The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-21
HEAYY DETAIL
IPOLICE0ACllARD
Precautions Taken to Prevent
Recurrence Of Race Trou-
\ bIes in Chicago.

2 Chicago, Ill.,, Sept 21.-onc small
priest with SMILE and the word
sanctuary on his lips did more than
Squads Of police last night in pre-
1venting the Threatened lynching OF
three negroes who took refuge in his
church. He is Father Thomas Burke
pastor of ST. Gabriel's church in the
N stock yards neighborhood. The
Encgroes were wanted for the murder
M of Il white man in a street corner
argpmcnt.
When Father Burke reached the
kchurch a mob estimated to number
&ncarly 5000 was packed about the
doors and hundreds more had already
entered in the search for the negroes
IN l. oreing his why In the priest shouted
What Is this sacrilege? Who are tht
NJ rowdies that storm the house o.
NJ God?p Some one explained. THAT
Fl makes no difference" he cried. This
81 place is sanctuary. | order every per
son in this building to leave ihffne
n diately and quietly.
Tho crowd broke and filed out. The
4 last man had left when n police rlo'
VI squad arrived. Taking the police m
n side Father Burke called to the, hidden
n negroes to come,
There was stir and one OF the
4 men stepped out from a, confessional
4 A pile of cassocks In a robing room
4 Welded a second and the third APP
4 peared from behind the altar ran
One knelt and kissed the priests
hand as the police spirited them ou'
side entrance.
With the negroes Sately ava!
Father Burke. smiling, went OUT u
address the mob.
60 home. Be peaceful and happy
There's too much trouble in the wollo
right now. Don't start more" was his
advice.
The mob left, ,.,s
FOR the protection OF, soAe g.oOO negr'
workers In the stock yards specla
rains preceded and followed by car
s.carrying policemen, were run TO-DAY .
transport the colored workers 10 TN
yards. a.. q
TKree negroes, accused OF the murue
of Thomas T. Barrett, are under arres
fltoday, while several others are held OF
N suspicion OF participating in the riots
The negroes charged with murder Wcr
4 captured after a mob OF 5000 person
had driven them to take refuge ~ % 81
Father Thomas BurkeN pastor OF N
church who held back the mob WIN
poIicc spirIted- away the negroes, is pc
Il iieved 10 have ayerted lynching Una
probably would have resulted III pro
iongcd and serious rioting
barrett. former policeman wa
killed during an argument when bar
rctt is said to have precipitated D
remarks made to three colored men WI
had stopped on a street corner 10 bu
a Daper. Barrett is said TO have OF
dcred the negroes to get out anu .,
have Knocked one Of them down. IN
negroes charged with the murder ar
sam Hayes, Harry Snow and Fran
q Lakewood. A. A.,
Earrett's friends gave chase TO "
negro after he had fallen 20 the strce
With numerous fatal knife WOUNDS !
his hodv. and a crowd quickly joined ,
uurstiit The negroes, terror strlckei
entered st. sssabriers church ana nv
one IN the belfry, one IN We Oonl rs
sional and one W the secri , a"
Father, Burke climbed 10 pew MI
shouted for silence - - -,
what is this sacrilege ~ 49, y,
"who are the rowdies that STORM W
house Of Godf'' %,
= The mob quieted down anu rei a.,
4 patrol wagon arrived. fsthsI nui :
turned and called 10 me heII1sI- ~ ~
negroes After some persuasslen ~
dured them TO come form Itoih n's ~.
and they were removed thIYuen = u, -
door Just as the mob agasn ss,,,,,,,,
aboWt the front doors ot inc "a ~
Father Burke then told the crown " ~
the negroes had been removed 70 u