| Show 7 1 1 l KNOXVILLE K City ity N HV Quiet With S t tf Troops Troop Control but oJ Small lr Rights Still Break eak BreakOut Out f Three 1 More Wounded K Teun Tenn Aug AlIg 31 On One On lilt man and nud two nc negroes roes wound r d' d today todar m in in rioting rioting- bc bc- w ri white whites Jand ln hl blacks growing g out of f last Juit ni nights night s 's disorders which resulted re rc- rc- rc I in the thc killing of sewn seven pc persons ns f 1 J national guardsmen ind 1111 the of more than a t 1 V I. I t L J. J c. c ig ii followed on oh the county jail by a mob I or if f more than lImn a t thousand persons I font t on obtaining l ining Maurice May s i a I ic accused of killing killing- n a unite woman weri v quelled d early carly today but butis it i ins is ns the day lay wore ore on i incipient rioting noting roTc broke out afresh despite the presence in n It the thc oiL city of 1200 1 National guards guards- men One of or the negroes n I IOne IOne wounded today lod wall vas as shot b by a buard guardsman rn n while rc resist resist- ng search any negroes during ti th the light broke into h rd hardware stores S un and pawnshops to obtain guns an and ion To prevent t tic c bringing In In Ino o of more nore firearms i anI and tolay toay to- to lay day ay searched alt all nc negroes in fn by train t t 4 Tho attack on the thc Jail was made b by 3 mob of more moro than n lt l u whites wh ho o believed that YOla ya held there Tho ho ne negro ro however er hn had hd been cen taken to to Chattanooga for safekeeping but ut the mob iob declining to Accept the tho wor word o of all dl officers shot out the the windows and uttered battered down the doors In gaining c to the Iho Jail jaB the thc mob permitted sixteen prisoners several Inu OL them convicted convicted con con- m murderers Ul J to LU esca escape pe Foiled in their attempt to obtain Its Intended ed victim and driven from rom tho vicinity of or the jail jJ bj guardsmen hurriedly hurriedly hur hur- brought Into the city the mob spread to outlying parts of oC the cit city an and 1 sporadic rioting began e ean an at once and Increased In violence after ml midnight nl ht Troops meeting a band of oC armed aimed ne negroes no- no groes roes who refused to give way turned machine guns Juns OI on the tho blacks In the tue resulting exchange u of shots shou lames James ames W V. Payne Pane of oC Providence Fry Ky I a are re regular ular army instructor land and Private Henderson on wore killed 1 In Its attack on the j jil the iho mob came me upon upon a lar large e quantity o of confiscated conChs conlis- cat cd whisk whisky y slid and casks and cases were smashed open City Under r d For f fear ar of oC further urther trouble the Itla tia throw threw a guard huard around the section oC f tho the eft city where most of oC tho thu OI occurred and antI patrolled the lie place I all nIl night an and throughout Sunday I Harly arb morning a few negroes came from their hiding places and found their homes their Way wa back ack to There is is not a a firearm of oC nn any de description tie tie- to be found In nn any store in Knox as ft n rC result or of raids raiJa made upon iron them Plate glass windows were serc crashed In locks forced and In some cases calc doors door In an an effort to secure I capons Damage done to the stores an and stocks Is estimated to be bo about hardware stores and anti pawnshops suffered auf suf erd d the heaviest t losses State troops tonight ht were stan standing In n front of ot cacti of oC the looted stores with fixed b anti and with ith orders I to o 0 Keep kOCi the passing throngs moving mo Many lr Token The The Tho mob which broke Its a way Into Ino hw the Jail jl and the residence of Sheriff Cate bate ate adjoining took everything c thing of r Including money c guns Jun Whisk whisky anI books o ks t f Part lart of or tho tue Jail records were de destroyed The mob first HiNt rn made its appearance In n ii the uLft afternoon small groups group of oC neg m m n rou about bo tho lie Jail Shortly be be tore ore nightfall the numbers hogan began In- In In cre until tile tho was entire entire- I y surrounded Tho The mob moh refused refuse to belle e th that l Mayes had lleen removed remover to o 0 Chattanooga a. For Kor a little while the mob contended contend contend- e ed d Itself with shouting mu ind shooting rite nto tho the air ar Soon men pound- pound Continued in m fl Pie PIGO 2 SEVEN DEAD IN KNOXVILLE RIOT Troops in iii Control o of City hut but ut Sporadic Fighting r r Continues Continues' I Continued from page e 1 ing on the hea heavy iron bars o of one of the front windows window's and eventually It Ita gave a ve wn way Men Ion began swarming Into the jail and the Jailer and deputies were Ivero over over- p d. d r H Heavy aY timbers limbers w were re used usel as