Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-18
FORMER SERVICE
MEN GUARD CITY
WIDOW OF SLAIN MAN has Az
pEAIED TO MEMBERS on
MOB TO BIAllAND.
BY AssoeIAlsd Preas.

Wy AsHocthttd ffeNs.
INDEPENDENCE, kas.. Dec. ~.
kansas national gunrdsmcn were
reported on their way a. this little
oil clly tonight 10 take charge of
the situation growing Out uf last
nights fnce trouble. which resulted
In the killing f two persons ana
the wounding u five others
Following q dny of apprehension
/ over tthe possibility uf further
trouble should an attempt be- mad.
tonight to lynch Noble Green. ne
gro accused ~ the shooting ~ H.
u Wharton. n whit" grocor Mayor
John l.. Walman announced h. had
been promised two companies of
giardsinen would be- sent here from
Wichita.
II WAS the killing ~ Wharton and
the subsequent arrest uf Green by q
posFce that brought the racial feeling
to a climax and prccipitatcd last night
disorders
Oinn Small. q i1v-ar old whit" youth
was shot on the street this afternoon
10y another white hoy who carried rifle
Small's condition was reported serious.
Al persons without special pcrni' 3
were ordered of the streets after o..
m. hy proclamation Of Mayor Wadman
Business houses dance halls. club
rooms. lodges and theatres were closed
under the proclamation. and all public
gatherings forbidden.
Jail Surrounded
Officials were apprehensiyc that with
nightfall there would come an attempt
io storm the jail and obtain Green
Green was positively Identified today
bN Ralph Mitchell ~ the man he saw
run from Wharion'r store. after shoot
ing Wharton and louting the cash regis
ter The announcement VI the ldenti
flcHtion ~ Green increased the tension
!; appeared late to-day that AN out
nf the woundlng Of Small. An excited
crowd gathered about the city hall and
tail and rifles and shot guns of former
service men were cooked.
The crowd. however. ispcraed wheh
was announced that the youth was
sho, accidentally.
The city presented the appearance a
an armed camp. Throughout the da,
world war veterans wearing nondescriit
clothing and carrying rifles and shot
guns were stationed on every stree.
The jail In which Green ~ held was
"vcr run with armed civilian guards
a STEADY stream ~ applicants Tor
commissions es deputies appeared to b.
sworn IN. Numbers came from sur'
rounding towns, 4 coroners inqucs,
was held behind closed doors TO investi.
gate the tioting last night. In which a
whit" school boy and Il negro wcr'
Killed and five others wounded. Th'
finding was not given out. Tho funeral
~ Wharton was held late IN the d,y
and this served To stir comment from
-hite riti7ens who congrogated On ~.
cry street corner.
Mob Asked Ga Disband.
Negroes were seen here and there on
the streets during the day. hut the
were not molestcd. Two negroes wer,
hrr' sted by the civilian guards and held
Tor al, gcd incendlary remarks After
nom newspapers printed AN appeT.
from ihc widow of Wharton 60 an ciii'
Uns to abstain from mob violence AM
let the law take It's course IN dealing
with the alleged slayer uf her husband
The rioilne las, night broke out n'a-
tho city hail and the First rr,~hvterian
hurch MaNur Wndman and Chief 81
Police HALL had gone to get a crowd ~
twenty negroes who had approached
the Jail ~ they announced To- pgotcr
Green from threat of mob violenc"
The city Officials departed. believing
the negroes we're about 10 dishnnd. ar.
,oording To- chief Hall Then abou, eight
lcf the negroes crossed the street. where
they encountered a group of white men
~. WAS an accidental shot fired ~
| arthur Hopper the negro who wa'
Killed. that prccipiintcd IN. shootins 2
ace, riding to the chief Firing then h,.
lcame general ON both sidrs
when the smoke cleared away tw,
minutes later. 1, was found that Law
cncc Clennan. white school hoy
said to have been bystsndcr. was Xiii
81 The five wounded were rushed q
hospitals.
/ 4 mob later gathered before the sal
demanding Green. hut dispersed wher
Mitchell told them he had no, Identified
Green as IA. negro who killed Wharton
/ Window In a downtown negro clui
were Eho, on. early this morning. tn,
tire was returned from the club. q
was rcpor;ed no one was wounded