. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. is wife purchaseda building at 5230 Maryland Avenue through a white agent, and on March 15, 1913,the family moved in. For four years they lived there without molestation save thesilent resentment of neighbors and open objection to the presence of Negro childrenin the streets. On July 1, 1917, without warning or threat, a bomb was exploded inthe vestibule of the house, and the front of the building was blown away. Thedamage amounted to $1,000. Police arrived from the station at Fifty-second Streetand Lake Park Avenue ten minutes
. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. is wife purchaseda building at 5230 Maryland Avenue through a white agent, and on March 15, 1913,the family moved in. For four years they lived there without molestation save thesilent resentment of neighbors and open objection to the presence of Negro childrenin the streets. On July 1, 1917, without warning or threat, a bomb was exploded inthe vestibule of the house, and the front of the building was blown away. Thedamage amounted to $1,000. Police arrived from the station at Fifty-second Streetand Lake Park Avenue ten minutes after the explosion. No clews were found andno arrests were made. The original owner of the building was bitterly opposed toNegroes and was a member of an organization which was seeking to keep Negroesout of the district. Some time after this incident it was rumored that Motley was planning to purchasethe building adjacent. At 4:00 June 4, 1919, a dynamite bomb was explodedunder the front of the house adjacent and tore up its stone front. The neighbors •. THE NEGRO POPULATION OF CHICAGO 125 were in the street immediately after the explosion. No clews were found and noarrests were made. The Motley family on this occasion was accused of invitinganother Negro family into the block. The new family in question negotiatedfor its own property, and before an actual settlement had been made, received numer-ous telephone messages and threats. It moved in, but was not bombed. Bombing of Moses Foxs home.—Moses Fox, white, connected with a Loopreal estate firm, lived at 442 East Forty-fifth Street. The house was too large, andhe decided to move to smaller quarters. The building was sold through a real estatefirm to persons whom he did not know. On March 10, 1920, a few days after the sale,he received a telephone call informing him that he must suffer the consequences ofselling his home to Negroes. At 7:30 that evening an automobile was seen to driveslowly past his home three times
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