The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-05-14
Bluejackets Are Confined to the Navy
Yard
MAYOR MAKES STATEMENT
Says the Negroes Of Charleston Will
be Protected by City
Overnment.

ONeTnWenl.
| Out Of the confusion during, and on
the heels of, the rioting here late
Saturday night and early yesterday
morning, it was established yester-
day that two men, Isaac Doctor and
James Talbert, both coiored, are dead
ANA at least seventeen negro men,
seven blue.iackets and one policeman
wounded. Talbert succumbed yester-
day to woNnds. No information with
respect to the names OF the wounded
| bHneiackets was made public yester-
day.
County Coroner John G.. Mansfield
announced that an inquest into the
deaths Of Doctor and Talbert will be
held in the fireproof building Thurs
day at noon. Jacob Cohen and Frank
llolloday, bluejackets, are accused of
having killed Doctor. They are being
held IN the custody of the naval
authorities, who purpose to make a
thorough investigation into the dis
orders.
Last night tension in the streets
was high and police and provost
guards were Keeping a very close
watch on the situation, prepared to
act vigorously in the event of a re-
crudescence of the disorders. Only
MINOR conflicts were reported by the
pollce, however. Somebody fired eve
pistol shots into the air in the vicin-
| lty OF Tradd and Legare streets at
$3.50 O'Clock last night, and this gave
rise to reports Of an exaggerated
! nature.
No Leave of Absence.
because of the rioting, bluejackets
at the Navy Yard and the naval train
'nE camp will be denied leave of alb
sence: Only those armed with special
permits Will be allowed to leave the
| reservation and come into town. Mar
red b!ueJackets whose wives are liv-
| ing IN Charleston are exempted from
the operations of the drastic order
| IN the absence of official explana-
| ton OF the beginning of the disorders.
Varlous conflicting reports persisted
throughout yesterday. However, it is
agreed that the riotinc had its genesis
on Beaufain street near Charles. when
Doctor was killed after, it is said. he
h"d assaulted bueiackets. One ver-
sion is that Doctor iostlcd through
Two blue jackets. who demonstrated
Doctor is reported to have hurled epj-
thets at the two white men and then
10 nave committed an assault with q
weapon.
From this beginning the disorders
81 read over a wide area. as far south
as kng and Beresford streets and be-
yond Columb bus street on the north
IN TACT 1t IS declared that in the
suburbs, because Of the riotinp
negroes "sniped" at passing motor
cars, men in the service being their
intended targets. Persons who were
IN touch with the disorders in their
various stages said that comparativelv
re" white civilians were involved in
the rioting.
EVERY sort of weapon was used
during the series Of meiees, from pis-
tols and rifles down to ordinary brick
bats. At the station house there was
remarkable collection of missiles
winch had been taken from men who
mad been brought there, some under
SPECIFIC charges and others for de-
tentlon. The one piece of serious
properly damage was that at Fridie's
central Shaving ParIor, 3O5 King
street. At least two shooting CALLER
les were ralded and their firearms and
amm1nition removed.
important Conference Held.
Mayor Hyde, Rear Admiral Francis
T.. Beatty, commandant of the sixth
naval district; Solicitor Thomas P.
Stoney,, County Coroner John G.l
Mansfield, Chief of Police Joseph a
Black and several naval officers hold
a conference at the station house YES
terday. The situation was freely
canVassed. 1t was decided by the
naval officers to revoke leave of alb
sence Tor all men in the service.
Inc names Of the wounded blue
jackets were not available yesterday.
These men are in the hospital at the
Navy Yard. Special Policeman Boil
man was struck in the head and pain
fully wounded. Following were the
known casualties among the negroes:
Dead, Isaac Doctor, shot in the BODY:
James Talbert. shot at close quarters,
many wounds in body. Injured, Moses
Gadsden. shot in leg; Peter Irving,
shot in back; Nathan Flowers. shot
N leg; Edward Campbell, shot in
oark; Thomas Ingram, cut about head
and face: Gus Camrer, shot in hin:
Clifford Singleton cut about shoulders
and head; James Wilson, shot in
back: Charles Burton, cut about head
and face; Nose GLADDEN., kneecap shot
Off; Frank Foeld, shot in hig and leg:
Frank Grant, cut about body; Viii |
liam Brown, shot in head; Isaac |
Moses, bayoneted in leg. Irving, who |
IS only thirteen years old, is paralyzed |
from his hips down and, with re-
moval of his kneccap, it Is said to be |
doubtful if the boy will ever walk
again. None of the wounded negroes
is considered to be desperately hurt.
Protection For Negroes.
Immediately after leaving the con-
ference in the station house Mayor
Hyde authorized the following state