Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-07-10 | Page 7 | Race Riots in New York

LlAGE UIOTS v i -s '. - i . : , Two Persons Arc Shot; I Ones of Them Fatally bj a Hcgro, NEW YORK, .July 10. Two persons were shot, one probably fatally, in a fight between mobs of whites and negroes in Wist Sixteenth street Sunday.- The trouble -began when Henry Hart, a colored man, was attacked In the street by a number of white youths who aecused him of interfering in-terfering with ball game. Hart fled, pursued by a mob of whites hurling stones and other missiles, and reached the tenement house In which he lived and got a revolver, while his pursuersi made efforts to break Into the building. - Having armed himself. Hart ran downstairs down-stairs and began firing into the crowd, one of his shota striking James Hunter in the side. -.. ' - . . - At this moment Policeman John Loye ran into the hall and arrested Hart, after the latter had fired at him twice. - As Loye brought his prisoner out a swarm ef negroea, armed ' with pistol, clubs, rasora and other weapons, poured out ef the tenement, bent on a rescue. The policeman's po-liceman's helmet was smashed and he was knocked down and kicked,' but he kept a firm grip on hta prisoner and .finally .final-ly succeeded in getting his back against a wall, where he stood off his assaiiante. -' By this time the whites had been reinforced re-inforced to the number of several hundred, hun-dred, and the negrtfea broke and, led in every direction. . ' A shot fired from a negro tenement struck Mrs. Mary Donohue. who waa at-, tempting to lead a child out of the tene. ment, In the head, inflicting, probably a fatal wound.' , -The police broke into the house and arrested ar-rested Albert Mlddleton, who-la supposed to have fired the shot, and five other negroea. ne-groea. In spite of the presence of a larere body ef police reserves, desultory fighting between be-tween whites and blacks continued until a sudden downpour of rain scattered the combatants. .-.. 1 -