Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-06-23
Race Riot in Chicago Causes
Death of Two; Several
q Are Wounded.

iiiSAoNttiSo 90 AhSSAN HSAASS--~~'
wounded tonight in a riot in the
heart of the South Side "black belt''
following the reported burning of the
American flag by a band of negroes
who were said to have paraded in the
interests of a ''back to Africa" move
ment.
The dead are:
R. L. Rose, white, a sailor.
Josept Hoyt, white, cigar dealer.
Rose was shot through the heart,
dying instantly.
Hoyt's head was split across the
brow, leading the police at first to
believe he had been killed by blow
from an axe. Later investigation,
however, brought the conclusion that
his skull had been split by dunn
hum bullet. He was taken to hos
pital where he died soon afterward.
The trouble occurred at Thirty
fifth street and Indiana avenue, near
the scene of last years race riot, in
which more than thirty whites and
blacks were killed and hundreds en-
jured.
Several hundred policemen were
rushed to the district and succeeded
( in restoring order before the dis
surbance spread. More than a thou
sand negroes gathered, but no gener-
al riot occurred.
Several negroes who witnessed the
flag burning ran to poolroom at
Thirty-sixth street and Indiana ave-
nue. and asked aid of persons in the
place in preventing the act.
Rose, who was in the poolroom and
a number of negroes proceeded to-
ward the gathering of the blacks.
They were Joined by Policeman
Owens, who attempted to arrest one
of the group.
Owens started to search the man
for a weapon when other negroes in
the crowd were reported to have
drawn pistols.
It was not known who fired the
first shot. Owens was wounded in the
back, and Rose, who had just left
Hoyt's cigar shop after enlisting the
aatter's aid, was shot through the
heart.
According to the statements of
spectators the parading negroes dis
banded and gathered. in circle
around an American flag, which they
set on fire. After it had burned lit
lie they stamped on it and then sew
.eral drew revolvers and began firing
at it.
The sounds of the shots attracted
many negroes who were not in the
parade and they rushed into nearby
poolrooms for assistance according
tto statements made to the police.
Police declared tonight that they
probably never would know the eX-
act number of wounded. Several
were carried off by friends, it was
said for the parading negroes disap-
peared rapidly after the first few
shots. Estimates ranged from one to
a dozen.
Dozen Arrests.
A dozen men, mostly negroes, were
arrested and questioned at the Cot
tage Grove police station.
According to the police the negro
organization, known as the "Abys-
sinians had been holding meetings In
the Chicago negro quarter for some
time, to persuade members of their
race to 20 to Liberia. Two American
flags were carride by the paraders as
they moved through the black belt.
The police learned that the Abys-
sinians were to sail on the Black
Star Steamship Company's vessels.
"We will leave nothing undone to
find the men who began this shooting
affray," Chief of Police Garrity said.
Sailors Taken Up.
When the police received word
that several hundred sailors had con-
,gregated at South States and Eighth
street, apparently planning to move
into the Southside, Chief Garrity sent
, out an order that all sailors be taken
into custody and either be held at
police stations or sent back to Great
Lakes station.
One negro, badly beaten, was
found in an alley between South
State and Dearborn streets and was
!. taken to a police station. 1t was not
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