The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-23
White Men Are PATROL
Ing Streets and Guard
ing Homes.
TROOPS ORDERED
RUSH. D 70 SCENE
City Attorney Shot to Death and
Two Others Dangerously
Wounded Following Battle.
Negro Later Is Killed by
Mob-General Outbreak
Seems Inevitable.

Ccweta. Okla. October ED. sud
deth. a negro. was shot 10 death to-
!. night by a mob of citizens who had
armed themselves. following battle
this afternoon between blacks and
whites. in which Suddeth killed J. D..
Beavers. City Attorney, and wounded
carmen oliver aud Stellar Thompson.
white men. Both men have little
chance TO live.
suddeth was wounded and then
strung up to water tank. but was
cut down before he died and locked
up in vacant building
tonight Deputy Sheriff Flowers at
tempted TO take the slayer to the
Wagner Jail AS the negro was be-
ing iitted into an automobile the mob
opened hre on him. Probably tifty
bullets entered his body
Large numbers of negroes were ar
irving tonight from the surrounding
country. and race war seemed in
evitable. The white men of the tom
were patrolling the streets and guard
ing their homes. They were afraid to
'ake the women out of the houses to
send them to Muskogee on the last
train out
The trouble started YESTERDAY a
.elesIaph operator named Swazer was
waking with young woman when
Ea, kuse. negro. in passing. pushed
the girl from the sidewalk into the
inuo. Swazer struck at the negro. and
aho'her white man. whose name is
oeins Kept secret. held Ruse and
9"azer beat him with his fists To
day Ruse had been walking the streets
WIN long knife in his pocket. seek
ING the man who held him. CITY Mar
shal Hart ordered the negro to give
up the knife. and Ruse shot at him,
House Set on Fire.
~ tGts instant Ed Suddeth ran out
ol mouse across the street. and.
/ opening ire, instantly killed cry AZ.
aelneg beavers and wounded oliver
ana thompson, all of whom ,verc
passing, and had taken no part in
,he trouble. suddeth took refuge In,
nearby house. which was bombard
with guns and revolvers bv several
white men. The house was set afire.
and Suddeth fled. He was shot. but
not fatally injured. He was taken
10 the water tank, rope placed about
his neck and he was swung up.
1t was then decided. however. that
TO Kill him would precipitate a gen
cral race war, and he WAS cut down
He was placed In a vacant building
and guarded. but later II was de-
termined to take him to jail. AS he
was being lifted into an automobile,
which was to take him to the Jail In
Wagner, a mob riddled him with bull
lets. probably fifty shots taking eff
feet in his body.
Coweta is terror-stricken tonight.
and it is feared an outbreak is in
cvitable. There are 1900 persons in
Coweta. one-third negroes. The county
is populated largely by negroes, and
1t was said that If the blacks were
organized they could bring 1000 men
into town before morning Negro
emissaries have hurried out to sur
rounding sediments, with the avowed
intention of bringing enough men
here to wipe the town off the map.
They declare they will set fire to
every house The sheriffs of Wagner,
NIuskoGee and Tuias Tulsa counties
have sent help.
Grave Fears for Towns Safety.
Mu.kogee, Okla. October 22.-While
what militia can be raised tonight is
being rushed from here by special
train to the assistance OF the white
POPULATION in Coweta, large numbers
OF armed negroes from surrounding
points are Fastening to the town to
assist in the battle on the whites. Be
sides the killing OF the city attorney
and the lynchins of his slayer, num-
her of both races have been shot In
the nights according to reports re-
ceived here. The negro population
Is Infatuated by the killing OF sud
deth They sent out runners to all
nearby towns, several OF which are
exclusively negro settlements. to call
them to aid in lighting the whites and
make good their threat to wipe the
town off the map before morning: AL
though the outbreak has been looked
for by the whites for some time, they
are insufficiently armed and short of
ammunition for such a conflict as is
anticipated Grave fears are held
unless the troops can be hurried to the
town by daybreak. In case the negroes
should keep their promise of setting
the town on fire the result will be
grave. as the town has little Are pro-
lection.
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