The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-11-21


and Start Something-NNtla Night OF
it Sunday-SoIdiers 60 the Rescue.
WinstOn-SaIem, Nov 18.-FiVe per
sons, possibly more, were killed here
Sunday night and many others were
injured, when a race riot begun dur
ing the early part of the afternoon,
threw the entire city in q state of
frenzy, causing an alarm to be spread
ever the entire state, in response to
which volunteers were sent here to
aid in quelling the disturbance.
The known dead are Robert Young,
fireman; Miss Rachael Levi, and three
negroes.
The trouble began when many ne
groes were searched in an effort to
identify the weapon used by the per-
son who Saturday night shot J. E.
Childress and committed criminal as
sault on his wife.
Negro Not Identifieda
Soon after the crime was commit
ted. Mr.. Childress notified the police,
stating that he could identity the ne
gro and also the weapon used. One
negro, who had on his person a weap-
on similar to the one employed, was
arrested and placed in the city Jail.
AS soon as news of the incident was
made known mob gathered and de-
manded custody of the prisoner, stat
ing, it is alleged, that courts these
days were too slow in dealing out JUS
tice" Mrs. Childress was called, and
stated to the mob, it IS said, that the
man held was not the negro who as
saulted her, whereupon the crowd
seemed satisfied.
Negroes Start Trouble.
Il ~
ters of the city, demonstrations be-
gan Immediately Hardware stores
and pawnshops were broken open, and
the negroes procured arms and am
munition,t completely ransacking the
stock, and shooting wildly in the
streets. Later the negroes marched
up the main streets of the city, firing
at random, and leaving disordef>in
their wake.
Toward night the home guard and
police were called out to queil the in
surrection and a pitched battleiw was
fought. ~& 4
Policeman Adams is missing ana is
believed tcshaEe been killed.
Fighting Continues.
The seriously wounded include j. J.
Cofer and Rob Bryant; E. e. Wooten,
shot in jaw; Lieut.. HI. G.. Horton shot
in face with shotgun; Frank O'Brien,
of the home guard; Charles White,
Marvin York, Jack Rumble, Glenn,
Hepler and a man named Jordan. It
is thought the latter was only slightly
wounded.
Towards nightfal1 the battle became
more terrific and it required several
hours to drive the mob from the main
sections of the city. With the aid Of
home guards from other. cities, the
fighting was gradually pushed toward
the negro section, and at 2 o'clock
this morning the fighting continued
here.
The Greensboro company of home
guards arrived at 12: As this morning.
At 1 o'clock this morning dispatches
from the Southern railway showed
that the tank troops from Raleigh
were being rushed to the scene with
the utmost dispatch and it is expect
ed that the soldiers will be able to
maintain order quickly.
1t is impossible to form an estimate
Of the number slightly wounded,
many of whom fell in the streets and
were overlooked in the confusion.
Story, of the Crime.
Yesterdays WinstOn-Salem Journal
gives the following account, of the
crime Of Saturday night which led to
the motive last night:
At about 7<o'clock last night there
occurred one of the most zcruel, fiend-
ish and revolving crimes ever COM
nitted in this section. Mr.. Jim r.
Childress, an elderly white man, and
Years of age, left their homes along
the Inverness Mills row and started
TO Mr. Pulliam's store, just in front
Of Piedmont Park, to purchase prov1-
sions for today AS they neared the
Southern Railway trestle which
crosses the Inverness road at that
point, negro stepped out before
them, holding them up at the point
Of a revolver. To give the remainder
Of the story, as it came from Mrs.
Cora Childress' lips, iTf the presence
Of Sheriff Flint, Chief of Police
Thomas and representative OF The
Journal:
1--WE were too much frightened to
make any outcry. 1t happened SO
suddenly that we we're completely
dazed The negro forced us to leave
the road and move back along the
footpath running. along the railroad IN
the direction of town until we came
to deep gully. He forced us to go
down into this. Then he shot my hus-
band twice. I thought that he was
dead After this he forced me to go
along the path until we came to a
small branch behind the Cahill Box
Factory
There was break in her story url-
til Chief Thomas asked her if she had
been offered any violence. Her ans
Wer was: ...>
Yes"
Sheriff Flynn then asked if he had
accomplished his purpose, and her
answer again was:
Yes"
"He would have killed me after
wards" she said, "ii had not plead
ed so with him to let me live to see
my three children again. He walked
away in the direction of town, after
telling me that if said anything my