Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-23

They began hooting. emitting
rebel yells and shouting.
They're in there"
An Arkansas Democrat pho
tographer returning to his Of
flee said he witnessed an "ex-
tremely brutal beating Of a
colored man.
/ He said the man had ac-
companied a Negro youth-ap-
parently a student who pos
sibly was the ninth student,
who did not enter.
The youth managed to flee,
but white men began beating
the man with their fists and
kicking him. He got up sew
eral times and was again
knocked and kicked down. the
Associated Press reported.
Finally, someone shouted:
Don't kill him. give him
three minutes"
At this. the mauling Of the
Negro was stopped and he
hurried away.
Girl Put in Patrol Wagon
A moment or so later an at
tractive blond teen-ager, wear
ing a red sweater. a gray skirt
and flat-heeled shoes came run
ming up the sidewalk toward
the crowd. Tears streaming
down her face. she cried: :
They're in. they're all in,
The youngster who has been
a center Of attention in the
4 tense days since school integra-
ton was thwarted September
3 and 4. was put in a city patrol
wagon.
Trailed by two other teen
age girls. she ran repeatedly
back and forth through the
police lines screaming TO stu
dents inside. Come out. don't
stay in there with them"
Crowd Charges Discrimination
Police, who apparently had
received orders not to let any
students into the building after
the 8:45 bell, turned her away
at one juncture. This event
caused the crowd TO boo and
for number of persons in the
throng to ask reporters:
Did you see that? They let
them in. but they won't let a
little white girl into me
school"
The little white girl was not
easily thwarted. She climbed
in through a first story window
at the front of the school,
followed by her encourage.
They disappeared into the in
terror Of the school. and
emerged shortly after, APP
psrently half way between
laughter and tears.
While this was happening,
other students were trickling
out Of the school by ones and
twos to the accompaniment Of
! applause of the crowds at the
corners. A middle-aged woman
screamed announcement at the
, children in the school.
Come on out" she shouted
What are you doing in there
with them"
The teen-age ringleader made
one more foray into the school
grounds despite a warning by
police. Then she was arrested
and placed in the patrol
wagon.
Crowd Resents Action
An angry cry arose from the
crowd. A man shouted.
They can't do that to her.
Let's show them" The crowd
surRed against police barri-
cades and the officers stood
their ground. their nightsticks
drawn back in readiness.
The patrol wagon sped away,
and when it turned the corner
at Sixteenth and Park avenue
II received a reception which
; threatened for a moment To
, cause ii either TO be stopped
. or overturned. One foot po-
, liceman was slugged in the
: face and one citizen was hit
by a nightstick in the brief
, melee that followed.
The police. while well dis
ciplined, were not unanimously
5 in favor Of their assignment
| One member of the force,
/. Patrolman Tommy Dunaway
5 turned in his badge and night
stick and quit the force and
; walked of the Job in protest
against what he was being Or
? dered TO do.
Principal Chases Boy
Shortly after the young girl
was removed in a patrol wagon
a tall, solidly built boy about ia
years old, ran out of the school
pursued by Principal Jess Mat
thews. The nature OF the boys
offense and the cause Of Mr.
5 Matthews obvious anger could
/ not be determined.
As the white-haired principal
appeared for the first time q
: woman who was among the
]. most vociferous in " GROVE