Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-18
five PEOPLE SLAIN
AS LAWLESS MOB
STORMS CITY JAIL
Many Others Are Injured in
Riot at Winston
Salem.
POLICE AND HOME GUARDS
FAIL TO HOLD BACK GANG
Angry Populace Sought Negro
Accused of Attacking
Man and Wife.
ENTER STORES TO SECURE GUNS
Fire Companies Called Out and
Drcnch Marchcrs, Which Pre-
cipi:ates Pitched Battle.
POLICE AND HOME GUARDS
FAIL TO HOLD BACK GANG
ENTER STORES TO SECURE GUNS
IBy Associated prcss.l

WINSTON-SALEM. y. c.. November
l1.-At least five persons are known
to have been killed and probably y
score OF others injured. several scri-
ously. in riot here Tonight. which
resulted from the efforts Of mob OF
several thousand men to storm the city
jail and lynch "A negro accused of shoot
Ing ]. f. Chiidrcss and Sheriff Flynt.
and attacking Mrs. Childress last night.
Late tonight firing still was going
on In different parts Of the city. the
mob finally having broken Into small
groups. Efforts of the home guard
and the police to restore order were
unavailiEg. even at that time. and Gov
crnor Beckett was asked to intervene.
lie ordered home guards here from
company OF regular soldiers sent from
Camp POLK. near Raleigh.
The known dead are:
Rachel Levi. young woman by
stander and Robert Young, a fireman.
The more seriously injured include:
Margaret George. Linwood Hecler. John
and r. T. Iiawley. members OF the
home guard: Charles White, Jules
smith. Cecil Alley and j. J. Adams.
RACHEL Levi. !ouns woman by
Siandcr WAS shot through the lung.
and Robert Young, fireman. also WAS
shot.
Five of the more seriously injured.
including two members OF the home
guard. We're taken to hospitals. but
many others were treated "a, their
homes. The total number OF injured
WAS not known and the police would
NOT even hazard an estimate.
WOUND NEGRO, SHOOTING
INTO THE BARRED CELL.
The mob first formed this afternoon
ba9s wsrs snd se9 s.Srmsa nna the the
nncf ~ al ~ hn
men and attacking Mrs. Childress was
seriously wounded. while white
" isoner named Tragg also was hit In
the arm by a stray bullet.
After some difficulty The police sue
ceeded in clearing the crowd out OF
the building. and then the Mayor called
out the home guards. Quiet rciEneh
for time. but later the report went
around that the negro shot was no.
the man that had been sought. by
niShtfall the mob had reformed ana
started marching to the jail, which was
. surrounded by home guards.
(: Hardware stores were broken into
fsnd revolvers, shotguns and other
the mob marched. IL increased in size
and when its objective was reached. II
Numbered n several thousand. The
could not be heard In the meantime
trc companies had arrived and when
the mob broke for the Jail the fire.
men turned water on them
MEMBERS OF HOME GUARDS
THROWN DOWN STAIRWAY
Firing Immediately followed ami
Young was shot dead. y bullet hit
Miss Levi. who was watching nearby
The home guards answered the volley
but the mob quickly operpowered them
and went into the Jail. Two members
OF the guard We're badly hurt by be-
Ing thrown bodily down stairway
which they were guarding.
Apparently. the mob did not find the
negro IL sought, for no more OF tn.
prisoners were fired upon. After an
hour or more. the mob left the Jail
and started marching through the
business section of the town. Gradu-
ally II broke into groups and for a
time 1t was feared that there would be
a race riot, as some of the groups head
ed for the negro quarter. Late to-
night, however. there had been no CLASH
between the whites and blacks.
4 telephone message was received at
midnight that IL special train left Char
lotte before midnight with IFS troopers
from Camp Greene on board for service
In connection with the riot conditions
here. The troops were ordered to
Winston Salem by Colonel A. Z.
Macomb. at the request of Mayor r. w.
t'orreil.