The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-19

and highly respected colored man,
who earlier In the night had been
accosted by members of posse, had
escaped from them, was killed, 1t is
said. by a lone farmer, when Bush
failed to halt at his command ana
is alleged to have shown resistance
The situation has somewhat been
relieved by placing a number OF col
ored men in the county Jail at Dali
las. it is alleged, and by the dis
arming of all citizens.
II is to the everlasting credit OF
the Mayor and the leading cltlzens
of both races that much more dam
age was not done.
Longview, Texas, July 14.-Laugh-
ing and Joking the while and SEEM
ing to regard the situation as rather
A humorous affair, sixteen white cit-
zens of Longview, who are said TO
have been involved in the race
troubles here last Thursday night,
were arrested this afternoon and
charged with assault with intent to
murder. Ranger Captain William
William Hanson signed each warrant
as complaint The sixteen men pre-
scented themselves at the courthouse
lawn where military headquarters are
established and answered to their
names as the warrants were read.
"You didn't call my name" one OF
them said. Don't play any favor
ties"
"Now," beamed another, give him
all the honor what's coming to him."
Certainly" acquiesced Ranger Cap
tain Hanson, 1--WE don't want to der
prive any gentleman of this priviE
ege."
Each of the men quickly gave bond
in the sum of $1,000 to await action
by the grand jury.
The arrests we're made as a re-
suit of several days investigation by
the rangers. Tomorrow, Captain Han
son says, some twelve or fifteen
white men will also be arrested upon
charges of arson, as result of the
burning Of six Negro homes during
the recent trouble. Today about fif-
teen Negroes were arrested upon in
formation justifying the belief that
they were involved in the trouble.
They are being guarded on the
courthouse lawn, and together with
other Negroes to be arrested to-
morrow, will be sent to Austin or
another city under military guard,
The sixteen white men arrested
today upon complaints charging as
sault with intent to murder are M.
Flanagan, Ernest White, Byron
0den, Eldert Kelley, John Etheridge,
Cotton Moore, F. S. Wheeler, Fred
Nelson, Walter Beall, Louis Baer,
Lowell Smith, l.. A. Mackey, Ed Nell
son and Clifford Barr.
All today people from distant parts
Of the county came into town with
firearms to be delivered to the mill
tary authorities. AS soon as the
militiamen depart, the guns will be
returned to the owners. A detail of
guards will be left behind by General
McDill for this duty. There are
some who think that when the fire.
arms are returned to their owners.
trouble may be renewed. But the
plan of the rangers and guard officer
is to arrest and send away from
Longview, for safe keeping in another
place, every Negro even remotely
suspected Of implication in the clash
es OF few days ago. When that
is done, they think IL reasonably GER
tain that no other difficulties will de-
velop
A dozen Negro doughboys, recent
ly returned from overseas service and
just discharged in San Antonio, have
been self-invited guests of the militia
men at the courthouse. The Negro
soldiers were en- route to Gilmer and
had to lay over in Iongview for
some hours. They had heard of the
Longview trouble and when they ar
rived here they hiked straight from
the station to the guard headquarters.
Several parties of Negroes who have
had to travel across country have
asked for an escort of guardsmen or
rangers.
The guardsmen sleep in the grasr
OF the courthouse lawn, or to be more
precise, they sleep on blankets spread
upon the grass.
Friend" one of them said today,
as he scratched himself with might
and man, II didn't get to France.
but If the coolies over there were
any worse than the chiggers over
here, that shore must have been one
hell of war