The Washington times., 1919-07-30
riot DEATH LIST
NOW TOTALS
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(COntinuSO from Il iASh o6O'I
night An unidentified negro youth
was knocked from a bicycle, stabbed
and shot a dozen times by a crowd Of
white men and boys. Kerosene was
noured over his clothes and ignited.
Police rescued his body.
Ira Henry, forty, negro, was shot
and killed by a mob. Police sara
Henry had shot and wounded PATROL
man Walter Sullivan.
Several fires, supposedly OF incen-
diary origin, occurred in the negro
section of the South Side during the
night. Firemen responding to alarms
were met by shower of bricks, and
in some cases they were shot at
sixteen Policemen Shot.
Sixteen policemen were shot and
wounded during rioting in the black
belt"
During the night and early morning
negroes were pursued by crowds OF
whites wherever. they showed them
selves outside the negro section.
Shortly after midnight a young ne
gro wearing a Canadian army uni
form and two wound stripes was
beaten into Inconsistencies in the
a hospital.
Mayor Thompson and Chief Of Police
Garrity today expressed the belief
that the crisis has passed. Clarity
declared he would not use the militia
placed at his disposal unless abso-
lutely necessary.
The negro section was patrolled to
day by the police, who had instituted
the zone system. One captain and
fifteen policemen were stationed in
each zone, consisting of about ten
blocks.
Shippers Are Active.
Shippers were at work through the
district where most Of the rioting
occurred. Following wounding OF
Policemen Ralph Cheney and Jere-
miah Murray by snipers' bullets, po-
lice raided a house occupied by John
Dixon, negro. Dixon was arrested and
considerable ammunition was found
in his rooms.
Governor Lowden remained in Chi
cago. During the day he was to have
conferences with Adjutant General
Dickson. Chief Clarity, and Mayor
Thompson. He declared if troops are
needed he will call on every available
man.
''The soldiers will be sent into the
zone ready for action said the gov
ernor. "Of course, you can never tell
how far il will go or how it will end"
Police last night drove a mob of
several hundred persons from around
the Sherman Hotel in the heart of the
LOOP" where it was believed negroes
were employed. The hotel, it was
learned, was employing white help.
Appeal for 200 citizen soldiers in
uniform to help handle traffic in the
downtown section was issued today
by the city public safety department.
During early hours today traffic went
as it would and numerous minor acct
dents occurred. traffic policemen hav-
ing been sent to the riot zones.
Every type of conveyance was used
for carrying to the business district
the city's army of 100000 workers,
stenographers and clerks. Trucks,
cabs. express wagons and other We
hicles were pressed into service.
Traffic tied itself into knots when
crowds started home after the first
day of the strike. A few scattered
policemen and self-appointed officers
attempted to untangle the congestion.
Railway stations were crowded to
overlooking. Ticket booths by dozens
appeared on the outside of the sta
llOHb NHCEt LuDuSdHuS pEcGECu ClOSE1g
to buy pasteboards.
Guerrilla War RACES.
Guerrilla warfare between whites
and blacks has for the most part re-
placed the mob rioting that has held
sway over large areas OF the city
since Sunday.
Establishment of zones with a sta
ted number of police officers assign
ed to each zone, has. the police de-
clare. broken UP the mobs of whites
and blacks that caused Monday and
Tuesdays reign of terror.
A coroner's inquest over bodies OF
victims Of the riot is to be held as
soon as the necessary steps can be
taken, and probably will get under
way today. The grand jury, which is
now in session, will undertake an ex-
haUstive probe of the situation under
direction of States Attorney Mack
lay HOyne.
An incident that featured the riot
ing during the night was an attack
upon Miss Josephine Mcdonald and
Miss Mamie Bristol by a mob Of ne
groes. When the girls fed from the
mob shots were fired at them and
both were wounded.
PatroIman Thomas DAILY and Police
Sergt. George Chatt were shot AMI
painfully wounded during the night