The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-09-25
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.

ceeded in Restraining the PEG
pie - Negroes Fled and Re
manned in Hiding.
Atlanta, Ga AS an outgrowth Of
i've separate assaults by negroes upon
white women in Atlanta the negro
quarters Of the city were attacked by
Infatuated mobs of whites and from
zen to twenty blacks were killed and
large number numerically beaten.
Negroes were attacked wherever
found. They were pulled from street
,ars and from every public place
where they sought refuge in their
error, and beaten and kicked with
5ut mercy
The attacks were particularly
fierce 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,
and in some instances powerful
streams of water from the hose
proved more ef1icacious than police
clubs.
Negroes fled in every direction,
each pursued by a separate mob.
There were no leaders. The whole
hing was spontaneous.
The assaults on white women
which provoked the emute were all
within the city limits.
Mrs. f. Arnold was attacked in the
ward Of her home in the western part
3f the city at 7 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
liers' Home, was attacked in a SINH
Tar 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-
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 a 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 and half as many whites.
1t was 4 o'clock a. M before a
semblance of order was restored in
the city. At 2 o'clock Governor Ter
Fell 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
iy improved
A heavy rain, which began IL
O'Clock and continued for nearly two
rolrs, 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 Atl2nta in squads
ranging from twelve to fifty, accord
ing to the Importance of the location,
gave the city military air that it
has worn on no Sabbath since Sher-
man was laundering at its gates back
in the '60s
Despite the developments the me-
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 a
proclamation and 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 Ito the local under