Show fOLLOWS A TEXA RAE ROT RIOT r j i Eighteen Negroes Killed and Forty Wounded in a Racial Clash at Palestine Texas State Troops at Scene of Battle BattI lr PALESTINE July Juh MO At least eighteen u n rocs were killed in hr a racial clash in the e extreme eastern section county last night und and today to luy the flit culmination ion of an aJl enmity 1 the races lac s brewing for lox several veral s weeks i iLess f Less Loss reports place the total fatalities at between 30 io 3 and anti 40 It ll was vas also reported that several Wl t inen were either killed or wounded hut but all rumors r as liS to the whites S have mot met with an all denial j Troops reached Palestine Pul early tonight and und Established quart quarters ers els at the th county prison where he it is planned pl nned thc remain until tomorrow unless further rioting necessitates a i t march to the scene of the disturbance about tw It fl is re rl reported ported however that at nightfall the belligerent a b gan to disperse and tul further bloodshed will in ill all probability be Si oi o t d I j i The first advices of tIc the disturbance I reached rO Palestine this morning Officers cers were sent to the thc scene local 1 ammunition stores ordered to sus IUS suspend us pend sales s leG and saloons to close It ws WG quickly apparent app however that the situation was beyond the control cf d the local officers and troops wore were asked for A company of the th militia under command of Captain Godfrey Fowler former United States army officer and more mere recently engaged in Nicaragua in the cause of the InBur Insurgents Insurgents gents dispatched from Marshall Tex arrived tonight The Thc rioting began late yesterday near the village of Slocum Several Sever ll reasons are Ire assigned as IS the reasons reason for the racial feeling first t the thc re ta refusal fUGal of a negro to pay an OIn obligation for which a white farmer f stood sto d sor for This was vine some days ago Later Lilter Latera I a I white man received notice that he I should perform road rond work under the I supervision of or a l negro The white whiteman whiteman man refused Later came reports of secret meetings among the negroes and an alleged confession of a negro that the murder of the man in ques question tion James and his family was Vias planned The situation reached a climax lx however r yesterday J y when a negro was discovered advancing on n th 5 r Jar ar armed arm a shotgun 80 wIt trailed several ral miles and shot by a posse when he refused to surrender With the shooting ing of the negro thoc of both races armed themselves and the thc battle began bogan Throughout tho the night the meeting of o parties of the two races was the tho signal for a 1 resort to arms anns stall fatali fatalities ties at t many o or of the encounters ou ers Finally Pinal the negroes were wore driven driven en to cover of a heavy hervy timbered sec see section I tion and arid the tire crowd of whites about n I In in number formed Into posses I and following over oer a wide I area As the small bands banda met they clashed and according to t those re returning returning I turning to lo Palestine tonight ht In each I Instance the negroes were forced forc d to I give ground A small portion of or tho I pursuing party is s In the woods but the tire majority have returned to their homos homes and the outbreak Is la be believed believed I to 10 o be at an nn end Besides the time troops four companies of or the tire state rangers J Pales Palestine Palestine Palestine tine late today toda and It Is planned to have the militia and the tire rangers work In conjunction with tho the county co officials In arresting ar those responsible ble ide for the uprising The detachments detach detachments ments of i rangers augers went to Slocum to tonight tonight tonight night In the absence of the county officIals who were en route to the tho scene of the trouble Judge B n IL H I Gardner who ordered saloons closed and the tire sale of or firearms discontinued except on an order oder of the court I According to a 1 member mem or of tho the par party party ty t of whites the tire first killing occurred just across the county count line In the tho ad adjoining adjoining adjoining I joining county countr of or Houston where the i negro who attempted to kill It was driven A few moments later laler two negroes were wore killed In Anderson county count and the tile rioting became Ken gen general on eral oral In Iii one house four our negroes were shot to death Ho He declares that two others probably were fatally I wounded Then rhen the outbreak be became become became came come general and arid before the tire riot end ended endI ended I ed about 15 others wore killed It II Is reported tonight that further I rioting is In l progress egress in Houston I county hut but this has not aoL been heen confirmed con confirmed firmed |