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V THE WASHINGTON TIMES. TUESDAY, JULY -22, 1919. 2 Police Stations Refuge Centers For Terrified Families Who Fled From Bullets fr wounded' in night Race war galloped wildly through the streets of Wash ington last night, reaping a death roll of four and a list of wounded running into the hundreds. Bands of whites and blacks hunted each other like clansmen throughout the night, the blood-feud growing steadily.. From nightfall to nearly dawn ambulances bore their steady stream of dead and wounded to the hospitals. BRAVE DETECTIVE KILLED. The red night cost Washington the lives of a cour ageous policeman, Detective Sergeant Wilson, of the Headquarters staff. Wilsonwas shot' through the heart by a firebrand ne gro girl. Carrie -Minor Johnson, seventeen, turned to sniping from the. s!Sistory window of her home, 220 G street northwest, anoRdetective decided to go up and get her. He broke opm tn?door and reached the stairs when k bullet felled him. Inspector Grant hurried Wilson, to an automobile, which, flashed down Pennsylvania avenue at terrific speed. The machine. skidded beyond control and in front of the Willard it leaped the street car platforms and crashed into a store front near Poli's Theater. Wilson died on his way to Emergency Hospital, probably before the accident MANY ARE WOUNDED. The death of Wilson camfc zl the climax of a night nf fprrnr and bloodshed. Long before midnight the number of the wounded had mounted into scores, and though the early morning hours brought a lull, it tyf rio means put an end to the rioting. The hospitals were crowded, Emergency alone having thirty-seven victims. There is no precedent in Washington's history for such a raccjiot as this, and the law-abiding element of 'the town was amazed at the .sight of-law. and -order- toppled, .pvr.jn "the '-flame' of "the. "sinister passjons' engenderedvirr the past forty-eight hours. Police stations -became refuge centers for terrified fam ilies of both races, mobs congregated sullenly, street cars and automobiles were stoned, revolvers were shot almost at ramgm, fists and knives were used in pitched fights be tween gangs which welcomed the chance of mixing it, and police and the military who patrolled various sections trust ed largely to a kindly Providence to saving the city utterly from the horrors -of mob rule. ' EARLY SIGNS OF TROUBLE. The forecast of a vicious night came early before 7 o'clock, whetrthe whole negro section centered at Seventh and U streets northwest seemed aflame with mob anger over the invasion of their normally placid neighborhood by military police. Hundreds of them herded together fearfully, with their easily-fired blood lashed to fury by the slick talk of a few riot leaders, who were nursing grudges and mobiliz ing pent-up race consciousness. Along U street the bands of blacks moved uneasily, gaining recruits as the sullen whispers spread, and within an hour a mob Df more than 400 was in march. It swooped down upon a street car, at Eleventh and U streets northwest, stoned it, and tried to rough the motorman. From the Eighth precinct station, a block distant, police and provost guards hurried ta the rescue of the car crew. One of the negroes tried to gain posession of a policeman's club; guns were drawn, but no blood was shed. OUTBREAKS THROUH SECTION. Then U street seethed with minor riots running from Four teenth street through to New Jersey avenue, and all the lace-work of settlements between, and there were sporadic outbraks at tended by casualties all through the section. It seemed the focal point, the generating center of the whole spirit of midsummer mob madness which splashed all over the city's map before 9 o'clock last night. The U street mob stood menacingly in front of the Eighth precinct station for a while, but made no gesture of violence. The whites of the neighborhood had observed the gathering of the negroes and scented trouble. Scores of women and children sought refuge at the station fcs a brawl 'at Seventh and T streets, involving the wounding of several persons, was reported. Forty marines reached the precinct to assist the reserves at 9 o'clock. Then the situation in the northwest calmed down somewhat and rose almost to fever pitch in other sections noticeably in the southwest, where guerrilla warfare and curbstone sniping with various missiles was continuous throughout the night. At Second and L streets northwest, an ugly mob congre gated, but did no violence, and a fragment of its force under police dispersal moved into the downtown section, where the crowds grew hour by hour. In the early evening the whites were in the great majority, with soldiers and marines patrolljng everywhere, but after the theaters and "movies" had been emptied, an4 the traffic of -an ordinary July evening had vanished there was a furtive re-appearance of blacks steadily increasing in" number. . - . Attacks on street .cars, on Salvation Array headquarters on automo biles kept phones ringing frantically for- more than three hours and ambulances clanging incessantly in all