The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-20
RIOT IN HIHsT0n-slLEH.
ALLEGED CRIMES OF NEGRO
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
Troops Sent From Camp Greene,
Charlotte-Five Persons Ailied,
Many Injured.


at midnight to fve-a girl spectator
&hd fireman and three negroes.
The police believe that a detailed .
search tomorrow will show that at
least seven persons and maybe more !
were killed.
- Upwards of a. score Of persons are
believed to have been injured, five or
six Of them seriously. They are
mostly white and include two mem
bers of the home. guard who were
called out when the mob made itsi
second visit to the Jail after shooting
q negro and accidentally woundlng a
white prisoner.
~ Winston Salem, N. c., Nov. IL
At least two persons are known to
have been killed and probably a
score OF others injured, several Sc
gaously, in q riot here tonight which
resulted from the efforts OF mob
OF several thousand men to storm
the city jail and lynch a negro ac-
c1sed of shooting J. E. Childress and
Sheriff Flint and attacking Mrs
CAildress last night.
This city is tonight in the hands
OF a mob and excitement runs
high. About O'Clock mob storm
ed the Jail and are said 20 have shot
fo death the negro charged with
having committed an assault last
night on a white woman.
Later is was said the negro shot
In the jail was not the right man
ana the mob again formed in front
0f the city hall. The mayor adj
dressed them and inplored the citi-
Gems to disperse. The fire alarm was
r1iiig and the fire companies re-
sponded..
= A line Of hose was run out and
fhe water was turned on the crowd.
fudiscriminate shooting then en-
sued. One young member Of the
home guards fell, shot through the
breast, and a young girl also was
more or less seriously wounded.
Nhe known dead are:
Rachael Levi, young woman by
efander, and Robert Young, a fire.
man.
The more seriously injured in
Guide Margaret George, Linwood
aecler, Jotn ,Rumpler, citizens. ard
Frank 30 'Brien. and. R. T: Hawley.
members of the home guard; Char
les White, shot and seriously hurt;
Jules Smith, Cecil Alley, j. j.
Adams.
Five Of the more seriously injur.
ed. including two. members OF the
home guards, were taken to hospis-
ais, but many others were treated at
rome. The total number injured
was not known and the police would
not even hazard an estimate.
The mob first formed this after
noon, about $50 o'clock stormed
the jail. Three shots were. fred an1
the negro accused Of shooting the
Two men and attacking Mrs. Child
dress was seriously wounded, While
Awhite prisoner named Tragg also
was hit in the arm by a stray bull
let.
After some difficulty the police
succeeded in clearing the crowd out
cf the the building and then the
mayor called out the Home Guards.
Quiet reigned for time, but later
the report went around tha- the ne
gro shot was not man that had Deen
sought. BY nightfau the mob had
reformed and started marching TO
the jail, which was surrounded oE
Home Guards.
Hardware stores were broken into
and reYolyers, shotguns and otner
weapons and ammunition taken. AS
The mob marched it increased in size
and when its objective was reached
It numbered several thousand. The
mayor sought to address the crowd,
hut could not be heard. In the mean
time fire companies had arrived and
when the mob broke for the jail the
iremen turned water en- them.
Firing Immediately followed and
Young was shot dead. A bullet nit
Miss Levi, who was watching near
by. The Home Guards answered the
Rolley but the mob quickly overpow-
cred them and went into the jail.
Two members Of the guard were bad
ly, hurt by being thrown bodily
down a stairway which they were
guarding.
Apparently the mob did not fna
the negro it sought, for no more of
the prisoners were fired upon. After
an hour or more the mob left the
Jail and started marching through
the business section of the town.
Gradually it broke into groups anG
for a. time it was feared that there
would be a race riot as some Of the
groups headed for the negro quar-
ter.
According to the police, the ne
groes were killed in the outlying
districts, where indiscriminate shoot
ing continued for several hours after
the mob had dispersed. following a
pitched battle between it and the
home guards and fremen, who turn
ed the hose on the crowd when II
rushed the Jail the second time.
At midnight the worst of the trou-
bic seemed to be over and the police
expected to have the situation in
hand by the time the troops from
Raleigh and Charlotte reach here
early tomorrow.
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