The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-20
FOUR OFFICERS
SHOT TO DEATH
RACE RIOT Ar NEW ORLEANS
NEGROES RESIST ARREST
BEHIND EARRicApE.
MILITARY TO RESCUE
Helped In oueiIing Riot--Many Az
rests Made BY PoIice--one
Negro MortaIly Wounded
During Siege.

4 New Orleans. La, Oct. 19.-An at-
tempt to arrest a negro who was al
Itnrbing the peace In the vicinity 1T
tho Second German Presbyterian
Church, on Claiborne and Annette
istreets, last night at 5 o'clock. pre-.
lcipitated a riot similar to the famous
! Charles riots, and several fataIiti~s
lhave occurred already Officer Rob
Iert cambion was instantly killed Ser
Geant Joseph M. Wheatley Ii fatally
wounded. Corporal James NJ. Dnna
and Officer Ernest Wenck were seri
ouslN wounded.
The complaint was received firm
the vicinity q the church and on
cGr Cambion went to investigate. He
found a crowd of negroes creating a
disturbance, and when he tried to mr.
rest one of them the negro drew
lreyolyer and killGl him instantly The
lhcgroes then entered tho house of
lone Of their number, and when pnisrr
Ireinforcements arrived, defied arret l.
IThay we're armed with rifles, shot
leuns and pistols and maintaiaed
Ircgnlar fEsilarlc on thu officers
| The place was surrounded anil
Iwhenevor a black head appeared II
was made target for hatf dozen
|guns. A large force OF police was
hurried tn the scene,
company OF locat militia whish
happened to be drilling in front u (
police hcaiuuartets when the figsttirg
was REPORTED Volunteered for snrysce
and wem dispatched ON arun 10 Tire
|riare cf Are riot,
The riof ended after an hour and a
hollis siege of the house by tho po-
|iiee. The officers routed the neEroes
BY burning them out mortalisamknnnl
ing rne and arrestIng many others. "
When PatroIman CambffF
killed his body lay for consider~hlr
time In front of the barricadcd hrvwr.
no one daring to move it. About ha'f
an hour after his death small dstaiI
of police made a rush upon the horse,
more than half Of them falling tn the
pavement. shot by the negroes hahfnd
the windows. The police WcrH drfveff
to shelter. carrying sc wounded men
with them
For more than a quarter Of an herr
the negroes were the masters " the Z
neighborhood. while the poiirc co.
ected force Of twenty-five men TO
renew the attack. This larger sausd
the house so that M cns
,ould escape, and after finding that
hreats and shooting we're of M avail
'et fire TO fence behind the house.
The smoke drove the negroes from
over. They broke for safety singlv.
he first one falling mortally wounded
While the next two rushed out with
'mpty hands held over their hea's
md begging for mercy. A badly
negro next staggered !ort.
md the police. seeing that the fight
vas over. rushed in and searched tse
'ouse.
One negro was found under a mat.
ress. and six were arrested. including
he dying negro
According to police Investigations,
hese six negroes held the house for
more than an hour against a force cf
we'll armed policemen. backed by
mob of more than 1000 persons. As
oon as the negroes had submitted.
he police were forced to turn On this
mob and fight with all their energy
Ieainst threatened wholesale lynch
hgs. The negroes we're taken to TIE
'arish prison.