The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-27
FOUR NEGROES WILL DIE FROM WOUNDS Wave of Crime Among the Blacks of the District /
 SIX ARE SHOT OR CUT Two Fatally Wounded Near North Tenth Avenue-Two in South
 Side Shooting Scrape and
 Others Elsewhere
SIX ARE SHOT OR CUT

The negroes of Birmingham and the district were on a rampage yesterday and al a result of numerous shooting scrapes, cutting affrays, and free-for- all fights half dozen negroes are irl city hospitals in a critical condition and others more or less seriously in jured.
 The worst affray in the city yes terday among the negroes occurred on Wheeler street between North Seven teenth and Eighteenth streets, when H. J. Rice shot and fatally wounded Will Byrd and Henderson Daniel All were negroes. The affray occurred yester- day shortly before o'clock. Both the wounded negroes were carried to the city hospital, where it. Is stated that neither has a chance sor life.
 Rice gave himself up to the firemen st No. 5 station and was locked in the city. jail on charge of murder. He claims self defense He stated that the three negroes became involved in | difficulty over a pint bottle of gin. The two negroes attacked him and he fired to protect his life, so he states. He was slightly wounded by cuts around the shoulders.
 Steve Crews probably fatally cut Marion Robinson yesterday afternoon late on Eighth avenue between Twen- ty-third and Twenty-fourth streets. Crews was arrested by Officers Bagley, Hood. Saunders and Captain Devine. He was locked in the city jail on charge of assault with intent to murder. Robinson was literally hacked to pieces. He had eight gashes on his face and shoulders. and although bleeding profusely refused to go to d hospital in an ambulance, but insisted on walking. nis condition at the Sol- mon-Wilder infirmary is critical. Bud Lewis was shot and seriously wounded by another negro last night in quarrel over a craps game. The shooting occurred in Seventh alley be- tween Twenty-t third and Twenty-fourth streets. His wounds are considered critical at local infirmary.
 Son Williams and Jim Grove were seriously wounded in a cutting affray last night in negro quarters on the Southside. The two negroes fought desperately and one is as badly Injured as the other. Both are in local hos ritals in critical condition.
 All of the above shooting affrays in which negroes were involved ewere in the city proper. All of the negroes are seri- ously wounded and it is thought that four of them will die. Besides these af- frays there were numerous fights in tie county districts around Birmingham, sev- eral of which will probably result fatally
 The negroes were unusually unruly in the lower end of the county in the min ing districts, and 1t was necessary for the deputies to use every effort to keep serious disturbances from occurring The officers are unable to explain the sudden wave of crime among the negroes that swept over the county yesterday. When the Saturday night is rainy the ne- sroes are usually quiet. being unable to get out, but conditions of yesterday and Saturday proved the exception. Not since Sheriff McAdory assumed charge has there been such difficulty in handling the negroes.
 While no fatal shooting affrays were reported to the sheriffs office yesterday, a number of disturbances occurred in the lower end of the county. Whether the