The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-09-24
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o. Negroes.
FOUR On SATURDAY
habs tor Hours reakrd Nensaarr
Upon iiiacks. Killing About *
teen and breaking NBmer-
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yaged with varying ylgor. and vhcr
morning dawnod sundas 81 found th,
downtown streets In possession OF
eight companies of tho Georgia ma
/ tional guard with a battery Of light
artillery in reserve
/ This situation came as The result
( OF The repeated assaults or attempted
assaults on white women by negroes
/ The list OF eight Of such assaults. with.
In the limits OF Fulton county within
/ the last nine weeks was added tC
! Saturday. when four attempts AZ az
| sanlt We're reported FlaTiug head
( lines in the special editions Of after.
( noon newspapers wrought the popu
I lace To a high pitch Of excitement
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 the evening About lG
/ O'Clock negro showed a white woman
! from the sidewalk on WhitehiU street
IN the center OF town. Almost stimuli
( taneousiy negro woman made an in
! sulting remark To a white man on an
atoining street, and he administer what
J he considered due punishment From
| this start, the excited crowd. which
! had become a mob, began it's work OF
! destruction. Five thousand white men
and boys thronged the downtown
streets looking for negroes. News OF
riot brought thousands more FROM
their homes in the suburbs and resi-
dence districts until fully 10000 menI
thronged the downtown section. They
made attacks on the incoming cars
Each car was secured for negroes
The trolleys were pulled from the
wires and in the semi darkness of the
unlighted car negroes were beaten
cut and stamped upon in an unreason-
ing, mad frenzy. If a negro ventured
resistance or demonstrated. II meant |
practically sure death One care half
filled with negro approached from an |
outside run. The mobe dashed for the /
car. Resistance was made by the mel
groes. who had not been appraised Of
the trouble. Three negroes lay dead /
on the floor of the car when it was !
permitted to move on, and two more |
We're seriously beaten and uncon |
/ scious.
When the crowd seemed to be get.
ting beyond control, at about 10
o'clock, Mayor Woodward mounted q
car platform on PeaChtree and Mariet
Ia street and urged the crowd to dis
perse, declaring that the assailants OF
the white women would be adequate.
. ly and promptly punished by due pro
/ cess of Law Mayor Woodward was
given a respectful hearing, but when
he finished the work of destruction
was resumed. He made another APP
peal a few moments later, buth with
/ out result
Then he turned in general fire
alarm, calling the entire departmcut
to the scene. To Chief JOyner he gave
the lacontc order, Clear the streets.
The result was to stop the mob in its
work in that immediate section, and
TO drive it to other streets. The sit1I
ton bccam SO threatening at II
o'clock that Governor Terrell was ap
. pealed to- 70 order out the state
troops.
Although no request had come from
5 the sheriff, Governor Terrell gave tn,
order modifying the eight local infant
. ~ companies at once. Previously q
, poliCc riot call had been sounded sum
tiers With the decision To- call on
the troops the big fire he'll sogndD,
once more. this time the call for eycrl
member OF the militia tu report forth
7 with nc the aUwory 10 was about
O'Clock Sunday morning before lh'
first squad appeared ON the streets
and at O'Clock six companies wer
under arms
Tt, a''a,. ON the negroes had th
sit,.t oI .IsaIIu. th, streets of blacks
! Driver. uu ..Us and baggage wat
e ous vanished and their places wen
e taken by whit, mon Tbi. Tear o.
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