Emery County Progress | 1905-07-15 | Page 2 | Race Riot in New York

race riot in new york new york two persons were s shot hot one probably fatally in a fight be tween mobs of whites and negroes in west sixteenth street sunday the trouble began when henry hart a colored man w was as attacked in the treet by a number of white youths vho aho accused accuses him with interfering with a ball game hart fled pursued y a mob of whites hurling stones ind other missiles and reached the element house in which he lived and ot a revolver while his pursuers nade efforts to break into the build ng hart was joined by other ne roes when the shooting began