Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-23
Gen. Ham and Mai.
Pullman Sanguine
of Future.
1000 SOLDIERS AID
in PATROL OF CITY
Home Guard Dies-Another
Seriously Wounded by Shot
From Colored Man.

Washington. after two nights of racial
hostility and rioting, slept secure last
night under the protection of 1000 fed
eral troops. who augmented the police
force, although one killing, a serious
wounding and two minor casualties were
reported as the result of isolated out
breaks
win Maj Gen. w. G. Ham, former
eommandant of the 32d Division over
seas. In command of the troops, with
headquarters established at the District
building, authorities in the city quashed
all attempts at general outbreaks. The
ponce remained in charge of the protec-
uon OF the city. with all possible aid
coming from military forces.
The killing occurred at 10 O'Clock last
night. when Isaac w. Halbfinger, a pa
perhanger of 45S Q street northwest. a
Home Defense. League guard. was muir
dred by coiored man At the same
TIME Benjamin Belmont, another men,
per OF the league. was seriously wound
ed. The colored man escaped
Quiet Was in Contrast.
Aside from these casualties wash
ington presented totally different
picture from the previous night. On
streets up which thousands had
charged in mob formation a spirit of
quiet prevailed. Except for a night
crowd OF the usual proportion in the
downtown district nothing out of the
ordinary could be seem
The southwest uor c,;d
peen the quietest police have seen 1t
IN years. Streets were deserted.
Groups were not on street corners.
Disorder was abolished
IN otner coiored sections of the city
similar situation was presented
Dance halls. poolrooms. motion pic
ture houses and other gathering
places were closed. through the moral
suasion of influential colored citizens
Report on Killing of Halbfinger.
According to the report made to
Maj. Pullman by Odell S. Smith. act
ing director of the Home Defense
League, William J. Eynon. assistant
director, and Conrad Syme. corpora-
tion counsel for the District, who ar
rived on the scene of the killing of
l.
mont scarcely five minutes after me
smoothing. the colored man stepped off
9TH street car. hesitated a moment
ana walked to the corner on which
Inc Two men were standing At a
issuance OF lew yards. the report
Halbffnger's heart The report also
says that when Belmont ATTEMPTED
10 grappie with the assaiIant the
latter ieveled his revolver at Bel
monts breast and shot him lust be-
low the heart The range was so
on the coat of the injured man.
Belmont. at the hospital, was not
able to talk of the shooting, and thu
report of how it started is based on
statements of persons in the crowd
which gathered after the shots were
fired.
Believe Demonstrations Over.
Although no further serious trout
BILE is anticipated by Maj Gen. Ham
and Maj. Pullman, the guard will be
maintained tonight. it was intimated
today. BY tonight. declared Gen.
Ham, the situation should be normal
again.
Gen. Ham. who was placed in con-
troll of the military last night, to aid
the police. saw service in three major
campaigns in the world war being
commandant of the 32d Division dur
ing the Aisne-Marne, the Oise-Aisne
and Meuse-ArgonneN operations. He
was later transferred to command of
the 18th Army Corps, with the army
of occupation, and was detailed some
weeks ago to the War Department
here as director of the war plans
division of the general staff. When
War Department officials took cogni-
. n nf hn Gil I'm in, xh .k.f TO
strategist who was placed in COM
mand of federal troops aiding the
police.
Headed Flying Squadron.
Inspector Clifford L. Grant chief of
detectives, who was on hand at three
shootings Monday night, was in
charge last night of flying squadron
from police headquarters, being in one
of four automobiles in which were
many of the picked men of his force
He placed Detectives Patrick OBrien
and Frederick M. Cornwell in charge
of two other cars.
In the inspectors car were Detec-
tives Scrivener, Kelly. Sweeney. Beck
ley and Hughlett, other members of
the force being in the other cars. An
early start was made from police
and the big AS caliber
revolvers strapped to the detectives
were placed SO as to attract atten-
ton.
Sight of the pOns." said In
spector Grant this morning, 40 doubt
had a deterrent effect upon numbers
of persons who possibly were bent
on giving trouble"
The inspector said it was apparent.
early in the night that much trouble
would not be experienced. Long be-
fore midnight, he said, some of the
streets where large crowds of men
assembled the night before were de-
serted, and, everything indicated that
the request of the Commissioners
that people remain off the streets way
being respected to a large extent
I'VE visited every section where
trouble was expected" he said. and
at 7th and streets we found a num-
Der of colored men gathering. Our
machine was parked against the curb
and we remained there thirty min
utes or more, making a display of
our weapons. Those who made up
the crowd seemed as il they were un-
a bile to understand just what We wer.
about.
Feared Search fo- Weapons.
They became restless" he a,!.iec.
.',cd soon dispersed dent know
iust what they haG n !n.:d hrt ~
seemed .tat thcy feared wc zero so
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