Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06

Tear Gas ScatterS Crowd.
At the outset the fight appeared to be
going against the police, and several
men who had been watching the parade
exchanged blows with demonstrators.
When the fight threatened to get be-
yond control, policeman threw a tear
gas bomb to the street, the fumes quick
ly scattering the crowd. Other officers
with blackjacks, taking advantage of the
opportunity, seized the leaders of the
demonstrators and took them away. At
least two of the demonstrators were
struck on the head and knocked down
with blackjacks.
Miss Edith Briscoe, 10 years old, one
Of the Communist leaders, who Is well
known here, gave police more trouble
than any Of the men. She attacked
Policeman B. j. Beckman with her
fists, cutting his mouth badly before.
ne could subdue her. The girl fought
Stott said, after she had been taken
TO the third precinct station house.
One policeman was seen to subdue
Two OF the demonstrators with his fists.
ms blackjack having been snatched
py third man, who struck an elderly
woman on the head with it.
Another elderly woman was tranpled
wnen she was knocked down by the
crowd running from the fumes of
the tear gas bomb. She was taken away
In an automobile before her name could
be learned. And the other woman also
was swallowed up in the crowd before
she could be identified.
Reserves Are Called Out.
Several of the demonstrators had
black eyes and cut faces when taken to
the third precinct. The clothing of one
woman demonstration was torn, but she
suffered noa physical injury.
After the unruly demonstrators had
been led away by police, three carloads
OF police reserves were sent to the scene
to disperse the crowd, which by this
time had grown to nearly 5000. Penn
sylvania avenue, from Fifteenth to Sew
enteenth street was closed to traf1c.
When the outburst was quelled
the Is demonstrators arrested were
herded into police reserve wagons and
patrols and brought to the third pre-
cinct, where 4 Of their number were
charged with ARRAY.
They were: Miss Briscoe, John Wor-
land, %, 1900 block Of Harvard street;
Miss Mischa Deskin, 19, of the 1900
block Georgia avenue, and Solomon
Harper, colored, of Winston-Salem,
N. G.
Others Held without Charges.
The others held without charges were
Joseph Rinkowski, "a, of Baltimore,
Md; Rhinehart Scheinbenhubez, 90, of
Baltimore: william Phillips, II, of the
400 block Of Kenyon street; william
Lawrence of Baltimore, Md; Mar
celliuS West of the 600 block Of X
street; Miss Sarah Deskin, ID, sister
of Mischa Deskin of the Georgia avenue
address; Albert Mallan, II, of the 1900
block of Seventh street; William Snow
den Of the same address and Frank
Phillips Of the 400 block of Kenyon
street.
The latter three were arrested at the
scene of the demonstration by Lieut..
Edward Kelley, chief of the homicide
squad, and several other headquarters
detectives who, with the third precinct
police, had been assigned to watch for
the demonstration.
The parade started quietly at noon
with 101 demonstrators, carrying pla-
cards, in line. Although they did not
have permit to parade they were
not moleSted by the police in Difference
to the Presidents wishes.
The demonstrators marched back
several times without disorder, and
many of the onloCkerS had started to
leave when the fight commenced.
Lawrence, who attempted to make
the speech, was the speaker who this
morning exhorted his comrades to resist
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