Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-03
Nine White Men and 81
Negroes Killed and ST.
100000 Worth Prop
erty Has Been Destroyed
GRAND JURY TO MAKE
AN INVESTIGATION
Failure of Peace Officers
TO Do Their Duty Is
Blamed by Citizens For
Reign of Terror

ments that a grand jury investiga-
ton of the rioting and incendiarism
here Teusday night and yesterday
which so far has resulted In the
deaths of nine white men and
twenty-One negroes and property
loss estimated at $1,500,00O will
begin June 8, and that Tulsa busi-
ness men will rebuild the square
mile Of negro residence district de-
came almost simultane-
ously late today.
Earlier, before his departure
from Tulsa for Oklahoma city,
Governor Robertson, who came to
take personal charge when he de-
clared martial law yesterday, urged
upon Vatican Biddison, district
judge of Tulsa county, the necessi-
ty Of state investigation.
To Relieve Blacks Needs.
An executive committee Of seven,
appointed at a meeting OF fifty citi-
zens today after pleas for ana
promises Of immediate relief for
the thousands of destitute refugees
had been made, announced that the
committee would undertake first 10
aVegtata tb NJ &c tx .sfsi.
rendered homeless and then would
rebuild the district.
A subscription of $500 900 will
be asked, 1t was announced and
the homes owned by the negroes
will be reconstructed. No Az
attempt will be made to rebuild
business buildings, many of which
were owned by white persons, or
homes which were rented, MEM
bers said.
The committee also voted to en-
ploy as extra policemen. fiftv mem !
bers OF the American legion.
Citizens We're "Apathetic.
Speakers at the forenoon meet
ing Iald the cause for the rioting
and burning to the failure of peace
otticers to function, with an apa-
thetic attitude toward lawlessness
and lax law enforcement by the
citizens themselves as a contrib
uting factor.
Thirteen bodies of negroes were
buried in the city cemetery TODAY
The act was without ceremony II
being said feeling possibly might
llare up II the burial were at
tended by any ostentation.
With the death list fixed tonight
at thirty, two additional negroes
having died from wounds today.
1t was regarded as possible that
the dead might be increased still
further within the next few days
as a number of the Approximately
300 wounded were believed to he
injured fatally.
Early Estimates Wrong.
Failure of the first high esti-
mates of the number killed to
stand up was accounted for by the
fact that no bodies were found In
a search of the devastated district
today. 1t had been believed. ac- ,
cording to local officials that
many negroes were shot to death
and their bodies burned in their
homes.
Tulsa tonight had returned to
normal, the regular policemen pa
trolling the downtown districts. |
Martial law, declared yesterday.
was relaxed sufficiently to permit |
business houses and theaters to |
operate.
About $50 of the oklahoma ma
tional guardsmen sent here were
returned home tonight, leaving
approximately 400 men in control |
of the city.
They were backed by the state
ment of Adj. Gen. C. f. Barrett.
commanding, that they would not
be Withdrawn until state officials |
are satisfied that the Tulsa county
and city officials are capable Of |
coping with any possible situation. !
Negroes Being Cared For.
Tonight hundreds of negroes are
being cared for at the fair grounds,
special efforts being necessary to !
protect them from heavy rain.
Several thousand negroes today |
were released from supervision of |
the military, under which thev had |
been held for a two-fold purpose
guarding and protection-Lgivenl |
badges inscribed Police protec- |
ton" and sent about their accus-
toned duties. .al
'The Negro In the WoodpiIe."
Whereabouts tonight Of Dick |
Rowland, 19-year-old negro boot
black, over whose safety white
men and negroes clashed initially, /
still was unknown publicly. The
negro was spirited away during the |
rioting, There is police charge 1
of assault against him in connec-
lion with alleged attentions to a Il
young white woman elevator OPP
srator.
Thirteen white youths and young
men arrested by the military and II
sent to police headquarters to be
leld for investigation, were releas-
I'd after General Barrett examined
and concluded that they had not
been looting negro homes which
rad escaped the torch, but from
which the Inhabitants had fled, y