Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-21
KILLING BY NEGRO
Continued from pnge I

The disturbance which ended when the
police hurried the Negroes from the
church while Father Thomas Nj. Burke
was talking to the crowd, WAS followed by
minor outbreaks.
The man killed was Thomas y. Barrett
an emplove of the Chicago surface lines
who the police said had been arrested
several times on charges of assaulting
colored men According to the police the
trouble started when Barrett began abusing
the Negroes. threatening one of them.
One Negro is then said to have drawn
razor, almost scvering Barrett $ head at one
stroke.
The Negro used razor and inflicted
such deep cash that Barretts head
was almost cut off Barrett was street
car motorman, but he was hot IN UNIFORM.
The Negroes ran. Crowds OF whlte
men followed them. The colored trio
took refuge in St Gabriels Roman Catho-
lie Church, at Forty~ffth and Wallace
streets The church was surrounded by
angry men carrying bricks, oudges and
other weapons.
The crowd grew both in numbers and
| in hostility Lynch EN- they cred
! "String EN- up. Shoot EN-. kill EN-.
! Acting Lieutenant Bullard of the Stock
| yards station telephoned Chief oi Police
| Garritv. who at once mobilized the re-
serves in eight. police stations and ar
/ ranged for sixty men to be sent 10 tine
/ district in patrol wagons Meanwhile two
/ Negroes chased by whites were rescued
by whites and taken To the Stock Yard
station The patrol wagon that took them
out of the hands Of the mob was stoned
all the way to the station, the crowd Ieer-
ing the police.
The siege Of the church was continued
for more than an hour. Several attempts
were made 10 rush the police, but the moi
hesitated when the guns were leveled al
their faces The Negroes, terror stricken
kneeled before the altar and prayed, their
voices, high pitched as they were, beinf
drowned i'm the clamor OF the surgirg mob
While Captain Hogan was calling ioi
100 more policemen, and while the moi
continued to howl lynch EN- ami let
show Bill Thompson what we think o
his friends" the police in the .hurcf
became uneasy Finally they jerked thu
colorei men to their feet, led them 70
side door of the church and rushed then
into the parochial residence Father Ihoma
NJ Burke. pastor Of the parish, received
the frightened fugitives and pronises
them shelter. The crowd had not seen tn
transfer of the prisoners
Chief of Police Garrity and the men Q
the Homicide Squad arrived st the churcl
shortly after s o'clock. One Negro ha'
been found hiding in q confessional. tn
chief was told The others had takel
temporary refuge in the sactuary, cover
ing themselves with piles of cassocks an
s,irplices They were glad to see the pohc
and made no attempt at resistance.
Garrity and his men took the thre
prisoners away in an automobile, un
known to the mob, which for several hour
clamored at the church doors for the
, surrender. At Q O'Clock the Negroe
had been locked up IN the Hyde Par
Police station and the mob around th
church had dispersed, chasing coiore
people whenever encountered.
Three Negroes were pulled OH stre'
car at Forty-seventh street and Inlo
! avenue by white men and severely beea
! en-. The mob stopped the car by pnllIn
the trolley pole off the wire.