The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
MANY RIOT CALLS
Disturbances in All Sections of
the United States
Followed the Announcement of
Jack Johnson's Victory.
NEGROES EXULTANT.
Whites Correspondingly Surly
and Clashes Result.
Hutchinson Blacks Continued
to Pray For Champion.

New York. July 5-Police were still
keeping active patrol today in the
''black belts of New York, to check
any further race trouble engendered by
the outcome of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight. The irritation caused by the de-
feat of Jeffries at the hands of the
negro caused scores of street fights,
negro hunts through the streets and
outbreaks all through the night. One
negro was killed early today, his as
! sailants escaping while several badly
| bruised negroes are in hospitals recoy-
ering from injuries and fright.
The "black and TAM zone was the
scene of the only race killing reported.
George Crawford, negro waiter, had
an alteration with an unknown white
man over the question of what Jeffries
| in his prime could have done to John
| son. The white ended the argument
! by striking Crawford over the head
with a blunt instrument. The negro
died later in the hospital. Nelson
Turn~ negro, was nearly lynched
| for yelling to q crowd of white men in
the San Juan section I'VE blacks put
one over on you whites and we're going
| to do more to you"
Then Turner drew a revolver which
missed fire, and in a trice the crowd
! lamp post when the police rescued him.
! There were race troubles in all the
| boroughs of the city but the police say
no further trouble is expected.
They Prayed for johnson.
/ Wichita, July 5.-Probably no more
wildly riotous scene could have been
| found anywhere throughout the coun-
try as the news of Johnson's victory
| came over the wires from Reno than
at the Holiness campmeeting tent in
| Hutchinson, where more than thou
sand negroes had collected to pray
for the black mans victory. The tent
was packed to it's capacity long be-
| fore time that bulletins from the ring
| side could be expected and fervid in
dividual and congregational praying
and singing was INDUCED in.
| AS the reports commenced to come
/ and it could be seen that Johnson
I had the better of the argument. the
excitement of the congregation grew
rapidly until when the news of the
victory came pandemonium fairly
| broke loose.
Hutchinson reports that the negroes
have shown little inclination to a riot
or disorderly demonstrations. but that
! practically all of them are in a reli-
gious fervor and a grand revival meet
| ing is likely to result.
| Two colored men were escorted out
of Amusement park here last night by
| about sixty fight fans.
Negro Constable Killed.
Mounds, ILL.,, July 5.-One dead and
one mortal1y wounded is the result of
an attempt by four negroes to shoot
up the town in honor of Jack John
son at Reno. A negro constable was
killed when he attempted to place
| them under arrest.
There was Trouble at Joplin.
Joplin. July 5.-Eight negroes. five
of them badly bruised and battered as
the result of rough treatment at the
hands of white men. have been arrest
| ed here The police Quelled several
incipient riots.
Fight on a Train.
Little Rock. July 5.-Lee Roberts,
an Iron Mountain passenger conduc-
tor was shot and wounded during a
fight aboard his train between three
white men and negroes Immediately
following the Reno fight.
Women Take it Up.
! Fort Worth. Texas. July 5.-Minor
| blacks broke out here following the
announcement of Johnson's victory ov-
| er Jeffries. The most serious attack
was by two negresses with beer bottles
on a white woman.
Negro Beaten by Mob.
| New Orleans. July 5.-A negro who
sent up the shout, "Hurrah for John
full bystanders and severely beaten but
finally was rescued by policemen.
A Little too Vociferous.
Houston, July disturbance broke
out Immediately upon the announce
ment of the Johnson victory at Reno.
Three negroes were badly hurt by
white men inside of an hour. Police
were called to quell several minor dis
turbances.
| Charles Williams, a negro was
a little too vociferous in announcing
the outcome of a street car and a
white man s1ashed his throat from ear
to ear. The negro almost b1ed to
death before he reached a hospital.
! White Man is Mobbed.
| st. Joe, July SIS. Sawyer, a
white man who took the part of a ne
gro when the latter was struck by
another white man. was mobbed by a
crowd of whites following the John
son-Jeffries fight. Sawyer was res
cued by a policeman and charges that
the latter struck him and broke his
nose.
Three Negroes Killed.
! Augusta, Ga, July 5.-Resulting in
the killing of three negroes Uvaldia, a
small town of south Georgia, was the
scene of a race riot which may result
! in further fatalities. So far no whites
have been injured.
Kept Police Busy.
Cincinnati, July 5.-Intermittent riot
/ ing following the announcement of the
Jeffries-Johnson result called the police
| to several different sections of the city
4 last evening.
| On Vine street, leading thorough
| fare, a mob of hundreds of whites
chased a negro who was alleged to
! have made offensive remarks. He was
rescued by being allowed to ascend an
elevator in a downtown hotel
Clubbed and Dispersed.
| st. Louis, July 5.-Rioting in negro
section of ST Louis at Market and JEFF