The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-26
Bloody Riots Occu1. in Wash.
imgtton igtto Monday Between
White and Black
TEN KNOWN 10
HAVE BEEN KILLED
Whites.a1ld Negroes Engage in
Deadly Conflict on Streets

Washington, July 21.-At midnight
tonight the known casualty list in
Washington.s race war totaled ten,
including two. deaths, ard two men
probably dying, while unconfrmed
police reports placed the number ut
asmuch greater figure. OF the dead,
scneswas a city detective, shot through
the breast by negro woman who was
Hting indiscriminately from the upper
story of her house.
he negress, a girl about IL, also
was Shot but not fatally. In another
part OF the city negro firing from
Gs1age door kept a, provost guard of
soldiers sailors and marines at bay
AorxsegeraIminutes, but finally was
sshst down.
,E1ae probable death list in the
nights dghting later was increased
by the death of "a second city detec-
tive who succu1nbed to wounds re-
ceMed earlier in the evening in the
tight which resulted in the instant
death OF shis fellow detective.
Many clashes occurred between
white men and negroes on street cars
Ons rsgro attacked on the back end
or a car, fired into a crowd following
the car aud wounded four persons, but
finally was stopped by city detective
who was reported to have sent seven
bullets into the negro's body. The
white men were only slight wounded,
The fighting at midnight had re-
solved largely to fighting between
small groups and in one of these en-
counters marine was reported to
have been killed. Although service
men haa taken part in the early clash
8es fhe most serious were those in
which the mobs were made up OF
civilians.
As crowd of more than 5000 persons
c0ngregaesd at Peace Monument, at
the foot of the capitol shortly after
The house adjourned and members
were leaving for their, homes. A ne
SO had started an argument with a
white soldier and bystanders rushed
to aaResa part. Street cars Were halt.
sdSahd the traffic was blocked for
several Hundred yards in each direc-
tpn. ~ Before anything serious de-
yedoped, however. four automobiles
iIea with spolice reserves made
through the crowd and halted the dis
4irSance. Later, in the evening Pa
trelnaan Bum, crack shot of the de-
partment,:. was struck by bullet fred
kg.a negro in the Northwest section
0E the city, the most exclusive resi-
dental district. The bullet struck the
pzfr6iman's arm and he was unable
:tosreturn the fire. The negro escap-
edyoutFunning a crowd Of civilians.
Two negroes were seriously injured
latsn the afternoon near the house
office building. One had been. ac-
elsed by several soldiers of having
tried to steal bicycle and when he
attempted to escape he was overtah-
en- and beaten. The other negro, be-
lieved to be a chauffeur for a<repre-
sentative, intervened and @as beaten
1nfo unronsciua adsnA The soldiers
got away before the arrival of the
police.
As the night were on the crowds on
the downtown streets seemed to grow
larger. Notwithstanding that all
Washington citizens had been warned
by the District authorities to remain
of the. streets tonight.
The first real clash occurred about
O'Clock in the southeast section
when mob stopped a negro. Re
ports to the police said the negro
.thereupon opened FIRE and two white
nnsns Ia the crowd were slightly
wounded. Police arriving on the
scene, according to report at head
quarters, fired at the negro, one of
the bullets hitting him in the shoul
der. The negro was arrested and tax
en- to the central station
The fear of a general outbreak be-
came intensified soon after II o'clock
when reports were received at central
police headquarters that negroes were
openly displaying firearms in some
sections Of the city. Scattered shots
were fired, it was stated.
Washington, July 22.-After anoth-
arSnight of race rioting found the
national capitol today counting the
klrge casualty list it has had since the
began retalating on the negro popu-
lation for the long list of daylight
hpidups and attacks on white women,
which have alarmed the city.
There are four known dead. :wo
are mortally wounded. eight or more
seriouslyzweunded and an unknown
number slightly wounded or injured
in the fighting, and the police stations
and hospitals are packed with others.
These. are the results of the most dis
orderly times the national capital has
seen probably since the Civil War.
When some hundred and seventy
cases; Of men arrested during the
riotfng were called sin the police
courts, Inaximum sentences Of one
years Imprisonment and FIVE hun
dred dollars fine were imposed on all
found carrying concealed weapons,
while those charged only with disor-
derly conduct escaped with thirty
i've dollar fine.