Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-28
LYNCH ANOTHER NEGRO.
SEVENTEEN DEAD IN THE RACE
WAR STARTED BY ASSAULTS ON
WHITE WOMEN SATURDAY.
PULPITS lOATH TO CONDEMN.
Newspapers, Whose Reports Aided in In
citing Clash, Agree Not to Get Out
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ATLANTA. Ga. Sept 24--The body
Of Zeb Long q negro, was found hanging
half mile west Of East Point, Il suburb
eight miles south of Atlanta. Long was
locked in the East Point Jail, charged
with disorderly conduct. The Jail was
broken into shortly after midnight and
Long was taken TO lis doom.
The usual mystery surrounds the &f-
fair. 1t is not known yet whether Long
was suspected of any connection with
any Of the recent assaults on white
women.
Exodus Is Expected.
Domestic servants are frightened and
an exodus of negroes from the city is
expected Tie authorities, however, be
licve they have the situation we'll i'll
hand
The authorities at noon dismissed and
sent home all outside militia companies
excepting those belonging to the Fifth
regiment. This left one tulI regiment III
charge. Troops were withdrawn trom
the streets until night, excepting that
guards have been posted at the hardware
stores to protect them rom possible raids
for fire arms and ammunition. The sale
of firearms and ammunition was ordered
stopped.
Start of the FracaS.
Stirred by series of assaults on
white women by negroes within the
city limits Saturday a mob Of white men
swOopei down on Decatur street III the
negro quarter and started Il slaughter
of blacks. Today Atlanta is quiet and
in the hands of the militia.
If said that hlDcES were
slain since Saturday night. Rumors say
that several whites were injured, at
least.
With sixteen company of infantry.
one battery of light artillery and one
squadron of cavalry, under Col. Clifford
Anderson, the Georgia state militia and
the entire city police force still guard
ing the city, Atlanta this morning was
comparatively quiet. The negro trouble
while breaking out III several sections
during last night, is now almost entirely
abatcd.
New Riots Sunday Night.
BY order Of the mayor, saloons have
been closed until further notice and
many business places were closed early
III the evening. In the early part Of
the night there were cases where cars
Were shot at from ambush. At about IL
o clock negro pursued by Il crowd ot
hotel. where lie was shot. A negro was
shot in the hip in Mcdaniel street ut 8
o'clock, but the prompt arrival of the
militia saved him. \ street car con
ductor. white, was shot at 1915, but his
injuries were not serious.
At an early hour today the number of
killed, all told, is placed ut sixteen, but
there is no WHY Of finding out the def
mite number. as the negroes friends car
Il
ing the dead would not receive proper
burial Six bodies are at one local col
ored undertaking establishment.
Newspapers Now Aid Law
At the request Of the authorities the
newspapers issued no extra editions TO-
day The trouble was started by the
publication in the Saturday afternoon
papers of stories of assault after assault
on white women in the city. These fol
lowing seven similar assaults in and
about Atlanta in the preceding few days
aroused the entire city. Among the WON
en- attacked We're Mrs. L. Arnold and
Mrs ChafIin.
Mayor Woodward says that the only
way TO prevent riots is to remove the
cause. and the negro is the one cause i'll
Atlanta. Gov. Terrell states that he eX-
ceedingly regrets the occurrence, but that
the soldiers will do everything possible to
preserve Ofuef- ana lt1aC IL necessary III
will declare martial law.
Despite the developments the negroes
are still impudent and talk of resisting.
Many of them are arming.
Fifty Arrests Made.
Up to last evening more than fifty ar
rests have been made. Five hundred
dollars bond has been required in each
case. No names of prominence are
found on this list OF the dead il is inn
possible to get the names.
Public opinion still is running strong
~ against the blacks. Even Atlanta s
clergymen, III some cases, are reluctant
TO denounce the lynchers. One pastor
declared he would never preach against
lynching so long as negroes continued
TO attack white women. Another said
the time for the separation of the races
had come, and that it meant death for
either the blacks or the whites.
One negro was captured by police of
ficers and taken to the home of Mrs
Frank Arnold for Identification, and by
her was identified as the black who at
tempted an assault upon her last night.
He was placed in a buggy and sent
back to town, but on the way pulled the
reins, sending the buggy into a street
car, and escaped in the confusion In the
excitement of the chase after him an
wounded.
Negress Stays Husband.
CHICAGO, H., Sept. 24.-Angered
quarrel over their 3-months-old child
Mrs. Lottie McNain, a negress fired
four bullets into the body of her hus
band yesterday at their home. killing
him instantly. When she saw that the
man was dead the slayer gave herself