Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-30
Deaths in Chicago
 Riots Placed at A
Officials Are of the Opinion That the Worst of the Riot ing Has Ended.

Chicago, July H-With twenty four known dead and hundreds in jured. scores of them seriously. spo- raS.ic rioting between whites and blacks was reported renewed tonight in various sections of the city. includ- ing the small North Side area pop ulated by negroes. City and state officials, including Governor Frank O. Lowden, remained on the scene throughout the night and expressed the opinion that the worst of the riot ing was ended.
 The most serious situation was re- ported in the South Side black belt, where thousands of negroes and whites had gathered.
 Virtually all North Side and loop police were ordered to this district thus leaving almost without police protection sections from which came reports of intermittent outbreaks.
 A sinister silence that prevailed in the black belt on the South Side at sharp clashes principally with clubs and knives as weapons. as the night wore on. sa
 Where these outbreaks occurred the negroes predominated in numbers. Several meetings at negro halls were broken up by the police. after which crowds formed on the streets.
 In the early night clashes various knives and sling shots. Few guns ap- peared.
 Troops had not been ordered to pa trol the black belt. the police main taining that they were still able to handle the situation.
 The first clash on the North Side took place when a building. occupied by two negro families. were attacked by Italians living in the neighborhood. A dozen shots were fired and bricks were hurled through the windows Two detectives attracted by the shots held the mob at bay until seventy-five policemen arrived. armed with. rifles. No one was seriously hurt in this fight.
 A short time later a negro leaped from an alley and knocked a white man down. In moment crowd Of Italians started for the assailant. who four Italians. two of them armed with sawed off shotguns ana two with re- volverS.
 Another negro was fired at repeat edly while near his home on Larrabee street also on the North Side
 Italians also were participants in rioting on the West Side. according to the police. William Donnelson. negro. was attacked by a crowd at South Racine avenue and Taylor street, beaten and shot in the head and neck He was taken to a hospi- tai, where it was said he might die.
 On the South Side. John Johnson, IS years old, negro. was stabbed, Archer avenue and South Halstead street. He was rescued by the po- lice and taken to a hospital @
 An unusual incident occurred at the manufacturing plant of George C. Cook and Son.. Shortly before six O. clock in the evening. the head of the firm went into the alley at the rear of his plant and, according to wit nesses,r fired a score of shots at ran dom Two of the bullets wounded Jessie Vinaci. Il years old. and D. BarteIlo, 29 years old. Each was hit
 A crowd of excited whites gathered about the factory. which employees To negroes. When the police arrived rapid exchange of bullets was taking place. Cook and his son were taken tisation Two or three negroes who fled from the building were caught and beaten.
 Despite authenticated reports of stabbings, clubbings ana stohlnss lna- poured into police stations as the night wore on. Acting Chief of Police AIcock insisted that he was very well pleased with conditions
 He said he had approximately 1S0o men in the black belt. 35 patrol wa gons, one ambulance, thirty motor cycle men and a mounted squad. The belt was divided into zones tonight and captain. fifty patrolmen and squad of detectives placed in each zone.
 Fierce fighting took place in Engle- wood on the South Side Berger Od- man, 21 years old. white. was shot the abdomen and prooabiy wounded. In other comoats several white men and negroes were injured. Two thousand men. 1t is es- timated. were fighting at various points in this bart of the city.
 Race riots combined with the street car strike today had a marked effect unon Chicago'S packing indus try and promised to extend thelr 1n- f1uences to other lines. At the stock yards there was sharp falling OH Tn livestock transa ctions. packing nfms buying only sparingly because or doubt as to the ability of their ne gro employees to reach their work and also because some of their white workers were threatening to strike.
 The wounded policemen and whites were placed in ambulances and a crowd of whites followed them 10 the Prevalent hospital. Outside that in stitution, which is maintained and manned by negroes, a crowd of blacks had gathered, and the two races quickly clashed.
 A fatal affair also took place in the West Side Italian district. where negro was knocked from a bicycle, beaten, stabbed. wounded with sixteen revolver bullets and, after death had relieved him. gasoline was poured on his body and set afire. The corpse probably will never be identified.
 Hundreds of negroes, many carrying personal possessions and some without baggage, Joined in an exodus today. The majority of them. chiefly in fam fly groups bought railroad tickets for Memphis and Nashville A consider able number said they were going to Indianapolis, where. they said, negroes were never disturbed.