The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-01

| gia Lee Medlock, a Cherokee princess,
/ who is also an oil queen, is now study
| ing in New York with the idea of go
| ing back to her country women and
teaching them. Miss Medlock has a
| remarkable voice and has given con-
! certs in various cities in the east.
injured on Central street while he was
standing between Detectives Chesney and
| Fogarty is not true / met these Of
going home. In fact, l was travelling
4 so fast that I came near running over
| them as l turned the corner"
| 1t required only a casual glance at
things to demonstrate that DIR. Carly and
| his helper got out just In the mick of
| time"
MAKE SITTER OF WINDOW
When the Fourth Tennessee machine
| gun company opened fire in the direction
of the corner of Vine and Central the
| front of the store was riddled The
glass front to his building now resembles
the top to a salt shaker. The high-pow
| cred steel bullets from the rapid-firing
machine guns picked holes in the plate
glass as easily and smoothly as punch
| ing holes through a sheet of paper with
a pencil Not only did bullets hit the
front of the store on the Vine avenue
side, but they glanced off from the brick
structure on Central and punctured the
store fronts on the Central street side
as well.
In the southeast corner of Vine and
Central there stands a one-stpry shack
of a building, occupied by a soft drink
dispenser who also handled candies, per-
fumes etc. In the small show window
facing the machine guns the owner had
on display his choicest wares The<
were appropriately arranged m grass
jars and boxes. I'm one jar was lot OF
stick candy, red and white and yellow
in color When the bullets from all di
rections had finished with this particu-
lar display it was a beautiful blend OF
colors. 1t was erumbled like an egg
shell under a giant hammer. In another
jar there evidently had been some per-
fumes with a bottle of ink The mix
ture made of it with one shot was loud
for smelling and long for looks.
There were only two rounds fired from
the machine guns and the firing laste1
only few seconds but the results ad-
duced some evidence as to the terror the
Boche must have faced when the Amer
leans advanced on French soil.
NEGROES SEEK COVER
The miracle of the whole thing is that
more persons We're not killed. Officers
of the guard, however, in a measure &C
count for this. When the soldiers passed
off Gay street on to Vine avenue. crowds
of negroes also advanced toward them
from Vine AID Central Half way down
Vine, bet ZEN Gay and Central the first
squad of men stopped and set up two
machine guns In the meantime the mop
of whites that was trailing the militia
began firing in the direction of Vine and
Central This frightened the negroes TO
cover and when the machine guns opened
fire only a few remained in the street.
The absence of authentic reports of loss
of life or damage done in the vicinity
of Vine and Central throughout Satur-
day night and until Sunday morning is
accounted for by the officers. When the
negroes fled to cover they went, it Is
said to the second story floors of the
buildings and there barricaded themselves
for the night.
For fear of further trouble, follow
ing the first pitched battle just be-
fore Saturday midnight, the militia
threw a guard around that section OF
the city and patrolled the place all
might and throughout Sunday. Early
Sunday morning few negroes slumped
from their hiding places and found
their way back TO their homes.
There is not firearm of any, de-
scription to be found in q store in Knox
vile as a result of the raids made
upon them during the rioting.
Plate glass windows were crashed in,
locks forced, and in some cases. doors
fort TO secure weapons of any kind with
which they could give battle.
Damage done to the'stores and stocks
in the city is estimated TO be above
$4,000. Hardware stores and pawn
shops suffered the heaviest losses dur
ing the raids, but several furniture
stores We're also broken into and looted
of their stocks of kitchen knives, cleav-
Iers, etc.
State troops are now standing guard
in front of each of the looted stores
with fixed bayonetS and under orders
to keep the passing throngs from even
stopping to peer in at the damaged
stocks
Nelson Easley. negro soldier who won
ia citation for distinguished service in
overseas fighting with the American
day at the home of friend, death was
caused by heart trouble super;nduced by
excitement over the riots.
BODY LEFT IN STREET
Joe Etter a negro storekeeper, re-
puted to be wealthy, was killed early
this morning in the rioting on. East
Jackson avenue. Etter's body was left
lying on the street for several hours,
owing to fear of undertakerss- en-
ployes to enter the district
Twelve of the 43 prisoners confined
in the Knox county Jail, two under
sentence of death and one for a life
term III the pententiary. were released
by the mob which broke into the county
jail SATURDAY. night, according to No.
port Of the jailer. The jail building
itself was damaged to an amount be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 The prison
ers released Were all white.
Deputy Sheriff Hall. day jailer at the
county jail, declared that all prisoners
who escaped had been released by the
mob and that none were turned ont
by the officers themselves. No effort
Mr.. Hall said. was made 10 release
the negroes. not one making a get
away. or even being released from his
cell.
Four different committees were per-
mitted to go through the Jail in the
search OF Mayes- The only reason that
all white prisoners did not escape was
that few were caught by the depu-
ties as they passed out of the Jail
Even when the Tailor recognized
prisoner about TO make his way to the
outside. Hall stated. it frequently was
the Gaze that the mob. instead OF as
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