Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1901 — Nearly Caused a Race Riot. [ARTICLE]

Nearly Caused a Race Riot.

At Fleetwood Park, Ohio, John and Albert Slaughter, white, were probably fatally stabbed, and Charles Martin and Riley Slaughter were beaten with clubs by Luther Page and Abner Owens, colored. The mother of the Slaughters was knocked down with a club by Owens. The trouble occurred over the slapping of a small white boy by a colored man, and almost caused a race riot. The colored men were placed in jail for safety. Later they were secretly arraigned before Mayor Mountain at I ronton and it was arranged to take them to Portsmouth jail for safety Immediately, as the authorities feared trouble.