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II KILLED BY
NEGRO SOLDIERS
Houston, Texas, is Placed Un-
der Martial Law.
SITUATION UNDER CONTROL
Regulars Guard Cars, Close Saloons
and Keep Armed Citizens Off the
Streets---Wii Start Investigation.

Houston, Te&.. Aug. 1.-THE death
list su.ting from rioring OF negro sol
diers OF The Twenty fourth infantry
reached seventeen. Wien II. A. Thump.
sou, OF Hempslrau, Texas. succumbed
TO bullet wounds he received when the
negroes fired into his automobile.
Captain Tuggle. commanding Com
paHy E. FiftE infantry. Illinois nation
al guard. il was said. was first to throw
a shield of armed men between the
negroes and the unorganized crowds
Of Houston citizens.
Captain Rotchrock. U. S. A.. in
charge at Camp Logan. Joined with
the Illinois troops and by personal ap-
peal materially subdued the rising
spirit of mob vengeance among the
white citizens.
One of the gruesome incidents was
the discovery OF an automobile with
two Of its occupants dead and two
others wounded. One of the dead was
a policeman. The two wounded were
Texas soldiers. one OF whom died after
being taken to hospital.
The entire CITY ana its environs is
under martial law General John A.
Hulen was in command as provost
marshal. All saloons were closed
Orders have been given to soldiers
to watch all incoming trains and not
to permit armed men to enter the
city
4 report said that armed men were
likely to flock into Houston from some
Of the adjoining counties. 1t was de-
cided that this should not be per-
mitted
When the 500 or more regulars ar.
rived from Galveston some of them
were detailed to go to camp Logan.
Others were assigned to duty in the
city. Two soldiers We're detailed TO
each street car in the city and two
more We're detailed to each street cor
ner in the downtown section. Orders
were given to prevent the assembling
of citizens on the streets.
City and county officers are cooper
ating with and following the instrlc-
tions of the military officers and It
is officially stated that the situati
Is so we'll under control that unless
crowds are permitted to assemble
there will be no further trouble
Among the dead is negro sergeaJ t,
Vida Henry. believed to have been the
ringIeader in the uprising Henri s
body. riddled with buckshot, was found
a quarter of a mile from the carp
limits
Horace Moody. one of the wound ed
police officers. who suffered an ampu-
tation Of the leg, died at the hospital
E. !. Meireke. also a police officer. was
another victim
General Hulen reported that no more
outbreaks were expected. About forty
of the men of the Twenty-fourth infant.
ry Implicated in the trouble were still
at large. he said but had scattered
and presumably were trying to make
their way back to camp.
General Hulen said he had been I'M.
able clAarly to establish the cause of
the trouble but ii is said. minated
it may have resulted from strained re-
lations between the military police
and the city police of Houston.
At the headquarters of the southern
department it was said that a thorough
investigation would be made. Until
then no official statement will be is
sued.
Captain Mates, Illinois national
guard officer. who was slain by the ne
groes. was mutilated almost beyond
recognition
It is expected that the body of Cap,
tain Joseph Mates will be sent to
Chicago and that his funeral will be
made public demonstration. He was
unmarried and lived with his borthe-s
and sisters in a house on land taken
out by his grandfather as a govern,
ment grant many years ago.
Roll call by Captain Snow. in COM
mand Of the battalion of negroes. de
veloped 125 men were absent Eigh-
teen of these have surrendered and
others were rounded up by the mill.
tarv patrols as the search of the negro
district progressed.
Under military law it was stated
soldiers may be shot for having riot.
ed and fired on their officers.