Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-09-01

Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. s1-Minor
disorders occurred in Knoxville to-
night following the race riots Sat-
urday night and early Sunday which
were the sequel to the storming of
the county Jail by a mob intent upon
lynching Maurice Mayes. a negro
accused Of the murder Of Mrs Ber-
tie LINDSEY, a white woman.
The casualty list was increased
today by four negroes who resisted
attempts to earch them for arms.
All were wounded by National
Guardsmen, two being shot and the
other two stabbed with bayonets.
Eleven hundred guardsmen of the
Fourth Tennessee Infantry supple
mented by 200 special policemen and
rs sepcial deputies patrolled the
city. dispensing crowds and search
! ing all negroes.
The guardsmen. who were in camp
near the city for annual target
practice also searched all negroes
arriving on trains and have estab-
lished barred zone in the heart
of the negro district, where the
worst of the rioting today occurred.
Four machine guns are mounted at
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and other machine guns have been
mounted on, motor trucks.
| Union leaders today called off the
Labor Day parade scheduled for
Monday and candidates in the NUM-
cipal campaign abandoned all poll
| tical meetings.
Shooting in various sections Of the
city continued all day and tonight,
causing dozens of riot calls. Most OF
this appears to be hoodlumism, with
out injury to any one.
How many have been killed and
wounded remains largely a matter OF
guiss work. Some sections in which
the most serious clashes occurred
have not been searched thoroughly
and reports conflict as to the num-
Der Of casualties which may be con-
cealed. Two men are known to have
been killed and IA others. eight white
and six negroes, are in hospitals. OF
| these four. two whites and two ne
groes. are not expected to recover.
The known dead are:
First 1T. James w. Payne, Madi-
sonville, KY, u. S. A.
Joe Ettor. negro.
The injured. in hospitals include:
Private Z. v. Henders of the Ten
nessee National Guard. who may die.
1t. Payne was killed accidentally
by machine gun bullets. He was at
tached to the Seth Infantry, Regu-
lar Army, and had been detailed to
the encampment Of the 9Th Tennessee
as an instructor. He volunteered for
duty when the riot call came Satur-
day. night. His. body was sent to
Madisonville tonight
At least three negroes were more
or less seriously injured by members
OF Co. d. 4th Tennessee, between
dfVthetlt and noon. according to
statements Of soldiers.
Hotels and restaurants in the city
operated at a handicap today as few
negro employees made their appear
ance for work. Restaurants closed
at p. NJ. Most housekeepers had no
servants today for the same reason.
I Several hundred rifles stored at
the University Of Tennessee arsenal
were removed tonight by the military
authorities after rumors that a
crowd Of negroes was forming in
the outskirts expecting to arm them
selves with this supply.
For fear Of further trouble. follow.
ang the. flrst pitched battle iust be.
fore Saturday midnight, the militia
threw guard around the section Of
the city where most Of the disorders
occurred and patrolied the place the
place all night and throughout Sun
day. Early Sunday morning a few
negroes slipped from their hiding
places and found their way back to
their homes.
There is not nrearm Of any de.
scriptioH to be found in store In
Knoxville as a result of the raids
made Upon them during the riotine.
Plate glass windows were crashed
IN, locks forced and in some cases
doors knocked from their hinges. IL
an effort to secure weapons OF an,
kind with which the rioters coult
give battle.
II Damage done to the stores ant
stocks In the city is estimated to be
about $4,000. Hardware stores and
pawnshops suffered. the heaviest
losses during the raids but several
, furniture stores were also broken INTO
and looted Of their stocks or kitchen
knives, cIeayers. etc.
state troops tonight were stand
tns xuard In front Of each Of the
i looted stores with fixed bayonets and.
under orders to keep, the passing
lthrongs from even stopping to peer
In at the damaged stocks.
The mob which broke into the Jail
and the residence Of Sheriff Tate was
not content with damaging proper
| ty, but everything of value inciud-
ing money. guns, whisksy. clothing
and books, were taken. Part OF the
Jail records were destroyed.
In the afternoon small groups Of
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