The Penn's Grove record., 1906-09-28
MANY NEGROES KILLED
BY MOB IN ATLANTA
Five White Women Were As
sauIted in One Day.
WORST RACE RIOT FOR YEARS
Militia and the Fire Department Sue
ceeded in Restraining the PeO-
pie - Negroes Fled and Re-
manned in Hiding.

pie - Negroes Fled and Re
manned in Hiding.
i've separate assaults by negroes upon
white women in Atlanta the negro
quarters of the city were attacked by
l%nfuriated mobs of whites and from
ten to twenty blacks were killed and
, large number numerically beaten.
Negroes were attacked wherever
found. They were pulled from street
cars and from every public place
where they sought refuge in their
error, and beaten and kicked with
)ut mercy.
The attacks were particularly
jerce in Decatur street, which is es-
?ecially frequented by negroes.
The Fire Department was called
out to supplement the efforts of the
police to control or suppress the mob,
Ind in some instances powerful
streams of water from the hose
proved more eficacious than police
clubs.
Negroes fled in every direction,
each pursued by a separate mob.
There were no leaders. The whole
thing was spontaneous.
The assaults on white women
which provoked the emute were all
within the city limits.
Mrs. F. Arnold was attacked in the
yard of her home in the western part
Of the city at 7 o'clock and escaped
by screaming for help. The negro
escaped. A suspect vas arrested and
.aken to police headquarters, followed
by a threatening crowd.
Mrs. Chaffin, living neal the Sol
dierS' Home, was attacked in a SINH
lar manner in the afternoon.
Seven similar attacks on white
women by negroes have occurred in
one week in or close to Atlanta.
After the mob had finished its
work it was discovered that an inno-
cent man had been done to death.
Two negroes had been arrested on
suspicion of being concerned in the
assault on Mrs. Arnold. The woman
could not identify either of them, but
said she thought one who called him
self Jack Murray was the man She
made no charge against Henry Moore,
he other negro.
The officers started to Jail with
both negroes, but on the way Jack
Murray, who was suspected by Mrs.
Arnold, escaped. The officers contin-
led with Henry Moore. On Marietta
street some one raised the cry that
he officers had Mrs. Arnold's assail-
INT. Almost instantly a crowd sur
founded the officers, took the negro
and riddled him. The tragedy was
witnessed by many people, among
hem children playing in the street.
Governor Terrell having placed the
city practically under martial law
here was no general resumption next
day of negro hunting by white mobs,
which, according to the latest reports,
resulted the day before in the death
Of twelve negroes and two whites
and the wounding of fully 100 ne
sroes and half as many whites.
1t was 4 O'Clock a. III. before a
;emblance of order was restored in
he city. At 2 o'clock Governor Ter
tell ordered out all the State troops
IN the city and placed them in charge
Of Colonel Clifford ANDERSON. 2 AS
soon as Colonel Anderson could get
INTO touch with his s~ubordinates he
distributed squads ove the city, plac-
ing them at strategic points, and il
a short while the situation was great
ly improved.
A heavy rain, which began ~ 8
o'clock and continued for nearly two
Eours, was probably more effective
In subduing the mob and sending its
members to cover than even the pres
ence of the State troops.
The presence of a thousand sol
diers scattered over Atlanta in squads
ranging from twelve to fifty, accord
ing to the Importance of the location
gave the city a military air that ii
has worn on no Sabbath since Sher-
man was laundering at its gates back
in the eos.
Despite the developments the ne
groes are still impudent, and talk OF
resisting. Many of them are arming
The latest report is that another
white woman has been assaulted, but
such is the state of affairs in Atlanta
that nc definite information is OBJ.
tainable.
Many requests were made to Gov.
ernor Terrell to put the city under
martial law. He wrote out such
proclamation and showed it to thoss
asking the order. When the citizens
read it they declared it was not what
they wanted, as the order gave the
militia entirely too much authority.
The negroes say they are afraid tt
carry their dead to the local under.
takers for fear that the mob will at.
tack them.
Two of the negroes killed were
taken to the country for burial
Their relatives say they preferred to
bury them away from the city, where
there would be no danger, and it is
believed that in this way the negroes
are getting rid of their dead. Secre
tive under ordinary circumstances
they are ten times more so in light O
the recent developments.
Seventeen companies of Nationa
Guards and a battery of artillery
finally managed to restore order t.
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