Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-28
-FOUR NEGRO GUARDSMEN
ARE SHOT BY REGULARS
Fire on Illinois MiIitiamen Try
ing to Mob Man at San
Antonio Camp
CBy Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO. July 25.-Four negro
soldiers. members OF the Eighth I'LL
nois national guard. were shot last
night by squad of the provost guard
OF the Nineteenth regulars that had
come 10 the rescue of a white man
the soldiers were attacking near the
militia camp. None was seriously in
jured, all the bullets striking in the
legs.
The trouble began when Herbert G.
Henne, a lawyer of New Braunfels,
Tex. went TO the militia camp. He
PASSED a group of the negro soldiers
in the streets. An instant later one
OF them threw a rock at him. 1t
struck the rear Of his car. Henne di-
-ected his driver to stop and he alight-
ed. Turning toward the advancing
group of guardsmen, he was met with
invective and he instantly changed his
direction toward the nearest open
door. that of saloon.
AS he ran. Henne claims. he heard
one OF the men call out: Come on.
he's unarmed. Let's get him"
SHOUTS FOR HELP.
Inside the saloon he shouted TO the
bartender and his helper. the only other
occupants of the place. for assistance,
but they remained behind the bar. leav-
time crcwding through the doorway.
The little group of his assailants had
increased by ten or fifteen of the same
regiment. when a detachment of the
provost guard of the Nineteenth in
fantry rushed up the street and poured
into the saloon. Ordering the men to
quarters. the guard began using their
guns as clubs. They forced the negroes
out into the street, where, reinforced
until perhaps the number was twenty
five or thirty, the negroes turned on
the regulars. Again they were told to
move on, and failure to obey was fol-
lowed by the order to fire.
Four of the mob went down, all
wounded below the waist line with guard
ammunition, a light charge ammuni-
ton.
CROWD INTO CARS.
Members of the Eighth regiment who
were IN the city last night successfully
insisted on riding in those seats of a
street car not designated for ne
groes" A crowd boarded a car going
toward the army post and occupied
the seats in the forward part of the
car. The conductor protested, stopped
the car and called a policeman. The
policeman ordered the negroes to take
seats designated for them, but they re-
fused to do so. The incident was closed
by the white passengers and the omcer
leaving the car. which proceeded.
Half an nour after the shooting there
was apparently no excitement in any
part of the militia camp traceable to the
incident and at the camp OF the Eighth
regiment the men were quiet and or
derby. Colonel Dennison, Of the Eighth
regiment, expressed keen regret that the
incident had occurred. but neither he
nor any of his officers cared to discuss
ii prior to an investigation.
No special orders came from head
quarters as a result of the shooting,
but il was understood a thorough in
intimated that the privileges for men,
hers OF the negro regiment might be
SUSPENDED.
The rioting of certain members of TIE
Eighth Illinois infantry, and the alleged
Sinking Of whole squads of the First
Illinois brigade on practice march yes
terday were the topics of much com
ment today.
Negro guardsmen said that slurs cast
on them by whites, both civilian and
military. led to the attack on Herbert
Henne, a local attorney. Some of then
chased HeEne from his automobile int
a saloon where he defended himself until
a provost guard of regulars arrived and
<ired on the militiamen, slightly wound
ing three OF them. The incident Is re-
garded as closed except for trial of the
actual culprits.
General Bells report today to General
Funston of the exchange of shots Sun
day by the Ninth Massachusetts and
Mexicans at FL Paso, indicated that the
first firing was done by the guardsmer
who believed the Mexicans were prepar-
ing to bring into action a machine gun