Arizona republican., 1919-08-31
R|OT|NG FOLLOWS MOB FAILURE AT NEGRO LYNCH|NG
Five Known Dead When Whites and Blacks Clash in Search of Alleged Mur- derer of White Woman National Guard Called to Scene of the Trouble

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 3t--
 After the storming of the Knox
 county jail Saturday night by q
 mob bent on reaching Maurice
 Waves, a negro arrested early in
 the day in connection with the
 murder of Mrs. Bertie Lindsey, a
 race riot of serious proportions
 broke out in Knoxville early today.
 The known dead:
 Lieut.. James w. Payne, and -
 Henderson, white, and Jim Hen
 son, negro and two unidentified
 negroes.
 The more seriously wounded ares
 Policeman James Benson, Dep
 uty Sheriff CIowers, Policeman
 W. p. Wurton, Gid Thomas, E.
 B. Henderson, Fred Johnson, and
 w. B. clapp, all white. It is
 known that a number of negroes
 were wounded and probably at
 least several more killed, but as
 the rioting continues with such
 heat t is impossible to get names
 or make an accurate estimate.
 Soldiers of. the Fourth Tennessee National guard turned machine gun on a crowd of armed negroes at Vine and Central avenues after a battle between white and negroes in which two negroes were killed. Four negroes fell under the machine gun fire. Fir ing was continued at iz: 30 and it was impossible to tell how many have been killed or wounded Seven men. all white, are wounded in local hospitals as the result of the trouble at the jail and subsequent rioting.
 Lieutenant Payne and Private Hend- erson, both of the machine gun com pany fourth Tennessee National Guard were killed at 12:40 a. m. It is said both were slain by mistake by bullets from their own command All hard ware stores and pawn shops have bees footed to secure arms.
 Five motor trucks loaded with mem bers of the mob left Knoxville with. ths announced purpose of going to Chat tanooga to which city the negro. ac. cused Of shooting to death a wtsEe woman here early yesterday had beza taken before the crowd began gsfher- ing about the jail
 Driven from the county jail whfrA they attacked with the intention of ob taining negro believed to be hafz here, a mob of more than a thousaTa persons early today went to other sec tions of the city and rioting soon afEeS became general Two negroes wezs killed in the negro district which tisz mob invaded
 A white man was taken to hos pital with crushed skull and ntex& bers of the mob began breaking fnsa pawn shops and hardware stores aIE over the city, apparently with the in cFaf1oT1 Q men brought from the state encani1ss ment near Knoxville to disperse tsia mob at the county jail. were hurrie to the scenes of the rioting.
 Despite assurances that the prisnana had been removed to Chattanoogas after an inspection of the jail by thfe4 separate committees of citizens, d n1ss tonight stormed the Knox county jail in search of Maurice P. Mayes a ueers5 who had been arrested as a suspect in connection with the murder of 4zfs. Betrie Lindley, early today
 In series of fights between dernzr sheriffs, police officers and militiamen and members of the mob in the iae corridors and outside the building. sef- eral men were wounded Several rx- tional guardsmen were beaten, but rat seriously hurt. One man was carfizsz away by friends unconscious. Most of the window glass in the jail was kl..5E out: one front window and the rnasn door were battered in and all other ex- posed windows were broken Mrs. Lindsey was shot to death in her home as she was preparing to leap from a window. Her niece who was sleeping with her was threatened by the same negro. The two women were alone in the house.
 Mayes, who had been arrested ter days ago for proving about a house occupied by another white family. wSs taken into custody in connection wifh the murder an hour after the ,a.irne was committed He denied his gnfzt but fearing possible violence. Shersff Cate took Waves to Chattanooga later in the day.
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