Evening star., 1921-06-02

-SS0nII4QeQ lro4 First PaGe.9
twenty-five white men gathered on
the south side Of che building. Three
Of the leaders entered the court
house, he said. Oh the top floor Of
ynieh Rick Rowland, a negro. was
upon white girl in an elevator Of
downtown building. Most of the
White men were not armed, accord
Ing TO the newspaper man
IL Warned by Sheriff.
Sheriff Mccullough met the three
men who entered the building and
warned them away. with the declara-
tion that the negro would be pro-
tected at any cost. The prisoner was
In cell at the top of a winding
stairway. which could have easily
been held by a few men against a
mob.
Meantime about thirty negroes,
some armed. gathered in little groups
west of the courthouse. Barney
Cieaver. negro, veteran peace Of
0cer, went among the gathering
negroes and counseled them to dis
pefse. At this time there apparently
lWss no concerted action among the
Aegroes.
Most Of them started to leave. but
were called back by a few leaders.
Twice again the majority of the
kinhe they returned at the appeal of
the lew who were determined to stay.
By this time the white crowd had
been reinforced by curious persons.
Then some broke. running eastward,
BhSuting;. Lets get guns"
The negroes moved away and took q
Etand about three blocks away.
The white. crowd remained near the
courthouse, however. receiving REIN
korcements.
Motor Cars Race Past.
Then armed negroes appeared in mo-
Tor cars racing past the courthouse
The white mob then moved away
rom the courthouse and it was a
frush between skirmishers in an alley
hat precipitated the general shoot
rg.
The two forces consolidated soon
fterward and the negroes were
riven through the business district
ack to their quarters.
They took up a stand across the
rfsco railroad tracks. about a thou
and strong. and battle took place
hen the white rioters lined up be-
ind buildings on the other side OF the
abroad tracks
Finally fires were started by the
hites and negroes dislodged
The matter Of collecting insurance
the properties in the negro quar-
r. destroyed by fire in the fEhtins
etween negroes and whites Tuesday
Pday was in dispute. the insurance
en- holding that their policies ON the
pproximately S1,50O00O worth OF
1ildings destroyed did not recog-
ne mob violence as destructive
gent. II was regarded possible that
me OF the negroes might seek to
cover from the city OF Tulsa, seek
q to establish that the city was
gligent in not having provided suf.
lent protection, and. therefore. was
sponsible for the losses.
Imposins Structures Burned,
The devastated district, irregulariy
10 mile square. contained dwellings
ID apartment houses sufficient tc
use more than ten thousand per.
ns and also an extensive business
btrict. Many Of the buildings werl
fiimsy construction, but there were
number aof really imposing struc.
res, including. two theaters, severa,
tee-story buildings, the plants o,
o newspapers, the Tulsa Star and
Oklahoma Sun. and the only
lisa undertaking establishment ca.
ing exclusively to negroes.
NEW YORK. June 2.-The Nations
bociation for the Advancement o.
ored People today telegraphed Gov
bertson OF Oklahoma aslEing him d
his full powers to stop the REIGN q
lence and terror at TULSA
The association also offered him ~
opecation. and announced 1t az
ted to send representatives to TulAI
hsceItaip -tha cause -af kte 4i1nE0GE