Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-08

AhiO VCuACDuuy, TcSullCu III udUy
casualties and much property dam
age. %
The Grand Jury, calling of which
followed the receipt by Judge Bid
olson Of letter from Gov. J. B. A.
Robertson, will convene June 8. In
his letter asking for an investigation
the governor also asked that the con-
duct Of the Police Department and
the sheriff's office, which he con-
demned, be Investigated.
According to the latest authentic
report. nine white men and Fl me-
groes are known to have been killed.
Property damage is estimated at ST.
100000. All this, according to Gen.
&c. F. Barrett, commanding the state
troops called here to maintain mar
t1al law, was 'incited by an i'm
pudent negro, historical girl and
yellow journal reporter
|. Representative citizens OF Tulsa
met yesterday and condemned the
city and county law enforcement Of
ficials, holding them responsible for
the disastrous outbreak In address
ing this meeting General Barrett
said that while he was ordering
the withdrawal OF the National
Guard from Tulsa, there is no inten-
ton to remove the martial law
edict until it is shown that the city
can care for itself A committee on
which Mayor T. d. Evans was re-
fused place was appointed to care
for the helpless negroes, estimated
to number more than 5000, and
TO expedite the work of rebuilding
the burned negro quarters.
Most of this damage was done
by white criminals who should have
ben shot and killed." E. J. Martin,
former mayor, said after be was
selected chairman Of the Emergency
Committee. las a final outcome we
must rebuild these homes, see, that
these negroes get their insurance and
get their claims against the city and
county" the chairman said.
a final check of the morgues yes
terday definitely established the
number of white dead at nine.
Among these, most Of them were
Presidents of this city, is Ernest Aus
tin, aged SO, formerly Of Houghton,
N. Y; Walter Daggs, manager of
fhp piarco Oil ftorpnr,tior 80 TIL.
also was killed. Five of the negro
dead have been identified Among
them is DIR. A. G. Jackson, shot TO
death while running from his burn
ing home. He was one of Tulsa S
best known negro physicians and
surgeons
Many negres left Tulsa yesterday.
The Red Cross offered to provide
transportation for any destitute who
| wanted to leave, although no effort
was made to have the negroes leave.
Piqued at the apparent inability
| of Tulsa to formulate an adequate
relief program Governor Robertson
started Independent action at noon
yesterday. Returning to the Hotel
Tulsa after a view of the ruins of
the negro section and seeing the
helpless hordes in the ball park and
Convention Hall, the governor drop
ped the reserve that has marked
his stay here.
Sending for Judge w. B. Williams
he said in the presence Of reporter:
This is damnable and inexcus-
able. With either a sheriff or a
chief of police with nerve this whole
thing would not have happened"
Turning to Judge Williams he
said:
This farce has gone far enough.
Get Grand Jury. In your instruc-
lions order an investigation of the
sheriff's office, the city administra-
ton and particularly the Police De-
partment, which in this crisis has
been as helpless as the homeless
and hungry negro babies"
Governor Robertson's utterapees
were the first he has made since
coming on this chaotic scene. lie
stcadfastly referred questioners to
Adjt. Gen. Barrett The governor
returned to oklahoma City ycstcr-
day AFTERNOON, but will keep in
touch with the situation here.
Thirteen white men were arrested
by National Guardsmen in the ne
gro quarter yesterday and sent to
the city Jail for investigation. 1t
was said the men had in their pos
session property which apparently
had been taken from houses which
the flames did not reach, but from
which the negro occupants fled in
fear. Many such houses were en-
tered according to guardsmeu aud
trunks aud cabinets broken open
So far Tulsa, or that part of it
that is awakening to the awfulness
of its reign of terror, merely is CROP
ing. 1t has not counted it's dead,
refuses to even estimate it and
frankly doesn't know how TO depend
on its living. There is show of
SUfTit of work Man in thc cifv hall