SEVEN NEGROES AND TWELVE WHITES KILLED IN CHICAGO RIOTS; MANY ARE INJURED
Item
- Title
- SEVEN NEGROES AND TWELVE WHITES KILLED IN CHICAGO RIOTS; MANY ARE INJURED
- Date
- 7/29/19
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://lccn.loc.gov/sn84020128
- Crime
- Arson
- Subject
- Arson; Mob; Riots
- Race of alleged offender
- White and Black alleged offenders
- Race of alleged victim
- White and Black alleged victims
- Stage of the Legal System
- Extralegal
- Location
- Out of state, Chicao IL
- Length of story
- 98
- Description
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(Abridged) SEVEN NEGROES AND TWELVE
WHITES KILLED IN CHICAGO RIOTS; MANY ARE INJURED Arson, murder and riot grew out of trouble at a bathing beach Sun
day where whites attempted to enforce the ìJim C.row" ride. Quiet
Monday, the colored belt began to seethe at noon. At 7:30 occurred the first riot. Negroes jeered at police detectives as ìpoor white trash.From the negroes came shots. Officers drew their revolvers. A mob of 200 whites and negroes were formed. When the police began firing the mob broke away leaving forty or more seriously injured.
Thirty-two were taken to the hospitals.
