The Washington herald., 1919-07-31

lawlessness. What is needed IS
thorough cleanup.
Every person -uilty Of rIotln- a.
subject to prosecution under the Sfsts
laws snd those prosecutions will be
prosecuted by my Office
White Woman Kills Negro.
William Moore, I5-yesr-oid negro.
was shot and killed today BY a wbjt.
woman living in the Black Belt" Il
was the twenty-seventh death IN In.
race riots which began here Monds,
After a twelve-hour IuIL there ver,
sporadic outbreaks today. in which
several whites and blacks were in
jured
Two white men were reported 10
have been shot by a negro. who bar
r1caded himself in his home and nred
on white passersby. When police
rushed the house the negro sUrrs,-
' dered. Two rifles and 100 rounds or
ammunition were seized Augu-,
Stillman. white man. VA fatal,
stabbed by negroes
George I. Wilkins. white. Wa
wounded by a Snip"r's shot frum =
negro home.
Two buildings. occupied h, n,s,.,
families. in the extreme South S,u-
OF the city were destroycd n,
whites Another building rn fa..
vicinity. occupied by a negro lam
lily. was wrecked by stones and
fired.
Wounded White Man Dies.
The twenty-sixth death uz-
recorded today when Berger Ds,rs..
"h'te' succumbed to injurl.S rccpn-
Cd Monday night
invest tigators sent into the BLACK
belt today reported negroes had
enough ammunition stored in -
MONIES TO enable them to carry on =
guerilla warfare indefinitely.
Police stationed in the "bIsrL.
belt reported increased firing nv
Shipers' Both whites and black
hfed on each other from places or
concealment and uniforms Of ns-
trolmen and soldiers were no pro-
tecuon. Scores OF negroes crowded
depot waiting rooms ana were pas-
sengers on outgoing trains
Foreigner In TroubIe.
I Foreigners OF dark compIe,ro,
were in trouble. Greeks S,-ris,.
Italians and Cubsns worc smopr-
those seeking police protert,oD
, They said they had been threstencd
when entering the loop"
Rev. Willis Thompson. a negro
was the first prisoner fined for psr-
tcipsting in the riots here. Onicer.
charged him with running through
the streets brandishinE a LOADED
pistol. Thompson said he had No
diploma, but said he had studied tho
Bible. He was fined SO and sent
home between two detectives
Jennie Adams. coIored. charged
with melting the riot. said the
flower pot which struck a white ma,
fell from her window. She may hsSr,
leaned against the receptacle a lit
tie, she said.
Grand Jury 20 Investigate.
The August grand jury. which CON-
venes next week. will obtain evidences
on the race riots through it, own in
vestiEstiOn, Msclay Hoyne. states al
torney, announced today. Vigorous
prosecutions will be instituted. Hovne
said, and charges OF murder by riot
ing will be made II the evidence can
be directly connected with any per,
son.
''Dum-dum' bullets were found on
Thomas Smith and Bob Jones. negro
porters, according 20 police The ne
groes were former soldiers.
Scheduled addresses OF former Sen
stor Albert J. Beveridge and Senator
Mccormick on the League Of Nat ons
were postponed because Il was fesrcd
to form the audience
Mccormick Scores Negroes.
Senator Mccormick. in an interview.
said:
THE entire matter is one OF fusii-
ficatiou. Thousands OF these colorcd
boys came to Chicago from the SoutI,.
They were used 10 being handled wit
\ out concern down there. ARD whoa
they came 70 Chicago they had a
kind OF an idea they could sit IN yoTr
lap or do anything they pleased
Il can best define the situation hcre
by an instance that happened in Wash
ington the other day. A colored bov
carrying a package under his sria
got into the elevator whore he was
\ followed by a whit" woman The
men have a habit down there OF taking
OF their hats in an elevator Shen