The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-07-23
RIOTS CONTINUE
IN WASHINGTON
Guards Who Searched Negroes
Shot to Death. Troops
Patrol Streets.
oruED WOMEN ATTACKED
OTHER WOMEN ATTACKED

With the exception of sporadic
firing in the negro district on ac-
count of clashes between negroes
and whites last night. only one
white man was shot and another IA
tally wounded. Scores of casualties
consisting of cuts, bruises, from
knives and cJuos and the throwing
OF stones but these were of minor
importance.
Following the conference between
President Wilson and Secretary Ba-
lker 1000 troops under the COM
mand of Major General Haan re-
Gently returned from overseas have
Ibeen ordered from nearby camps.
The main trouble now seems to
be with the negroes who are retail
Hating against the whites for at
tacks on them made by the whites
| On Saturday and Sunday night.
Washington, July 22.-(By the
Associated Press. .)-Even while the
trioting was at its height early to-
iday, reports of another attack upon
a white woman came. Frightened
away once, her assailant hid and
renewed his attack as she left he1
house. She escaped only when 1
but stripped of her clothing.
Race hatred in the National Cap
lital, engendered by attacks on white
women by negroes and famed by
three successive nights of rioting
found expression again tonight in
clashes between whites and blacks
IA home defense guard was sho
and killed, second guard fatal!
wounded, dying later, and an
lother white man slashed severel.
by a razor welded by a negro. Al
of the negro assailants escaped.
The outbreaks however, wer
sporadic and confined to singl
: VICINITY near Eight and M Streets
,thecenter of the black district of tn
:. northwest section. This was due i
the opinion of the authorities to tn
, extraordinary precautions taken
prevent formation of mobs and
I a rain which began to fall early i
the evening.
;, Approximately, 1900 troops-Ca
: airy, infantry marines and sailor
l-patrolled the streets I and waite
supplementing regular and volu1
: teer police deatchments of Marine
: from Quantico, Va, and regular
iunder command of Major Gener;
y William G. Haan from camp Mead
= arrived early in the evening an
= took up stations in various parts
the city or on the outskirts.
II Tonight's casualties brought tt
: number resulting from the rioti1
" which began Saturday night,
% seven persons dead, eleven belle
ed to be fatally wounded, and SEQ
es injured, more or less seriously.
- The only fatal outbreak occur
n ing tonight up to midnight result,
10 from the stopping of negro
n Isaac Halbfiuger, a home. defen
20 guard. Halbfiuger attempted
search the black who drew o. g
to land shot the guard through t
20 heart. Another home guard Ii
"a 'Halbgiuger armed only with a RI
RI stick ran to his companions ass
ar itance and also was shot. He di
,r- later. The negro escaped.
m Two negroes with a razor set up
a white man in the northwest Sc
n ion of the city as he was Ieavi
I'm his home and before he could
cape slashed him with a razor.
OF Negroes in several parts of |
,al city were reported to have fired
ng passing whites but in no other
ng stances was any killed or fnjur
Mt. Scores of negroes were arrested
on might charged with carrying Il
ir- farms with which they have b,
,u- stocking up for several days.