Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-03
% DEAD, HUNDREDS
INJURED IN {. ST.
LOUIS RACE RIOTS
Confined from Page H.

me presence OF upward o. I,uo0
Federalized Illinois National Guards
men failed to check even Temporarily
the crazed men and women.
More than 400 prominent citizens
were incarcerated in the city jail dur.
ing the night. arrested at the .1.stiga.
ton Of militia officers.
DR.. l.. NJ. Bundy negro dentist, liv,
ing at l10l Bond avenue, sail to be
mob leader of the blacks, is missing
and search for him has been insti
tuted. He is the man said to have in
famed the negroes and formed the
mob which killed policeman C0Dpedga.
A grand jury investigation is to be
started Immediately.
All saloons are closed and will re-
main closed until further Instructions
are issued. No picture theatres viii
be permitted to open.
The militia arrested Leonard Rya,,
declared to be a torch" as he in the
act OF firing negro home
A part of the mob lynched one ne
gro who was using little black
child as a shield TO protect him fxom
the shcts Of the white men. Bessie
Reeder is the girls name and the
black, pursued by 50 white men, seiz.
ed her as she crossed at Fourth and
Broadway.
" Hang him. was the cry of the
mob and he was hanged
Frank S. Dickson, adjutant general
of Illinois, reached East St. Louis at
1890 O'Clock this morning. Accom-
panied by States Attorney Schaum-
leffer, and the city attorney. he i'm
mediately made tour of the com
munity.
A systematic search of every bust
ness house and home in the city will
be started today by Dickson. This
will be his first step to restore and
preserve order No men will be per.
mitted on the street who do not have
business there to attend.
Early in the night the city was
thrown into complete darkness Flee
trio light and telegraph and telephone
wires were cut down by members of
the mob.
The only illumination came from
the fires which incendiaries had start
ed in the negro sections. Black Valley
and other districts where the blacks
were segregated. As the flames spread
gradually eating into the streets lead,
ing to the retail section, the lurid
heavens reflected their glow and cast
a fearful light over the community
But the rioting continued.
When torches" acting under in
structions from mob leaders fired The
negro huts in Black Valley and 9th.
er segregated zones, the crazed black
appeared in the doorways seeking an
avenue of escape. While snipers con
cealed at points Of vantage nearby
picked them off with rifles and revolv-
ers.
Others. fearful to make an attempt
to run the hidden gantlet disappeared
within their burning homes and were
Moderated How many lives were
ended in this manner it is impossible
to estimate, and probably never will
be known.
Crowds of white men stormed ne.
gro shacks everywhere. Armed with
weapons and battering rams impro-
vised from anything at hand, they
broke into the houses and shot down
the inmates. They fired the buildings
then The negroes fired hack and
wounded many of the attackers four
negroes were shot and killed and two
strung up by the laughing, sneering
and at times jollying crowd Of whites
in an alley on Fourth street near
Broadway.
When one rope broke and let the
first half dead negro down, the crowd
laughted 1t was because the two
whites at the other end Of the rope
were catapulted backward into q
stream of water from hose that play
ed on a portion of 100 burning negro
homes nearby.
The negroes rolled their eyes and
begged for mercy. they received
kicks and jabs in the ribs
Word reached East ST. Louis that
the negroes Of BeIleyille, Brooklyn,
Cahoki Alton, Venice, Granite City
and East Caron1ale were modifying
to invade the city to avenge The
deaths Of their relatives
There are scores of blacks who are
SO severely injured that many may
die. The "bull ring" Mt police head
quarters is packed with negroes bad.
ly beaten and shot
The known number Of dead today
is Il negroes and two Wh'tc men.
Fha damage vas estimated today at
$5Co,ooO by acting Fire Chief Pan2cr,
OF St Louis.
Seventy three injured negroes, some
shot, others beaten and mGny burned
in the various fires which destroyed
ibout 200 nc no novels in Black Val
ley and othe sections, are IN hospi-
tails today.
The town, practically was under
martial law today alfho Mayor Mill
man said he could NOT yet Governor
.owden nor Col. $, o. Trip his per
aonal representa- 'yc, to declare mar