Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-02
POLICE BREAK
RECORD IN RAID
IVNt.Lt,i'S PARK GATHERING
ENDS IN TIE ARREST OF
81 OFFENDERS.
CROWD THE CITY JAIL
Marched Through BarraQue Street to
Headquarters-Raid Largest
Ever Recorded Here.

AS a result of record breaking
and noise making resort
at Pullen and Olive streets, last night
at 1880 O'Clock many Pine Bluff
homes will be without cooks and
housemaids this morning and the
proprietors of downtown stores will
wonder what has become of their por-
tiers and office boys. Thirty-one ne
groes were arrested and paraded TO 20
lice headquarters. 1t would have been
necessary to get several moving vans
to ride them there, and for that rea-
son the little patrol wagon was not
taken out of the barn.
Assistant Chief of Police Gus
Reeves and Patrolmen McBurnett
Fivcash, Williams and Tolson rounded
up the peace disturbers and they had
a picnic" keeping them in tow after
reaching headquarters. A patrolman
had to be stationad at each door TO
make sure that none of the offenders
escaped during the confusion and one
by one they were docketed and lined
prisoners took their arrest good nat
uredly, evidently being impressed
with the fact that they would not be
lonesome in the city jail as there
were many who were unable to make
bond to keep them company.
The women arrested in the raid
seemed to enjoy their Imprisonment
for at the midnight hour the negroes
were singing plantation songs and en-
joying life as only happy negro can
But Judge Stewart will smile the
smile of smiles this morning when he
faces the happy bunch in police court
and come to the conclusion that he
will have done a good days work in
behalf of the city treasury.
For weeks residents of the Longley
Park neighborhood have been awak-
ened by the screaming of negroes and
other noises that accompanied gath
erings' at the Park. Frequently free
for-all fights have taken place there
and pistol plays have been made
The troubles were so frequent that
Assistant Chief of Police Reeves de-
cided to put stop to it last night.
When he and his faithful blue coat
men reached the scene they heard the
negroes cursing and yelling at each
other and some of them were quar-
reling.
Unexpectedly they rushed into the
park, closed the gate behind them
and told the jewellers that they were
under arrest. Some of them tried tt
climb the fence surrounding the
amusement place and dance hall, but
they were prevented from doing so
Making sure that none of the pris-
oners had weapons, the officers line(
them up, men, women and boys ant
marched them through Barraqut
street to headquarters. 1t looked like
a "coontown parade"
1t was the biggest raid ever sue
cessfully carried out in this city. Sew.
eral of the negroes put up cash for
feits for their appearance in police
court this morning, but the majority
of the delegation spent the night be
hind bars. The women were give1
the up stairs cells and the men spen
the night downstairs.
The negroes arrested gave the fol
lowing names: Frank Malone, Va
Lewis, Claud Rockmore, Percy Jack
son, George Beans, Ben Raeh, Georg'
Jackson, Claud Porter, Rob Pumph
rey, James Batise, Ebert Laws, Rosc'
Henderson, Anderson Malone, Mari
Daniels, Jack Anderson, A. Tucker
George Simmons, Meartie Beacham
Frances Walker, Beatrice Moore, Bet
tie Rush, Mary Slayton, Edna Gil
more, Sarah Peals, Daisy Clifford
Katie Nichols, Harriet Hicks, Deli
F'airc1ild, Hattie Walker and Lilli
Pati,lo.