Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — Fourteen People Killed as Result of Big Fight [ARTICLE]

Fourteen People Killed as Result of Big Fight

Fourteen persons were killed and scores were injured, many seriously, in fights and race riots as a result of the victory of Jack Johnson over James Jeffries The majority of those killed and injured are negroes. Clashes occurred In Chicago and every other city of size in the United States, from New York to Los Angeles, and from Detroit to the Gulf. Several southern towns were patrolled by troops early Tuesday, and calls for the militia were sent out by others The mob spirit seemed to rise whereever a negro cheered for Johnson after the fight, or permitted his exultation over the victory to grow to an extent that made it offensive.

Negros were chased through the streets of the cities of the south and north. In Uvaldia, Ga, three negroes were killed and five seriously hurt. One was killed and four hurt in Cincinnati.

In New York one had his head fractured by a piece of lead pipe and will die. Only the bravery of a white prevented him from being beaten to death a few doors from Central Park West. Two were killed and another fatally wounded at Mounds. 111. Another was slain at Omaha

Two negros were killed and a third seriously wounded at Emoke, La. Two negroes were shot and killed In Little Rock, Ark. At Roanoke, Va., a white man was probably fatally hurt in an encounter with six negroes. In riots at Shreveport, La., one white man, L. E. Roberts, conductor of an Iron Mountain train, and two negroes were killed. A negro woman was dying early Tuesday of wounds. Negroes were reported to have taken possession of Keystone, W. Va. One man has been killed. .Trpops were sent for. Eight negroes were taken to hospitals to have their injuries treated in Los Angeles, Jeffries’ home town. A negro beaten by a mob in Columbus, 0., was reported dying early Tuesday. In Chicago, William Kelly, a white teamster, living at 3222 Blue Island avenue, was set upon by a crowd of negroes at State and Twenty-fifth streets about 11 o’clock and his skull fractured with a brick. He was praising Jeffries. Kelly was taken to the Post-Graduate hospital. He will recover.