The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-27
MANY NEGROES KILLED
BY MOB IN ATLANTA
Five White Women Were AS
sauIted in One Day.
WORST RACE RIOT FOR YEARS
hiiitia and the Fire Depsrtn,ent Suc.
ceeded in Restraining the Peo.
pie . Negroes Fled and He.
manned in Hiding.

Az KAHUAnS.
Atlanta, GaGAs an outerowtb =,
l'e separate assaults BY negroes upo,
white women in Atlanta the negro
Quarters ofthe city were attacked bV
1nfurlated mobs of whites and from
ten TO twenty blacks were killed and
& large number numerically beaten.
Negroes were attacked ,whereye,
found. They were pulled from street
cars and from every public place
WheEe they sought refuge in their
terror, and beaten and kicked With
out mercy.
n 9 attacks were particularly
Ieree IN Decatur street, which is es-
pecIally frequented by negroes.
Tne Fire Department wa called
out 30 supplement the efforts of he
police stocontrol or suppress the mob,
and in some instances powerful
streams Of water from the hose
proved more eficacious than police
clubs.
Negroes fed in every direction,
each pursued by a separate mob,
There were no leaders. The whole
Thing was spontaneous.
S1o On MllCG WOInpn
which provoked the emute were all
within the city limits.
Mrs. F.. Arnold was attacked in tho
yard of her home in the Western part
81 the city at z o'clock and a
by screaming for help. The negro
escaped A suspect was arrested and
taken to Observation-Disclosures, followed
by a threatening crowd.
Mrs. Chafln, living near the Sol
1terS' Home, was attacked in a SINH
Ia manner in the afternoon.
Seven similar attacks on white
women by negroes have occurred in
week i'll or close to Atlanta.
After the mob had finished it's
work it was discovered that an jnno-
sem man had been done to death
Two negroes had been arrested OF
suspicion of being concerned in the
assault on Mrs. Arnold. The
could not identify either OF them. but
said she thought n who called him
self Jack Murray was the man. She
maze no charge against Henry Moore,
the other negro.
The officers started TO iail with
both negroes, but on the way Tack
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 Il crowd sur
rounded the officers, took the negro
AMI riddled him. The tragedy was
witnessed by many peonle, amoug
them children PLAYING in the street.
Governor Terrell having placed the
city practically under martial law |
there was no general resumDtion next |
C2y 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
ana enc Wounding Of fully 100 ne
gF0eS and half as many whites.
II was 4 O'Clock a. III. before a
Senbtance Of order was restored in !
he city. At 2 O'Clock Governor Ter
feIl ordered out all the State troops !
IN the city and placed them in charge i
OF Colonel Clifford Anderson. AS
soon as Colonel Anderson could get !.
INTO tonch with his s~ubordinates he |
distributed squads over the city, Diac-
ing them at strategic points, and -
4 short while the situation was great
y imDroved.
A heavy rain. which began =: 8
O'Clock and continued for nearly .wo
rs, was probably more effective
III subduing the mob and sending it's
members to cover than ever the pres
en"e OF the State troops.
inc presence of THOUSAND SOL
diers scattered over Atlanta in squads
ranging from twelve to fifty. accord
ing to the importance of the location,
SaHeetheS city a militar' air that it
mas 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
reSlstIng.@ Many of them are arrnine.
me latest, report is that another
white woman has been assaulted, but
rs b state of affairs in Atlanta
that no definite information is OBJ
tainabIe.
Many requests were made to Gov
""nor Terrell to put the city under
martial law. He wrote out such q
proclamation and showed it TO those
askirg the order. When the citizens
read it they declared it was not what
they wanted, a the order. gave the
hnl1tiaxentirely 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
lack them.
Two of the negroes killed were
taken to the country for burial.
Iheir relatives say they preferred to
0ury them away from the city. where 1
mere would be 40 danger, and it is !,
That in this way the negroes ]
are getting rid of their dead. Secre-
ave d ordinary circumstances.
are ten times more so in light of r
me recent developments. I
seventeen companies of National :
toaroS and y battery of artillery I
l:'3ily managed to restore order to
'Ha 'erroflzsd city, and peaceful citi- i
LIS, who deplorcd the work OF the {