The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-28
THREE MORE SHOT
IN CHESTER RIOTS
Latest Victims All COIOred, One
Fatally hurt.
SOUTHERN NEGROES ARRIVE
Threats Made by Whites That Disturb
ances Will Not Cease Until All o.
Other Race Are Driven From Town

Chester, July 2S.-The lUlI in the
race riots proved nothing but d hui
and fresh start by discrderly folE
was taken. as a result Of which three
colored men We're shot, one fatally
The dying man i Frank Meadows
thirtythree Yeas Of age. He was shot
at the corner Of Second and Kerlir
streets. He was returning from hi:
place of employment whora he haC
been to get his pay. when a body o,
men at lunch near the Chester SHIP
building plant saw him and determined
on his captur". He ran. with the moi
after him. mp Kerlim street. a block h
fore fusilade Of shots cut him down
Whether these shots came from The
mans pursuers or from a window has
not been determined by the police
The man was SAot through the aldo
men. He was onerated on. II is moi
expected thar he can live.
c. p. BOILER. trenty-siy years old, OF
$50 Welrh street. was shot T. the left
foot outside The Chester Shipbuildins
plant
George Gibbs. twenty eight years cd
employed by the Raymond Construc
ton company. was shot in the thigf
In the same neighbOrhoOd. He is be
ing treated by a private physician
while the other victims are in the
Chester hospital
One new feature brought to ligh'
probably will eXplain the discrepancy
In the official report of the dead. Ac
cording to statements given out hy
the police at the close of the ffehtine
the only person fatally injured wa:
Joseph Mccain. white No reference
was made to the unidentified co1oret
man who lay dead on the pavement
on Third street, near Norris. for more
than an hour. The police denied that
there was such a case.
A talk with a negro boarding mis-
tress in Bethel court. brought out the
fact that one of her boarders, Sam
mis- Trivett, thirty-three years old. o.
Dublin. Ga. was missing. Trivvett
who has been in the city two weeks
recently got employment at VI rrcus
Hook He has been in the habit OIL
going back and forth daily. He die
not come as usual and investigation eli
the prisoners at the police station fail
ed to turn him up" His description
fits that Of the negro killed on Third
street
There is no indication that the riot.
are anywhere near over. Many white
persons are stating openly thai they
will not cease their efforts until a
the negroes are killed or driven from
town. At the present time more anc,
more colored folk are coming in daily
from the south, but many whose homes
are here. are leaving. Three hundred
men were brought in by the Reacont
Light company, and as many more viii
arrive every day for an indefinite peri
cd. This is arousing the residents tt|
a frenzy. 1t is not alone the roughe1
element that is in favor of using force
Autos circulated through the streets
with men wIo tackled copies of tbs
sheriff's proclamatio at many points
The procle nation. printed in large let
tiers on a sign several feet high
reads:
''Whereas, a state of riot exists ir
the City Of Chester, Delaware county
Pa. and the lives and property of it:
residents thereby endangered. all per
sons are hereby forbidden to congre
gate or assemble on the streets. high
ways and public thoroughfares of the
City of Chester or to use the same fol
any purpose other than TO proceed tc
and from tireir lawful business to thet1
homes. any person dfsobeying thi:
proclamation and orders as above vii.
be arrested and prosecuted.
John f. Hcyhurn. high sheriff