Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-03-12
RACE WAR ON AT
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
Attack OH Little Girl Starts Trou-
hle and Militia and Machine
Guns Are Sent For
(By Associated Prcss)

"iiNil a l'OilNSlllotlI 6illu al IIIS
were wounded, Springfield /:
quiet today.
Three companies Of Ohio ma.
tronal guard are on duty with an
other regiment mobilized in an.
tlCipatiOn of further rioting. Ma
chine guns are mounted at tho
county jail and while militiamer
are not patrolling streets, they
are under arms ready for action
l he riOtinG was the outgrowtl
ct Il ncGro's attack on the IL
ycar-old white girl Monday night
The negro escaped. Rumors that
he had been arrested drew large
crowds to the county jail for the
past three nights.
Efforts Of policemen to dis
pcrse negroes at various points
last night led to the shooting of
Patrolman Joseph Ryan and la
ter to a pitched battle between
officers and negroes.
Sheriff Jones today was placed
lii complete charge Of the situa-
ton He forbade public gather
ings after six o'clock. This cv-
cn'ng street car and automobile
traffic will stop an hour later.
Ryan was wounded probably
fatally. when he was shot bv a
negro whom he was searching.
According to Il young negro
arrcstcr soon after Ryan was shot
the officer had ordered crowd
of 10 negroes to dispcrsc when
one of the blacks fired.
Two machine gun companies
of the National guard. with head
quarters in Springfield. were mo-
bilizcd early this morning to re
inforcc the officers battling with
blacks ON Yellow Springs street.
This street is in a negro residence
section, and the blacks arc said
to- be increasing in number stead
lily.
Shortly after the shooting of
Patrol1nan Ryan Il mob Of 1000
men formed III the downtown dis
trlct and sWarmcI to .hc o-,y Jail
It was reported that one negro
had been arrested IN connection
to dlvTIGe any information, but
1t was understood negro, i'll
custody OF special officers, had
been rushed from the city.
Police soon dispersed the mob
at the Clarke county Jail. As the
men moved away Il number were
heard to make threats to burn
the negro districts.
l'rc department companies
were called tn the double house at
1Il9 Orchard place shortly before
midnight to cNtin%uish flame
that started in the rear Of the
house. Two negroes were said to
have been seen running from the
rear OF thc house shortly before
Ircmcn were summoned.
The negro who shot Ryan is said
to have shot times at the officer.
Three bullets struck Ryan. One
struck his neck. another in the
hand and the third caused flesh
wound in the abdomen.
Upon reaching Il hospital Ryan
told attendants that he had had
trouble with the negro who shot
him twice previously last even
ing.
y crowd OF white men early on
Friday morning chased negro
on West Main street. west Of
Fisher street. The black escaped.
Developments of race antago-
nism here followed an attack on
Margc Fcrnau. / years old, by an
unidentified negro Monday night.
Early Thursday City Manager
Parsons issued a statement that
any person caught with firearms
in his possession would be arrest
ed.
Search has been continued for
the black who lured the child to
Il vacant house to commit the
crime.
Police officials however, soon
informed the mob that the negro
had not been captured and trou-
bic was averted.
Wednesday night. in order to
convince the crowd. a committee
of four men was selected, led thru
the Jail and permitted to see all
the prisoners. The committee re-
ported to the mob "the man is not
here"
Thursday night the crowd of
men downtown was even larger.
The number of police was in
creased and crowds were told to
keep moving. A number of near
clashes between whites and ne
groes took place, but serious trou-