parts of town. At times the mob outrages on both sides of the color-line were so staged as to suggest a fine Machiavellian hand back of them all and pulling the wires. A few minutes later organized race war seemed splintered into frsgiBjcts -and mere' aimless anarchy and -passion reigned; EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF BAHLES I CINGT By PAUL O'NEILL. "The devil is abroad tonight Keep a good hold on your riot sticks. Don't turn your back on anyone. Shoot to kill if' necessary. And fire to the right or left of the flash." This succinct warning was voiced by Capt Robert E. Doyle, of the Eighth precinct station, 900 block U street northwest, speaking to the patrolmen under his command shortly before eight o'clock last night. There sre . approximately 26,000 negroes livin'g in the Second pre cinct. Captain Doyle prophesied trouble. He prophesied lots of trouble before the wee sma' hours, when a lull in the rioting might be expected. Proved Good Prophet. Captain Doyle was right. The devil was abroad. And hand-in-hand with death, he wielded the scythe for eight solid hours tn ihe night through the Eighth precinct. To the wee sma' hours. Captain Doyle was a good prophet. 1 arrived at the Eighth precinct sta tion shortly after 7 oV:lock. It wa3 still broad daylight. But the crowd3 were collecting. The crowds were composed entirely of negroes. 7 he few white men about walked straight down the street. They attended strictly to business. On the corner of Sixth and U streets a negro sailor was harranguing his fellows in a high, sing-song voice. Sometimes his tones would sink al most to a whisper. Then they would rise to a fanatical shout. He at tracted a crowd of about 600 persons. Men and women. There was no loud talKlng. The crowd "muttered. Then grew silent. 4 "It's going to be a bad night to night," a policeman told me. I later ascertained that it was Patrolman George C. Bunn, crack shot of the Eighth precinct station. It "turned out-to be a bad night for Patrolman Bunn. Shot through the leg, Jie lay sprawled out on the pavement but I am getting ahead of my story. ' SUcnee Ik Bad. "There is something uncanny about that silence," another white man told me. "Ugh, it reminds me of voodoo Ism." There was tension in the air. Much like the lull preceding a storm. Everything very quiet. The trolley cars and an occasional automobile sounded unusually ominous in the si lence. I started for the Eighth precinct station. Before I was within a block of the place a wild roar came from the crowd at Sixth and U streets. I was the only white man in .sight. I turned around and saw that the crowd had started my way. "Here's where I go to the Emer gency Hospital," I said to a. tree. Ran Past Him. But the mob paid no attention to me, with the exception of an ugly glance or two. As the negroes ran by me I noticed many bulging hip pock ets. And remembered that the sale of firearms had been unusually heavy in the city during the afternoon. lt was lucky for me, as well as other unarmed white men on the btreet. that the crowd had not yet worked itself, through mob psychol ogy, into a state of frenzy. A block further I came withjn sight of the Eighth precinct station. The mob had by this time scattered into doorways and down side streets. They were not prepared to attack yet. In front of the precinct station I saw several men of the 63rd Infantry, standing on guard. They carried heavy army rifles with bayonets fix ed. Regulation army revolvers were slung at their hips. The flaps of the revolver cases were opened. Each in fantryman wore a red brassard about his sleeve. On the brassard were tht letters "P. G." in white. Provost guard. The soldiers were backed up by several burly policemen. The blue coals were unbuttoned. And revolver butts peered out between brass but tons. Each policeman carried a riot stick. I joined the crowd of soldiers. They welcomed me with a grin. "Hot time tonight," remarked ono of the soldiers, asking me to hold his rifle while he lit a cigarette. The negroes drew a close ring around us. They glanced at the rifles and bayonets and revolvers. And laughed Thy seemed to be getting a good deal of fun out of something. "CLEAR THE WAY. QUICK!" came a yell from the station. The negroes sobered quickly, and the crowd about the station melted away. The provost guards shouldered their rifles and marched to a small riot two blocks away on U street. It was the first of the evening. The first of many for the Eighth precinct station in the black belt. Car Held Up. A street car had been held up by a mob of negroes. Bricks had been hurled through the windows of the car. The crowd bcattered before we got there. The motorman was pick ing, up the pieces of broken glass. He was swearing. We lingered about that corner for several minutes, the cynosure of cu rious eyes which peered from door ways and side streets, upstair win dows and alleys. Then we marched back to the pre cinct station. "Crowd collecting on Sixth street," came a oall from the desk sergeant. So we started for Sixth street. I m Killed as He Tried to Arrest