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STREETS OF ORLANDO BEING PATROLLED(Continued from Pag# 1.)The white citlzeus sf once forL.ed .1 posse and dispersed ,he negroes, wln fled to the negro Fettiemont. The posse followed and wituesves said the negroes opened fire from I ho buildings. A number of theGALVANIZED SHEET STEELCorrugated and flat sheets. VM crimpRoofing, Shingles. Conductor, Eave Trough, ridge roll, culverts, tanks, portabfe fireplaces, turpentine strips and aprons, imitation brick and stone siding metal ceiling, tin plate, etc.QUICK SHIPMENTTHE FLORIDA METAL PRODUCTSCOMPANY.Jacksonville, Fla.% VVhen in Doubt About 4+44444Your Eyes444$ORYour Glasses,GO TOposse was wounded hut reinforcement* arrived and it proceeded when (In* firing became generalAttackers centered on Perry’* house intent no his arrest.Two of the whiles. Leo M irgard and Klmer McDaniels, both former soldiers, were killed in th * hack yard of the house, their bodies being found hours later. A negro woman said seven or eight armed negroes were in the Perry house which ultimately was set on fire to riis’odg) them, tin* flumes spreidug to other huJJdingaPerry hi \f was caOiiired and later taken by a mob and lynched. It was stated last night that he was taken from an automobile in whic.i he was being carried to the jail af ter having been treated at a hospital.With darkness coming on it was claimed that the negroes had been dispersed iu the Ocoee region and woods and that then* was no further bloodshed. All negroes in that section have taken flight and it is not expected that the disturbance will spread. 'Other Orange county towns are pa trolled by deputies from tne sheriffs office and American Legion members. Officials are standing for law and order and will fix the blame for the tragedy. The coroner’s jury sitting on the case of the two dead white I hoy s rendered a verdict that the shots which caused their death came from the negro Perry’s house at 9 p, m Two hundred and fifty ex service mer under throe army captains are patrol ing Orlando. Mayor Duckworth has conferred with local negro leudors who declare they are peace loving. As a result all negroes are in their homes and will remain thdre during the even-ngs until the alarm is over. The same procedure seems to be followed n other Orange county towns. The effect of the riot has been widespread as stuternenU come from outside points that law and order methods will b»* employed in an effort to keep harmony and peace in the communities.Officials declare, it has been established that the negroes in and around Ocoee were heavily armed as Indicated by explosions and the numerous firearms found In the debris yf burned homes.
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Thomasville Times Enterprise Semi Weekly Edition
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Fri, Nov 05, 1920
Page 6
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