The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-19
The Great Battle In LongvieW,
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had no shotguns loaded with buck.
shot.
Young White, who may die, gave
no clear account of his experience
He was not shot, but beaten fear.
fully over the head, and was not
found until an hour later, when he
had crayled to house some dis
lance Away. 1t is estimated that
from 100 to $50 shots were fired,
probably sixty to seventy of these
shots by the Negroes. Some testi
mony credits the Negroes with a
larger proportion of the firing. There
seems to be an agreement upon the
proposition that the white men were
at a disadvantage, stragetically and
perhaps numerically. Inc ming last
ed for about half an hour at inter
walls.
Officers Urge Goodness.
Then the white men returned to
the business section of town, fire
alarm was sounded and soon about
1000 men had assembled in the
square. Mayor Bodenheim, Judge
Bramlett and others made speeches,
urging against rash and Incorporate
action Until about o'clock this
morning the crowd continued to mill
around the square. Then men en-.
tered the hardware stores and sup
piled themselves with rifles, pistols
and ammunition and started for the
Negro quarter.
Mayor Bodenheim says his fear
then was that there would be a full
fillment of the intention some were
expressing to kill every Negro that
could be found. He and other citi-
zens appealed to the men to prom
Use to restrain themselves until day
light. This promise was made with
reservation as to the Negroes who
had shot at the white men. Citizens
with rifles were stationed on the cor
ner leading to the Negro section and
remained there until daylight, but
there was no further shooting.
Just after daybreak they went to
the Jones house. Pools of blood were
in and around it, but the Negroes
fed during the night. The house
was set on fire and burned to the
ground. The Davis house was then
burned Four other Negro houses
were burned next. Also the building
in which Davis had his office was
burned.
Then squads started out over the
country looking for Jones and Davis
and other Negroes supposed to have
been in the fighting. These parties
are still searching tonight Mean
while, this morning four Negroes,
said to have been at the Jones house
last night, were taken to the Jail and
locked up, and are now being guarded
by State troops.
People Ordered Off Streets.
Mayor Bodenheim, after conference
with General r. II. McDill, tonight
issued a proclamation, ordering all
people off the streets from 1920
o'clock at night until 6 o'clock in
the morning and prohibiting the car
rying of firearms. National Guards
men are patrol the steets to see
that these orders are opeyed.
The cavalry troop that arrived this
afternoon is commanded by Captain
G. Z. Coffey of Terrell and is com
posed of about sixty Dallas men and
forty Terrell men.
Guard officers with General Nc
Dill are Colonel II. w. Peck, Major
l.. B. Cooke, Captain r, F.. Lombard
and Lieutenant N. G.. Landrum Of
Dallas. The Love Field flying off
GERS who piloted the planes from
Dallas to Longview are Lieutenant
Colonel H. B. s. Burwell, command
ing; Lieutenant Ray Harris, Lieuten-
ant ] L. Moran and Lieutenant Chas.