The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-09-25
AN ANGRY MOB
SIXTEEN NEGROES KILLED
AND SCORES OF OTHERS
WOUNDED.

WOUNDED.
Whites Incensed by Numerous As
saults Stone and Attack Ne
groes-Race War Follows
and Every Black Man
Made a Target.
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 22.-Four
attempted assaults Within four hours
tonight, many negroes killed by
unknown parties. the riot call sound
ed to clear the etreets, every police.
man in the city summoned to the
station house, any number of ne
grooes pulled from street cars and
every negro in the city being chased
from the heart Of the city by mobs
of angry men and boys, is a brief
summary of the bloody Saturday
night in Atlanta.
The women, on whom the as
saults were attempted, were Mis-.
Jessie Chain, living near the Sol
diers' Home on the outskirts of At
lanta; Miss Alma Allen, 1872 Davis
street. Mrs. ]. H. Arnold, 1S7 Bull
lion street; Mrs. Matte Holceme,
275 Magnolia street.
At midnight the fire department
was called to Decater and Richard.
son streets 10 turn the hose on the
negro Bowery and drive the loafers
away. Mayor Woodward and the
leading citizens of the city came to
the heart of the city to plead for
peace and quiet.
The first assault occurred this af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock, when an un-
known negro came up behind Mrs.
Chapin, young woman CT "a years
who was walking in the woods near
her home, and grabbed her. She
jerked loose aud ran to her home.
Later, when she came out again, he
was in hiding in the grass and
grrQbed at her again. She ran back
and got gun, but the negro fed
into the woods. He is being pur-
sued by an armed posse Of 800 men.
At 7 O'Clock Mrs. Frank Arnold
went on her back porch. AS she
stepped into the shadow a negro
crouching near by sprang at her
and grabbed her In his arms. She
screamed and be fled. He was pur-
sued by thousands. A negro nam
ed Henry Green has been captured
and landed in Jail ss a suspect.
| As Mrs. Hattie Holcomb went 10
her front window to close the blinds
a regro on the outside reached for
her. She screamed and another
pose was organized.
Miss Alma Allen, of 1872 Davis
street, was il her back yard shortly
aftt1 dusk, when negro pursued
her. She screamed and fell in
faint. A posse started in pursuit.
The mob began Its work early in
the evening, pulling negroes from
street cars and be ating them with
clubs, bricks and stones. Negro
men and women riding to their
homes after the work of the day
were ruthlessly torn from the cars
or attacked on the streets. In a
few cases negroes retaliated during
the early part Of the night, but af-
ter 10 o'clock they were scarce in
public places.
The fire departme Mt was called
out to disperse the mob in Decatur
street, street most frequented by
negroes. and for a time seemed to
hold the crowd at bay.
One ef the hardest fights of the
night t, ok place ahouttEe postofice.
A re2ro barber shop across the street
was the object of tack, and, in
less time than vt takes to tell it, the
shop was-w, ecked and the negroes
were beaten, one to death, the other
proprietors escaping by the aid of
the police.
On Peters street hard fight took
place.
This was started by negro shout
ing at the crowd below. from Sec
ond story window. A bullet hit
him and be fell back and died in a
few moments. One negro who was
fund with a pistol in his hand was
beaten to death on the viaduct in
the center of the city and a block
from the Associated Press Office.
At midnight 300 men and boys
marched to the Union station and
smashed all the lights in the wait
ing room. The Bijou theatre has
been turned into hospital and
! wounded negroes were carried there.
At midnight all negroes were
ordered from the street.
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