded
revolvers on the prisoners.
While Detective McKeogh of the West
Forty seventh street station was sleuthing
for gun carrying negroes he found Archie
rounded by crowd at the corner Of Am
sterclam avenue and Sixty-third street.
Some one saio that Coney had been bran
dishing gun and ing any white man to
touch him. As the detective approached
Coney made quick motion toward his hip,
but the cop was quicker and after short
t,lssle landed his man in the West Sixty
eighth street station house. He was found
10 he armed with the usual .3s caliber re-
volver.
Commissioner McAdoo wasn't at Head
quarters Yes terday. Early in the morning
he telephoned to his secretary, William
Howell, that he wanted the causes OF the
race riot of Friday night thoroughly in
vestigated Then he dictated this order:
inspectors Cortright, Brooks, McIaugh-
lin and Cross are appointed a committee
to investigate causes of last nights dis
turbance, and also to examine thoroughly
as to conditions in all places in Greater
New York where similar outbreaks be-
tween the races have been threatened and
to report what in their opinion are the best
means to prevent such occurrences and
what extra police precautions are necessary
to prevent outbreaks in the future. The
acene of last nights disturbance is heavily
policed and any further outbreak will be
severely dealt with
All was reaceful among the whites and
the blacks in the San Juan Hill neighbour
hood Yesterday. The police believe the
improved temperature cooled the fighting
blood Demonstrative Of restored harmony
there was large and eaoefu! gathering Of
whites and negroes in Central Park near the
scene of Friday nights disturbance to watch
hall game between the Lotus Club tcol-
ored) and the Asbury Club twhites). The
negroes won. IA to 3. and the umpire. a ne
gro, received no more maledictions than
are hurled at the Polo Grounds umpire al
most every day.