The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-07-19

ordered to go to Longview this eve
ming to assist in restoring order.
THE SITUATION SATURDAY.
Longview, Texas, July ITO all
outward appearances perfect placidity
prevails now in Longview, whore
two nights ago conflicts between
whites and Negroes caused appre-
hension of more serious possibilities
and prompted Mayor Bodenheim to
ask the Governor to send State
troops and Texas Rangers. 1t seems
improbable that further trouble win
develop.
Tonight it is planned to take the
four Negroes who are in the Long.
view jail to Huntsville or to Dallas
The officers, as measure of pre-
caution, do not give specific informa-
ton ON this point.
With the removal of these Negroes
from Longview, and continued pres
ence here of rangers and soldiers,
Mayor Bodenheim and other leading
citizens express confidence that there
will be neither opportunity nor incli-
nation for rashness.
No Trace of Men.
No traces have been found OF S.
L. Jones, the Negro school teacher,
and @. p. Davis, the Negro physician,
who were sought by a party of Long.
view white men Thursday night. Ac.
cording to local officers, each of the
wives of these Negroes and their
children left Longview on night
trains Friday, and it Is now believed
the two men succeeded in reaching
railroad stations in this part of the
State and taking trains for the North
The houses of Jones and Davis,
which were among the six Negro
houses burned Friday night, were
rather attractive bungalows.
The house of Davis cost about S10,-
600 and was handsomely equipped.
The four wounded white men are
all improving.
> At meeting of about twenty-five
leading citizens this morning, Rbank
ers, business and professional men
being present, a formal expression
was made depreciating the destruction
OF property by the party OF white
men who fired the Negro houses. Ii
happened that there was practically
no wind, but speakers at this morn
ing's meeting called attention to the
confiagration that could have oc-
Cured had there been enough wind
to spread the flames.
kilograms have been sent by May.
County Judge Bramlette and other
officials to Governor Hobby and Ad.
jutant General Harley expressing
thanks for the prompt response to
Longview's request for rangers and
soldiers and saying the quick arrival
of these troops probably prevented
further fighting and the loss of lives
of both white men and Negroes.
Uncle John Howard, who is rs
years DID, all of which time has been
spent in this county, about twenty
years of it as Sheriff, during which
period he had experiences with some
thirteen mobs, observed this morning
that ne believed thirty lives, at least
had been saved because the soldiers
and rangers reached here before the
passion had opportunity to sweep
men to further excuses. "And
ought to know added Uncle John
II expect I've seen more of this sort
of thing than any man in this coun
ty"
Number of Negroes Questioned.
District Judge G. L. Brachfieli and
District Attorney Clifford S. Stone
both of Henderson, came here today
and, with the rangers and city and
county officials. are investigating the
trouble. A special grand jury may
be summoned to consider the affair
A number of Negroes have been
questioned by these officers today
some white men are being examined
tonight and it is considered probable
that there will be arrests of white
men, They will make bond and await
action by the grand jury.
Yesterday very few Negroes were
upon the streets of Longview, but
today the usual crowd came in from
the country for Saturday trading.
Early this morning an automobile
carrying cross-country party drove
to local garage to get gasoline. A
guardsman came up as the car stop
ped How much gas you got?' he
asked Enough to go thirteen miles,
was the reply. We'll" said the sol
dier, you'll hit another town by then
Beat it, brother. Nobody allowed on
the streets in this burg. There's a
war on"
However, newspaper correspondents
have passes giving them the free
dom of the city at all hours"
Gee, said one of them, "Pve
shown my pass more in one block
in Longview than did over half the
battle front in Europe"