Rioting Negress DETECTIVE SERGEANT HARRY WILSON. When he entered the second storyl room of a house -at 220 G street northwest to arrest a colored girl firing at the crowds below, Sergeant Wilson -was killed when the woman, firing as she hid behind the bed, shot him through the heart as he made his way into the room. He died on the way to Emergency Hospital. He is survived by a wife and little daughter, two years old, both of whom are now in Montreal, Canada. walked along between two provost guardsmen with fixed bayonets on their rifles. On the way. to Sixth street, I was halted by a colored man. "Don't go up there," he said to me." Get back to the precinct sta tion Hell's going to pop." I went along with the soldiers and policemen. . Cro-n-d Gathered. There was a crowd of probably 1.500 persons at Sixth and T streets northwest. A way was cleared and we marched to the curb. Several negroes refused to move and were persuaded to move by being pricked with the point of a 03rd Infantry bayonet. Ugly threats and still more ugly words were exchanged. "That gun ain't loaded." Jeered a negro pointing to the weapon In the hands of an Infantryma. "I'll show you In a minute " yelled the doughboy. And the negro leaped back after receiving a jab from the bayonet. An ugly, long drawn out bellow welled from the crowd. Fighting blood was being tempered. Police Arrive. A headquarters' car pulled up at the curb and several husky police men piled out. An effort was made to scatter the crowd. But the crowd wouldn't scatter. It smelled blood. And wanted to be in at the killing. Inspector Grant, who had arrived in the headquarters car, tried to restore order. But he couldn't. It was hu manly impossible. A few moments later I was standing in front of a store in the eighteen hundred block on Sixth street. Next to me stood -i provost guardsman, finger on the trig ger of his rifle. Dusk was coming on. It was twi lighthalf day and half night. I turned to the soldier to make some remark, when in the next block up, a half block away, the firing started. I saw Policeman Bunn, of the pre cinct. throw up his hands and fall to the pavement. The next impres sion I received was that of a series of long orange colored streams a foot long. They were the flashes of the guns fired by the negroes. Guardxtnnn Fine. The provost guardsman next to me raised his rifle. It spoke. While the sound was yet ringing in my cars, the pane tinkled in the show window at my side. I turned my eyes to the window and saw that a bullet had crashed through the pane. I stood still and measured the distance. The bullet had missed me by two Inches. I looked toward the scene of the fir ing a half block up the street. The orange flashes continued. And there was hoft whisperings in the air. The soldier told me they were the sound of bullets Inspector Grant then ran out on the pavement at the corner of Sixth and T streets, his automatic "gat" in his hands. I thought I saw him fire the gun. and could see the orange flash spurt from his gun. But I am not positive about it A tall man wearing a white Van dyke beard ran to the police car and drew out a stubby rifle, an automatic. He knelt on' the running board of the car. aimed over the radiator and fired twice very carefully. Two Hundred Shot. Two policemen and other soldiers were firing, too. Probably about 200 shots were exchanged In all. I was the only man on the street not armed as far as I could ascertain. For when the shooting started, the crowd of 1.500 or 2.000 people disappeared be fore one could county thirty. Policeman Bunn lay bleeding on the pavement. The man who had shot him escaped. The policeman was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for revolver wounds in his left arm and left shoul der. Order was restored for a time The ,mob was sobered, temporarily, by the shooting. I walked with the provost guardsmen past the scene of the shooting. There I picked up an empty 32-calibre Colt revolver cart ridge souvenir. He walked back to the precinct sta tion. Within a few moments two big army trucks drew up in front of the station. f The trucks were tilled with ma rines. They were prepared to "take the situation well in hana." The ma rines were led by an officer who has seen service overseas. He wore a gold service stripe on his sleeve. The marines were lined up" In the precinct station and divided into squadrons in preparation for the grim night's work ahead. And it was a grim, night's work. And much blood was shed. The blood of both white men and colored men. Soon after the return to the precinct house, two other newspapermen ar rived at the' station. We took a stroll around "to see what we could see," then we returned to the station. Just in tjtee. The bat tle began full tilt thenP The marine captain who had served overseas said it reminded blm of the battle front. Standing in front of the station house, we could hea shots in all di rections. Occasionally there were Cries, expressing varied emotions. But mostly there were the shots. "Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! And on and on until we actually