. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. o put their names on these letters were that they were afraid they would losetheir lives. The grand jury included in its report this reference to the gang and clubphase of the riot: The authorities employed to enforce the law should thoroughly investigate clubsand other organizations posing as athletic and social clubs which really are organiza-tions of hoodlums and criminals formed for the purpose of furthering the interest oflocal politics. In the opinion of this jury many of the crimes committed in theBlack Belt by whites an
. The Negro in Chicago; a study of race relations and a race riot. o put their names on these letters were that they were afraid they would losetheir lives. The grand jury included in its report this reference to the gang and clubphase of the riot: The authorities employed to enforce the law should thoroughly investigate clubsand other organizations posing as athletic and social clubs which really are organiza-tions of hoodlums and criminals formed for the purpose of furthering the interest oflocal politics. In the opinion of this jury many of the crimes committed in theBlack Belt by whites and the fires that were started back of the Yards, which,however, were credited to the Negroes, were more than likely the work of the gangsoperating on the Southwest Side under the guise of these clubs, and the jury believesthat these fires were started for the purpose of inciting race feeling by blaming sameon the blacks. These gangs have apparently taken an active part in the race riots,and no arrests of their members have been made as far as this jury is SCENES FROM FIRE IN IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOOD BACK OF THE YARDS XEGROES UNDER PROTECTION OF POLICE LEAVING WRECKED IN RIOT ZONE THE CHICAGO RIOT i7 The coroners jury which conducted inquests into the thirty-eight riotdeaths said: The suggestion has also been made that race hatred and tendency to race riotinghad its birth and was fostered in the numerous social and athletic clubs made up ofyoung men and scattered throughout the city. We doubt this, but if in part true, itcalls for the inspection and control of such clubs. These clubs are here, they arepopular, they take the place of the disappearing saloon and poolroom. Properlygoverned and controlled, they should be encouraged and fostered and, when necessary,disciplined. Hoodlums are the nucleus of a mob—the young, idle, vicious, and in manyinstances degenerate and criminal, impatient of restraint of law, gather together, andwhen fortified by sufficient numbers, start
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