Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-21
RIOTS IN CHICAGO
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Il nc kllltnR OF tnc Wnitt HifHt Ni' w :
cluded Robert l.. Rose, u saS' stationed
ut Great Lakes, arouse eds of
sailors on leave in CHI, "a caused
issuance of an order for Jho arrest and
Immediate dispatches to Great Lakes Of
all sailors found on the streets.
The other white man killed was Joseph
Hoyt, 50 years old, clerk in cigar store
near the scene of the shooting lie was
shot with what is believed to have been n
dum-dum bullet. His head was split as
though with an axe. The Negroes who were
wounded include Joseph Powens, police
man.
For several hours after the rioting
started crowds stormed in and around the
outskirts of the "black belt" but 700
policemen had little trouble in dispensing
them
Three Negro preachers were beaten by
crowd of white mon, and n Negro buy
ing a ticket at the Polk street station,
downtown, was seized by twenty-five men
and severely beaten. -Four Negroes in
taxi near the same station also were set
upon by crowd, but escaped
According TO witnesses of the burning
of the flag and subsequent shooting, the
parade led by the Fernons and Reddlng
dispersed in front of n cafe at Thirty-hfth h
street and Indiana avenue. The parade
was to have been followed by meeting
in hall over the cafe.
One of the leaders OF the procession,
believed to have been the elder fernon,
took flag from a parcel which he was
CARRYING and set fire to IT. Spectators
asserted that the flag was saturated with
oil and that if burned readily.
Policeman Owens rushed to the scene
and toward one of the men, his club raised
as though TO strike, witnesses said. One
Of the men on horse back, il was declared,
fred at him with short rifle, woundng
him with the first shot.
Rose, the sailor, who had been touring
the south side with two companions,
sprang from an automobile when he saw
the parade and was almost at the police
mans side when the latter was shot. Ac-
cording to spectators, he turned and ran
into a nearby cigar store.
Several men with rifles, some of which
it is declared were from an automobile
nearby, ran to the door Of the cigar store
and fired a volley, according 10 persons
near tho scene. Rose and Hoyt, the cigar
clerk, dropped dead.
During the shooting a second flag was
thrown upon the flames but was rescued
before it was burned
Shortly after the arrival Of the police
and dispersal Of the crowds, word was
sent out for the arrest Of Jonas, Before
the order for his arrest was issued he was
seen by newspaper man and declared
that he had nothing % do with the parade
He denounced RcddIng as n radical and
an agltator' but when police made an
effort 10 locate him he had disappeared,
they said
Jonas, giving the newspaper men his
version Of the rlotlng. said he met Redding.
who poses as an Abvssinlan, in New ork
several weeks ago and later introduced
him 70 President Wilson at Washington.
Reddlng Jonas said, told him he had
recently been in Ahvssinla and when
asked how he got there explained that he
took an airshlp from NcNico.
Jonas said he accompanied the Negroes
to Chicago two weeks ago 70 have the
Republican Convention incorporate
plank in the party platform providing for
the resumption Of the AhySsinlan Treaty
with the United States which expired
in 1917. Since coming here he SAID. he
had denounced Redding and other 'Ahvs-
sinIan princes to the Federal authorities
as radicals but without result.
The propaganda circulated among
Chicago Negroes by the princes, Jonas
said, was signed bv George Gabriel.
Abyssinian lngust, and Rcdding 1t
named addresses in Washington and New
York as the offices Of the organization.
Redding. Jonas said, worked through the
Universal Negro Emporium Association
and the Black Star Line Steamship Com
pany, Negro organization which owns
one steamer.
Police raldcd a garage near the scene
of the not and captured one Of the fan
tastic robes worn by the princes : FIVE
short barrclcd rifles, picture of Jonas and
the Abvssinian delegation, taken when
they landed in New York, and some OF
Readings propaganda.
The AbysSlnianS explained al yester-
vs. meeting 10 boom Mayor Thomp-
j as a Third Party Presidential
candidate that the Abyssinian Treaty
was negotiated under the administration
Of President Roosevelt and would, il
restored vitiate Jim Crow laws in the
south, as Negroes. claiming protection
as Abvssinians, could demand the right
to travel on the same terms as whites.
Jonas told the Negroes at the Thomp-
son meeting that the Friends Of Irish
Freedom had aided in establishing the
Black Star Negro Steamship Line win
would ultimately carry arms TO Africa.
He also declared he had seen a letter
from Eamonn de Valera in which the
Irish president said he had given up
hope Of obtaining an Irish freedom plank
in the Democratic platform at San Fran
cisco and would back the Third Party
Reports that the Abyssinians were
backed by the l. " ". were denied at
J. W. W headquarters.