became weary of the monotony of it. Prisoners were coming In con stantly. There were between 75 and 100 registered at "No. 8" during the night. They were all colored. There were no whites in the black belt dur ing the race battle. Practically th only fights staged were thos be tween policemen, men in mllitarj service and the negroes. The negroes who showed signs of being submissive were tra'd falriy well by the policemen, who took charge of them all when the arrived at the station. But the prisvntrj who showed signs of being belliger ent were promptly dealt with. Black jacks were used as persuaders. Onr negro who tried to draw a revolver and shoot up the station was promptly felled with a blow from a blackjack. His scalp was split from the crown of his head to the base of of his bkull. Other negroes who were registered as prisoners at No. S precinct station showed .signs of having put up a hard fight before being subdued. Their scalps were split. Blood ran down over thefr collars. Some had eyes swollen, shut by blows from fists of soldiers, marines and police men The marines hustled the miscreants In fast. They helped the police to handle the situation in a remarkable manner. The Sixty-third lnfanti men were right on the job, too. A weird assortment of weapons were piled up beside the police blot ter as the Inmates of the precinct cells increased in numbers They were mostly revolvers, rang ing from dainty .22 calibers to cannon-like .43 caliber "gats." Razors came second as a weapon with the rioters. Most of the negroes who car ried guns also "toted" razors. One possessed a regulation policeman's club, which he said he had found. Stones wrapped in handkerchiefs formed a favorite weapon There were knives of various length, and a BURNSTINE'S AnOtheAPrecjouiStones Ukr" Furnkhed rd Rurchaiecl &i l&S' IDIAMOND EXPERTS! x36l PEfltftfA. AVE. PHONE MAIN S3&7 Cold. Silver, and Platinum -arr !.. tmg HanaXacturlajs Purscs rusty pair of shears. Probably the only humorous inci dent of tlffc evening, if such an even ing couldlntertaln a gleam of humor, came when a colored minister was ar raigned on a charge of carrying con cealed weapons. He had in his possession when caught a knife fully two feet long. "What were you doing with that knife?" demanded Captain Doyle. "Well, suh, I was using it to. cut grass," replied the man. Notwithstanding his' protestations of Innocence the colored clergyman was locked up. Not In the least bit daunted he started a revival meeting among the negroes in the cell-room. Old fash ioned Southern melodies were sung, and modern negro songs, and Moody and Sankey hymns. They Presented an unusual sight. Crowded together in the cells, with Dioody bandages wound about their heads, the negroes worked them selves Into a frenzy of religious fer vor. The station resounded with their songs. "And just a few minutes ago they were trying to plug us with their guns and carve us with their razors," said one big marine. "I give up." Whilst the revival meeting was at its heighten the cellroom. about mid night, the door to the station house was thrustj.open and a white-faced youth prdMcted vhimself Into the room and leaned over the police blot ter. "I I They've shot they've." he gasped. And then could say no more. All eyes turned to the door. Patrol man Herbert Glassman was carried in the arms nf t-urn hitvtrv rnnrlnM. Glassman had been shot in the leg I by a negro at Seventh and Q streets 1 northwest. Glassman was laid on the floor. The hymn singing continued. An army truck rolled up and Glass man was piled in, his face white, and rushed to the Emergency Hospital, where he had his wounds dressed. The two marines then explained how it had all happened. They had re sponded, wltlrGlassman, to one of the many riot calls of the night in the Seventh precinct. Glassman jumped from the car and behind a tree when the "rioting grounds" were reached. The two marines also jumped from the automobile and crouched behjnd trees, firing at several negroes, who persistently returned the. flre. Glassman was hit, and both ma rines stayed with him, instead of pursuing the man who had shot the officer. "Now, what you should have done Is this." said Captain Doyle to the marines when he heard of the affair. "One of you should have stayed by to protect Glassman and the other shpuld have jumpedJSJg the automobile and run down t&flBfers' car." And the sHTes were very penitent about it. amsTroml3ed to do better next time. They said that with a grin to Captain Doyle. Captain Doyle was the coolest man in the precinct station, and in the opinion of every one capably upheld the confidence placed In him by Major Pullman when he was appointed to the Eighth pre cinct. And. by the way. Captain Doyle Is planning to make a little peace trip among the people In his precinct to day. He is going to assure- them that everything possible is being done to settle the" present undisturbed con ditions in the National Capital, and that the police are the friends of the colored people as well as the white people. "And that Is just what I am gdlngto do," declared Captain