The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-06-26
WHITE CRATER PROVOkES
RACE DISTURBANCE
Chicago Negroes Resent Burning of
American Flag and Conflict
Follows
"a. N. Z. SerNiceN

: . "a. N. Il. Service)
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 21.-One Ne
gro policeman, diSintercSted cigal
: sore clerk and meddlesome sail
or were the victims in Il near rio
scene at Indiana Avenue and 35tl
street, Sunday night. The sailor
and the clerk are dead. The Ne
gro policeman may die. All wer,
shot IN a fracas that was started
by flag ceremonial in which a
group of Colored people styling
themselves the Star Order of Alb.
ySslnia,' were engaged in at the
front of Entertainers Hall in 35th
street and Indiana avenue.
The society had been parading
through the streets in the BLACK
Belt' and had halted at the front
of the hall where ceremony in
which the American and the Abys-
4 Slnuan llagS were symbolic features.
was started. Feeling that the Am
erlcan flag was being deSecrated by
the ceremony, the Negro policeman
rushed at the crowd followed by
the sailor. In the scrap precipilat-
ed by their action the sailor W.
Killed, the policeman probably fa-
tally wounded and the clerk was
killed in his store by stray bul-
let.
Charge Flag Burning.
"A statement by Joseph p. Owens,
the wounded Negro officer, de-
clareS tat the ceremony included
tc burning of the flags by the So
Ciety and ii was this action that
pi ompted him TO attempt to break
up the proceedings. "The crowd
looked like group of Colored fore
igners to me. They had been parad-
ing through the streets all the after
noon and acting like nuts to my
way Of thinking When they stop
ped in front of the hall and began
the burning of the flags, ! thought
1t was high time to put stop to
the circus. | don't know how the
sailor got mixed up in the matter.
If he had kept out of the thing and
minded his own business | don't
think either Of us would have been
hurt"
Shot With Rifles.
The shooting is said to have been
with rifles. Onlookers stated that
when the policeman and the sailor
charged the crowd, two men rush
ed to an automobile that had been
used in the parade and took two
rifles from under the seats and be-
gan firing. Officer Owens fell at
the first volley and the sailor was
shol and fell dead over the pros
trate body of the policeman a few
seconds later. BY thiS time the /.
air was thick with the shouts of |.
the great crowds attracted to the |.
scene by the shooting. Patrols fill
ed with policemen began to arrive !
and when the excited people were
somewhat scattered it was then dis !
covered that the clerk in the cigar /.
store had been killed by stray bull
Lei.
Leaders of Society.
r. ID. Jones, a white agitator who !
has been preying upon credulous
Negroes in Chicago and elsewhere;
Grover c. Redding, Joseph Fernon
and his son are accused with being
tie inStigatorS of an agitation
which has been accounted as the
reason for series of demonstra-
tionS among the local Negroes
which called for 'back to Africa"
movement with the ultimate aim
of Hriuinn Tho x,fh.ta - % !
the Ozark Continent" Sunday
was the second time that the Socie-
ty had paraded through the "Belt
following a meeting held in hall
in South State street. The flag
feature occurred at each parade,
consisting, the members say, Of
fire conservation of both the Am
erican and Abyssianian emblcmS
to the cause Of liberty throughout
The world.
Not A Race Riot.
The incident was not a race riot.
The casualties were caused by the
Of a Negro police
officer and a meddleSome Jackie"
sailor. The store clerk was an un-
lucky bystander who was hit by
stray bullet. Swarms of police are
being kept in the "Belt' neighbor-
GOOD of 35 and Indiana who are
having an easy time watching the
,rowds of curious people who have
been drawn to the scene by the
wild and woody" stories publish
ed in the daily newspapers. In
1lher sections of the city sailors
ire amusing themselves beating
my lone Negroes who happen to
ind their way into sections outside
he BELT" In some of these Incl
lents the sailors have come out OF
he fracases with whole skins. In
'ther instances they have caught
he veritable "tartars" and been