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Desperate Robert Charles Occupies Front Page in New Orleans Violence
In New Orleans on July 28 the violent chase of Robert Charles ends with his death after a lengthy battle. Four white officers and citizens die, many wounded, as militia guards prisons and vital points. A mob destroys Tony Lafon school while authorities fear further unrest.
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New Orleans
Robert Charles
Saratoga Street
Charles
John T. Day
Peter J. Lamb
August Thomas
New Orleans City Railway Company
Baptiste Filean
Lewis Taylor
Gabriel Porteous
Joseph Lally
A. van Kurem
Alfred J. Bramfield
The
Southern News Company
Anna Mabry
Esther Fields
Oswald Mahone
Frank Shepherd
Alexander Ruffin
Joseph Deeds
F. G. Davis
J. Clancy
George Morris
George White
Henry Daurin
Louis LaPayade
William Armstrong
Tony Michel
Josephine Wild
P. Colas
James Nelson
Thomas Sanders
Nathan Brown
Charles Washington
H. H. Batte
Henry Davis
George J. Lyons
Andrew van Buren
Alfred J. Bloomfield
John F. Lally
John Banville
Frank H. Evans
A. S. Leclerc
Captain Day
Lamb
Mora
Day
Tony Lafon