The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-21
RADICAL PLOT
IN CHICAGO
In the Rioting Which Broke
Out Furiously Last
Night
FLAG
WAS SET AFIRE
Two White Men Killed and
Two Negroes Serious
ly Injured

cal agitator, and three negroes in con
nection with rioting in Chicago "blacl
| belt" last night, during which tw,
white men were killed and two negroe,
were seriously injured. The fightin.
followed dispersal of parade of ne
gro members of the "Star Order o
| Ethiopia" an organization said to ad
vocate return of the negro to Abys
sinia, and Immediately after one OF th,
leaders of the parade had set fire TO az
American flag.
Police to-day emphasized that tltt
rioting was not the result of racia
feeling but more probably the result
of radical plot. They pointed out
that negroes and whites had cooper
ated in an effort to resent the insult
to the flag However, several Incl,
dents, including the maltreatment OF
three negro ministers, many blocks
from the scene of the rioting, occur,
ring later in the night, savored of race
rioting.
The negroes sought as the leaders in
the plot to burn the flag are Joseph
Fernon, who is said To call himself
"The Great Abyssinian," his son and
Grover Redding, who il is said. claims TO
be native of Abyssinia. The three
negroes led the parade yesterday,
mounted on horses and wearing fan
tastic rainmeht.
Redding and seven other negroes,
said to have been leaders in ycster-
days parade. were arrested to-day.
Redding was caught at railroad sta
tion just after he had purchased a
ticket for ST. Louis
Jonas, who. police declared, was back
of the movement for the return of the
negroes to Abyssinia, yesterday was
the principal speaker at meeting
which had for its object the launch
ing Of boom for Mayor William Hale
Thompson az third party candidate
for president, who would rally the sol
i'd Irish and negro vote.
The killing of the white men. who in
.emded Robert L. Rose, sailor. sta
toned at Great Lakes. aroused hun
dreds Of sailors on leave in Chicago
and eansed issuance Of an order for
the arrest and immediate dispatch TO
Great Lakes of all sailors found on
the streets.
The other white man killed was 10
seph Hoyt. 50 years old, clerk in r
cigar store near the scene of the shoot
ing He was shot with what is lie.
lieyed to have been a dunn dun bull
let His head was split as if by an
axe. The negroes who were wounded
included Joseph =. Owens. policeman
For several hours after the rioting
started crowds formed in and around
the outskirts of the black belt" but
700 police. rushed to the district, sue
eeeded with little trouble in dispensing
them.
Besides the beating administered 10
t etthree negro preachers by crowd
Of white men, negro buying a ticket
At the Polk station down town, was
seized by crowd of p white men and
severely beaten. -Four negroes in a
taxieab, near the SAME station. also
we're SET upon by crowd but escaped.
+. According 10 witnesses of the burn
ing Of the flag and subsequent shoot
ng. the parade led by the Fernons aud
dispersed in front OF cafe
It 35th street and Indian avenue. The /
parade was 10 have been followed by |
/ meeting in hall over the cafe.
One Of the leaders Of the procession. !
believed to have been the elder Fernon /
ook a flag from parcel and set fire |
% II Spectators asserted that the |
lag was saturatedswith oil and that |
[ burned readily.
Policeman Owens was notified OF /
he act, rushed To the scene and to-
ward one Of the men, his club raised
IS though TO strike. witnesses said.
Inc Of the men on horseback il WIS
declared. fired AZ him with a short
fife. woundinr him with the first shot.
Rose. the sailor. who had been tour
ne the south side with two. compsn
pns. sprung from an automobile when
Ie saw the parade and was almost
Z the policeman's side when the latter
vas shot. according to spectators. Tie
urned and ran into q nearby cigar
tore. pursued by several men with
ersons near the scene and Rose and
Ioyt. the cigar clerk, dropped dead.
During the shooting a second flag
.as thrown upon the flames hut was
rescued before il Was burned
shortly after the arrival of police
nd dispersal Of the crowds word WAS
ent out for the arrest Of Jonas. Be
ore the order for his arrest was issued
r was secn hv a newspaper man and
eclared that h. had nothing 10 de- with
BE- parade. he denounced Redding a.
radical and an agiiator but when
he pclice made en- effort 10 locate him
p had disappeared they said.