battering rams ramsin rams In In attempt to force the thedoor's doors door's to the white cells Failing were suns brought into play and the locks were re broken All white I men confined on tho the upper floors were released Conflict Some sections in which the most se serious serious se- se rious clashes occurred have not been searched thoroughly and reports conflict conflict con con- as to the number of casualties which may be concealed concealed there thero Two men arc are known to have been killed fourteen others eight white and six ne negroes roes arc are in the hospitals Of these four two whites and two negroes are not expected to recover re o er Sixteen wounded white men had their slight wounds dressed at one hospital Lieu James Pa Payne c was killed accidentally acci acel- dentally early today by machine gun bullets He was 00 OO yards from the machine gunners with several se other officers when the party was fired upon by negroes from a story second window Payne Pano and his hla companions replied with their automatic rifles and sou sought ht cover Dies DieM In Just as I lieutenant Payne Pane stepped stopped be behind behind behind be- be hind a telephone pole pOlo for protection I the crew of or a a. machine machino gun bun further up I Ithe the str street et opened fire tire upon a crowd of advancing blacks I fell oU into the arms of or Capt c. 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C Parker of Memphis with a do dozen cn wounds t in his le legs s and bod body He lie dl died d In an am am- At least three negroes were more moro or orless orless orless less seriously Injured b by members of or company D Fourth Tennessee between een daylight and noon according to statements statements statements state state- ments of soldiers Hotels and restaurants In the city operated at a handicap toda today as few negro made their appearance for work ork Several Se hundred rifles st stored red at the University of Tennessee arsenal were removed ed h authorities authorities tonight by JT military ties tics after aCter rumors that thata a crowd of negroes ne- ne groes was forming in tho outskirts expecting expecting ex ex- to arm themselves es with this supply While the mob was as releasing prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- another was looting the Jail jan Then the rioters went through the sheriffs house There Ute they broke broko windon's windows windows win win- dows dons and destroyed such property as could not be taken with them The first soldiers who who arrived ed on on the scene sixteen men and one officer were overpowered o s some of or them disarmed disarmed disarmed dis dis- armed and cl eight ht badly beaten beMen An I hour later l soldiers reinforced the carl early sq squads Four different committees were permitted permitted per per- to go so through the jail in tho search of No Xo effort was made to release tho the negro prisoners The center of the tho most Intense fighting fight ht Jn ing ng was In tho vicinity of or Vine and Central avenues There the Fourth Tennessee machine gin Jn com company pan opened fire on the armed blacks Nelson BasIc Easley nc negro ro soldier who won a citation for distinguished servIce service service ice overseas o dropped dead today Death was caused by heart trouble b by excitement over o the riots Joe Etter negro ro storekeeper re reputed reputed reputed re- re to be wealthy wealth was killed earl early this morning Etters Etter's body was left lying on tho street several hours owing owing- to fear of oC undertakers undertakers' to enter the district Br r Chattanooga a Tenn Aug Aug- 31 Threat I. Threat Threatened ened invasion In of or Chattanooga last night and nd today by men o of I Knoxville nox bent upon lynching Maurice Ia Mayes Knoxville Knoxville Knox- Knox ville ne negro ro held for the murder of or Mrs Irs Bertie Lindsey has to lo date failed Called to materialize although a number of or Knoxville Knox men are arc here and some apprehension ap ap- ap was felt tonight at the Jail here where Mayes was brought Saturday Satur Satur- da day night for safekeeping Five rive truckloads of ot men who left leCt I Knox Knox- nox- nox villo Saturday midnight failed to arrivo arrive ar ar- nr- nr rive rivo here owing no doubt to the condition condition con con- of tho the roads due to continuous ous rains for nearly thirty hours preceding pre pre- pret ceding their dop departure t Citizens of or Knoxville Knox seen here are aro sal eald l to have come como b by train The he negro made matIe a R. complete statement statement state state- ment tonight writing It Jt himself In which he attempted to account for hi his er e every m movement ement th throughout oU hout Friday Frida night claiming that after midnight ho he went ent home homo and to bed bcd where the officers of of- found him |
