The Washington times., 1920-06-21

BLACK Belt" district was under guard
of hundreds OF policemen today, and
detectives were securing the city for
the leaders of the negro Back to
Abyssinia." movement as the result
OF riot in the heart OF the negro
section Sunday night in which two
white men, one a sailor in the United
States navy, were slain while attempt
ing to prevent the burning Of Ameri-
can flags
The two men slain were Robert
Lawson Rose. auartermaster of the
18th regiment, stationed at the. Great
Lakes Naval Training Station. and
Joseph Hoyt. a cigar store clerk. Two
men wounded in the riots were Joseph
+. Owens, negro policeman. who
was shot through the lung while at
tempting to aid Rose and Hoyt. and
William Carter, negro butler shot
through both legs while running
from the scene OF the riots.
The entire city was stirred by news
of the rioting and policemen were
rushed to points throughout the
negro district to prevent further dis
orders.
SEEK WASHINGTON MAN.
To-day detectives are searching for
doctor r. ID. Jonas. . white man Of
Warrington, ID. G.. who In said to have
been assOciated with the negro dem.
onstration. He In known to the police
NJ q radical aEitator among Chicago's
blacks
The riot occurred at the conclusion
Of parade said to have been led by
Elder" Grover c. Redding and Joseph
Fcrno, self-styled princes OF Abys-
sinia" and leaders OF the Order Of
Ethiopia" and the Ethiopian Mission
to Abyssinia." a movement which is
said to have been organized for the
purpose OF enticing American negroes
to emigrate to Africa
Redding and seven other alleged
participants in the rioting Sunday
were arrested by a squad OF policemen
after an all night hunt for them by
detectives and Naval Intelligence
opertives.
CARRIED ABYssINIAN BANNERS.
clad in fantastic garb. the paraders,
numbering several hundred negroes.
marched and rode on horseback
through the city's black belt" carry
ing their red. green and yellow ban
ners Of Abyssinia with the lion OF
King Menelik upon them.
The parade wound up at a street
corner. whore the marchers started to
bu. n a bonnre. One Of the paraders
~ FNHfEl'aH from De-
meath his flowing robe and tossed II
in the Are. Policeman Owens, who
was standing nearby. rushed forward
and attempted to rescue tho nag In
stantly several OF them drew sawed
on rifles from beneath their robes and
one OF them shot the policeman, who
fell to the sidewalk.
SAILOR RUsBEs To RESCUE.
Seeing the policeman fall. Ros.
who had been automobile riding with
two other sailors from tho Great
Lakes, leaped from the machine and
started to his rescue. He was shot
through the side and ran into the
cigar store, where Hoyt was in
charge.
Several OF the negroes followed
him and fired a volley into the store.
The bullets struck both Rose and
Hoyt When the sailor companions
OF Rose reached his side a moment
later. after bucking their way through
the mob of glowering. threatening
blacks, both men were dead.
while the shooting was going on
a second American nag was thrown
on the bonfire by the frenzied ne.
groes. 1t was rescued by Policemen
Buckley and Vaughn, who, rushing
to the scene when the shooting start
ed drew their revolvers and began
hiring into the negro mob. The latter
dispersed under the hall of bullets.