The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-25
Flame Of Race Hatred
Famed Into White
Heat.
POLICE ON GUARD
TO PREVENT RIOT
Negroes Who Held Up Street
Car, Killed Motornan and Fa-
tally Wounded Conductor
Are Still at Large Despite
Rewards Offered for
Their Capture.

Atlanta, Ga. April 2i.--In momenr
of consciousness to-day at the Atlanta
Hospital, Conductor W. II. Bryson, one
OF the victims of the three negro high.
waymen who last night held up ano
robbed a street car in an Atlanta SUI
burb. identified one of the negroes
caught in tho police dragnet as prob.
ably one of the guilty trio. This ne.
gro and four others, who are neio
on suspicion. are tonight In what is
known as the tower
The fact that the wounded conduc-
tor had partially Identified the negro
was known TO but few. extraordinary
precautions having been taken BY the
county and city police to keep from
the thousands OF whites. who to-day
thronged the vicinity of the crime, any
facts which might tend to further fan
the flame OF race hatred manifested
All kinds of rumors. however, gained
credeuce and the officers found IL nec-
essary to prohibit negroes visiting the
neighborhood where the crime occurred
There were even expressions of disap-
proval from the crowds at the pres
cnce of the few negro chauffeurs who
piloted automobiles TO the scene.
Precautions Taken.
Chief of Police Jennings stated TO.
night that every precaution had been
taken against manifestations of riot
spirit, although we have not the
slightest apprehension that there will
be trouble" he added.
The funeral Of Motorman S. T..
Brown, who was shot dead beside his
car by one of the negroes will be helc
tomorrow. A coronor's jury was i'm
paneled and viewed the body. but no
FORMAL report will be made for sev-
eral days. An operation was perform
ed this morning on Conductor Bryson
ano 1t is announced that there Is
slight chance that he will recover.
score or more of negroes We're ar
rested last night and to-day. but aftey
being subjected to sweating at po.
lice headquarters all but FIVE were re.
leased this afternoon. A rumor that
on one of the negroes arrested was
found a receipt which bore the name
OF the dead motorman. was denied by
the police. They also denied the re-
port that weapons were found on sew
eral OF the negroes arrested.
The bloodhounds last night followed
the trail of the negroes from the poinr
at the end Of the car line where the
hold-up occurred to a tented construc-
ton camp. where about sixty negroes
are employed on grading work. Here
several of the arrests were made, and
all the other members of the con-
struction gang are under surveillance.
To-day whites were not permitted
to go near this camp because of the
excitanle attitude of the crowds which
| thronsed the vicinity of the crime.
Took Months Wages.
Besides rohblng the conductor OF
all of the company's cash that he had,
| the negroes took from the dead body
of the motorman a purse containing
his months wages. The street railway
company offered reward of $500 for
the apprehension OF the guilty ne.
groes. Tonight the reward for tbs
apprehension of the negroes was In
creased to Sl,sOo. The street railway
| company increased the amount offer.
ed by 1t to s1.oO0 while Mayor Robert
F. Maddox offered $500 on behalf Of
| the city of Atlanta. and Governor
Brown $500 for the State.
The street car men have started q
| subscription for the benefit of the
family of the dead man. which is meet.
! ing with substantial response from
business men and other citizens.
Late tonight Conductor Bryson Is
still alive, but his condition is criti-
cal.
OF three other negroes taken before
\ the dying conductor late to-day, he
partially identified Jim Black and
Ananias Holland as his assailants.
| While the identification was by no
/ ~. -; Iali
with these two and another negro
Identified by Bryson earlier in the dav.
they have the guilty negroes. Never
theless, the search is being continued
| tonight, and several other negroes
have been arrested, who the police be-
lieve know something Of the crime
They will be held pending an investi-
| cation,
Race Riots in Texas.
Coleman Ten April o4.r-Twelve ne-
groes badly beaten, one white man
seriously injured and the entire me-
gro population of Coleman of between
ll5O and 200 men, women and children,
driven out of town, was The result
of race riots which occurred hero at
| / O'clock this afternoon. and ragged un-
It'll FAR into the night. That many
persons We're not killed or seriously
wounded Is due to the fact that the
negroes offered no resistance except
IN isolated cases, and the whites con-
Tented themselves with using clubs,
sticks ana stones instead of firearms.
Until the Santa Fe Railroad began
/ using negro labor on construction
work in this section q black face was
a rarity, and trouble has been brew
ling ever since negroes In consider
| able numbers began coming into town.
lThis feeling has been greatly intenst-
fed recently by alleged infiammatory
utteranees OF some. of the negro lead
ers, who asserted that they We're here
Ito stay. Phe trouble began this sitter
noon Whom two white youths became
.Iinvolved ina light With a negro. NJ
4 Quickly the word spread, and In q