The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-09-03
RACE RIOT|NG
IN KNOXVILLE
LIEUT.. JAMES w. PAYNE, OF
MADIsoNvILLE KILLED
ACCIDENTALLY
RIOT STARTED OVER A MURDER
Labor Day Parade and All Political
Meetings Abandoned-Trains
Searched.
RIOT STARTED OVER A MURDER

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disorders occurred in knoxville Sun
day night following the race riots
Saturday night and early Sunday
which were the sequel to the storm
ing of the county Jail by mob in
tent upon lynching Maurice Mayes,
negro accused of the murder of
Mrs. Bertie Lindsey, a white woman.
The casualty list was increased by
four negroes who resisted attempts
to search them for arms. All were
wounded by national guardsmen, two
being shot and two others were stab
bed with bayonets.
Eleven hundred guardsmen of the
Fourth Tennessee infantry under
command of Gen, Sweeney, of Nash
vile and Col. Ewing Caruthers, of
Memphis, supplemented by two hun
dred special police and seventy-seven
deputy sheriffs, patrolled the city ali
night dispensing crowds and seaching
for firearms.
The guardsmen, who were in camp
near the city for annual target prac-
tice, also searched all arriving on
trains and have established barred
zone in the heart of the negro dis
trict where the worst of the rioting
early Sunday occurred. F0Er machine
guns were mounted at "a commanding
point i'm this district and other ma
chine guns have been mounted or
motor trucks ready for eventualities
Union leaders today called off thu
labor day parade scheduled for Mon
day and candidates abandoned al
political gatherings announced in cor
nection with the campaign for mum,
eipal Offices.
There has been shooting in various
sections of the city all day and this
continued tonight, causing dozens oi
riot calls. Most of this appears to
be hoOdisnism without injury to any,
one
How many have been killed anS
wounded EenAains largely a matter oi
guess work Some sections I'm which
the most zerious clashes 0ccurreI
have not been searched thoroughly
and report conflict as to the numbsl
| sf casualties which may be euncealei i
Two men are known to have beer
killed, fourteen others, eight white.
and six negroes are IN hospitals. OF
these foUr whites and two negroes
are not expected to recoE1- Sixteen
wGmdgd white men had their wounds
dressed gn one hospital. Nany have
had injuries a44endtrd to at their
hunes.
Dead and injured
Ehe ,tg1own Gaad are:
FTRST LIEUTENANT .JA MES w
PAYNE, MadiRnnUiBe, KY, regular
army
JOE ETTERs negro.
The injured m hospitals included
Private =. V. Henderson Of the Ten
nessee national guard who may die.
Lieut. Payne was killed accidental
ly by machine gun bullet. He
Was 200 yards frgm The machine gun
ners with several other officers whe1
the party was frsd upon by negroes
from Setcond-stmy window. Payne
and misconceptions replied with their
automatic rifles and sonsht cover.
just as Lieut. Paype stepped be-
hind a telephone pole for protection
from the negroes bullets, the crew
If a machine gun further up the |
street opened fire upon crowd of
blacks seen advancing and shooting
n the distance. Lieut. Payne fell
n the arms of Capt. A. C. Parker of
Memphis, with dozen wounds in his
egs and body He died in an ambu-
ance.
Lieutenant Payne was attached TO
he 64th infantry, regular army, and
ad been detailed to the encampmentI
f the Fourth Tennessee as an in
,rnctor. He volunteered for duty I
hen the riot call came SATURDAY.
light. His body was sent to Maids
nville, Ky.