The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-31
TROOPS CALLED
OUT TO COMBAT
CHICAGO RIOTS
Soldiers Help Restore Order
in Black Zone-Race Fight
ing Continues.
(By Associated Press)

Noy ASSoSldlCo lSSS(
CHICAGO, ILL.,. July s1.-Mayor
Thompson at $50 o'clock last night
troops be ordered into the riot dis
trict
Within minute orders we're flash
ing to the various armor1es where the
soldiers had been quartered for two
days, ready for duty. Army trucks
began to pull up to the more distant
barracks almost Immediately and the
soldiers sprang aboard. Soldiers
housed nearer the scene OF action
formed into companies and marched
to their stations.
AS the phalanxes swung with steady
stride into the riot area, rifles on
shoulders and cartridges on their hips,
the roughs who had been treading
the pavements looking for fights, dis
appeared as If by magic. Some Of the
gangs sped to territory heretofore un-
infected by terrorism and resumed
their unlawful occupation, but most
Of the marauders, as rain began to
fall, retired for the night
The most serious riot of the night
took place at Fifty-third and State
streets, where 200 policemen fought
nearly Two d CTOWO Ol u6SIOeS,
firing several hundred shots before
the rioters were subdued and As of
them arrested. 1t was only after the
patrolmen had chopped their way in
to some Of the buildings and seized
a dozen snipers with their rifles and
500 cartridges that the fight ceased.
PatroIman Injured.
Although many heads were cracked
as the police charged the barricaded
negroes, all the rifle fire resulted in
the injury of only one person, Patrol
man Emil Johnson, driver of a patrol
wagon. He was shot as the police
men dashed up to the scene and there
after the bluecoats kept in the shelter
Of their vehicles while approaching
| the row Of houses.
Before the troops had all been as
| signed, there were some minor clashes
with roughs, however. The first me-
lee occurred in front of the shop base
for the motor transport corps at Fifty
first street and Wabash avenue. Nine
negroes, armed with revolvers, drove
back and forth in front of the base,
firing promiscuously, but hitting nc
one.
A squad of soldiers soon came uI
and gave chase, capturing the negroes
after firing several shots at them. Ter
revolvers and several razors were
taken from the blacks, who were then
turned over to the police.
| Major Macy in command of si1
companies of the first reserves and a
| 80 - Hx
snipers at 5sth street and Racine
avenue. None of the soldiers was hit
and when they scattered and sought
their assailants, the latter disappear
ed.
Soldiers Make Arrests
The first arrest made by soldiers
however, was that Of five white men
whose auto was searched because OF
their rowdyism and found to contain
a revolver.
While the soldiers were taking theil
stations, a crowd of whites surrounded
the home Of John Coles negro police
man in Englewood, and rained bullets
on him and his wife. The house was
severely damaged before police came
to the rescue.
} Interference with the United States
mails has carried the riot situation
} through official channels to Washing
!, ton. Federal officials limited toda.
that troops would be asked to sur
} round the postoface, affording protec
ton for employees Of both races ant
} guarding delivery of mail.
/ Failure of one thousand chauffeurs
carriers and clerks to report for dut.
: yesterday was declared by Postmaste
, Carlile to constitute interference will
the mails, the riots and strike beini
assigned as the reason of the inabilit,
of employees to reach their employ
ment The interference was reporte'
= to Postmaster General Burleson.
Negro mail chauffeurs and carrier
assigned to the black belt were anon
the absentees, interrupting the deli,
cry OF mail in that section to a grea
extent.
Woman Is Arrested.
. Plans for the collection and presel
walton of evidence for the prosecutio
of those guilty of murder and assault
3 in the riots have been PRACTICAL
: completed by Attorney General B.
. Brundage and States Attorney MAJ
Lay Hoyne, who were in conferenc
again today.
THE states attorney and / will in
: mediately send detectives and inve:
tigators out to obtain evidence
against some of these men who tax
human life so freely" Mr.. Brundag
said. I'VE expect to send some {
' them to the penitentiary."
t Sanford c.. Mccoy, colored, who tol
t the police he was 102 years old, prol
5 ably was the oldest person picked u
by the police as suspect in th
. roundup of rioters. He was disarme
i of a loaded revolver and warned t
go to his home.
S A white woman dressed in man
8 clothing and carrying pistol, wa
8 arrested. She told the police she We
Q on her way to a railroad station an
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