The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-02
Illinois Troops Called on to
Restore Order in Riot
Torn Chicago
DECLARES TROUBLE
NOT YET OVER
Adiutant General States That
Situation Has Grown More
Serious in Later Hours

: pdIO1lSO, Dy too104SAs . 4Se-i-
I'd oat by Governor Lowden at the re-
aHesf OF Mayor Thompson, for the
prp1ection OF life and property threat
enEd hy the race war which for tour
Gays Has rerrorHed the city.
The State troops established q bar II:
rcd zone about three miles square en-
braeing most OF the negro residential
1sstrict ON The South Side. IN this
zone they searched all persons they
met for weapons. No one could pass
III OF out without military pecmss-
son The district extended roughly
from Twenty-second Street to Fifty
fifth Street Eorth and south, and from
Michigan Boulevard to Wentworth
sAyenne east and west. ss
bile riots in the negro district It
(. self had somewhat sIbsiaed there Wss
an alarming spread OF disturbance
outside. New York Central railroad
ofnciaIs reported all their trains being
tired on
diatant General Dickson after a
rip through the threatened district
declared that the situation was
orninous and this view was shared BIZ
the mayors secretary. who accom-
panied him. ,'sS
- Hundreds sof negroes appealed for
pro5eefion. Incendiary attacks on ne
{ 80 hsmes increased through the day
z x&Td3n ht one house being burned.
Nero. leaders declared that many
uaembers of their race faced starva-
tfS1 beeanse: drivers of deiiyery-Ica
0T afsared to enter some portions of
tfis blaek belt. i.sS 50.
Cerpner Hoffman today impanell-
ed Jury and as deaths are reported
5 The members will view the bodies and
take nresli ininary steps IN the inquiry
Although no definite date: has been
SET for the taking of testimony the
coroner said the inquest would be in
q eours room under heavy guard and
that an witnesses. white and black,
would be Searched for weapons.
State Attorney Maelay Heyne, as
+ g;ened several assistants to the work
of gathering evidence. He indicated
that his activities might go outside OF
Investigation OF actual disorder
81 have heard" !" he said, that
through the influence of politicians
aTd aldermen, some OF the men az
rested fer rioting had been released
when taken to the police station.
The decision to use troops to pa
troll the dangerous parts of the trou-
bsed zone was taken tonight as pre-
1 caudonary measure after Adjntan1
General Dickson had made round
cf the South Side negro district and
fts environments. !:
He said the situation was more Sc
Tious than "a hours before: II was
not deemed necessary at the time the
mayor asked for the troops to pro
claim martial law and whether Gov
Srnor sLowden was prepared to taKe
that step was not made known II
seemed to be generally believed thai
placing the miiiiiamen on patrol duty
would prevent further serious riot.ng.
From what I have seen this after.
noon and evening should judge the
situation and temperament Of the
people is more serious than that il
was at this time the night before,
& Said the adjutant general.
There were four deaths and a score
bf persons wounded or beaten in con
ttnued rioting today. The outbreaks
were widely scattered. OF the -four
deaths, all Of which were the resul1
cf shooting, two were the result Of
wounds received in the rioting Of
Monday and Tuesday nights.
Tonight the official death list TO,
four days showed SO, of whom Il
were negroes.
The decision to appeal to the State
executive for troops to patrol the
streets was reached by Mayor Thomp-
son after a long conference with 9th
er city officials. There was little de-
lay in getting the troops in motion.
Before the troops were ordered out
rioting broke out at several places
and police were called on to run dewr
negroes reported in automobiles an6
firing promiscuously on whites.
In Twenty-fourtn Street, three ne
groes in an automobile fred at whites
on: the sidewalk and in the street.
white man was wounded while reading
newspaper in a barber shop, and 6
white boy was wounded when negcoe:
fred at group of children playing il
:.
the street.
Reports also were received that {
number Of automobile trucks filled
with white men were being driver
T about South Side streets outside th'
negro district trying to stir up anti
negro sentiment.
No funerals for the negro victims
of the riots have been held. Negro
s,ndertakers are afraid to go to tht
city hall to- obtain burial permits. cit.
3 officials said today.
e While the sidewalk about the cit,
hall was piled high with boxes Of reg
ulation army rifles, designed for higl
sehCo. cadet drill, and taken by tn
5 authorities for safe keeping, a.youn
negro with an open knife was chase
anthorities for safe keeping. youn