Show RACE WAR I I Whites and Blacks Clash in Indian I Territory Black Men Appeal For Protection Ardmore I T April 21 Trouble between tween whites and blacks has broken out in the town of Davis 20 miles north of here and the negroes have appealed to the territorial authorities for protection protec-tion On Saturday night last Charles McCormick Mc-Cormick white was murdered and robbed by a negro named Frank Brown The crime created unusual excitement In the village On the Monday following a band of 20 white men masked and heavily of all the armed visited the houses ni negroes In town and warned them to leave negroes lace witnin 24 hours under penalty > of mob violence The negroes appealed to United States Judge Kilsrore who summoned the grand JurY and instructed them that I the outrage must be thoroughly Inves igated as such acts of mob violence I tgated not be tolerated in the Indian Territory He Instructed that neither time nor money should be spared in bringing the guilty parties to justice Judge Kllgores action seems to have prevented the carrying out of the threats of the whiles |