The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-09-27
FIERCE RACE WAR
At ATLANTA, GA.
Numerous Assaults by Negroes
on White Women Cause
Of the Trouble.
SIXTEEN WE'RE KILLED
Local Police Unable 10 Control the
crowd-0ovsrnor Orders Out tho
State Militia and May De-
clare Martial Law.

Atlanta. Ga. Sept. 25.-wlth sixteen
companies of infantry. one battery OF
light artillery and n squadron OF
cavalry. under Colonel Anderson. the
Georgia state militia and the entire
city police force still guarding the city.
Atlanta In comparatively quiet. The
race war which broke out Saturday
night In now almost entirely abated.
BY order OF the mayor the saloons
have been closed until further notice.
and many business places. such as
restaurants. all night drug stores. etc.
were closed early I'm the evening. In
the early part or h night there were
cases where cars were shot Mt from
ambush, and a few motormen and
conductors refused TO continue on the
cars. For this reason on Randolph.
Walker and Magnolia streets and on
the Auburn avenue line service was
discontinued several hour before the
usual time. A negro. pursued by n
crowd OF about iifty persons. ran into
the Marion hotel, where he was shot,
and. Il is thought. fatally injured. a
negro was shot In the hip I'm Mcdaniel
street but the pIompi arrival OF the
militia saved him. A street a d
tor. white. was shot by an unknown
Z but his Injuries were not Sc
rious.
Sixteen Were Killed.
The number OF killed all told Is placed
Mt sixteen. but there IL No way OF find
ing out the definite number. as the
negroes friends carried the dead away
I'm many cases. fearing the dead would
not receive proper burial. Six bodies
are ut one local colored undertaking es-
tablishmcnt.
At the request Of the authorities the
newspapers ISSUED no extra editions
today.
Atlanta, Ga. Sept. s5.-A race war
OF no mean proportions began at Allan
IA Saturday night. The city is now con-
trollcd by the police. aided by nearly
n thousand OF state militia Every part
OF the town IL patrollcd by the soldiers
and the authorities seem TO have the
situation well I'm hand. Governor Ter
rcll. who ordered several companies OF
the state militia service from points
outside OF Atlanta 20 aid the local
companies, stands ready To declare the
city under martial law IL the scenes
are repeated.
The outbreak came as the result or
numerous and repeated sault or at
tempted assaults upon white women
by negroes. The last OF an even dozen
OF such assaults within the limits OF
Faulkton county within the last nine
weeks came last Friday night. when
four attempts at assault were re-
ported.
Crowd Lacked n Leader.
The usual Saturday night crowds
were largely increased by men and
boys who thronged the downtown
streets. There was no leader and no
overt act until late In tho
About 10 o'clock n negro man showed
n white woman from the sidewalk on
whitehall street. In the center OF town.
Almost simultaneously n negro woman
made an insulting remark To a white
man on an adjoining street. and he nd
ministered what he considered due
punishment.
From the start the excited crowd.
which had become n mob, began It's
work OF destruction. Five thousand
men and boys throngcd the downtown
streets looking for negroes. News h a
riot had started brought thousands
more from their homes I'm the suburbs
and residence districts until fully TO-
600 meN thronEcd the downtown sec
ton. They made attacks on the in
coming street cars. Each car was
scanned for negroes. The trollcys were
pulled from the wires. and In the semi
darkness OF the unlighted airs negroes
were beaten. cut and stamped upon In
nm unrcasoning. mad frenzy. II a ne
gro vcnturcd resistance or rcmOn-
trance IL mean practically sure death.
one car half filled with negroes APP
preached from an outside run. The
mob dashed for h car. Resistance
was made by the negroes. who had not
been Fpprised OF the trouble. Three
negroes lay dead on the noor OF the
car wnen u was permitted To move ON
and two more were beaten into neon
seriousness.
Women Fight Like Demons.
In the lighting negro women made the
most warliks resistance To- the mob and
themselves lighting like Amazons.
In the residence district great anxiety
was felt. The police force was CEN
tered down town. practically leaving
the residence district without protcc-
ton. IL was a night OF terror 10 hun
dreds.
The lawlcss character OF the mob was
fully demonstrated during the latter
part of the evening. When egToe had
vanished from the streets the nlmleSs
mob from pure w@antonness broke
windows and damaged property.
The crowd. after putting the negro
poTtcrs from pullmans OF n Western
and Atlantic railroad train standing
ready To- start. proceeded to smash the
windows In the day coaches and mail
and baggage ears. They then crossed
To the KImball house and continued the
window smashing amusement. causing
n loss OF several hundred dollars. Nu-
merous windows In stores on Pcachtrec
street show the fact that the mob
passed that way. \ close watch was
maintained To- guard against ~incendiar-
ism. but fortunately hts precaution
was unnecessary and fire was not add
cd To the horrors of the night.
Extra Editions Are Tabooed.
4 meeting 81 citizens. bankers. bust
ness and professional men. represent
ing the best element 81 Atlanta citi-
zenship. was held here yesterday aft
ernoon TO consider the emergency. Gov
ernor Terrell. Mayor Woodward. Col
onel Robert Lowrcy. Colonel James
English and others to the number Of
500 were present. Speeches were made
and warmly applauded In which the
killing OF half a score OF innocent ne
400 ARE KILLED..