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

ored people az, inown to have been
killed during the race clash and many
in the hospital wi die. An estimate
places property damage at 81 100000.
All this according to General G. j..
/ Barrett, commanding the State troops
called here to maintain martial Law,
was melted by an impudcnt Negro
Il hysterical girl and yellow Journal
reporter"
MANY BURNED IN HOMES.
Belief was expressed by officials
i that the bodies o. all the cOlorrd pco.
] pie killed would not be found, as ii
4 was thought Il number were burned in
their homes. Then, too, reports were
received at military headquarters tina.
] number Of colorcd bodies had been
thrown into the river and others bur
i led outside OF the city.
l Representative citizens of Tulsa met
4 today and condemned the city and
county law enforcement officials. ho.n
! ing them responsible for the disastrous
Southrcak. In addressing this meeting.
8Genera. Barrett stated that while he
was ordering the withdrawal of tnc
Il National Guard from Tulsa, there was
no intention to remove the martial
law cdiCt until such time rs it wug
shown the city could care for Itself
GO TO AID HELPLESS NEGROES
d A committee. on which Mayor r. >
Evans was denied Il place, was ap.
Hpointed to care for the helpless colo:
led people. estimated to number more
i than 5000 and to expedite the work Of
rebuilding the burned co.orcd quar-.
cr
i Most OF this damage WAS done by
white criminals, who should have been
shot and killed." T.. J. Martin. form
or Mayor, said after he was selected
chairman Of the emergency commit.
Stcc.
CAS- the final outcome. we must .
&huild these homes. SEQ that these col
orcd people get their insurance. and
i get their claims against tho city and
! county" tho chairman said.
4 final check of the morGucs toby
3ucrinitcly 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 o: IIoughton, n. Y, in which
lefty an aunt Mrs. Carry Wordcn lives.
Walter Daggs, manager of the Pierce
&Oil Corporation Of Tulsa, was also
i numbered among the dead.
COLORED DOCTOR
LOSES LIFE.
Thirteen white men were arrested
Ivy national guardsmen in the color
cd quarter today and sent to the city
Jail for investigation. 1t was said all
of them had in their possession prop
erty which apparently had been tax
ben from houses which the flames did
bot reach, hut from which the colorcd
occupants rcd in fear. Many such
houses were entered, according to
suardsmcn.
The matter Of collecting insurance
IN the properties in the colorcd quar-
4 Ter destroyed by fire in the fighting
! between colorcd and white people 10
lay was III dispute, the insurance men
! holding that their policies on the ap.
'roximatcly $1,500,000 worth Of bu,ld
ngs destroyed did not recognize mob
I violence as II destructive agent. 1t
WAS regarded possible that some Of
he colored people might seek to rccov
.r from the city Of Tulsa, seeking to
establish that the city was negligent
\ Il not having provided sufficient pro-
Il ection and therefore was responsible
or the losses.
The plight Of more than 5000 color
I'll people under guard at the fair
4 grounds was regarded as serious to-
! lay. Many of them lost their entire
Il possessions. AS rapidly as a colored
erson ere is sponsored by his or
! CT employer a police Pc lection tag
l&8s issued and the prisoner released.
was hoped in that manner to thin
Is he ranks to where the five colorcd
Ulcers Of Tulsa County can identity
81 olored pcos'e participating in the
& lot
NO BUILDINGS ESCAPE
- An idea Of the extent Of the de-
truction in the burned area is gain
ID from the statement that it is more
han a mile square. Virtually no buila
II hg escaped. Many We're cheap frame
~ wellings, but more than a score Of
\ lem were substantial brick business
ouses, including eolorcd church re
emily completed at a cost Of $4,000.
Officials, realizing that some hasty
easures must be taken for the re-
= cf Of the thousands of homeless col
fH bed people, set at work today to de-
ae a scheme for providing them with
g. heller.
&4 (itiypnc ra1lcl
Ii Fibutc bedding and clothing for re-
~ eff Of the refugees. A civilian com
ittoc and the Red Cross provided