Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16

sfraightout tsticuffS with the American
born negro who uses that method OF SET
Ting disputes. His game Is the biade OF
the gun Generally he finds the American
born negro with whom he comes into con-
fict unpre Dared for that sort OF a game
which is why so many OF the American
born colored men who get drawn INTO
these sorts Of rou2huesS get killed out
right or badly MANNED There Is re-
rnarkable number of West Indian negroes
doing longtime sentences many OF them
''lifers." in the state prisons OF Ne" 'orh'
Most OF them were sent away TOT hiui
deriug or manning American born ne
groes. whom they appear to nate win
curiorISIv vindictive hatred. a few years
ago A curious incident illustrating TINS
happened in fashionable apartment
house on East End avenue
wealthy Young bachelor with an apart
rnent I'm the West End Avenue apartment
house was giving stag dinner one hish'
to his bachelor pals TO celebrate ms dP-
proaching marriage For the ENJOY
mont OF his guests he entertained a num-
ber of important vaudeville people one
OF th.se vaudevillians happened 10 De an
America n-born negro. NeTttaple genus
in his line of humOT. who later TOOK RANK
as one of the foremost entertainers
i'm the world This talented negro arrlveh
Al the apartment house alone, carr inS
his makeup material in bag. and STEP
ned on board the elevator, the haldler oi
which happened To he Jamaica negro
.Yc carn't gait on booard this lift
said the West Indian, in the curious Eng
fish drawl 50 noticeable among MS KIM
in New York to the Colored VaudeNililah
The latter took i'm the situation at
glance He happened 10 be an athlete,
and he knew that the only way To handle
a West Indian negro in case of a mix
was 10 beat him TO it. so to speak.
-Oh, l can't?" he said to the West In
dian BY whose ORDER
NO questions answered-Get OUT com
manded the West Indian.
The VaudeViliian had tho West Indian
elevator man around the waist just about
onc-eiShtn OF ii second later. and Ii wa
a CLASSY tackle. Keeping his waist Gluten
on his man, the entertainer Dipped into the
West Indians rear pockets and brought
out long blade in a leather sheath ana
A heavy gun, and dropped them on tH'
floor Of the elevator. Then the entertain
CT whose mentor in the mitt stuff had
been no less Il person than the late Joe
Cans. proceeded to walk around the West
Indian black like cooper around Il par
rel He punched him with all the elo-
oucncc esprit and ensemble OF the
English language, booted him into the
street. and then. picking him up again.
carefully deposited him on the roof ot Il
builders shaniy in front of the building
busted off his hands with his handkcf-
chief walked back into the apartment
house stepped on board the elevator, ana
ran il himself UP to the floor where ne
was booked TO entertain lot OF the
tenants had seen the street part OF the
performance from their front WINDOWS,
and several dozen of them dropped into the
apartment of the bachelor giving the stag
. 10 congratulate the calm and complalSant
entertainer The West Indian was nred
on the following day, and TWO days later
he took a shot al the VaudeVillian as the
latter was OH his way TO the theater III
a taXicab For this job of attempted
homicide the West Indian went over the
road for seven years.
The West Indian negro entertains the
curious idea that it is beneath him to an
swer the most reasonable question put to
him by tenants of a building where he
works, and, when pressed for a reply,
gives utterance to a snarling answer more
often than not. Women tenants, for eX-
cellent reasons not here TO be dwelt upon.
have been in fear of the West Indian ne
gro employees of apartment buildings for
years
Not long ago the whole matter WAS
taken up simultaneously at number of
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