The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-25
White TROOPS
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| to close their doors TO all except imme-
date relatives Of the victims.
The Funerals.
Funeral arrangements for the victims
OF tho riots were made during tho att
ernoon. The four police Officers who
died fighting will be given a public fu'
neral Sunday afternoon.
Two youths slain, Earl Fender and
Frederick Winkler. will be buried set.
urday. Arrangements for the burial
Of tho II nther dead are yet to be an
! nounced.
Chief Of Police Brock during the day
issued a statement concerning the cause
Of the riot. In which he asserted botll
| he and Lieutenant Shekergian Of the
Twenty-fourth infantry had conferred
, for two hours Thursday afternoon re-
! garding the possibility OF an outbreaks
! and preventive measures to be taken
| Neither, however. believed the trouble
would reach a crisis 30 quickly. the
chief asserting fear only that dispute
| between one Of his officers and negro
tscraeant might prove the spark to start
! confagration.
Among the dead is a negro sergeant
Vida Henry. believed to have been the
! ringlendrr In the uprising. Henrys
/ body. riddled with buckshot was found
quarter OF mile from tho camp
| limits.
Horace Moody. one Of the wounded
| police officers who suffered an ampu'
tation Of tho leg, died this morning at
the hospital F. J. Melneke, another
rolice officer. Is the fifteenth victim re-
| ported found.
The following orders and warnings
were issued today:
All citizens will remain In their
homes or usual places OF business at
once.
No citizen not an officer will appear
on the streets with arms.
Parties will not assemble on the
streets.
Saloons will not be permitted to
omen. SiNYU
Places Of business where arms and
ammunition are sold, kept or stored.
will remain closed.
! (Signed) HULEN.
Mayors Statement
Acting Mayor D. NJ. Moody. OF f4ous-
ton. issued the following statement:
II call upon every citizen Of Hous"
ton. white and colored. TO preserve the
| peace to 20 quietly about their business
! and to rest assured that there Is COINS
to be full Inquiry and proper punish
mcnt for the crimes which have been
committed.
! TT Is time for GOODNESS and for care
! full avoidance Of further trouble.
| ut Is no time for further excite
mcnt.
| THE city is under martial law. n con.
/ dition which is most regrettahle: nut II
ia necessary.
+ There will be no further trouble If
every citizen will carefully see 70 his
own conduct
"1ncend!ary speech is Of no avail.
! The situation Ia well in hand-un'
: less there he studied effort to cause
! more trouble.
/ The trouble Is said to have started
after some Of the negro soldiers hac
! complained of treatment accorded them
by members OF the Houston police force
About nine o'clock some eight negroes
later being joined by others. formed nj
their camps and began march toward
downtown Houston. Lights in rcsi-
| dences along the way were shot out
and a number Of persons wounded ms
they sat inside their homes.
Beyond Control
| Mayor X, s. Snow, commanding tho
negro troops guarding Camp Logan
] declared that he attempted 10 control
the men when he saw what was about
to happen. hut they were beyond con-
troll and some $50 of chem started to
/ shoot nromiscucusly in the camp and
soon scattered In every direction.
An attempt was made TO kill Major
| Snow he declared.
| According TO police reports the origin
Of the trouble was the Arrest of Negro
! woman in 81 downtown section. negro
| soldier asked that the prisoner be turn