The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-11-20
ALL QUIET IN
W|NSTON-SALEM
Nearly all the Troops Sent
Home and Excitement
Has Subsided.
GOVERNOR WRITES WORLD

Raleigh, N. c., Nov. 2O-In an
swer to an editorial in the New YORK
World yesterday tased upon erroG-
eous news stories of the disorders al
Winston Salem Sunday night, Gov
ernor Beckett last night wired the
World as follows:
'In your editorial In this morn
ings world, based of course on ei-
roneous reports at first sent out, yos
unintentionally 10 Winston-Salem
grave injustice. While the affair
was unfortunate and is deeply de-
)lored by all good citizens of North
Carolina and Winston-Salem, there
vas no semblance of a race riot and
no negro prisoner vas killed.
"The facts are: A mob did at.
tempt to get possession of negro
prisoner, Dut they were met by ths
police and home guard. The prison
er is safe and the alleged leaders OF
the mob are in jail. Troops were
dispatched to the scene promptly,
but the mob had been practically
dispersed by local authorities before
soldiers arrived. Several policemen
and members of home guard were
wounded. Three white people and
one negro were killed, but by cour-
ageous work of officers all prisoners
were protected. There was no
lynching.
1T was triumph for law and or
der, and l have today wired Mayor
of Winston-Salem dongratulating
him and law-abiding citizens of that
city on the courageous manner In
which the sanctity of the law was
upheld. Trust you will correct i'm
preston made by your editorial.
"T w. Beckett, Governor"
| With all fear of further trouble
dissipated and the police making
headway in the rounding up of thos.
responsible for the Sunday riot Ill
WinstonSalem, the great bulk OF
the soldiers from Camp Polk and
Camp Greene left yesterday after
noon. Only fifty tankers under com
mand of Lieutenant O'Keefe and fif-
ty infantrymen, under command of
| Captain Klutz, now remain doing
guard duty. Major Gill and most OF
! his force arrived here last night
with the baby tank, first in the his
tory of tank service to be used in
police duty.
In letter to Mayor r. w. Cor
rell, Of Winston-Salem Governor
Beckett yesterday directed attention
| to the intelligent and courageou.
| manner in which the sanctity OF the
law was upheld in the recent trou-
BILE" in Winston.
The Governors letter follows:
81 desire to congratulate you and
! all the officials and law abiding cit
izens of Winston-Salem on the intel
ligent and courageous manner in
which the sanctity of the law was
upheld in the recent trouble in your
city. The case is a trigicillustra-
tion of the insanity Of a mob, and
how the lives of innocent people are
always imperille1 when the mob
spirit prevails. 1t is to be earnestly
hoped that all the people OF the
State will learn from this tragedy
that safety for the innocent can on
ly be assured by the strict obsery-
ance of the law The law will always
punish any man who violates wo-
man in North Carolina. 1t has new
er failed to do it. The guilty can
not possibly escape, and the mob so
often reeks it's vengeance, intention
ally or unintentionally upon the in-
nocent.
Solicitor s. Porter Graves for the
State yesterday began an investiga-
tion into the troubles at Winston
Salem. The police continue to make
arrests, adding five to the list yes
terday. The abundance of firearms.
knives and razors secured by the
mob in the sacking OF hardware
stores, is aiding the police no little
in their work of sitting out the par
ticipants in the disorders. And the
office of Chief of Police Thomas now
resembles an arsenal, with the dis
play of captured hardware
There is no mob sentiment in
| Winston-Salem, and the efforts OF
the police are meeting with warm
Isympathy. Unquestionably, the peo-