The sun., 1919-10-03
ARKANSAS RIOTERS
SHOOT AT GOVERNOR
One of Four Negroes Kills an
Alderman-Posse Stays
the Entire Band.
u. S. TROOPS IN CONTROL
Two Soldiers Wounded, One
Dies-White at Little Rock
Arrested in Dragnet.
special DESPATCH to TEE suN


ELAINE, Ark, Oct. with the killing
of o. r. Lilly, member of the Board Of
Aldermen Of Helena by one of four
negroes who were under arrest; the
death Of Corporal Luther Earle. the
Staying of the entire quartet OF blacks
by members of the posse. the shooting
OF two soldiers, the narrow escape from
death of Gov. Brough and Chaplain q. c.
Sliney of Boston, who were with troops
of the Third Division searching the
canebrakes in Phillips county for ne
groes, the race riot that has ruled all
Phillips county the past forty-eight
hours is believed to have been tempora-
rily brought under control.
Five hundred Federal troops tonight
patrol the streets and environs or
Elaine, Helena and other small towns In
the vicinity
The death of Alderman Lilly brings
the number of white fatalities UP to FOUR
while at least eleven negroes are known
to have been killed, and the canebrakes
are believed to contain the bodies OF at
least that many more.
Sergeant Earl Gay of Headquarters
Company and Corporal Luther Earle OF
Company II. Fourth Infantry, were shot
early this morning. Corporal Earle lin
gered until tonight. He died at Helena
Hospital at 1880 p. NJ. Sergeant Gay
wounds are serious, but not fatal
shot by n Prisoner.
Alderman Lilly was guarding the
quartet of prisoners being taken to
Helena when DR.. d. A. E. johnson, Hell
ena negro and credited with being an
agitator for race equality. reached over,
grabbed Lilly's gun and shot him. Mem
| bers of the posse then shot the four, Kill
ing them all. They all were related tc
| johnson.
Gov. Brough and Chaplain Sliney mar
rowly escaped being wounded wheI
bullets struck the automobile in which
they were riding. They fattened ou
| upon the ground and abandoned the car
following the troops through the cane
brakes on foot.
Negroes of the county. agitated by
negro named Hill. or Hand, and know
as "Progressor." were being secretly or
ganized to strike on October and stol
picking cotton. This negro. with u
A. E. Johnson. was said TO nave pee'
holding a meeting yesterday at tn
negro church at Hoop Spur when Office
Adkins was killed. The negroes wer'
arninp themselves with high powel
guns. awaiting the day. They had beei
told according to statements or som
of their number who are in jail mere
that the Government would send mai
down to buy their cotton, representing
the cotton congress. The negroes wer
told that the day of emancipation wa
at hand. that they were to oecom
rulers of the land and were to receiv
SO cents n pound for their cotton.
O. s. Bratton. a well known Repuo
lican OF Little Rock and son OF
S. Bratton, Republican postmaster, wa
arrested with the negroes and Is bein
held In the Phillips county Jail as a
accessory to the killing of Adkins.
1t is declared he went to Elaine I
handle cases growing out of disagree
ments between farmers and their EN-
ployees The negro who is said to b
chiefly responsible for the uprising an
who declared himself to be an agen
of the Progressive Farmers Associatio
has not been found
Seventy-five negroes. many OF whor
were fully armed when captured. ar
being held in jail at Helena, wher
/ they are guarded by troops. More al
rests are being made hourly.