Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-05
SCORE OR MORE DEAD
IN SAVAGE RACE WAR;
3 NEGROES SOUGHT
Continued from pnse I

The bodies ~ Andrews and Wilker-
son lay ell night where they fell No
one would venture 20 rescue them 90
hot was tho fire from behind the
barricnde. Andrews leaves a wife and
three children. and wilkerson q wife
and i've children.
Tho hut was IN total darkness
throughout the night but efforts n
the citizens 20 creep M ON the barrl-
cede met with a heavy FIRE. The
Negroes seemed we'll supplied with
ammunition. most ~ = heing buck
shot
Eherins ard their deputies from
nelshboilng counties arrived here
during the early morning while IN
the meantime Negro Villages IN zur-
rounding towns were placed under
heavy guard AZ Sumner end Hrou-
sV' armed mon pairollsd tho stree,-.
No radical outbreaks other than q,
this place had heen reported.
Einca Monday this section ~
Florida has bean stirred "a tho result
~ nn alleged orimina attack upon
young white woman a Sumner Three
Negroes were alleged 10 have taken
part IN the attack Monday night ono
Negro wac shot g. death whom no wns
4aid 60 have admitted ~ n mob that
he had transported one 80 tho want
oil Negroes several miles In a wagon
flarly iaat nigh, report reached
Summer that tho Negroes wanted we're
At Rosewood. a party % citizens
went 90 Rosewood 90 investigate. In
ono house 70 II said they found about
20 Negroes heavily armed
Andrews and wilkcrson started 20
were shot 20 death without warn
Ing. Three other whites were wound
ed IN the frat sklrmish.
ottr Greek. Fla. Jan. o Two white
mon. iwo Negro women and one
/ Negro man are tnown 20 DO dead.
/ while II n believed there are many
/ other casualties as n result 81 race
/ trouble last night and early today a.
! Rosewood. II miles from here
With tho exception OF three build
ings. tho entire village was burned by
mob shortly after dayhrealS. accord
\ party Of citizens ~ Sumner went
60 Rosewood late last night 20 inves-
tigate reports two Negroes sought in
connection with an attack upon a
young white woman were concealed
there. Upon the approach 81 the party
tho Negroes without warning opened
fire. killing outright persons and
wOunding four. ono probably fatally
II later developed twenty one heavily
armed Negroes were In the house, and
citizens immediately established q
Gordon around Il and opened fire with
every conceivable kind OF firearrn.
At o'clock this morning, ACCORDING
to information here. the ammunition
OF tho attackers became exhausted ant
the departure Of many for fresh sun
plies gave the Negroes an opportunit,
to escape. Their departure was dis
covered AT daylight
The vacated house contained IN,
bodies Of two Negro women and on,
, Negro man. Blood stains indicate,
that several Of those who escape,
were wounded
= Immediately afterward. aCcordinl
w WIN A'hfANAaA AlNil iilF SCENE IN
mob began firing the buildings I'm "a
village and every structure excep
, the grocery store. the residence OF IN
!, grocer and the residence Of anothe
!, white man was destroyed
y While the village was I'm flames. Il
said, members OF the mob fired upo
Negroes fleeing from their homes. Tn
= result was not known here.
About twenty families resided
= Rosewood. many. II not the majorit
= of them Negroes.
Tallahassee. Fla. Jan. 5--ciovern,
= Hardee, OF Florida, when Informed 4
/, The Associated Press here today ,
y tho racial outbreak at Rosewood. in
- mediately made efforts to get In touC
- with the authorities at Rosewood
- determine whether troops would |
a necessary.
The calling out OF units OF n
Florida National Guard depended {
"A how the civil authorities viewed q