The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-23
|ANCRY NEGROES
PREPARING TO
DESTROY TOWN
- ~ HNgn
Murl.r Of City Attorney Starts
Serious Race War AT
Coweta, Okla.
FOUR ARE WOUNDED IN FIGHT
Blacks Greatly Outnumber Whites
and Troops are Sent 10
Aid Citizens.

NoWeta, Okia., Oct ~ j.. b.
Beavers. city attorney. was killed,
TWO other white men we're wounded
probably fatally and two negroes
were shot in battle here this after
noon between blacks aud whites
ed Sadleih. the negro who killed
Beavers was hanged 10 the railroad
water tank but was cut down
suddeth was killed BY a mob to-
night as he was being put into an
automobile which was to take him to
q jail In. Wagner.
He was riddled with bullets. prob
ably fifty shots taking effect in his
body. Negroes are arising from the
surrounding country and an out
break appears to be Inevitable.
The wounded white men are Car
men Oliver and Steller Thompson.
Both were shot through the body
and have little chance to live.
Negro Insults Woman.
| The trouble started yesterday
afternoon A telegraph operator.
Swacer. was walking with. "a Young
| woman when Ed Ruse, negro: In
passing, pushed the girl from the
fsidewalk into the mud SwHer
s. uck at the negro and another white
man whose name IL being kept
secret. siezed Ruse and Swacer beat
him with his fist.
Today Ruse had been walking the
lstreets with long knife in his poek-
Tets, seeking the man vilo beat him.
ICity Marshal Hart ordered the negro
to give up the knife and Ruse shot
at him.
AT that instance Ed suddeth ran
out of a house aorose the street
l-oponed fire instantly killing City
Attorney Beavers and woundtng
Oliver and Thompson. all Of whom
were passing at the time and had
taken no part in the trouble.
Mob Bombards House
Suddeth took refuge In near by
house, which was bombarded with
guns and revolvers by several white
men. The house was set afre and
Suddeth fed He was shot but not
fatally injured. He was taken to the
water tank. rope placed around his
neck and he was swung up II was
decided, however, that to kill him
would precipitate general race
war, and he was cut down, but later
was killed
Coweta Is in state of terror to-
night, and Ii is feared that an out
break is inevitable. There are l.200
people here, one-third of whom are
negroes. The county is populated
largely by negroes and it was stated
tonight that If the blacks organized
they could bring 1900 men into
town by morning.
Negroes Seek Aid
Negro emissaries have hurried TO
surrounding settlements with the
ayowed intention OF bringing enough
of their people here to wipe the town
off the map THey declare they will
set fire to every house III town.
The sheriff of Wagner, Muskogee
and Tulsa counties have sent Aslp
here and every psssihls means will
be used to prevent an sutbrcak
One negro woman set out sp foot
today for Red Bird. an exclusive
negro town. declaring she would
bring every negro in the settlement
back with her. OfAccrs followed
her but failed 10 catch her
Citizens Panic Stricken
The citizens Of Coweta are panic
stricken and are poorly organized.
They have shot guns and revolvers
but not enough rifles. They are
short OF ammunition.
The town is without fire protec-
| ton
A prominent man said today; we
have been expecting for two years
to have to fight for our lives and
believe the time has come. am
confident that the town will be at
tackled before morning"
There are rumors OF other deaths
atCoweta but these cannot be con-
lhrmed.
Citizens of Muskogee are being
armed by the sheriff and are hurry
ling 20 Coweta Sheriff Long Of
Wagner county has dispatched all
of his man to the scene and has been