New-York tribune., 1910-07-15
MNGSBR|DCE RACE R|Ol
Started by Whites 1respass'n9
on Private Property.
MOB YELLS FOR LYNCHlNo
Negro Caretakers Try to Drive
Party from Estate-TWo have
Fractured Skulls.

Kinesbridge had a small sized race fio'
| late Yesterday afternoon, and hao II Ho
been for the timely arrival OF the resei 'e-
of the Kfngsbridge police station inc
might have been a lynching- AS inc leeu,'
of the trouble two white men-Jel eiiii0i
Downing. of No. 159 East 102d street. anu
Patrick sullivan, of No. 164 East IVA e'io
are in the Fordham Hospital MIN Il
ured skulls and three negroes are lo0Ao1
I'D charged with felonious assaut.
EsrIv Yesterday morning Sullivan MS
wife. Barbara. and Downing started On
picnic. They boarded a trolley, ana aI'ei Q
long ride on various lines in Inc oioiiA
reached Bailey avenue and zz'Ih
where they decided to eat the Iulicheon
Mrs Sullivan had provided What IS klio"h
as the Reid estate. with its grassy
and many shade trees. attracted lno a''eA
ton of the party as a suitable spot ioi
their purpose They chose d pleasant HUN
and began to eat.
The old mansion is unoccupled. ana INC
grounds are in charge of careIdAei' ''iii-
Mover, a. negro; his wife, and an assi9 -
Harry Rock, also negro MIS- MoSot
moving the grass, when she hediu INC
voices of the jewellers and ordered theln u
get out. They refused to go. and accoru-
ing TO the story, one of the men began u
abuse the negress-
The alteration attracted the attehlloh VI
sam" letter, another negro, VINO was
driving by. He stopped and trleo 10 PEI
suade the trespassers to go away IL
said that Downing told the negro II "ouio
require the services of JACK JonhSoH
to put them off the grounds JeItel inc
went away, and, going to the manSloii' 'oAu
his wife.
Meyer, armed with rake, ana hoCh hui-
r1ad 70 the scene of the trouble and started
TO drive the trespassers on the srouiio'
force. A fight ensued, in which 1t IS al
I.o,d Mover used his rake and his wife her
scvthe with such effect that Sullivan ana
no1vning were felled to the ground Mrs
Sullivan in the mean time had made her
escane AS soon as she reached Bailey
avenue she yelled Murder" at the top
op her voice. and her cries quickly brought
a band of about fifty white men and poys'
who set out for the Reid estate.
Mover saw the mob coming and. rushing
into the house. barred the doors and Win
dovs. The mob Immediately picked up
stones and other available weapons and
hor,,barded the house. Doors and WINDOWS
were smashed. and when Meyer showed his
head at an upper window he was greeted
with a. cry of Lynch emf The cry was
taken up generally and, determined 10
carry out the idea, several started of TO
secure ropes.
At this moment Patroln1an Conl1n ar
rived on the scene and, realizing that quick
action was necessary, ran to the nearest
telephone and sent in riot call On his
way back to the Reid house he was joined
by Patrolman Johnson The two managed
TO stand off the mob until the reserves
from the Kingsbrtdge station came
After the grounds were cleared an anbu-
lance call was sent to the Fordham Hos
pitaI, while the sergeant in charge of the
reserves ordered Meyer TO come out Of the
house. The caretaker, his wife and Rock
refused until they had the assurance Of the
police that they would Do protected. They
will be arraigned in the Morrisania court
this morning.
DR.. Corey, who responded to the ambu-
lance call, found both Sullivan and Down
ing unconscious and hurried them to the
hospital There il was said that both had
fractured skulls and that Downing also had
three ribs broken. Their condition was
said to be critical.