Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-05-11


/ Oh! a riot is not over when the
shooting stops,
This then tells the whole story
1t is the same ali over this section
wherever race troubles are precipi
/ tated The innocent must suffer
I The accImulations OF a lifetime are
swept unceremoniously away Wei
/ did he eXclaim. "Oh. a riot is no,
over when the shooting stops" Tie
continued:
And when the cases finally came
+ ur in court and all the evidence was
/ brought ont every Negro went free:
! but two OF the county policemen who
had taken part in the shooting, we're
punished. George Muse. one OF the
f foremost merchants OF Atlanta, who
was foreman OF the jury which tried
/ the Brownsville Negroes, said: eve
think the Negroes We're gathered to-
gether just as white people were in
other parts OF the town, for the
purpose OF defending their homes.
This was a plain. frank way TO
state the case and it should not be
I forgotten that white men are so
stating it But the aftermath of all
of this bloody upheaval is awful TO
contemplate Mr.. Baker said.
We were shocked 10y the conduct
which the evidence showed some OF
the county 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 heard a good
many pitiful stories Of such sudden
and costly sacrifices-and left the
country. some going 10 California
some to Northern cities. The best
and most enterprising are those who
90, the worst remain Not only
have Negroes left Brownsville.
but they have left the city Itself i'm
considerable numbers. Labor viii
thus be still scarcer and wages may
De higher i'm Atlanta because Of the
riot
The above is the logical outcome.
He continued.
u is significant that not one of the
Negroes killed and wounded ia the
riot was on the criminal class. Ev-
cry one was Industrious, respectable
and law-abiding. a white committee
composed of W. O.. Cooper. Secretary
o. d. rrrf 90 y
George Muse. q prominent merchant.
and backed by the sober citizenship
OK the town. made an honest investf-
cation and has issued brave and
truthful report. It iE n report which
deserves TO be read by every Ameri-
cam Here are few OF ifs conclu-
sions:
]. Among the victims OF the mob
there was not "a single vagrant.
.. They were earning wages in
useful work up 20 the time OF the
riot
9. They were supporting them
selves and their families or depen-
dent relatives
g. Most OF the dead left small
children and widows. mothers or sis
ters VITA practically no means and
very small earning capacity.
D. Tho wounded lost from one 10
eight weeks time, az 60 cents 10 81
q day, each.
%. About 20 persons were wound
ed, and among these there was an
immense amount OF suffering. Tu
some cases it was prolonged and ex-
cruciauug pain.
Z. Many OF the wounded are dis
agurcd, and several are permanentlv
disabled.
s. Most OF them were in humble
en- cumstanccs, but they were honest.
industrious and law-abiding citizens
and useful members OF society.
g. These statements are true of
both white and colored.
10. or tho wounded, ten are white
and sixty are colored OF the dead
Two are white and ten are colored
two female, and ten male. This ln-
cludes three Killed at Brownsville
H. Wild rumors OF "a larger num-
Der Killed nave no foundation thar
we can discover. AS the CITY was
paying the funeral expenses OF vic
tins and relief was given their fom-
lilies, they had every motive TO make
known their loss. In one case REL
atives az man killed IN q brou made
truiuess efforts 20 secure relief
i. Two persons reported as vic
tims OF tne riot had no connection
vain &c. One, a Negro man. was kin
ed In q brou over a crap game: and
another, q Negro woman. was killed
DIV her paramour. Both homicides
occurred at some distance from the
scene OF the riot
This is indeed a terrible indict-
ment Of southern methods and OF the
mob. The following conclusion is
obviously true:
Is AS twelve persons were killed
and seventy were murderouslv as
saulted, and as. by all accounts. a