New-York tribune., 1920-06-21
2 Die, Several
Shot i'm CHICAGO
Race Rioting g
Burning of all American
Flag by Negroes Dur
ing a Parade Is the
Cause of the Outbreak
Dum-Dum Bullets Used
Fighting Occurs in Heart of
Black Belt Where MANY
We're Killed Last Year

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We're Killed Last Year
CHICAGO. June 20--Two white men
we're killed and several negroes AMI
policeman were wounded TO nigh. ir
race riot at Thirty-f Street and
Indiana Avenue in the heart of thq
"black belt"
The outbreak was the result of tn,
burning Of an American flag by a band
OF negroes. who were said to have been
paradlng and demonstrating in the in.
terests of back to Africa" move.
ment.
The dead are:
X. l.. Rose, white. a sailor.
Joseph Hoyt, white, a cigar dealer.
Rose was shot through the heart
dying instantly. Hoyt's head was split
across the brow, leading the police al
first to believe he had been killed by a
blow from an ak. Later Investigation
however, brought the conclusion that
his skull had been split by a dunn dunn
bullet.
The trouble occurred at Thirty-ifth
Street and Indiana Avenue, near the
scene of last years race riot, in which
more than thirty whites and blacks
were killed and hundreds injured.
Disturbance is Quelled
Several hundred policemen were
od ~ sea,
restoring order before the disturbance
spread. More than thousand negroes
gathered. but no real riot occurred.
Several negroes who witnessed the
tag 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
number Of negroes proceeded toward
the gathering Of blacks. They were
Joined by Policeman Owens. who at
tempted to arrest one Of the group.
Owens started to search the man for
q weapon when other negroes in the
crowd were reported to have drawn
pistols.
American Flag Is Burned
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 latter s
aid, was shot through the heart
Rose was twenty eight years old and
a member of the 18th Regiment, Com
pany, stationed at Great Lakes. He
won the Distinguished Service Medal
overseas.
The police say the negro organiza
ton known as "the Abvssinans" had
been holding meetings in the Chicago
negro quarter for some time to per
suade members of their race to go to
Liberia Two American flags were car
ried by tho paraders as they moved
through the black belt
The police learned that "the Abys-
sinians" were 10 sail on one of the
BLACK Star Steamship Company yes
scls.
According 70 the statements Of spec
tators, the parading negroes disSanded
and gathered in a circle around ar
American flag, which they set on fire.
After 1T had burned little they
stamped on II and then several drew
reyolvers and began firing at it.
sounas OF he shots attracted
paradc and they rushed into nearby
pool halls and cigar stores for assist
ance ,Saccording to statements made to
the police
Police declared tonight that they
probably never would know tho cxacx
number wounded. Several were car
ried off by friends, it was said, for the
parading negroes disappeared rapidly
after the first few shots. Estimates
ranged from one to dozen.
Police Pick Up Sailors
When the police received word that
several hundred sailors had congre
gated at South State and Eighth
streets, apparently planning TO move
into the South Side, Chief Clarity
sent out an order that all saiors he
taken into custody and either be held
at police hcadqua rtcrs or sent back to
Great Lakes station.
One negro, badly beaten, was found
IN an alley between South State and
Dearborn streets and vas taken to a
whether ne had been assaulted by
whites.
When the ncw@ OF the shooting
reached the downtown quarter crowds
Of whites conRregatcd but made no
move TO enter the negro district.
A. midnight more than 100 sailors
had been picked up b. The police nnd
placed on trains returning TO the Great
Lakes Training Station Others we're
being held at various police stations.
According TO one Of them, there were
1900 sailors on leave from the station
tonight
Shortly before midnight thirty po-
licencn we're gent 10 the Y. N. &. A.
Hotel near tho northern extremity Of
the "Black Belt" 10 dispersc the crowds
which still mere forming in that
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