Doyle last night. "The sooner we get this trouble over with the better." Several times during the evening we three newspaper men traveled over different parts of the Eighth precinct in a taxi cab, trailing the soldiers, marines and pojicemer in their searches for rioters. We became too enthusiastic one time, and reached the scene of rioting on Seventh street, near Florida ave nue, before the marine and police re serves arrived. I saw several negroes run as our taxicab traveled down Seventh street. As we neared the middle of the "block I glanced out the side of the car and saw a negro level a revolver at the taxicab. I didn't hear any shot. ADVERTISEMENT Alkali In Shampoo? Bad for Washing Hair Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use is Mulsifled cocoanut oil shampoo, for this is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats anything else all to pieces. You can get this at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. about a tcaspoonful is all that is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out easily. 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"As soon as it does," he said, "no time will be lost to bring the guilty ones to account." There were many- Opinions at the court house this morning as to the cause of the trouble. One prominent lawyer said: "Prohi bition has a lot to do with It. The bootleggers got rich and defied the police. This created a spirit of law lessness which is aggravated by the unreasonable attitude of Congress in trying to pass laws which axe entire ly too drastic." Another lawyer puts the entire blame on Congress, which body he said was slowly, "but surely, depriv ing the people of all personal liberty under the guise of reform. A prominent court attache said: "Since the wife of that marine was assaulted; the marines, sailors and soldiers combined to get even with the colored people no matter whether guilty or innocent." 3 GUNTOTERS GET LIMIT SENTENCES The maximum sentence of 360 days and a fine of 1500 was imposed' on three persons convicted of carrying' concealed weapons before Judge Mc Mahon In the United States branch of Police Court today. James Williams, Glrardi Laeavera, and Milton Lee were the three per sons convicted of carrying concealed weapons. In default of the 5500 fine, the men were sentenced to serve an additional 360 days. Seldom If ever has the United States branch of police court had so many cases on its .docket In a single day. Forty-flve were cases against persons carrying concealed ' weapons as an aftermath to the. wholesale arrests during the riots of last night. In the majority of the cases when called before Judge McJIahon they were continued until . future date. 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Private Bunnj who- lives at 25 P street northeast Is the champion pistol shot of the. Washington police, and. champion of the District of Columbia. Private Bonn was shot when he at tempted to arrest a negro at Seventh and T streets northwest last night. The negro shot without warning, and escaped. Private Bonn did not at tempt toshoot He was so surec himself, such an expert with the pis tol, that he had an uncanny fear of his own weapon. For several years the policema has held the championship of the DIM trict. and has represented and won for the local police force several nax tlonal meets. At his home he has t shelf full of trophies. Including maajj medals and sorae cups. The bullet which wounded Police man Buns entered his shoulder and lodged sear his spine. At his hom this morning- he was reported rest ing quietly, and is expeced to recover He has two children, Clarence Ki Bunn, who is in the navy, and a daughter. .Mrs. Paul Helssley, 155 J? street southeast. TROOP OF CAVALRY AND DETACHMENTS OF DEVIL DOGS PATROL CAPITAL: Called to Washington on orders from the War Department, a troop of cavalry from Fort Myer arrived here shortly after 6:30 o'clock to night prepared to help put down -oajj recurrences- of last night's rioting. At the request of Major Pullman superintendent of police, a detaclM raent of marines from Quantico. as rived in this city shortly after I o'clock, and were assigned to varlota precincts throughout the city. A de tachment of marines from the maris baracks has also been detailed to aU the police to check mob violence. Several detachments from the Six-i ty-tblrd Infantry, stationed at Poto mac Park and other nearoy caapa paced up and down the streets of thij Capital shortly after nightfall. Major Pullman declined to give thai number of soldiers who have ben deH tailed to aid the police tonight. The detail of soldlerj assigned td help the police of the i?oarti preclnca -was composed of one, officer and foH ty-flve men from the Sixty-t'ifrd In-J fanrry, who arrived in two niototi 4 NEGROES IN ARMED j AUTO ARRESTED FOR I ' SHO0TWG AT SAILORS Four menroes are under arrest a4 the First iprecinct station in. connect tion with the shooting at four sailors patients of the Naval Hospital. Twen-i ty-thlrd and B streets northwest, to-4 day, and are being held for investli gatlon. at Ntnth : J -- j