A special from Guthrie, Okla., on the 13th, says:
There is great excitement in this city night occasioned by two criminal assaults by negroes upon white women today. A negro lad named Holley assaulted Mrs. Charles Moore, the wife of a freighter, who was away from home at the time. He was arrested and a mob surrounded the jail, threatening to lynch him. The negroes of the town claimed that Holley was innocent, although be bad confessed his guild to the sheriff. A race war now seems imminent.
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A Race War At Guthrie
Guthrie, O. T., June 12.--There is great excitement in this city tonight, occasioned by two criminal assaults by negroes upon white women. A negro lad named Holley assaulted Mrs. Charles Moore, wife of a freighter. He was arrested and a mob surrounded the jail, threatening to lynch him.
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city as to prevent a repetition of last night’s disorders.
Gen Dickson said that military rule had not been established and probably would not be. Mayor Mullman of East St. Louis, the adjuntant general said, asked for a declaration of military rule and this fact gave rise to the statement that it actually had been proclaimed. He said the transfer of military cases to civil courts involved so many intricacies that he was reluctant to ask the governor to proclaim martial law.