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The lynching of the negro served | only temporarily to satisfy the indignation of the mob, and later in the night hundreds of men again assembled and rioted through the negro district, burning houses, stoning negroes and finally driving every negro from Joplin. The police were powerless.The first act of the mob after hanging the negro was to demand the release from jail of a local character known as Hickory Bill, who was under arrest on the charge of assaulting a negro. In the hope that this would appease the mob, the prisoner was set free. But the mob did not disperse. Instead a rush was made through Main street and every negro was driven to the north part of Joplin, where the colored population lives. The mob then charged down on that quarter. Stones were thrown, doors and windows ofm ~ • • *negroes’' Houses were broken In, and finally several houses were fired. The fire department responded, but many of the houses were burned to the ground. The mob made endeavors to prevent the fire department from extinguishing the flames and were partly successful. All the officers of the city, township and county were called out, but the mob swept them aside and proceeded with the rioting, 'layor Triff ran from corner to corner and, mounting boxes, made earnest appeals to the mob to cease, but, cheering the mayor vociferously, the mob swept on and the depredations continued. The sa-loons were hurriedly closed by the mayor. All efforts to reason with the rioters were futile. The streets were thronged and the whole city was in an uproar. So far as is known no fatalities occurred, although many persons received minor iniuries.
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New Albany Weekly Tribune
New Albany, Indiana, US
Fri, Apr 17, 1903
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