Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — RIOTS FOLLOW FIGHT VERDICT [ARTICLE]

RIOTS FOLLOW FIGHT VERDICT

Charles Williams' Throat Is Cut from Ear to Ear in Scrap. Houston. Tex., July s.—Charles Williams. a negro fight enthusiast, had his throat slashed from ear to ear on a street car by a white man, the negro having announced too vociferously his appreciation of Jack Johnson's victory at Reno. The negro nearly bled to death before reaching a hospital. - A number of race disturbance were reported after the news of the fight. Three negroes were badly injured by white men within a half hour after the news had been received. The police quelled a number of minor disturbances here.