Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1919-10-03
CASUALTY LIST AMONG WHITES !
IN ARKANSAS RACE RIOTS CROWS
! To FIVE WITH DEATH Of SOLDIER

HELENA, Ark, Oct. 2.-Ffve deac
and five wounded made up the list o
white casualties tonight as the result
oc an uprising of negroes in the vi
cinitv of Elaine, IS miles south OF TINS
citv. which broke forth Tuesday n1gh'
and caused a reign of terror in the
southern part Of Phillips county until
the arrival of federal troops from
Camp Pike today, sent at the request
of Governor Brough. The number OF
known negroes dead stood at IL, one
of them a woman, with others vari
ously estimated at five to Is, reported
TO have been killed.
The white dead are:
o. r. Lilly, member of the board OF
aldermen OF Helena, shot and fatally
wounded today by one OF four negroes
he was guarding in an automooile
en- route to Helena.
Corporal Luther Earl, company II,
Fourth infantry, fired on from am,
bush near Elaine today. He died in
a Helena hospital tonight.
w. A. Adkins, posse member, shot
and fatally wounded near Hoop Spur
at the inception of the uprising.
James A. Tappan, member of the
sheriffs posse, shot and fatally
wounded Wednesday.
The white wounded are:
Ira Proctor, Charles Pratt, j. X.
Dalzell, w. K. Monroe, all residents
of Helena. and members Of posses, and
Sergeant P. B. Gay, Headquarters
company.
proctor was reported in a critical
condition late tonight. None of the
others is believed to be seriously hurt.
Elaine Quiet.
Reports from Elaine tonight stated
that the situation there and in the
vicinity was quiet with the troops in
complete control. Outwardly Helena
was quiet up to a late hour tonight,
but with the situation tense. Troops
in conjunction with civilian posses
patrolled the streets. Guard also is
maintained at the public utilities
plants.
Home addresses Of Corporal Earl
and Sergeant Gay could not be learned.
Both fought In the third division
along the Marne and in the Argonne
forest. Search continued today Of
buildings suspected OF being the hid
ing places for arms and ammunition,
stored by negroes In anticipation Of
the present outbreak.
Twelve high powered rifles and sew
eral cases OF ammunition were found
in one building.
HELENA, Ark, Oct. 2.-With fed
eral troops patrolling the village of
Elaine, detachments on duty at Mel
wood and other towns in the southern
part of Phillips county, and COM
pany of soldiers stationed in Helena
as a precautionary measure, the stu
alton due to race rioting in the vicin-
ity OF Elaine, while intensified today
by the killing of o. R. Lilly, member
Of the board of aldermen OF this city,
and Corporal Luther Earl. was be-
lieved to be well In hand tonight.
Both Governor Brough of Arkansas,
whose request that 500 soldiers of the
Third division, stationed at Camp
Pike, were sent to the scene of disor-
der, and Col. l. G. jerks, in command
of soldiers expressed confidence early
tonight that the force on hand would
be ample to restore normal condi-
tions. Governor Brough accompanied
the troops from Camp Pike this morn
ing.
Grab LilIy's Pistol.
The killing Of Mr.. Lilly, who was
shot to death by one Of four negroes
who had been taken prisoner and
whom he was guarding In an automo-
bile en- route to Helena, and the death
of Corporal Earl from wounds he re-
eeived. increased the number of white
dead as a result of the disorders to
five. Eleven negroes are known to
have been killed and several others
are reported to have lost their lives,
but their bodies have not been 10
Gated. The four negroes were in the
automobile when one of them seized
LilIy's pistol and shot him. Other
posse members then fired on the ne
groes, killing all of them. Other In
cidents of the day were the finding
Of a negro woman fatally wounded
near Elaine and the wounding of two
OF the soldiers. Sergeant Earl Gay
OF the headquarters company, anC
Corporal Luther Earl or company II
Fourth infantry. The latter was ,Rho
in the face and died last night. Ser
geant Gay was not badly hurt.
Governor Endangered.
Governor Brough and Chaplain E
G. Sliney. of Boston, narrowly escaped
injury when three bullets whizzet
over the automobile in which the.
were accompanying a detachment o
soldiers beating the cane brake nea
Elaine for hiding negroes. The,
abandoned the car and followed tn
troops afoot.
While the killing OF w. D. Adkin
Tuesday night and the wounding o
two other men deputized to invest
gate alleged disorderly conduct on tn
part of white man in the Elain
neighborhood, precipitated the ou
break, propaganda circulated by whit
and negro agitators tending to Great
rebellious action on the part Of negr
tenant farmers is said to have forme
the basis OF the disorder which ha
been brewing Cor two weeks or NOR,