The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-04-27
FOLLOWING THE COLOR LINE"
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FOLIO"iNS
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the evidence showed some or the coun-
r. police had been guilty Of"
After the riot was over. many Ne
gro families. terrified and feeling
themselves unprotected, sold out for
what they could get-I heard a good
many pitiful stories of such sudden
and costly sacrifices-and left the
country. some going to California,
spme to Northern cities. The best and
most enterprising are those who go;
the worst remain. Not only have Ne
sroes left Brownsville. but they have
left the city itself in considerable num-
bers. Labor will thus be still scarcer
and wages may be higher in Atlanta
because of the riot.
II is significant that not one Of the
Negroes killed and wounded In the
riot was of the criminal class. Every
one was industrious, respectable and
law-abiding A white committee, conf
posed of w. c. Cooper. Secretary of
The Chamber of Commerce. and Geo.
Muse, a prominent merchant, and
backed by the sober citizenship OF the
town. made an honest investigation
and has issued a brave and truthful
report. 1t is a report which deserves
to be read by every American. Here
are a few Of its conclusions:
]. Among the victims of the mob
there was not a single vagrant.
2. They were earning wages in use
ful work up to the time of the riot.
3. They were supprting them
serves and their families or dependent
relatives.
!. Most of the dead left small chill
dren and widows. mothers or sisters
with practically no means and very
small earning capacity.
:. The wounded lost from one to
eight weeks time, at 30 cents to 81
day, each.
G. About 40 persons were wound
cd, and among these there was an i'm
mense amount of suffering. In some
cases it was prolonged and excruciat-
ing pain.
Z. Many of the wounded are dis
figured. and several are permanently
disabled.
s Most of them were in humble
circumstances. but they were honest.
industrious and law-abiding citizens
and useful members of society.
2. These statements are true of
both white and Colored.
10. OF the wounded, ten are white
and sixty are Colored. Of the dead.
two are white ana ten are Colored:
two female, and ten male. This in
cludes three killed at Brownsville
II. Wild rumors of larger number
killed have no foundation that we can
discover. AS the city was paying the
funeral expenses of victims and relief
was given their families, they had
every motive to make known their
loss. In one case relatives of a man
killed in a broil made fruitIess efforts
to secure relief.
IL. Two persons reported as vic
tins OF the riot had no connection
with it. One, a Negro man. was kill
ed in a broil over a crap game: and
another, a Negro woman, was killed
by her paramount. Both homicides oc-
CURED at some distance from the
scene of the riot.
The men who made this brave re-
port did not mince matters. They
called murder. murder land robbery,
robbery. Read this:
13. AS twelve persons were killed
and seventy were murderously assault
ted. and as. by all accounts, a number
took part in each assault, 1t is clear
that several hundred murderers or
would-be murderers are at large in
this community.
At first. after the riot. there was an
inclination in some quarters to say;
well. at any rate, the riot cleared
the atmosphere. The Negroes have
had their lesson. There won't be any
gore trouble soon"
But read the sober conclusions in
the Committees report. The riot did
not prevent further crime.