The Mena weekly star., 1919-10-09
|COV. BROUCH'S
 LIFE IN DANCER
Was Fired Upon by Negroes While on poad Near EIaine--More Deaths in Race Riot, One a Corporal in the
 Army Foree-The Instigator.

0-~f Rrough and Col. Isaac Jenks, com
 n,anding the troops heres were fired
 mon. but neither was hit; O. L. John son. a white real estate dealer at z Helena was shot three times and prob ably fatally wounded; Dr. D. A. John son. negre drug dealer at Helena, and his three brothers were all killed; Cor moral Luther Earles, Company H, 4th infantry. had his lower jaw shot off, and died later. and Corporal Berl B. Cav. headquarters company Fourth Infantry. was shot in the chest in the race trouble here shortly before noon. Governor Trough, accompanied by Colonel Jenks, was on road near Elaine when they flushed" four ne- eroes. The negroes fired at them and then ran. Neither was struck
 Four Negroes Killed
 Al few minutes later a posse headed sv 0. L. Lilly caught another band of negroes led by the Helena drug store proprietor. They started to take the four negroes, all brothers, to Helena. They had gone but short distance when Johnson jerked revolver out of Mir. Lilly's pocket and shot the Helena real estate man thru the body three times.
 Others in the posse turned their guns on Jonnson and his three broth CTS and killed them all. Mir. Tilley then was rushed to Helena for medi- cal attention. Corporal Luther Earles. while working in the roundup of the negroes in the woods near here, jump ed upon fallen log A negro lying beside the log sprang up, fired a shot gun at the soldier, and tore off the soldiers lower jaw.
 Today's casualties increased the list to four white men killed. five white men wounded, at least Is negroes killed and scores of negroes wounded since the rioting started yesterday. The two negroes, both armed, saraded the streets making remarks about what they expected to do to residents of Elaine. Officers and res dents who had organized shot them to death. The two had been in the negro section of the town endeavor-
 ing to organize the negroes. After the double killing the negroes of the
 town retired to their homes and there has been on more trouble.
 Big Force Surrounded.
 Five hundred regular army troops from Camp Pike, most of them over seas veterans, accompanied by Gov eronor Brough, and newspaper men from Little Rock, arrived here at o'clock today and immediately threw a eordon around densely wooded area in which l50 armed negroes are hiding. The troops have been ordered to kill any negro who refuses to sur render immediately
 One negro who surrendered at Elaine this morning said the negroes organized at a meeting last Sunday to tsbattle for our race" He said some of the leaders, most of them ex- soldiers, would fight to the last, Oth- CTS he said, would surrender if given an opportunity. The troops are com manded by Colonel Isaac Jenks..
 Ira Proctor, wounded in yesterdays fighting, was reported somewhat im- proved this morning James A. Tap pan, wounded early yesterday, died late yesterday afternoon.
 Killings From Ambush.
 It has been established since yes terday that none of the men killed and wounded were victims of accident, as was believed yesterday Clinton Lee was shot in the back by some person at a distance, the bullet coiii- ing from a high-powered rife. The missile penetrated the rear of the auto- mobile in which Lee and other young men from Helena were seated, before striking him and was removed from his body last night. Tappan was shot from trench" while crossing field in company with two other young men from Helena Proctor, now in the hospital here, was also shot by high power rife by some person concealed in the woods.
 The funeral arrangements for the dead boys and ". A. Adkins, the lat ter being shot from ambush at Hoop Spur on Tuesday night, have not been announced.
 Negro Dead Unknown.
 The number of negroes dead and wounded from yesterdays lighting has not been ascertained, but accord ing to one member of the~poss from Helena, who came in from the scene ofsthe fighting late yesterday, sthere are plenty of them.Hr It is stated on authority of Herbert Thompson, late captain in the world war, the negro who shot young Tappans was killed within few minutes afteri he fired the fatal shot. A brass slug was talk en from wound in young Tappan's face yesterday afternoon. indicating the Kind of bullets used by the ne- gro forces in the fighting.
 Bfatton Held as Instigator.
 Q. S. Bratton, white, held on charge of murder in connection with the killing of Special Officer Adkins Tuesday night, is said by the authori- ties to have been one of the instigat- ors of trouble at Elaine and Hoop Spur, was brought to Helena in chains last night. He is said to be a son af IL s. Bratton. attorney of Lit