The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-10-23
NEGROES March
FOR VENGEANCE
in RACE War
Slayer of Attorney BOmbarded
in House, Wounded and
Hanged by Neck
Fearing Attack Lynchers Cut
Rope and Hide Captive in
Vacant Building
Sheriff Takes Prisoner Who Is
RiddIed With Bullets and
Siege Begins

AN OWETA, Okla, Oct ED Sud-
deth. a negro, was shot to death
J tonight by a mob of citizens that
armed themselves after a battle
this afternoon between blacks and
whites. in which suddeth killed J. B.
Beavers. city attorney. and wounded
>. Carmen Oliver and steller Thompson,
white men. Suddeth was wounded and
then strung up to water tank. but
=. was cut down before being strangled
to death.
Leaders of the mob kept him captive
in a vacant building. Tonight Deputy
Sheriff Flowers attempted to take the
: slayer to Wagner to jail. AS the
negro was being lifted into an auto
mobile the mob opened fire on him
Probably so shots entered his body
Large numbers Of enraged negroes
are arriving tonight from the sur
rounding country and a race wai Gems
Inevitable.
Armed Mer- Patrol Streets
The white men of the town are pa
trolling the streets and guarding their
homes as best they can, fearing to
place women and children on trains
hat might be attacked by the blacks
The trouble started Yesterday after
noon. A telegraph operator named
Swaser was walking with a young
woman when Ed Ruse. negro. in pass
ng, pushed the girl from the sidewalk
nto the mud Swaser struck at the
negro and another white man held Ruse
while swaser beat him with his fists.
Today Ruse had been walking the
streets with a long knife in his pocket,
seeking the man who held him. city
Marshal Hart ordered the negro to give
lp the knife and Ruse shot at him
At that instant Suddeth ran out of a
house across the street and opened fire,
instantly killing City Attorney Beavers
md wounding Oliver and Thompson, all
If whom were passing at the time and
lad taken no part in the trouble
BOmbardment of House
Suddeth took. refuge in a nearby
house, which was bombarded with guns
:. and revoIvers by several white men.
The house was set afre and Suddeth
fed. He was shot. being seriously in
iured. and was then taken to the water
tank. a rope placed about his neck and
he was swung up. 1t was then decided,
however. that to kill him would precipi-
ate a general race war, and he was cut
iown.
There are 1900 persons in Coweta,
onethird of whom are negroes. The
county is largely populated by negroes
and it was stated tonight that If the
blacks organized they could bring 1000
men into town before morning
Negro emissaries have hurried out
to surrounding settlements with the
avowed intention of bringing enough
of their people here to wipe the town
off the map. They declare that they
viii set fire TO every house in town.
@ The sheriffs of Wagner, Muskogee
and Tulsa counties have sent help to
Coweta and every means possible will
be used to prevent an outbreak.
Negroes March on Town
MUSKOGEE, Okla, Oct ga long
distance telephone message tonight
srrom the sheriff's office at Wagner
says that large body of negroes,
heavily armed. is marching from Red
Bird. Okla, upon the town of Coweta
They are swearing vengeance and
further trouble is believed certain.
There are rumors of other deaths at
Coweta, but this can not be confirmed.
Citizens of Muskogee are being
armed by the sheriff and are hurrying
to Coweta, 25 miles from here. Sheriff
Long of Wagner county has dispatched
all his men to the scene and has
been assured of help from the sheriff
Of Muskogee county.
Company c of the oklahoma national
guard has been ordered to assemble at
,nce and proceed to Coweta.