Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-26 | Page 2 | Murder of Boy Leads to Race War

MURDER OF BOY LEADS TO RACE WAI shooting of eight year old lad by andr groes results of much blood shed in chicago chicago chicago Is threatened with a race war ot enrioue proportions embittered by the shooting of carlson an eight year old boy las week by negroes the residents iq the vicinity 0 twenty ninth and dear born streets have armed themselves and clashes between whito and colored men have become so frequent since the carlson murder that it been found necessary to detail of policemen in the district to pre i serve peace even this precaution haa been unsuccessful in keeping the op i posing factions apart in a riot that broke out in this dis brict sunday night between the white and the blacks james gray colored was killed harry bernstein Dern stein was mor tally wounded and a building in which bernstein was being held a captive buffering from tour bullet wounds wa atoned and partially wrecked by a mot ot 1900 persona the trouble starter when james gray accused bernstein and a white companion of being brou trou ble makers since the teamsters ehrike gray has been employed by a coal company as a driver the merits ot the strike and the shooting 0 young carlson were up for discussion angry words boon led to blows and in tbt fight that followed gray drew a anita and attacked the men bernstein who 1 a bartender drew a revolver and fired four shots two of the bullets took effect in gray s body he tell un conscious and died while being re moved to a hospital