The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31
Race Trouble Breaks
Out After Storm
ing of Jail.
TWO GUARDSMEN DIE
Both Are Shot BY Mistake
From Their Own
Command.
CASUALTIES NOT ESTIMATED
Impossible to Tell How
Many Are Dead--Hos-
pitfalls Crowded.
WHITE WOMAN MURDERED
Black Fires Fatal Shot and
Crowd Forms to Get
Revenge.
WHITE WOMAN MURDERED

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. al
Following stormlna Uf the Knox
county jail Saturday night by mob
bent On reaching Maurice Hays, n
negro arrested early In the day In
connection with the murder Of Mrs
Bortia Lindsey. "a race riot Of serious
proportions started shortly after
midnight Sunday morning.
Lieutenant Magncy and Private
Henderson. both OF the machine gun
company OF the fourth Tennessea
were KILLED at l2;50 a. IN. 1t Ia said
both were slain by mistake by bullets
from their own command.
All hardware stores and pawn
shops have been looted for arms.
, Soldiers of tho fourth Tenneaseo
national guard turned "A machine gun
on a crowd OF armed negroes At Vine
and Central avenues after u battle
between white and blacks In which
two negroes were killed. -Four ne
grues fell under the machine gun
fire. Firing continues and II In im-
possible TO tell how many have been
X flied or wounded. Seven men, all
white, are wounded In local hospitals
ns the result OF tho trouble at the
Jail and Subsequent rioting. Five
itDIOT ttuNhh WIN hlNf W Whp
declared they were going to Chatta-
nooga 10 attempt to get Mays there
left here at midnight
At that hour disorder continued
around the Jail, tho mob turning its
attention to battoring tho sheriffB
residence.
one citizen. shot through the arm,
was In the city hospital and a guards
man who had been beaten to insen-
slbnity had been treated there ard
taken to camp.
Missiles Of all kinds were hurled
while flat fights wofe numerous and
promiscuouh shooting outside the jail
began. The guardsmen were soon
strengthened by the arrival OF full
company and the jail corridors and
yards were cleared.
Mrs. Lindsey was shot to death In
her home aA she was preparing to
leap from window. Her niece who
was sleeping with her was threat
ened by the Same negro. The two
women were alone In the house.
Mays who had boen arrosted 10
days ago for proving about house
occupied by another white family
was taken into custody In connection
with the murder an hour after IN"
crime " as com iiAlNfAH ii' h'hf.h An
guilt. however. but fearing possible
violence, sheriff CAGE took Mays TO
Chattanooga by a roundabout way
later in the Hay.
Held al hay by national guards
men mt the Jail where ~ had gone In
search OF negro suspected OF KIN
ing "A white woman here early to-
day. a mob OF 500 men spread INTO
other sections OF tho city tonight
and rl0tlng broke out at several
points Two negroes killed at Cen
iral and Vines avenue. iu tho negro
district. and "A white man was tahen
to g hospital with a crushed skull
crowds broke into hardware stpreH
and pawn shopr for arms
CIiATTANDDGA.T Tenn Aug 81.
when Informed The Associated
Iy,Sz had reported that i've truck
loads of men were cnruutr here from
knoAtIIlo early this morning To at
t,utpi to get the negro May. arrest
ed thora uu suspicion ut h'iug m
,oIs.d iu the murder of whiie Wp-
man ,trls saturday sheriff BOD
Hls- remarked
"NlI rirh'. lct them come ~" rot
room. fur mat many IN ltil.
no -ltI h@ could handl" no STU
alton without military assistance.