The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-26
SOLDIERS RAIDING NEGROES.
TVERY BLACK MAN IN ATLANTA
WILL ne DISARMED.
SIX More Com panies OF Militia Called Out
Three Thousand Infantry on Duty
Three undre Neg rOes Marched
through the streets 20 Prison.

-Three Hundred Neg rOes Marched
through the streets TO Prison.
ArLANrA, Ga. Sept. 25.-The military
,ui borities have begun to raid the negro
..ttlements and disarm the negroes. This
po,icy was inaugurated this morning and
viu I've continued until every negro In
Atlanta and suburbs is disarmed.
In order to do this work effectively
Go,. Terrell has called for six more COM
rar,.. Of State troops, making about 5000
'nsanrrymen on duty here, besides two
cavalry troops and two batteries OF machine
guns
The first raid was made at 9 o'clock this
c,o,n,nE 10 aiz companies ~ troops on
Brownsville. which has been advertised
O.. a model negro settlement. 1t was at
Brownsville last night that negroes shot
down four county policemen and where
fully a dozen negroes were killed in the
hattie which followed.
After midnight the settlement was sur
rnlrded by troops, who began the raid
a. daylight. The negroes evidently ex-
rected the raid, for they were all up and
dressed.
MANY negroes attempted to fee but
vnr, stopped by shots from the troopers,
though il is said that only three negroes
were struck by bullets.
The negro houses were. searched and
all the firearms we're thrown into a wagon
which had been brought for that purpose.
When the raid was completed the troops
had three wagons loaded with rifles, re-
volvers and ammunition.
The negro men took their arrest stolidly
and some Of them even joked about the
scared white folks"
The negro women, however, were not
.tnlid and many Of them screamed, beat
their breasts and called on the Lord to
save His people, while the raid was in
progress.
The frst man arrested was j. L. Price,
the negro postmaster Of the Brownsville
slb-station. Price, it il said, has been
very inCendiary in his talk ever since the
riots began and has bought arms and am
munition for the negroes. Price didn't
relish his arrest and muttered something
about being a Federal official.
Price and about 200 other negroes were
hrou ght to the city prison on suspicion of
completely in the attack on the county
policemen. The prisoners were marched
three miles through the streets Of Atlanta
to prison. Price headed the long line and
he was the only one hardcuffed.
A squad of troops headed the procession
and soldiers with rifles loaded were on
either side. Amachine gun ready for action
closed the procession,
The display Of force and the marching
Of the negroes through the streets and
through one %populous negro settlement
was a stage play for effect on the other
negroes.
The authorities will continue these raids
until every negro in the city has been dis
armed. This resolution was taken be-
cause since the Saturday night riot the
negroes have been the aggressors in all
the trouble which has followed.
The events from midnight to e o clock
which led up TO the raid on the negro settle
ments form one of the bloodiest chapters
Of the riots. In that time two whites were
killed by negroes, four we're wounded and
at least ten negroes were killed.
II is difficult to get exact data IA to thu
negroes killed, because in many instances
the bodies rave been secretly r~emovedand
buried. The negroes seem to fear that If
the dead bodies fall into the hands Of the
whites they will be burned.
The clashes after midnight began with
wv NAtliV' lphkNh III ~ 49, ~
suited in the death Of County Policeman
Jams, Heard, one of the bravest and most
popular men Of the force. the death OF twelve
negroes and the subsequent ~woundlng OF
ether members OF the county police force.
IN hour and a half later two negroes were
shot on the front porch of Park Commis-
NiOner Robert II. Manley's home at 491 Crew
street. The negroes had been taken from
police of icers on a Lakewood car. and, escap-
ire momentarily from their captors, had
al ~, nr,,wo ~ Mr. Manlouia rREidon0Q
whore they were MORALLY wounded. One
81 them died this mo rning and the other "
reported 70 be dying at Grady Hospital;
Mrs. Robert G.. Thompson, who lived at
faj Crew street and was a witness OF the
tragedy. died of heart failure caused by the
excitement.
Two negroes were shot to death by three
Police officers in the vicinity of MacGrudeT
and Randolph streets early this morning,
after they had attempted TO kill the Officers
and had melted a riot in that part OF the
city. .
fhe Rev. W. J. Bowen, acting president OF
Governor Theological Seminary and a
leading negro preacher, was practically
under military arrest this morning. he
was notified at an early hour by the captain
of a company near there that neither he
nor anyone in the building was 70 leave the
grounds. Bowen Is blamed by Chef turner
for the death of Officer Heard. Chef
Turner said.
pDWtn JOlu Ilb tlhl tucIO We"
and that he wanted protection. We did
not look for such treatment as we met
with
Bowen in q statement said:
Il got communication with the Governor
through DR.. John Z. White. l asked tina
some soldiers be sent to the institution fol
our protection. We housed 200 women
and children here Sunday and last Night
and they were in terror. understood
that not only the militia had forces neal
here, but the county police. l regret very
much that this occurred. We are opposed
N the negro rapist, and hope every one
will he captured n summarily punished
knew nothing Of the meeting OF negroes
in the woods where the officer was killed.
Many negroes who want to keep opt ol
trouble are reported as preparing TO leav'
the city. IL is expected that a genera
exodus Of the best element OF negroes val
, take PLACE within the next few days II TN
mob violence Is not ended in q short time
The trouble has brought many factories
~ a standstill where negro help is employed