Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-24

To-nights casualty brought the mum.
Der resulting from the rioting which
began Saturday night to seven persons
dead. II believed to be fatally wounded
and scores injured, more or less seri-
ously.
Washington, July H.-At midnight to-
night the casualty list in Washingtons
race war totalled ten including two
deaths and two men probably dying,
while unconflrmed but police reports
placed the number at much greater
figure. OF the dead, one was a city de-
tective shot through the breast by a
negro woman. who was firing indiscrm-
inately from the upper story of her
house.
The negress. girl Of about II years
also was shot but not fatally. In another
part of the city a black firing from a
garage door kept a provost guard Of
soldiers, sailors and marines at bay for
several minutes. but finally was shot
down.
Many clashes occurred between whites
and blacks on street cars. One negro
attacked on the back end of a car fired
into the crowd following the car and
wounded four persons. but finally was
ported to have sent seven bullets into
the negroes body. Each of the four white
men were only slightly wounded
The fighting at midnight had resolved
largely to fighting between small groups
and in one of these encounters a marine
was reported to have been killed. AL
though service men had taken part in
the clashes. the most serious were those
in which the mobs were made up of
civilians.
Washington, July 21.-Rioting between
negroes and white broke out late tonight
in the national capital in retaliation for
| recent attacs by blacks on white women
and at 1870 o'clock one egro had been
killed and four persons wounded
Police stations late tonight were
| swamped with reports of clashes between
mobs Of whites largely made up Of SOL
diers, sailors and marines and negroes
| in many sections of the city. The negro
killed was struck over the head by a ma
rine during one of the numerous fights on
street cars.
| Crowds moved up and down Pennsyl-
vania avenue between the capitol and the
White House despite the presence in the
city of two troops Of cavalry and an
armed service men. grew more determined
as the night wore on and outbreaks were
reported more frequently.
Norfolk. Va, July 11.-Serious riot;
broke out in the negro section of the city
tonight. Four persons. including a de
tective were shot biz no one was killed
| All police reserves and detachment OF
armed sailors from the naval base wer,
called out TO quell the disturbance.
.I-a a. -
of festivities to celebratee the home-com
! ing of negro troops.
! Washington, July 2L-The probable
death list in the nights fighting Later
was increased to four by the death Of E
second city detective who succumbed t
wounds received earlier in the evening
! in the fighting which resulted in the in
slant death of his fellow detective.
Harry Wilson, the first detective killed
was shot by a 17-year-old negress who
had opened fire from the second floor O
! a residence near Second and G streets
southeast. A second negress opened fire
| from the ground floor of a house acros.
men rushed the house which the frs
was holding. Thompson, the second de
! tective to die. was wounded during tn,
clash Only one arrest was made as
result of the attack, the young negres.
who was shot through the hips.