New Britain herald., 1921-06-02
TULSA DEATH LIST
 MAY YET REACH 100
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ed negroes at hOSpltalS SalQ d SCOTS
 could not recover.
 streets Are Guarded.
 Military patrols and guards at every
 principal street corner kept a nfm
 grip on the situation today.
 Business was virtually suspended
 last night under a general order is
 sued bv Adjutant General Barrett, but
 stores we"o DerInitted to open at 6
 O clock this morning.
 Citizens were not permitted OH the
 streets last night. under the order'
 and it was st:ictly enforced by the
 sruartsmcn. Anyone who Nentured on
 tho streets without a military pass,
 v2s taken to the guardhouse.
 A sweeping investigation of the
 causes leading up to the rioting was
 exnccted to get under way during to-
 day.
 Governor Takes Charge Governor Robertson who came here
 late yesterday, planned to take an ac-
 tive hand X military committee hao the task Of fixing responsibility for the outbreak.
 Outside terror of killing and wound ino in the series of race battles, tn" situation of thousands of homeless ne' croes presented the most serious con dition. All that was left this morn irg of the hundreds of negro homes hnrcbed in the section fired by whit riotrr, wal 2 blackened waste. The burned area is more than mile square and virtually no bullu- iucs escaped. Many were cheap Ifalht | dwellings, but more than score O. | them were substantial, brick business | houses. A negro church, recently 1 completed at cost o1 So9'oV'' "' | consumed by tho flames. Property Loss $t.oOG.nOo- ! -,,,o nrCnertI loss. recording to '"a' 1 o>t,to mon, will to al well over Si.- | soc. 900.
 Anort one thousand negroes We'" i rnmpeG in tho fai" grounds un"' | nrptection of the militia and thou
 sands of others who fled out or tn | ,itv came trickli1e: back. | Citizc,,e were called upon to con | tribute hedding and clothing TOT re- 1 lief of the refugees. A c'vlllan com, 1 mittee and the Red cross proN'0N ,,of and other comforts Since ma rtial law was deciaren Id '> l ,.oyterda, ther" haT been no indlc;1 | .;,,. of further conflicts, and obserN | rr, expressed belief that the marc ', nee feeling haG died out | Whites Enter Jail l oHiCjrls hope to clear up by lhe | ,.ost !rotior just wha: led to tn: ms. I shootin.: Tuesday night A he"s'' | ,er,nar who wat at the courtno"9' 1 ,hn time said about 20 whl'o III, 1 oatrnrcd on the south sloc oI l ,,,i1Iin. Three of thr leaders. | aid entered the courthouse on |" 1 ton floor ot which Dick RoWlano' | oC.ro. wa; hcin:; h2lC for ar "'le9 | .ttacl uoon q white girl i'll an crew" I .1 mo l or of a downtown nu'lolhe' l inc white men were not ariii'" l ,.cordinr ;o the ncWspaperhah' i >h,rin Mccullough mot the 'hre' | .o,, vno entered the building an' 1 ,rned them away with the declard | ;a,, that the negro would be protec' l a; any cost.
 1 Ncorocs On scene. l N,,ntin,c about 3 negroes SOL l .,,,od gathered in little groups we | ,f the courthouse. Barney t'e'NN' ! nooro. q veteran peace "Hlcei' "e'
 ,nonc the gathering negroes al, l ,,pselled them to disperse. At thh> | mo there apparently was no 'co' l ,rtod action among the neSfo2S' l Most of them started to leave h'' l gre called back by a few iC"u|'" l twice again the majority or t'' l ..o mob moved away but ea"h tiH | hey returned at the appear ol 'h> | T were determined i" stay 1 ..Ic,'s Get t;ti,!>.' Is cry. l ~, this time the white crowd Il" ! ,o.n reinforrcd b>, curious person 1 ~hen some broke, running ei'"'N| l 'houtinS:
 ! Let's get guns.
 The negroes moved away ahG ~ l stand about three blocks away. l The white crowd remained near t'' l o,rtbous, however, receiving re4r- | 'orccmcnt> Then armed negroes appeared ! ..tnr ears racing rast the "ourth"":a 1 n=l the white mob moved away. l ,..,s :, brush Dety,ecn %liTmlsh@rS l .a alley that prccinitatcd the ec1>4;. | shooting. . 0-na forces consolidated soon ate 1 ..:;,2s and the negroes were driver | trough the business district back t l .hti. quarters.
 ihe\ .nN Up a stand across tn. 1 ', isco railroad tracks, about l,o0' l t ong. aMd a hattlA took place when l na white rioters lined un hol>in3 l ,lildingS on the other side of th. | .tCIl-
 1 TinalI, fires were started ,E fG l niles and the negroes dislodgEd. E,lrAGO GRANTEES GOUGstH