The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-10-05
NEGROES ALLEGE q. q. =.
WORKERS DISTURB MEETINGS

made TO break up, their meetings and
that a number of men who created
disorder at two meetings Thursday
night did so with the permission and
approval of members of the Police
Department were made today by
leaders of the negro Lincoln indie
pendent party. \ committee was to
call on Mayor Smith and Chief of
Police Petty today to ask for protec-
ton.
The committee, composed of Will
liam Marley, Willis Cole, A. d. Por-
ter, w. w. Wilson and Lilly Sim
mons, asked the Mayor for a guar
antee that future meetings of the
Lincoln Independent party would
not be disturbed.
Mayor Smith answered that he
would give no personal guarantee,
! but that he intended to uphold the
law. He said he would give them
only the same guarantee he would
give all citizens of Louisville, that
proper protection would be given.
He advised the committee that when
it had charges to make against po-
licemen that they be taken directly
to Chief of Police Petty without
delay.
William Marley, editor of the
/
Louisville News and leader in the
negro party, today stated that thir-
ty negroes who created trough
house" and broke up meeting at
Eleventh and Walnut Streets Thurs
day night were members of the RE
publican Protective Aid Club, a sort
of negro Ku Klux Khan, according
to A. ID. Porter, Lincoln candidate
for Mayor, of which Harvey Burns
is the imperial wizard. The Protec-
tive Aids wore paper caps on which
were black and tan spots, Marley
and Porter said.
Marley claimed that Police Lieut..
Ollie Whitehouse of the Seventh Dis
trict was responsible for disorder
created by four men at y meeting at
Sixteenth and St. Catherine Streets.
Whitehouse said he did not arrive
on the scene until the crowd was
leaving and knew nothing of the
disorder. Potatoes, eggs and other
missiles were thrown at the automO-
bies of leaders as they left the
j., meeting, Marley and Porter said.
| Says WhitehOuse Started Ii
I'VE started our meetings at Six
teenth and st. Catherine Streets at
s O'clock" said Marley. 1--WE had
good crowd and good order. A
woman was speaking. Four men
who were leaning against a wall
kept quiet and watched the meeting
until Lieutenant Whitehouse came
up and spoke to them. The Lieu
tenant went on away and the men
began to shout, 'Hurrah for Quin!'
and make other disturbing noises.
Finally We gave it up and start
ed away. A number of missiles were
thrown. One of them broke light
on the Porter autombile, while a
number of the speakers were hit by
eggs"
The party then went to Eleventh
and Walnut Streets, where. accord
ing to Marley, there was a good
crowd. T. II. Graham was the speak
err.
Graham was getting considera-
BILE applause" said Marley. "A
young man named Louis Martin was
passing out literature in the crowd.
He was stopped by Patrolman James
Reed. Aren't you the man who
used to sell white mule Reed asked.
A number of us went down to see
what the trouble was. We told
Martin to go on passing out the
dodgers and we would help him out
II he got arrested. Reed went away.
Republicans Again Appear
"A few minutes later the Republi-
can aids came running down Walnut
Street in their spotted caps. They
dashed into. the crowd and began
shouting questions at Graham. When
he started to answer them they
would shout and make SO much
noise he could not be heard. APP
pealed to them for order and others
appealed. but the noise got louder
and eventually we had to abandon
the meeting.
I'VE are going on, however. II
we don't get any satisfaction from
the Mayor or the Chief OF Police we
will consult attorneys and learn IL
there is not some yay orderly citi-