Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-08-02

who took charge of the prosecutions
following the East St. Louis riots q
few years ago declared punishment
OF The guilty here was certain.
a second attempt by rioting whites
to burn Negro home was success
fdl today when two story frame
house in EnglewOod far south of the
niain tltcls belt was burned to the
ground None OF tho se-R'al families
of NegI oes who lived in the building
Was injured. All fed so quickly
from the promises that the police
were unable to question them concern
the incendiaries.
WHITE WOMAN SHOOTS NEGRO.
\ White CONAN shot atNegro in tie
siile on South Wabash avenue Ibis
Afternoon. She escaped unidentified
y crowd Ct 1000 white tren pu,su
ci Il Negro several blocks In Wabash
Avenue near Congress street this aft
crnron. He darted into IL Building
and WAS later rescued by moantcd
police, Ans Their Negro who WAS chas
cd by mob in the downtown district
escaped by climbing the elevated
road structure. ii,
A Silliman 40 years Old white was
stabbed shot and beaten By a crowd
of Negroes early today OH the south
side and probably will die Of his
wounds. He was chased by moi,
and sought refuge i'll a House occupf
ed by Negroes.
Few Negroes went to- work today.
The most seriously affected district
was the stock yards where Gully half
the working forces reported, despite
heavy police guards along the chief
thoroughfares leading to- the yards.
Railroads reported that there had been
no noticeable exodus of blacks FROM
the city. Reports that the $4,000
Southern Negroes who came to CHI
cago to get the high war wages had
begun. to drift south again were.
secured by railroad mtn:
ORDERS TO POLICE AND TROOPS
&In anticipation of thf. call for State
troops. Col. Arson IL. Bolcc> assist.
ant to Adjutant CONCEAL Dickson Is
sued Il general order 'sontroatng~ both,
the police and military i'm dealing,
with race riotcrs:' The order says;
Captain OF Police Mullen will taku
charge Of the military. situation.
An men, aren instructed not to fire
except by order or the commanding
officcrs
Capt. Mullen, Wal instruct. Whit, he
wants done. The method OF, doing lit
after we receiven the Instructions dc
pends on. tire Judgment and discrot
ion Of the military command.
If there is III mob and tho civil an.
thorities instruct the military forces
to dispense, lit, It IS up to the military
forces how tEa dispensing is, dono,
Employ. aM peaceable means possf
BILE to dispense the mob; fire only rs
the last resort. The bayonct and the
butt are to be used before firing is
commenced. and will be found much
more afESctiye.
Under the police direction yoa are
entirely Justified in taking extreme
measures for tue protection of life
and property"
POLITICAL INFLUENCE CHARGED
Coroner Holman today impansll :
ed a jury and as deaths nre report
ed the mcmbcrs will view the bodies
and take preliminary steps in tho IN
quiry. Although no definite date has
been set for tho taking OF testimony,
the coroner said the inquest would he
in courtroom under heavy guard
amt that al, witnesses white and black
would be searched for weapons.
States Attorney Maclay Hoyne as
signed several assistants to the work
of gathering evidence, The prosecu
tor also called upon the police depart
mcnt to preserve the names or Wit
nesses to tho various riotous happcsi
ings. Mr.. Hoyne also indicated that
his activities might go outside of in
vestigations OF actual disorder.
I have heard, he said that through
the influence Of politicians and alder
men, somo OF the men arrested for
rioting have been turned out as soon
as they were taken to the police sta
ton shall also Investigate this.