The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-08-02
CAPITAL NEGROES
EXPRESS SORROW
FOR RACE RIOT
DESIRE FULL PUNISHMENT.
FOR PARTIES RESPONSIBLE.
FOR OUTBREAK

Washington, D. c., July 91.-Deter-
mination on the part Of the Colored
population of Washington to appre-
hend the criminal guilty of the re-
peated assaults upon white women, the
hope that he will be punished to the
full extent of the law, and sorrow that
such an incident has occurred to re-
fleet discredit on their Race were ex-
pressed today in statements from
prominent Colored leaders Of the city.
Feeling that the action of the GRIM
lnal has deleteriously affected all
Washington's Colored population, the
District of Columbia branch of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored people has issued a
statement urging that nothing be left
undone to bring to justice all those
implicated in the outbreak Of lawless-
ness.
cation deplores the fact that the action
of the criminal has reflected discredit
The Statement issued by the organi-
on all Of Washington's population, and
cites the action Of the Chevy Chase
Club. in discharging Colored caddies
over fifteen years old from the link5s
terrorization of innocent Colored men
in Montgomery county and the re-
cent case in Washington, when group
of men threatened a Colored boy with
a rope until the police interviewed.
When the fact that the criminal
was Negro is repeatedly emphasized,
the statement continues, "the black
ness of the criminal becomes more
important in some minds than the
blackness of his crime, popular pas
sions become further inflamed, with
out any increase in the chances for
apprehending the criminal, but with
grave possibility of injury to inno-
cent people"
DR.. Emmett J. Scott, secretary
treasurer and business manager of
Howard University states that the
Colored population has no sympathy
with criminals of any sorts and es-
pecially resent the attacks upon wo-
manhood and the reign of terror"
which has prevailed in certain portions
Of the District during the past week.
"The Colored people of the District
he said, "in common with all good
citizens have no sympathy with Grim
inals of any kind. The criminals
white. or colored, should speedily be
brought to justice by the constituted
authority.
The Rev. A. C. Garner of the
Plymouth Congregational Church, Col
ored, eve deplore particularly the
class of outrage which this fugitive
from justice is alleged to have COM
mitted. 1t is my belief, however, that
this element of our population will
grow less and less as we ourselves
awake and purge our social system
Of this class of rascality. We express
our deepest sympathy for the victims
Of these attacks and we shall exert
all our power to bring the fugitive
to justice.
The Rev. Chas T. Benjamin. of the
Church of God, 914 S. St., NV, said
ut grieves my heart and the hearts
of all people when we hear of these
outrages. All / can say is that we
are doing and shall continue to do
all in our power to stop them"
Speaking for the congregation of
his church, the Fifteenth Street Pres
byterian Church, the Rev. F. j. Grim
Ike said "Every good citizen should
make it point to suppress crime. Our
citizens are making it point to
suppress crime and apprehend the
criminal.