The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-09-07


son sfi~ir until We had . chance to look
ioto the matter hrst- hsnded-like. W,
wrote 20 one OF the moA rensble men il
Houston, q man, who 10 . large property
owner and Is rst<d in Brsdssreets and
Dunns and highly respected by the eiti
zens of Houston and one whose word
for truth and verscity. we happen d
know that nobody questions Here j.
bis letter u us.
Houston. Texs-,
August 81. 49,.
Hon. X w. White,
Charleston, W. Va.
My dear Mr. White:
i am IN receipt OF your letter OF lev
days ago, IN which you asked me to sit
down and from an unbiased standpoint
and will Try TO do that and nothing
more
10 nDe the trouble in Houston really
started over woman, | mean . colored
woman. You want the truth and this i.
IT, Ia all too many instances. down
here the members of the other race seen
70 think that they have an inherited
night 20 Use our women as they like and
nothing be said about IT, We are learn
ing the iesson that they are teaching 10.
and that Is this, We want every colored
man TO respect, not only white women
Dnt coiored women ~ yell, in fact eyerv
woman and while that 10 true We want
every white man TO respect every woman
ALSO, the colored woman included. MANY
say that the woman arrested and who
"ss belng mistreated Was not At ali IN
der tie influence o: liquor, but that she
refused to become the willing Tool Of
some agencies, which seemed to have
ersved her for the sole purpose OF the
earnai satisfaction they might experience
from the contact, and the colored sold
isrs knowing Of this and nunerous other
cases, and having been tainted in tbi. ,
Ano various other ways, and knowios .
Just what the feeling Was down here to-
~aru them. simply felt that they had 70 |
night 70 protect themselves OF cour.e.
IL Was wrong for them to commit the
breach of discipline in the army rssu.
iArity ~ they did and for that they will
Oh course he punished, but feel that
every BLACK man who 10 punished will
take that punishment cheerfully. know
ing that II he 10 suffering he 10 suffering
ia defense of the Negro womanbood ann
manhood OF this country. have told
you all In tine. This 10 Just a. much q.
IL had written volumes on it.
We are mighty glad that you, ND in
west Virginia have not forgotten us and
that you are following ms and our for
tunes or misfortunes - you zee tir 70
Term It, Glad slso that West Virginia
does herself 90 proud ~ TO not have any,
tnlng OF this kind going on up there.
write me often and call and zee me.
ii you are ever down here again.
Sincerely yours,
Signed (Delected).
NOW this Is from a man or the ground
and IL comes hrst handed and We give it
TO you for what il 10 worth. We will
now turn our attention 70 what the press
hAs TO say about it and let you be the
judge.
THE HOUSTON RIOT.
Amsterdam News. Colored.
Slowly, after the 6rst prejudiced re-
ports. the true story Of the Houston riot
and It's real melting causes are seepips
through the censorship established by
prejudice and falsehood.
A Washington despatch admits that
reports 80 far indicated that an irrs-
sponslble constable arrested q drupksn
(colored) woman and when . soldisr
tcolored) protested sgsinst unneoessarv
roughness on the BART OF the policeman
he was beaten over the head with the
butt OF revolver. Thereupon q corpo-
raj IN the line Of duty protested and IN.
sknil ~ss cracked with same revolver "
Under affidavit, one of the colored
soldiers engaged IN the noting, issues
statement 70 the effect that his white
commanding officer. Capt. snow, in
talk to the men, told them that Corpo-
RAJ Baltimore, reported killed by White
police was not in the wrong, that the
- ~ vic NTOuk-
The Washington Bee make. the
following comment:
Some troops Of the z4th Infantry fcoD
were stationed at Camp Logan, Hou "a.
Iexss- recently They had been ordered
there.
IL 10 70 be assumed that their pre.snes
There was necessary. Certainly the col
ored soldiers had no option in the matter.
These colored soldiers we're sy.tem.s-
'c2ily insulted and hsrrs.sed by the local
police. Individuals were a-ssult~d or
arrested on frivolous grounds. Ihev
were called "nisgers''isnd at every turn
we're hustled and jostled.
AZ last came the straw that broke the
esmeis back. At last the worm turpsa
On the night Of August p. according N
report~ some hundred or more Of ths-e
coiored soldiers took mp their guns and
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