The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
MANY NEGROES KILLED
- n,, MAN ,u ur, ,.,-,
BY MOB IN ATLANTA
Five White Women We're As
sauIted in One Day.
WORST RACE RIOT FOR YEARS
Militia and the Fire Department Sue
ceeded in Restraining the Peo-
pie Negroes Fled aad Re-
mained in Hiding.

pie Negroes Fled and Re-
mained in Hiding.
Atlanta, Ga.-As an oCtgrowth of
i've separate assaults by negroes upon
+ white women in Atlanta the negro
quarters Of the city were attacked by
ihfuriated 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
terror, and beaten and kicked with
out mercy.
The attacks were particularly
fierce in Decatur street, which is es-
pecially frequented by negroes.
The Fire Department was called
out to supplement the efforts of the
police to control or suppress the mob,
streams of water from the hose
proved more efficacious than police
clubs.
n Negroes fed in every direction,
T 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 o'clock and escaped
by screaming for help. The negro
escaped. A suspect was arrested and
taken to police headquarters, followed
by threatening crowd.
Mrs. Chaffin, living near the SOL
iiers' 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,
the 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-
ued with Henry Moore. On Marietta
street some one raised the cry that
the officers had Mrs. Arnold's assail-
ant. Almost instantly crowd sur
rounded the officers, took the negro
and riddled him. The tragedy was
witnessed by many people, among
them children playing in the street.
Governor Terrell having placed the
city practically under martial law
there 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
groes andAlalf as many whites.
/ It was 4 o'clock a. m. before
semblance uf order was restored in
the city. At o'clock Governor Ter
reil ordered out all the State troops
In the city and placed them in charge
of Colonel Clifford Anderson. AS
soon as Colonel Anderson could get
into touch with his subordinates he
distributed squads over the city, plac-
Ing them at strategic points, and IL
a short while the situation was great
ly improved.
A heavy rain. which began - 3
o'clock and continued for nearly two
tours, 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 militarr air that it
has, worn on no Sabbath since Sher-
man was laundering at its gates back
in the sos.
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 no 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 apd showed it to those
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 to
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.
The1r relatives say they preferred to
bury them away from the city, where
there would be mo 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 of
the recent developments.
Seventeen companies of National
Guards and battery of artillery
finally managed to restore order to
the ,terrorized city. and peaceful citi-
zens, who deplored the work of the