The Washington herald., 1910-07-05

Despite the safe and sane" Fourth
inaugurated by Maj. Sylvester. the
! Washington police were last night given
one Of the busiest nights in their history
! in the rioting and disturbance following
the close of the glorious Fourth and the
announcement Of the outcome of the
Nevada fight.
Every precinct in the city had its full
force out. and in the First and Second
stations tke entire reserve forcs was
necessary TO preserve even a sembiance
OF order on the streets. More than go
arrests were made, with the proportion
of black to white being about two TO one.
All Washington was on the streets,
surgiug, for the most part, up and down
the Avenue
gvvo white Men Injured.
Race feeling ran high, and what
seemed 10 be the beginning Of several Sc
rious riots was only averted by the
prompt arrival of the police Five thou
sand people surged about Seventh street
in pursuit Of three negroes, who had at
tackled two white men. and this gave
the First precinct men the hardest task
of the night.
In the mix-up. two whites were serious
" hurt Joseph Benham. who lives at
$50 Tenth street northeast. received a
six-Inch cash in the left shoulder and a
smaller wound in the back. He was
rushed to the Emergency Hospital where
his wounds were dressed. The physicians
say he viii recover. Benham was on his
way home from work. and had just
/ alighted from a car when one OF the
negroes rushed past him. The black man
| thinking that Benham was about to at
| tack him, turned, and with two rips laid
/ open the shoulder and back The three
| negroes were afterward caught and
/ locked up at the First precinct station.
L. s. Marine Is Stabbed.
The other man injured was Thomas
/ Mundul. United States Marine He was
/ stabbed in the chest and arm, He
! lost considerable blsod before any one
/ came to his aid, and was finally taken TO
the Emergency Hospital on a street car
! by Policeman Bowers. He is not seriously
hurt
! Several other persons were injured by
/ being trampled, and were cared for at
I nearby drug stores and Offices
! At Third and the Avenue about II
o'clock three negro women attacked two
white women standing upon the steps of
a residence. and an angry mob of about
a thousand gave the police Of the Sixth
/ precinct a hard fight. The negro women
were finally placed in the patrol wagon,
/ where one OF them. Mary Conner, infiiet-
! ed a severe wound on Patrolman Bennett
/ BY biting his arm
! TWO small white boys, whose names
could not be learned, were hurt by being
crushed against a building by the mob.
but were finally rescued and taken to
| their homes by their parents. 1t is said
that one of them sustained a broken arm.
Trouble In Southeast.
In the southeast section of the city
there were two mix-ups that gave con-
siderable trouble. In a fight with several
negroes at Eighth and G streets south
east. Arthur Smith. Of 1907 G street north
west, was kicked in the abdomen, and
was se-+ - tasaaif hospital in a
tsf Cfl8u- TAO oes were cut
ie hes5 ara aho4r ne face. ana
treated II tie EEFs-ae icy Hospital
Ia0sl tfs rcEi-of'ils ihe entire force
7t e H precinct Fvas necessary to
spe- tta aob a collected about
u ni.bf len twa white men and four
Blacks aeearne iGvoieed IN g fight More
tnan a.s1 peopie al.ea tae street and cab
"a ffe pei ice weEo forced to use
81 - % e tae crowd back. Two
Haa eafe arrested nd, together
te negroes eer lodged in the
elFe srcEos7el sells the station
ksssiiaass 20 sued.
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