The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-18
PITCHED BATTLE
BETWEEN WHITE
ANDNEGROBOYS
OVER a DOZEN ENGAGED ~ a
FIGHT NEAR NUPFRsANs PARK
YESTERDAY AND SOME or rHE
WHITE uoYs ARE INJURED.

One white youth was seriously IN
fured end a numher of others were
bruised ard haftarrI fo "a greater or
lesser extent yesterday at Kurfrnn's
Park. Wheu about q EHlf- score 90 white
hega ranHinN in age FROM tS 90 tT
years became Involved with seven
ueEroea. considerably older. and were
Dot fo rout otter "a nght which - saif
% have sometimes assumed the aapect
81 a pitched battle.
All ths participants are said 20 i've
fn goUldinw
The one most injured Ia a Couiding
boy hv fhe name ~ McEair He was
flt on the head with a brickhat ut-
cording tn the story ~ les MOBILES a2t
ofhera. and Sc ia feared be- may have
q fractured skull
None Of the negroes are hurt 81 auy
extent hut uM were locked up in the
county Sash and when entered on tho
t'offer az prisoners gave their names
a. wiz Heaae. Prank Hease. Dave Car
who was ranging around the vicinity
Ter Howard fatchet George price.
win Price and Jessie Brooks They
yanEe in age from f2 to 20 years.
% wan shortly after one oeierk that
q mounted policeman - the clfy force
az fhn para teiepboued the court house
a. send armed deputies 20 Kul frinu'u
park az ouue az there bad just been %
serious ncfan there and that some az
fhe participants we're arrned.
sheriff Van pet and Deputy sher-
fF RitE went AZ once 90 the park
There Were many evidences ~ the
recent SCRAP about nnd some ayuaiea
camped there aaid there had been
quite n hattin
None % those who tooh part could
he found however. and tha sheriff
chen turned to Eettlna names After
half an hour he was ahle co return
with quite a nat and be- immeditaeiy
Hrrs Deputies Kennedy and Ritz -
Oou'aiuw win warrants. while none
~ the white boys wege located tAsn
ths negroes were ail rounded up and
placed under arrest
when guestioncd by the ofhcern TIE
rearees told e story % tha effect that
the white boys we're IN a crap game.
n e. said. when the seven negroes
came along. sorne ~ ere negroes and
some of the waiteu aot iato an argu.
meut end thr scrap ensued accord
ing % the story. and the whites after
heEinuiug nght. were finally forced
g. run.
Lee Mobiles. q boz about ten years
Old we found 20 have been en- eye
witness % a part of the row. although
D. took no part On a.
Ife 10 white boy living IN OouldinS
and he visited the once q tae jsiler
az the county San last evening and
save a sfraightaway version Of what
De cav q o. understood that several
ether boys about me park win alao
come forward and substantlate him
II saw the white boys runninH" said
Toung Mobiles, and TIE nigEsrs we're
caaaing them. one throwed = hrlck
and one az the white boys feil down
rke De- was dead
which one was that. 40 you
snow asked Charles Johnson. the
lafler
~Ysa alr. "a was the MoNair boy.
bot : don't know his irst name"
Was BE- badly hurt"
"Nea sir answered Mobiles. lie
fen down IKE dead and didn't set up
and the blood was streaming nom
hls head 4 was running the other
way-wheueVar there's a nght Ike that
] SET out-but was lookiug hack 81
him and ! saw him fall down a. tho
brick Mt him.
Il saw enc Of ne nirEern pun a
knife too. and slash a. one q the
white fellows. q didn't cutie reach
aim but the niEger kept stabblng az
him TRIMS to set him"
-And which of the negroes was
thatr asked johnson
That was Jessie Brooks: could
see him plain trying 20 set az the
white boy with the knife
~ife sidnt cut him. though -
~Nn err. Tie 3ust missed him =
couple OF times bot didn't cut him."
How did q START" he vas asked.
II don't know Z wasn't there then"
How about q crap game
well" answered Mobiles. Il heard