The sun., 1909-06-22
HUNT NEGROES IN HARLEM
CROWD FROM BOXING CLUB
BEATS ONE MAN BADLY
whose Companion Had Shot white Man
The Negro win the Pistol Is Cor
nered on . HousetOp-A Brisk Gun
RiSht In the Teuderloin, Too.


The Negro Win the Pistol Is Cor
nercd on . Housetop-A Brisk Gu
Fight In the Tenderloin. Too
Joseph Hughes Of s5i West l25th stree
and William Shields OF 1882 Amsterdam
avenue were on their way home nea
midnight last night when they stopped
on the corner OF l26th street and Amster
dam avenue to talk. Just then the GROVE
from the Olympic Athletic Club came ou
from the fights.
A big negro. who later turned out to bt
Edward Ashford Of 65s West 12eth street
said something to Hughes. Neither
Hughes nor Shields paid any attention
to Ashford and in few minutes Shields
left Hughes to 60 home. He had gone
only a few feet when he heard revolver
fired. He turned and saw Hughes run
ming with Ashford in pursuit. The negro
fired two more shots and the crowd from
the athletic club. shouting that the
negroes were out. started in pursuit. AT
the third shot fired by Ashford Hughes
dropped with bullet in the right ankle.
Ashford had been with another negro,
william Simmons Of 500 West 125th street,
and the crowd caught Simmons first,
while two policemen went after Ashford.
The crowd. which numbered nearly
a thousand. began, TO beat simmons
and were kicking him whom Charles
Collins who lives at $50 West 123d street,
got through the crowd and told them to
stop or they would kill the man.
That's what We want. to hell with
niggersl' shouted men in the crowd.
They we're closing around Simmons
again when Capt. Carson arrived With
At n
to the station house a badly battered man.
Ashford had run toward l7eth street
with Policemen Maginnis and Feuden
after him. Policeman Shay, who lives on
the corner of l26th street and Amsterdam
avenue, had heard the first shot. He
leaned out the window and fired his re-
volver to attract the attention OF other
policemen.
Shay also took a shot at the fugitive,
but missed Ashford then ran around
the block back into l25th street into 5O4
and up to the roof.
The policeman oornered him against a
chimney on the roof after he had fired
two shots which we're still left In bis
revolver.
1t was not until after Capt. Carson and
the reserves had again been summoned
that the police dared to bring their pris.
oner down, as the street below was packed
with men yelling that they would take
him away and kill him II they could get
him.
After the reserves had taken Ashford
to the station hotse they were sent out
on patrol. as the men from the CLUB pro
ceeded to march all through the negro
district Of Harlem daring negroes to show
themselves on the streets:
A score Of negroes invaded Bob Nelson 9
place at the corner OF Thirtieth street and
Seventh avenue early this morning and
started In mixing things up. The bar
tender, with a hunch that the row was
put on with the idea OF diverting his at
tention from the cash register, pulled Q
help Of two husky assistants fired the
whole lot out into the street
A minute later the plate glass window
came in with bullet which hurt no one.
A second bullet, following closely. caught
an Armenian in the left arm. The Ar
menian was Abdrew Barberion OF soi
West Thirty sixth street. he turned
get into the mixup. since he was merely
passing on the way home and had no in
terests in the row. and then he got slash
or two OF a razor over his arm and his
neck.
A third shot. which did no damage. was
followed by the reserves from the Thir-
tieth street police station and all the other
jackson Of lb7 West Thlrty-seventh street
drew a gun on one Of these. Policeman
Ebert Smith, and Smith with his own gun
knocked the negro's weapon to the pave
ment and arreated him,
The polioo also arrested Joseph Nelson
Of PSI West Thirtasth street and John
Stanoll Of z77 West Twsnty-ssventh
street. Nelson they found hiding In
the ioe box in the saloon. He was we'll
on the way to being frozen when he was
Aahad ont