Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-06-11

Il hysterical girl and ycllow-journal
reporter"
MANY BURNED IN HOMES.
Belief was expressed by officials
that the bodies OF all the colorcd pco.
pie killed would not be found, as it
was thought Il number were burned in
their homes. Then, too, reports were
received at military headquarters that
number of colored bodies had been
thrown into the river and others bur
led outside of the city.
Representative citizens of Tulsa met
today and condemned the city and
]county law enforcement officials, hoin
4 ing them responsible for the disastrous
outbreak. In addressing this meeting,
General Barrett stated that while he
was ordering the withdrawal of the
/ National Guard from Tulsa, there was
/ no intention to remove the martial
I law cdict until such time as it was
shown the city could care for itself.
] GO TO AID HELPLESS NEGROES
A commit tee, on which Mayor II.
Evans was denied place, was ap.
l pointed to care FOR the helpless color
ed people. estimated to number MOI Q
than 5000 and to expedite the work Of
rebuilding the burned co.orcd quart
J or.
Most Of this damage was done by
white criminals, who should have been
shot and killed" l.. j. Martin, form
or Mayor, said after he was selected
chairman of the emergency commit.
! tee.
\ CAS- the final outcome. we must l q
! build these homes, soc that these col
orcd people get their insurance, and
get their claims against tho city and
acounty," the chairman said.
A final check Of the morgucs today
definitely established the number Of
white dead at nine Among these, most
Of whom were residents Of this city
is Ernest Aus.in, 80 years Cd, form
&erly 0: IIoughton, n. Y, IN which
city an aunt Mrs, Carry Worden lives.
8Walter Daggs, manager OF the Pierce
coil Corporation of Tulsa, was also
numbered among the dead.
PROMINENT COLORED DOCTOR
LOSES LIFE.
Thirteen white mon were arrested
by national guardsmen in the color
led quarter today and sent to the city
Jail for investigation. 1t was said all
of them had i'm their possession prop.
erty which apparently had been TAX
en from houses which the flames did
pot reach, but from which the colorcd
occupants fed in fear. Many such
! houses were entered, according TO
$,uardsmcn.
The matter Of collecting insurance
\ ,n the properties in the colored quar-
tor destroyed by fire in the fighting
/ between colorcd and white people 70
Y lay was in dispute, the insurance men
y holding that their policies on the ap.
proXimately $1,500,O00 worth OF bullu
ngs destroyed did not recognize mob
violence as Il destructive agent. II
was regarded possible that some nf
he colOred people might seek to rec0v
pr from the city Of Tulsa, seeking to
ESTABLISH that the city was negligent
n not having provided sufficient pro-
ection and therefore was responsible
or the losses.
The plight Of more than 5000 color
ID people under guard at the fair
i grounds was regarded as serious to-
lay. Many of them lost their entire
Il Possessions. AS rapidly as n colored
erson ere is sponsored by his Or
or employer police PFC lection tag
S issued and the prisoner released.
was hoped in that manner to thin
he ranks to where the five colored
Ulcers Of Tulsa County can identify
olored people participating in the
lot.
NO BUILDINGS ESCAPE