The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-02

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missile, not serious; Alfred Largi, 10,
stab wounds of back and leg, not
serious; Arthur Zaw, Negro, shot in
thigh by police.
Patrolman Charles Weigand, dis
armed and beaten by a group OF
young Negroes, hospitalized with
severe contusions; Patro1m a n
Charles Hart, hit on head by broken
bottle; Sergeant Dennis Murphy
fractured nose, struck in face by
thrown brick; Sergeant Robert
Roder, fractured left elbow, struck
by thrown bottle; Patrolman Joseph
Lee, decorations of neck and Shout
ders, struck missiles.
Hurt Dispensing Crowds
The policemen were all injured at
tempting to disperse crowds. Mach
ensauer and Largi were attacked by
bands of unidentified Negroes. They
and Zeodin, who was merely passing
through the district in trolley car,
were the only white civilians in
volved.
The rioting started shortly after 9
p. m. in front of a hotel closed af-
ter police raid and under police
guard to prevent reopening. Patrol
man James Collins attempted to ar
rest a drunken woman who insisted
upon entering. Private Robert
Bandy, 26, Negro, military police
man, interviewed. He wrestled Col
Inns night stick out of his hand and
struck him over the head with it.
Collins drew his revolver and shot
Bandy in the shoulder. The arrival
of an ambulance attracted as much
attention in the thickly populated
street as the shot did. Within an
hour, a vast crowd damned the
street from building front to build
ing front and soon bottles were
crashing through the shop windows.
More than 1000 Negroes were
soon packed in the street in front OF
the hospital, shrieking and scream
ing their desire for vengeance upon
the policemen who had shot the
Negro soldier. They were animated
by entirely farce reports both as to
the circumstances of the shooting
and the condition of the soldier. AT
the same time another crowd was
gathering in front Of the 125th
street police station, shouting
threats and insults. For short
while the station was barricaded.
The rioting then slowly spread
through an approximately 10 square
block area centering in the 1905
between Eight and Lenox avenues.
Firemen Detained
Firemen scheduled to leave work
at midnight were kept on duty and
additional apparatus was sent into
Harlem as precautionary measure.
The fire department. ambulance was
ordered to stand by In Harlem.
1t was the first serious rioting
since 1896 In Harlem which because
OF extreme overcrowding and other
factors affords a serious problem
not alone to police but to all NUM-
cipal departments, particularly
those dealing with social welfare.
Mayor LaGuardia, in his radio
appeal to the crowds shortly after
midnight, described the rioting as
follows:
IAN arrest was made in a hotel
lobby, hotel incidentally that has
given the police a great deal
of trouble. There seems to have
been interference with the arrest
and a soldier attacked the ar
resting officer. A crowd gathered
around and the soldier took the
stick from the officer and struck
him across the head, whereupon the
officer pulled his gun and wounded
the soldier. d. . Everything was
quiet for some time, and then small
groups walking around more in the
spirit of mischief than anything
else, broke some Of the store win
dows. OF course, In cases like this
there have been exaggerated state
ments made to the people exciting
them. These statements were made
of course, without any source of in
formation, and the statements are
not true. The facts are Just as ]
have given them to YOU"
Hartford, Conn. Aug. 2-UP)-
Police today sought group of about
20 negroes accused of twice setting
upon and beating a patrolman who
had attempted to GUST one of them
from Buckley Stadium for being al
legely abusive during a baseball
game.
The group attacked Policeman
William N. Monnier in the park ano
fled outside, First Deputy Chief Mi
chael J. Godfrey said last night.
few moments later Monnier went
outside and recognized the alleged
offender. When he tried to arrest
him, Godfrey said, his friends came
to his rescue and again beat the
policeman.
Policeman John Brandon, in civ.
ilian clothes, and an unidentified
man attempted to help Monnier 1r
the second clash but they too were
attacked and thrown to the ground
The assailants fed again.
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