The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
Negroes Hunted Like JackaIs BY
Whites Of East Saint Louis, De-
spite the Efforts Of the Police
and MiIltiamen On Guard
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. OF
DAMAGE IS DONE BY FIRE
Rioters In Brutal Glee Laugh At
Struggles Of Dying Men Hang
ed To Cross Arm Of Pole; Of
ficlaIs Are Practically Helpless
(Associated Press by U. 8. Naval Com
munication Servicej

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(Associated Press by U. s. Naval Com
munication Servicej
Z Asst SAINT LOUIS, Illinois,
- July 3 - Fred MOllman
mayor Of East Saint Louis has
appealed to the state militia au-
.thorities to put an end to the
reign of anarchy and terrorism
that has resulted In the last
tWentysiolr hours D. sIle knlIfl9 Of
scores Of negroes by furious
white mobs and the burning Of
more than three million dollars
worth of property.
At nine O'clock last night the
mayor sent out a hurried cal to
the fire department Of Saint.
Louis, Missouri just across the
river from this city to come to
the assistance Of the local de-
partment, which was utterly un-
able to cope with the swiftly
spreading flames that were gut
ting blocks Of the section Of the
city where the race riots started
last week.
This city was terrible sight at that
time. The leaping flames Of the burn
ing houses and business buildings
lighted up the skies with red glare
and made the streets light as day.
Mobs yelling ferociously, were to be
seen from time to time chasing some
negro, frantic with fear, and in some
places brutal white men set upon ne-
groes and hanged them TO lamp posts.
The mob showed an ugly spirit dur
ing the evening, and in one case where
two whites had succeeded in catching
negro and were hanging him to a
pole, a great shout Of laughter went up
from the hundreds who stood BY
| Watching the bfutes at work, as the
rope broke and the STRUGGLING figure
Of the negro dropped from the cross
4 arm of the pole aud struck his MUIR
derers to the ground with his weight.
| Early in the day the people Of this
city began floeking to 81. Louis and
the exodus kept up all day long and un-
til the bridges were closed by order
Of the st. Louis authorities, who fear
ed that the conditions here would DO
transferred TO their side Of the Missisl
sippi. at
States Attorney Schnnmoefel drove
through the fire zone last night and
later announced that the police and
guurdsmen on duty estimate that two
hundred and fifty negroes have been
killed. Other estimates, made about
eleven o clock last night, put the mum
Der of negroes killed at seventy Ave
and the whites at two. One dozen
whites were in the local hospitals and
more than eighty negroes had beer
taken to, different wards for treatment
by that time.
City Attorney Gekets estimated thai
the loss to the city from the fires starteI
by the mobs would be in the neighbor
hood of three million dollars, aud IN,
fires then were burning il three sepa
rate parts Of the city and there was ap
parently little prospect of their speed,
extinction.
One of the worst riots Of the day fol
lowed the attempt Of seventy-fiye whit
= workingmen to corner number Of ne
groes on Broadway and attempted :
e hang them to trolley poles. The ma
= tional guardsmen ON duty along tn
p streets interviewed in time 10 save tn
- negroes, and drove the whites ava
3 with their bayonets. The guards wer
. then posted at all of the corners In IN
. districts affected by the trouble; bui