Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — RACE RIOTS OVER BIG FIGHT [ARTICLE]

RACE RIOTS OVER BIG FIGHT

Five Negroes Dead or Dying—Thousands Throughout North and South Are Beaten. New York, July 5. —The victory of Jack Johnson over Jim Jeffries was the cause of race riots in nearly every city of size in the United States. Thousands of negroes were beaten and five are dead or dying. The mob spirit seemed to rise wherever a negro cheered for Johnson after the fight, or' permitted his exultation over the victory to grow to an extent that made it offensive. Negroes were chased through the streets of the cities of the south and north. In every city the police were on the jump all night quelling disturbance*.